Coming Soon
Out this week
Albums
- Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt by Moby: Fifteenth album by the American electronica musician; comes after More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse (2017); led by the single ‘Like a Motherless Child’.
* Movies
- Red Sparrow (starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling) – action, based on the 2013 novel by Jason Matthews; a Russian spy (Lawrence) falls for a CIA officer (Edgerton) and considers becoming a double agent.
- Death Wish (starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Norris, Kimberly Elise) – action, based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield; a doctor (Willis) becomes a vigilante after his family is brutally attacked by robbers.
- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (starring Logan Lerman, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan) – drama; after writing a generation-defining book that makes him world-famous, a young novelist (Lerman) ends up in a downward spiral.
Awards
2018 Brit Awards
Winners:
- British Album of the Year: Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
- British Artist Video of the Year: Harry Styles – ‘Sign of the Times’
- British Single: Rag'n'Bone Man – ‘Human’
- British Male Solo Artist: Stormzy
- British Female Solo Artist: Dua Lipa
- British Group: Gorillaz
- British Breakthrough Act: Dua Lipa
- International Male Solo Artist: Kendrick Lamar
- International Female Solo Artist: Lorde
- International Group: Foo Fighters
- Global Success: Ed Sheeran
- BRITs Critics’ Choice: Jorja Smith
- Producer of the Year: Steve Mac
Star
Christopher Anthony John Martin
- Born on 2nd March 1977 in England, United Kingdom.
- Is the oldest of five children.
- Is the great-great-grandson of William Willett, who made daylight saving time a recognised practice.
- Studied at University College London where he met his future Coldplay bandmates Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion, forming the group in 1996.
- Gained international fame with his band upon the release of their debut album, Parachutes, in 2000; they have since released six further albums – A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), X&Y (2005), Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), Mylo Xyloto (2011), Ghost Stories (2014), and A Head Full of Dreams (2015).
- Was married to American actress Gwyneth Paltrow from 2003 till their conscious uncoupling in 2014; their divorce was finalized in 2016. They have two children together – daughter Apple (born 2004) and son Moses (born 2006).
- Was a vegetarian for a while but started eating meat again after his split with Paltrow.
- Is godfather to actor Simon Pegg’s daughter. Pegg – along with Buckland – is Apple’s godfather.
- Is passionate about issues of fair trade.
Also born today: Daniel Craig, Jon Bon Jovi, Karen Carpenter, Lou Reed