Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Sweetener by Ariana Grande: Fourth album by the American singer; comes after 2016’s Dangerous Woman; includes the single ‘No Tears Left to Cry’ as well as the songs ‘Blazed’ (featuring Pharrell Williams), ‘The Light Is Coming’ (featuring Nicki Minaj), and ‘Borderline’ (featuring Missy Elliott).
* Movies
- Mile 22 (starring Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey) - action; a CIA operative (Wahlberg) and his team have to escort a valuable intelligence asset (Uwais) to an extraction point 22 miles away while being hunted by terrorists.
- Alpha (starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leonor Varela, Jens Hulten) - fantasy; a young hunter develops a friendship with an injured wolf during the Ice Age.
- Down a Dark Hall (starring AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Kirsty Mitchell) - fantasy, based on Lois Duncan’s novel; a new student at an exclusive boarding school confronts the institution’s supernatural occurrences.
- The Wife (starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons) - drama, based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel; a wife (Close) questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce) who is receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Awards
2018 Teen Choice Awards
Movies
- Choice Action Movie: Avengers: Infinity War
- Action Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr. - Avengers: Infinity War
- Action Movie Actress: Scarlett Johansson - “Avengers: Infinity War”
- Choice Sci-Fi Movie: Black Panther
- Comedy Movie: Love, Simon
- Fantasy Movie: Coco
- Drama Movie: The Greatest Showman
- Summer Movie: Incredibles 2
- Movie Villain: Michael B. Jordan - Black Panther
Television
- Choice Drama TV Show: Riverdale
- Drama TV Actor: Cole Sprouse - Riverdale
- Drama TV Actress: Lili Reinhart - Riverdale
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show: Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
- Action TV Show: The Flash
- Comedy TV Show: The Big Bang Theory
- Animated TV Show: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- Reality TV Show: Keeping Up with the Kardashians
- Summer TV Show: So You Think You Can Dance
- TV Villain: Mark Consuelos - Riverdale
Music
- Male Artist: Louis Tomlinson
- Female Artist: Camila Cabello
- Music Group; 5 Seconds of Summer
- Country Artist: Carrie Underwood
- Electronic/Dance Artist: The Chainsmokers
- R&B/Hip-Hop Artist: Cardi B
- Rock Artist: Imagine Dragons
- Song: Female Artist: ‘Havana’ - Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug)
- Song: Male Artist: ‘Perfect’ - Ed Sheeran
- Song: Group: ‘Youngblood’ - 5 Seconds of Summer
- Pop Song: ‘In My Blood’ - Shawn Mendes
- Rock/Alternative Song: ‘Whatever It Takes’ - Imagine Dragons
- Choice Style Icon: Harry Styles
You can see the (very long) complete list of winners atbillboard.com/articles/news/awards/8469754/teen-choice-awards-winners-list-2018
Spotlight
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Gillian Anderson
Director: Susanna Fogel
Tagline: They got this.
- Action comedy; after her ex-boyfriend unexpectedly turns out to be a secret agent, a woman (Kunis) and her friend (McKinnon) unwittingly find themselves embroiled in an international conspiracy.
- The film’s title spoofs the title of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
- Had a budget of $40 million; has grossed nearly $26 million in around a week.
- Has received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances but criticised the inconsistent tone.
- Score composed by Tyler Bates.
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