Coming Soon
Out this week
*Albums
- A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships by The 1975: The English pop rock group’s third album; comes after 2016’s I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It; includes the singles ‘Give Yourself a Try’, ‘Love It If We Made It’, ‘TooTimeTooTimeTooTime’, ‘Sincerity Is Scary’, and ‘It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)’
- The Pains of Growing by Alessia Cara: Second album by the Canadian singer; follows her 2015 debut Know-It-All (2015); includes the singles ‘Growing Pains’ and ‘Trust My Lonely’.
* Movies
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (starring Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis) – fantasy, based on Rudyard Kipling’s collection All the Mowgli Stories; a human child (Rohan Chand) is brought up by a pack of wolves in the jungles of India.
- Anna and the Apocalypse (starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire) – horror comedy musical; a group of friends fight for survival as a zombie apocalypse hits their town.
- The Possession of Hannah Grace (starring Shay Mitchell, Stana Katic, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson) – horror; a former policewoman encounters an evil entity while working in a morgue.
Star
Christine Diane Teigen
- Born on 30th November 1985 in Delta, Utah, U.S.
- Father is of Norwegian descent and mother is Thai.
- Was discovered by a photographer while working in a surf shop.
- Became a model on Deal or No Deal (2007 – 2008).
- Appeared in the 2007 music video for singer John Legend’s song ‘Stereo’. Met Legend on the set, and they started dating. They married in September 2013. They have two children – daughter Luna Simone Stephens (born April 2016) and son Miles Theodore Stephens (born May 2018).
- Made her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2010.
- Has since appeared on television shows including America's Next Top Model (2012 – 2015), Snack Off (2014), FabLife (2015 – 2016), and Lip Sync Battle (2015 – present).
- Has also released two cookbooks – Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat (2016) and Cravings: Hungry For More (2018).
Also born today: Dougie Poynter, Kaley Cuoco, Elisha Cuthbert, Steve Aoki, Des'ree, Cherie Currie, Billy Idol, Mandy Patinkin, Terrence Malick, Ridley Scott
Celeb Tweets
- Urwa Hocane (VJURWA): Stop using plastic you all - and if you have to use it then start reusing your old plastic bags and bottles. I urge you all to STOP using or buying more plastic NOW!
- Shehzad Roy (ShehzadRoy): Both blind supporters and blind critics of anything lack critical thinking in equal amount.
- Mahira Khan (TheMahiraKhan): Man, the universe … I swear. What a tease.
Spotlight
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Tagline: Let the mystery unfold.
- Fantasy; a young girl is gifted a locked egg-shaped box from her deceased mother and sets out to retrieve its key in a magical land.
- Is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s short story ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ and Marius Petipa’s The Nutcracker.
- Had a budget of around $120 million to 133 million; has made nearly $122 million in almost a month.
- Has received very negative reviews from critics who found the film slow, incoherent, and forgettable.
- Was originally directed by Lasse Hallström; Joe Johnston later directed a month of reshoots and received co-directing credit.
- Music adapted in part from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite from 1892 by James Newton Howard.