Chemistry by Kelly Clarkson: Tenth album by the American singer, her first set of new material since 2017’s Meaning of Life...
COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* Chemistry by Kelly Clarkson: Tenth album by the American singer, her first set of new material since 2017’s Meaning of Life; preceded by the singles ‘Mine’, ‘Me’, and ‘Favorite Kind of High’; also includes the songs ‘I Hate Love’ (featuring Steve Martin) and ‘That’s Right’ (featuring Sheila E.).
Movies
* The Perfect Find (starring Gabrielle Union, Keith Powers, Aisha Hinds, La La Anthony, Gina Torres) – romcom, based on Tia Williams’ book; while attempting to rebuild her reputation after a high-profile firing, a beauty journalist’s (Union) comeback gets complicated when she falls for her boss’s (Torres) son (Powers).
* God Is a Bullet (starring Jamie Foxx, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, January Jones, Maika Monroe) – action thriller, based on the Boston Teran novel; a detective (Coster-Waldau) must save his daughter, who has been kidnapped by a cult, by teaming up with an escapee (Monroe) and The Ferryman (Foxx).
SPOTLIGHT
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback; [voices] Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson, John DiMaggio, and David Sobolov
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Tagline: Unite or fall.
* Sci-fi action; during the ‘90s, the Maximals – a faction of Transformers who can turn into different animals – join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
* Is the seventh instalment in the Transformers live-action film series; serves as a standalone sequel to Bumblebee (2018) and prequel to Transformers (2007).
* Primarily influenced by the Beast Wars storyline.
* Has grossed around US$194 million against a US$200 million production budget.
* Has received mixed to negative reviews by critics who found it nonsensical and uninspired.
* Score composed by Jongnic Bontemps.
* Is set to be the first of three new instalments in the Transformers series. Could also potentially lead to a crossover between the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises.
STAR
Melissa Ivy Rauch
* Born on 23rd June 1980 in New Jersey, U.S.
* Has a younger brother, Ben.
* Developed an interest in acting while attending high school.
* Performed as a stand-up comedian towards the start of her career.
* Made her acting debut in the film Delirious (2006).
* Rose to fame after being cast as Bernadette in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2009 – 2019).
* Currently stars in the revival of the sitcom Night Court (2023 – present).
* Has been married to writer Winston Beigel since 2007. They have two children – a daughter (born in 2017) and a son (born in 2020) – together.
