One More Light by Linkin Park: Seventh album by the rock band; comes after 2014’s The Hunting Party; includes the singles ‘Heavy’ (featuring Kiiara) and ‘Invisible’.
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* Albums
One More Light by Linkin Park: Seventh album by the rock band; comes after 2014’s The Hunting Party; includes the singles ‘Heavy’ (featuring Kiiara) and ‘Invisible’.
is this the life we really want? by Roger Waters: Fifth album by the former Pink Floyd member, his first studio release in almost 25 years since Amused to Death (1992); led by the single ‘Smell the Roses’.
* Movies
Alien: Covenant (starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride) - horror, sequel to Prometheus (2012); the crew of a damaged colony ship land on a remote planet but make a terrifying discovery.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (starring Jason Drucker, Owen Asztalo, Charlie Wright) - comedy, fourth instalment in the series but with a different cast; Greg (Drucker) and Rodrick (Wright) convince their family to go on a road trip.
Everything, Everything (starring Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson) - drama, based on Nicola Yoon’s 2015 novel; a teenager (Stenberg) with a rare disease falls for her new neighbour (Robinson).
Wakefield (starring Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner) - drama; a man (Cranston) suffering a nervous breakdown leaves his family and hides in his attic.
Star
Samuel Frederick Smith
Born on 19th May 1992 in London, England, UK.
Has two younger sisters, Lily and Mabel.
Is a third-cousin of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen.
Started performing at a young age.
Gained attention after being featured on Disclosure’s single ‘Latch’ in 2012 and Naughty Boy’s ‘La La La’ in 2013.
Released his debut album, In the Lonely Hour, in 2014, which propelled him to fame and won him four Grammies as well as several other awards.
Co-wrote and performed ‘Writing’s on the Wall’, the theme song for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), which won the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Is currently working on his second album which is expected to be released later this year.
Cites Adele and Amy Winehouse as his main influences.
Has obsessive compulsive disorder.
Celeb Tweets
Bill Maher (@billmaher): The tycoons of social media have to admit they’re just tobacco farmers in t-shirts, selling an addictive product to children. #BrainHacking
Matthew Gray Gubler (@GUBLERNATION): [Is it] just me or do cherry tomatoes taste like a grape you forgot was in your pocket for 4 days?
Spotlight
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
Written and directed by: James Gunn
Tagline: Obviously.
Action; the Guardians continue their cosmic adventures while unravelling the mystery of Peter Quill’s (Pratt) parentage.
Is the sequel to 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Had a budget of $200 million; had made nearly $525 million in its first week.
Has received positive reviews from critics who found the film witty and enjoyable albeit not as fresh as the first instalment.
Gary Oldman, Matthew McConaughey, Christoph Waltz, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Plummer, and Liam Neeson were reportedly among the actors considered for the role of Ego, which eventually went to Kurt Russell.
Score composed by Tyler Bates. Soundtrack mostly comprises of popular songs from the 1970s, like ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ and Cheap Trick’s ‘Surrender’.
Will be followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Gunn will return to write and direct the film.
