COMING SOON
Out this week
* Albums
- Afterburner by Dance Gavin Dance: Ninth album by the American rock band; follows 2018’s Artificial Selection; includes the singles ‘Prisoner’, ‘Strawberry’s Wake’, ‘Lyrics Lie’, and ‘Three Wishes’.
- Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders by Awolnation: The rock band’s fourth album, their first release since Here Come the Runts (2018); includes the songs ‘Mayday!!! Fiesta Fever’ (featuring Alex Ebert) and ‘Pacific Coast Highway in the Movies’ (featuring Rivers Cuomo).
* Movies
- Extraction (starring Chris Hemsworth, Rudraksh Jaiswal, David Harbour) – action; a mercenary (Hemsworth) embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned crime lord.
- Radioactive (starring Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy) – biographical drama; tells the story of the scientific and personal lives of Marie (Pike) and Pierre Curie (Riley).
- Bad Education (starring Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Ray Romano) – biographical comedy drama; follows a public school embezzlement scandal.
- Dangerous Lies (starring Camila Mendes, Jessie T. Usher, Jamie Chung, Cam Gigandet) – thriller; a wealthy elderly man leaves his estate to his new caregiver who is then drawn into a web of deception.
Star
Kelly Brianne Clarkson
- Born on 24th April 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
- Has two elder siblings – brother Jason and sister Alyssa.
- Parents divorced when she was six.
- Performed in musicals at school.
- Early attempts to launch her music career did not pan out.
- Rose to fame after participating in the inaugural season of American Idol in 2002, winning the competition.
- Has since released eight albums: Thankful (2003), Breakaway (2004), My December (2007), All I Ever Wanted (2009), Stronger (2011), Wrapped in Red (2013), Piece by Piece (2015), and Meaning of Life (2017).
- Currently serves as a coach on the singing competition The Voice (2012, 2017 – present) and hosts the daytime talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019 – present).
- Has been married to talent manager Brandon Blackstock since 2013. They have two children – daughter River Rose (born 2014) and son Remington Alexander (born 2016) – together. Is also the stepmother to Blackstock’s daughter and son from his previous marriage.
Spotlight
Coffee & Kareem
Cast: Ed Helms, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Betty Gilpin, RonReaco Lee, Andrew Bachelor, David Alan Grier, Taraji P. Henson
Director: Michael Dowse
- Action comedy; an inept cop (Helms) must team up with his girlfriend’s (Henson) unruly son (Gardenhigh) to take down criminals after the latter witnesses a murder.
- Was advertised with spoof posters based on ‘80s movies like 48 Hrs. (1982), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), and Die Hard (1988).
- Has received negative reviews from critics who slated its tired concept and adult humour.
- Score composed by Joseph Trapanese.