Detour by Cyndi Lauper: The American singer’s eleventh album; comes after 2010’s Memphis Blues; features covers of country songs, including ‘Detour’ (featuring Emmylou Harris), ‘Night Life’ (featuring Willie Nelson), ‘You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly’ (featuring Vince Gill), ‘I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart’ (featuring Jewel), and ‘Hard Candy Christmas’ (featuring Alison Krauss).
Coming Soon
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Albums
Detour by Cyndi Lauper: The American singer’s eleventh album; comes after 2010’s Memphis Blues; features covers of country songs, including ‘Detour’ (featuring Emmylou Harris), ‘Night Life’ (featuring Willie Nelson), ‘You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly’ (featuring Vince Gill), ‘I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart’ (featuring Jewel), and ‘Hard Candy Christmas’ (featuring Alison Krauss).
Ripcord by Keith Urban: Ninth album by the Australian country singer, the follow-up to 2013’s Fuse; includes the songs ‘Sun Don’t Let Me Down’ (featuring Pitbull) and ‘The Fighter’ (featuring Carrie Underwood).
Movies
Captain America: Civil War (starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie) – action, sequel to 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The First Avenger, third film in the Captain America series and thirteenth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; an act regulating superhuman activity causes a rift in the Avengers, splintering them into two groups, one led by Steve Rogers (Evans) and the other by Tony Stark (Downey Jr.).
Star
George Timothy Clooney
Born on the 6th of May 1961 in Kentucky, U.S. to anchorman and host, Nick Clooney.
Has an older sister, Adelia.
Developed Bell’s palsy as a child which went away within a year.
Played baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds in 1977 but didn’t make the cut.
Studied broadcast journalism at university but did not graduate.
Started acting in the late ‘70s, getting his first major role in the short-lived sitcom E/R (1984 – 1985) before gaining prominence with a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne (1988 – 1991).
Rose to fame after starring in the medical drama ER (1994 – 1999). Has gone on to star in films including Batman & Robin (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Syriana (2005), Up in the Air (2009), The Descendants (2011), Gravity (2013), The Monuments Men (2014), and the Ocean’s Eleven series (2001 – 2007).
Upcoming projects include Money Monster.
Has been married twice: to actress Talia Balsam (1989 – 1993; divorced) and British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin (2014 – present).
Is involved with the humanitarian organization Not On Our Watch Project. Has also advocated a resolution of the Darfur conflict, and supports the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Also born today: Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Hope, Tony Blair
Celeb Tweets
Dax Shepard (@daxshepard1): The Giving Tree is the most terrible book ever written. I have no idea why it’s my favorite.
Kelly Oxford (@kellyoxford): 7YO singing along to Beyoncé’s ‘Hold Up’, stops, whispers... “I’m so glad Beyoncé wrote this song. I’m so glad her husband cheated on her.”
Shannon Woodward (@shannonwoodward): If no one respects women more than Trump, then I never want to meet another human being again. I’ll be fine. Just me and this tomato plant.
Spotlight
The Boss
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Kathy Bates, Ella Anderson, Tyler Labine, Peter Dinklage
Director: Ben Falcone
Tagline: Watch your assets
Comedy; after serving a sentence for insider trading, a woman (McCarthy) tries to rebrand herself but not everyone is eager to forgive her.
Is based on a character McCarthy created for the comedy troupe Groundlings, and is directed by her husband, Ben Falcone.
Was originally titled Michelle Darnell after the name of McCarthy’s character.
Had a budget of $29 million; has made around $60 million in its first three weeks.
Has received negative reviews from critics, who found the film unconvincing and inconsistent, but praised McCarthy’s performance.
Movies
