Coming Soon
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*Albums
- Icarus Falls by Zayn: Sophomore solo release by the former One Direction singer; follows his 2016 debut Mind of Mine; includes the singles ‘Let Me’, ‘Entertainer’, ‘Sour Diesel’, ‘Too Much’ (featuring Timbaland), ‘Fingers’, and ‘No Candle No Light’ (featuring Nicki Minaj).
* Movies
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (with the voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Liev Schreiber) - animation; a teenager with spider-like abilities (Moore) must juggle his high school life with superhero work, while crossing paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.
- Mortal Engines (starring Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae) - action, based on Philip Reeve’s 2001 novel; three outcasts lead a rebellion against a predator city on wheels.
- The Mule (starring Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pe–a, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia) - biographical drama, based on a true story; a World War II veteran (Eastwood) becomes a drug mule in his 80s.
Star
Vanessa Anne Hudgens
- Born on 14th December 1988 in California, U.S.
- Her father was of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother of Filipino descent.
- Has a younger sister, Stella.
- Performed in musical theatre as a child.
- Had her first acting role in an episode of the sitcom Still Standing (2002) and her first movie role in the film Thirteen (2003).
- Got her breakthrough when she was cast as the female lead in Disney Channel’s movie High School Musical (2006) which went on to be massively popular and spawned the sequels High School Musical 2 (2007) and High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008).
- Has since appeared in films like Bandslam (2009), Beastly (2011), Sucker Punch (2011), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), Spring Breakers (2013), and Machete Kills (2013).
- Has also released two albums - V (2006) and Identified (2008).
- Was in a relationship with her HSM co-star Zac Efron from 2005 to 2010. Has been in a relationship with actor Austin Butler since 2011.
- Is close friends with her HSM co-star Ashley Tisdale; was a bridesmaid at Tisdale’s wedding in September 2014.
Also born today: Tori Kelly, Offset, Sophie Monk, Miranda Hart, Natascha McElhone, Jane Birkin
Celeb Tweets
- Stephen Mangan (StephenMangan): I’ve missed a lot of ‘unmissable’ films in my life. I don’t think that word means what critics think it means.
- Hannah Simone (HannahSimone): Whenever I try to make sense of the world I remember that I was on a TV show with FREAKIN’ PRINCE and I was higher on the call sheet than him and I’m like there is no method to the madness so do whatever you want.
Spotlight
Fantastic Beasts:
The Crimes of Grindelwald
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zo‘ Kravitz, Jude Law, Johnny Depp
Director: David Yates
Tagline: Who will change the future?
- Fantasy; Newt Scamander (Redmayne) and Albus Dumbledore (Law) try to take down the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Depp) while facing new threats.
- Is the tenth film in the Wizarding World franchise, and the second instalment in the Fantastic Beasts series, a sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016).
- Had a $200 million budget. Has made around $570 million in nearly a month.
- Has received mixed to negative reviews; Law and Depp’s performances have been praised, but the unnecessarily complicated plot has been criticised.
- Depp’s casting in 2016 caused controversy due to domestic violence allegations that had been made against him by ex-wife Amber Heard.
- Jamie Campbell Bower (as Young Grindelwald) and Toby Regbo (as Young Dumbledore) reprise the parts they briefly played in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010).
- The third Fantastic Beasts film, out of a potential five, is set to be released in November 2020.