Love You to Death by Tegan and Sara: Eighth album by the Canadian twins, the follow-up to 2013’s Heartthrob; led by the single ‘Boyfriend’ and includes the songs ‘U-Turn’ and ‘100x’.
Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
Love You to Death by Tegan and Sara: Eighth album by the Canadian twins, the follow-up to 2013’s Heartthrob; led by the single ‘Boyfriend’ and includes the songs ‘U-Turn’ and ‘100x’.
* Movies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (starring Megan Fox, Stephen Amell, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Laura Linney) - action, sequel to 2014’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; the Turtles try to save the city from another threat.
Me Before You (starring Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin) - drama, based on Jojo Moyes’ 2012 novel; a girl (Clarke) forms a bond with the paralyzed man (Claflin) she is taking care of.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (starring Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone) - comedy; mockumentary about a former boy band member (Samberg) who is trying to stay in the spotlight after his solo album flops.
Star
Imogen Poots
Born on the 3rd of June 1989 in London, England.
Has an older brother, Alex, who is a model.
Wanted to be a veterinarian.
Made her screen debut in an episode of Casualty (2004) before gaining some notice after appearing in movies like 28 Weeks Later (2007), Me and Orson Welles (2008), and Jane Eyre (2011). Has since starred in films including The Look of Love (2013), Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), A Long Way Down (2014), Need for Speed (2014), She’s Funny That Way (2014), and Knight of Cups (2015).
Upcoming projects include the film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) and the television series Roadies (2016).
Also born today: Rafael Nadal, Kelly Jones, Jason Jones, Wasim Akram, Lawrence Lessig, Jill Biden, Penelope Wilton
Celeb Tweets
Kevin Seccia (@kevinseccia): The Flash is lucky because he can run real fast but also because he lives in a world where every problem can be solved by running real fast.Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt): “We’ve got company” — mercenaries in action movies/my grandma in real life.
Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais): If you want to deny something don’t choose Evolution or The Holocaust. You’ll look stupid because of all the evidence.
Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays): Life was never meant to be a pretty picture. But it will always be your original work of art.
Spotlight
The Angry Birds Movie
Voice cast: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage
Director: Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Tagline: Why so angry?
Animation; after a group of mysterious green pigs visit an island populated by happy, flightless birds, it is up to grumpy outcast Red (Sudeikis) to figure out what they are up to.
Based on the Angry Birds video game franchise.
Was made partly because of the success of the Angry Birds Toons animated TV series.
Had a budget of $73 million; has made around $157 million in its first few weeks.
Has received mixed to negative reviews, with critics finding the film bright but lacklustre and unexceptional.
Score composed by Heitor Pereira. Soundtrack includes songs performed by Blake Shelton, Demi Lovato, Charli XCX, Rick Astley, Limp Bizkit, and Scorpions.