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THE GREEN ROOM

By  Sameen Amer
13 January, 2023

Is the first animated film in the Night at the Museum series and the fourth instalment overall....

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* Albums

* Never Going Under by Circa Waves: Fifth album by the British indie rock band, the follow-up to 2020’s Sad Happy; includes the singles ‘Hell On Earth’, ‘Do You Wanna Talk‘, and ‘Carry You Home’.

* Movies

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* Plane (starring Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, Tony Goldwyn) – action thriller; after an emergency landing in hostile territory, a pilot (Butler) must team up with a convict (Colter) to save passengers who have been taken hostage.

* House Party (starring Tosin Cole, Jacob Latimore, Karen Obilom) – comedy, reboot of the 1990 film; recently fired from their jobs as house cleaners, two best friends (Cole and Latimore) decide to host a party at the site of their last cleaning job: LeBron James’ mansion.

CELE TWEETS

* Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays): When ‘Channo’ became an overnight hit, I was advised to release an album of minimum 8 songs by Eid, so I recorded the whole album in about 1-2 weeks. Songs ‘Chal Dil Mere’, ‘Rangeen’, ‘Huqa Pani’, and ‘Din Doobay’. All vocals done in two hours. Songs ready to go in 3 days by Shani Arshad.

SPOT LIGHT

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

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Voice cast: Joshua Bassett, Jamie Demetriou, Alice Isaaz, Gillian Jacobs, Joseph Kamal, Thomas Lennon, Zachary Levi, Alexander Salamat, Kieran Sequoia, Jack Whitehall, Bowen Yang, Steve Zahn

Director: Matt Danner

Tagline: Same shift. Different night.

* Animated adventure; as Larry’s (Levi) son Nick (Bassett) reluctantly becomes the museum’s night-watchman, a familiar threat returns to conquer the world.

* Is the first animated film in the Night at the Museum series and the fourth instalment overall.

* Does not feature the voices of the original cast of the live-action movies.

* Has received positive reviews, with critics calling the film fun but predictable.

* Score composed by John Paesano.

STAR

Natalia Danielle Dyer

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* Born on 13 January 1995 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

* Has a sister, Virginia.

* Started acting in community theatre as a child.

* Made her screen debut with a brief role in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009).

* Received recognition for her breakthrough role as Nancy Wheeler in the sci-fi horror drama series Stranger Things (2016 – present).

* Has also appeared in movies including I Believe in Unicorns (2014), Yes, God, Yes (2019), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), and Things Heard & Seen (2021)

* Upcoming projects include the films All Fun and Games (2023) and Chestnut (TBA).

* Has been in a relationship with her Stranger Things co-star Charlie Heaton since 2016.

Also born today: Liam Hemsworth, Ruth Wilson, Kamran Akmal, Orlando Bloom, Nicole Eggert, Shonda Rhimes, Patrick Dempsey, Bill Bailey, Penelope Ann Miller, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wayne Coyne