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Out this week

*  Albums

• Gone Now by Bleachers: Second album by Jack Antonoff’s pop band; follows their 2014 debut Strange Desire; led by the single ‘Don’t Take the Money’.
• Also out this week: pop singer Halsey’s sophomore record Hopeless Fountain Kingdom; All Is Vanity, a posthumous album by Christina Grimmie; Dua Lipa, the debut album by pop singer Dua Lipa; Waiting on a Song, the second solo release by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach; and Last Young Renegade, the seventh album by rock band All Time Low.

*  Movies

• Wonder Woman (starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston) - action, fourth instalment in the DC Extended Universe; after learning about World War I, Amazon princess Diana (Gadot) leaves her home to try to stop the war.
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (with the voices of Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch) - animation, based on Dav Pilkey’s children’s novel series; two imaginative elementary school students (Hart and Middleditch) hypnotize their school principal (Helms) into thinking he is a superhero.
• Dean (starring Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline, Gillian Jacobs, Mary Steenburgen) - comedy; an illustrator (Martin) falls for a woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family home after his mother’s death.

Star

Wentworth Earl

Miller III

• Born on the 2nd of June 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.
• Is biracial - his father is black and mother white.
• Has two younger sisters, Gillian and Leigh.
• Family moved to Brooklyn, U.S. when he was a child.
• Graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 1995.
• Performed with an a cappella group at Princeton.
• Made his TV acting debut in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1998.
• Got his first starring role in the 2002 mini-series Dinotopia.
• Gained recognition after starring in the action thriller Prison Break (2005 - 2009); has reprised his role in the revival of the series (2017).
• Is currently playing the role of Leonard Snart/Captain Cold in the DC superhero dramas The Flash (2014 - present) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016 - present).
• Is also a screenwriter; wrote the films Stoker (2013) and The Disappointments Room (2016).
• Has struggled with depression since his childhood.
• Is allergic to animals, including cats and dog, as well as to certain food items.

Also born today: Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Justin Long, Dominic Cooper, Zachary Quinto, Tim Rice-Oxley, Wayne Brady, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Dana Carvey, Jerry Mathers, Stacy Keach

Celeb Tweets

• Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays): Great composer Wajahat Atray sahab, who also composed ‘Jugnuon Se Bher Le Aanchal’ has sadly passed away today. Prayers for his soul.
• Shehzad Roy (@ShehzadRoy): ‘Laga Reh’ is a song I made to protest about injustice and that very song ends up being used illegally by @CocaCola.

Spotlight

Alien: Covenant

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Demi‡n Bichir

Director: Ridley Scott

Tagline: The path to paradise begins in hell.

• Sci-fi horror; the crew of a damaged colony ship land on a remote planet but make a terrifying discovery.
• Second instalment in the Alien prequel series; sequel to Prometheus (2012).
• Had a budget of around $100 million; has made nearly $144 million in its first two weeks.
• Has received positive reviews from critics; the films visuals have been praised, as well as Fassbender’s performance.
• Score composed by Jed Kurzel. The song ‘I Feel It Coming’ by The Weeknd and Daft Punk plays during the ending credits.
• A sequel is currently in the works; its production is scheduled to begin in 2018.