Started writing poetry as a child, and developed an interest in music and dance at a young age....
COMING SOON
Out this week
Movies
* Argylle (starring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara) – action comedy; an introverted spy novelist (Howard) gets drawn into the real world of espionage when her stories get a little too close to the activities of an underground syndicate.
* Orion and the Dark (starring Jacob Tremblay, Colin Hanks, Paul Walter Hauser, Angela Bassett, Ike Barinholtz) – animated adventure, based on the children’s book of the same name by Emma Yarlett; a timid young boy (Tremblay) must learn to stop letting fear control his life.
* The Tiger’s Apprentice (starring Henry Golding, Brandon Soo Hoo, Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Michelle Yeoh) – animated fantasy; a Chinese American boy (Hoo) must protect a phoenix egg.
* Bosco (Aubrey Joseph, Nikki Blonsky, Tyrese Gibson, Theo Rossi, Thomas Jane, Vivica A. Fox) – biographical drama, based on the book Chasin’ Freedum by Quawntay Adams; a man (Joseph), sentenced to 35 years for attempted possession of marijuana, escapes with the help of a woman from a lonely-hearts ad.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
* Born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
* Is an only child. Has eight older paternal half-siblings.
*Is of Spanish and Lebanese descent.
* Started writing poetry as a child, and developed an interest in music and dance at a young age.
* Released her debut album, Magia, in 1991.
* Gained success in Latin American countries with some of her subsequent albums, before gaining international fame upon transitioning to English and releasing the single ‘Whenever, Wherever’ from her fifth album Laundry Service (2001).
* Has since become one of the most influential Latin artists in the world.
* Is working on her twelfth studio album.
* Has two children – sons Milan (born in 2013) and Sasha (born in 2015) – with her former partner, footballer Gerard Piqué, whom she was in a relationship with from 2011 to 2022.
* Was at the centre of a tax controversy; settled a tax fraud case by paying a €7.5 million fine in 2023.
Lift
Cast: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, and Sam Worthington
Director: F. Gary Gray
Tagline: The heist begins at 40,000 ft.
* Heist comedy; a master thief (Hart) and his Interpol agent ex-girlfriend (Mbatha-Raw) must steal gold bullion being transported on a passenger flight and stop a villain’s destructive plans.
* Was originally scheduled to be released last year but postponed due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.
* Had a US$100 million budget.
* Has received negative reviews from critics who found it generic and disappointing.
* Score composed by Dominic Lewis and Guillaume Roussel.
