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* Albums
- Everyday Life by Coldplay: The British rock band’s eighth album; comes after 2015’s A Head Full of Dreams; includes the singles ‘Orphans’, ‘Arabesque’, and ‘Everyday Life’.
- Hyperspace by Beck: Fourteenth album by the American musician; follows 2017’s Colors; preceded by the singles ‘Saw Lightning’, ‘Uneventful Days’, ‘Dark Places’, and ‘Everlasting Nothing’.
* Movies
- Frozen 2 (with the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad) – animated musical, sequel to the 2013 film Frozen; Elsa (Menzel), Anna (Bell), Kristoff (Groff), Olaf (Gad), and Sven travel to an enchanted land in order to discover the origin of Elsa’s powers and save their kingdom
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper ) – biographical drama, based loosely on journalist Tom Junod’s encounter with Fred Rogers; a jaded journalist (Rhys) is given the assignment to profile beloved television personality Fred Rogers (Hanks).
- 21 Bridges (starring Chadwick Boseman, Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, J.K. Simmons) – action; a police detective (Boseman ) goes after two suspected cop killers.
- Dark Waters (starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins) – biographical drama; an attorney (Ruffalo) risks everything to expose unexplained deaths linked to the corporation DuPont.
Star
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson
- Born on 22nd November 1984 in New York, U.S.
- Started acting as a child.
- Made her film debut in the fantasy comedy North (1994).
- Gained recognition in 2003 for starring in Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
- Has since starred in films including Match Point (2005), The Prestige (2006), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Her (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Lucy (2014), The Jungle Book (2016), Jojo Rabbit (2019), and Marriage Story (2019).
- Most prominently, she has been portraying Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Iron Man 2 (2010). Is set to reprise the role in an upcoming solo prequel film.
- Is the world’s highest-paid actress, and the highest-grossing actress of all time.
- Has also released two albums, Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008) and Break Up (with Pete Yorn) (2009).
- Has been married twice: to Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds (2008 – 2011; divorced) and French businessman Romain Dauriac (2014 – 2017; divorced; 1 daughter (born 2014)). Is currently engaged to actor Colin Jost.
Also born today: Auli'i Cravalho, Hailey Baldwin, Katherine McNamara, Dacre Montgomery, Karen O, Mark Ruffalo, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Kind, Terry Gilliam
Spotlight
Terminator: Dark Fate
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta
Director: Tim Miller
Tagline: Welcome to the day after judgment day.
- Sci-fi action; 25 years after the events of Terminator 2 (1991), an augmented soldier (Davis) joins Sarah Connor (Hamilton) and an aging T-800 Terminator (Schwarzenegger) to save a woman (Reyes) from an advanced Terminator (Luna) sent back in time to eliminate her.
- Is the sixth instalment in the Terminator franchise.
- Had an estimated budget of $185 million. Has grossed around $234 million, underwhelming at the box office. With a break-even point of around $450 million, it could lead to over $100 million in projected losses for the studios.
- Has generated mixed reviews, receiving criticism for its unoriginality and disappointing narrative choices (especially regarding John Connor), although it has been deemed an improvement over previous instalments.
- Score composed by Tom Holkenborg.