Second solo album by the former One Direction singer; follows 2020’s Walls; includes the singles ‘Bigger Than Me’ and ‘Out of My System’....
COMING SOON
Out this week
*Albums
* Only the Strong Survive by Bruce Springsteen: Twenty first album by the American singer; comes after 2020’s Letter to You; features covers of R&B and soul songs, including the Commodores’ ‘Nightshift’, the Temptations’ ‘I Wish It Would Rain’, and the Four Tops’ ‘7 Rooms of Gloom’.
* Faith in the Future by Louis Tomlinson: Second solo album by the former One Direction singer; follows 2020’s Walls; includes the singles ‘Bigger Than Me’ and ‘Out of My System’.
*Movies
* Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (starring Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne) – action, sequel to 2018’s Black Panther and the 30th film in the MCU; the leaders of Wakanda fight to protect their nation after King T’Challa’s death.
* The Fabelmans (starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen) – semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama, loosely based on director Stephen Spielberg’s youth; a young man (LaBelle) explores the power of films.
* My Father’s Dragon (with the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Whoopi Goldberg, Ian McShane) – animated adventure, based on Ruth Stiles Gannett’s 1948 children’s novel; a boy (Trembley) searches for a captive dragon on an island and finds much more than he anticipated.
* Spirited (starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds) – Christmas musical comedy, modern retelling of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, told from the ghosts’ perspective; a miserly misanthrope (Reynolds) is taken on a magical journey.
IN REMEMBRANCE
Aaron Charles Carter (1987 – 2022)
* Vic Vela (@VicVela1): Aaron Carter was a talented young man who brought joy to a lot of people. He also struggled with addiction and mental health issues, and today he suffered a tragic death. His sister died of an overdose ten years ago. There are so many of us who suffer every day. I’m sorry, Aaron.
* Diane Warren (@Diane_Warren): Fame at a young age is often more a curse than a blessing and surviving it is not easy. RIP Aaron Carter.
* Zack Budryk (@BudrykZack): My take on the Aaron Carter thing is there should be a Minority Report pre-crime program specifically to charge stage parents with eventual manslaughter.
STAR
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
* Born on 11th November 1974 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
* Parents split up when he was one year old.
* Started acting as a child, appearing in commercials in the late 1980s and in various television shows in the early 1990s.
* Gained some recognition for his roles in movies like What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Romeo + Juliet (1996), before earning massive global fame for starring in Titanic (1997) which became the highest grossing film at the time.
* Has gone on to appear in movies such as Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), The Departed (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), Inception (2010), Django Unchained (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Revenant (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
* Upcoming projects include the Western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
* Promotes environmental awareness. Has produced several documentaries on the environment.
* Has faced criticism for his dating history, primarily his involvement with women aged 25 or younger and the age gap in his relationships.
Also born today: Jon Batiste, Jason White, David DeLuise, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci
