Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Can't Say I Ain't Country by Florida Georgia Line: Fourth album by the American country music duo; follows Dig Your Roots (2016); includes the songs ‘Simple’, ‘Talk You Out of It’, and ‘Meant to Be’ as well as collaborations with Jason Derulo and Jason Aldean.
- Also out this week: Let’s Be Frank, American country singer Trisha Yearwood’s covers album of songs by Frank Sinatra; and Head Above Water, Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne’s sixth album.
* Movies
- Alita: Battle Angel (starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali) – action, based on Yukito Kishiro’s manga series Gunnm; a reactivated cyborg (Salazar) with no memory of her past life tries to find out who she is.
- Happy Death Day 2U (starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu) – horror; a woman (Rothe), stuck in a time loop reliving the day of her murder, is determined to escape after finding out that her friends are also targets.
- Isn't It Romantic (starring Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam DeVine) – romantic comedy; after getting hit on the head, a woman wakes up in a world that operates like a romantic comedy movie.
Awards
61st Annual Grammy Awards
Winners:
- Record of the Year: ‘This Is America’ – Childish Gambino
- Song of the Year: ‘This Is America’ – Childish Gambino
- Music Video: ‘This Is America’ – Childish Gambino
- Rap/Sung Performance: ‘This Is America’ – Childish Gambino
- Album of the Year: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
- Country Solo Performance: ‘Butterflies’ – Kacey Musgraves
- Country Album: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
- New Artist: Dua Lipa
- Pop Vocal Album: Sweetener – Ariana Grande
- Pop Solo Performance: ‘Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)’ – Lady GagaU
- Rap Album: Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
- Rock Performance: ‘When Bad Does Good’ – Chris Cornell
For the complete list, visit grammy.com/grammys/awards.
Stars
Born today: Amber Riley, Conor Oberst, Brandon Boyd, Chris Farley, Ali Campbell, Janice Dickinson, Matt Groening, Jane Seymour
Spotlight
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Voice cast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, F. Murray Abraham, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington
Director: Dean DeBlois
Tagline: Fly on your own. Find your way home.
- Animation; Hiccup (Baruchel) searches for the hidden ancestral home of the dragons before a hired hunter (Abraham) can capture Toothless.
- Is the final instalment in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy which is loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. Serves as a sequel to 2010’s How to Train Your Dragon and 2014’s How to Train Your Dragon 2.
- Was released in foreign markets prior to its upcoming release in the U.S.
- Had a budget of $129 million; has made over $138 million so far.
- Has received positive reviews from critics who praised the animation and emotional story.
- Score composed by John Powell.