By the Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile: The American folk pop singer’s sixth album.....
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Albums
By the Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile: The American folk pop singer’s sixth album; comes after The Firewatcher’s Daughter; led by the single “The Joke”, and includes the songs “Hold Out Your Hand”, “Whatever You Do”, and “Most of All”.
* Movies
Black Panther (starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis) - action, eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; King T’Challa (Boseman) finds his sovereignty challenged when a long-time adversary conspires to bring down his kingdom in a conflict that has global consequences.
Early Man (with the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall) - animation; a young caveman (Redmayne) must unite his tribe, who have been driven out of their valley, to face off against a mighty enemy (Hiddleston) and save their home.
Monster Family (with the voices of Emily Watson, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jason Isaacs) - animation, based on David Safier’s children’s book; a family’s fun night out takes a strange turn after an evil witch’s curse turns them all into monsters.
Nostalgia (starring Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Amber Tamblyn, Patton Oswalt, Catherine Keener) - drama; follows the lives of people connected through loss.
Celeb Tweets
Dave Pell (@davepell): Most Olympic athletes represent their country. The person who yells at the person with the broom in curling represents all humans.
Julius Sharpe (@juliussharpe): If your music is being used for a figure skating routine, you need to take a long, hard look at yourself.
Spotlight
The Commuter
Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Tagline: Lives are on the line.
Action; on his daily commute home, an insurance salesman (Neeson) unwittingly gets caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy.
Had a $30 million budget; has made around $92 million in a month.
Has received mixed reviews by critics, who found it unoriginal but somewhat thrilling and praised Neeson’s performance.
Is the fourth collaboration between Collet-Serra and Neeson, following Unknown (2011), Non-Stop (2014), and Run All Night (2015).
Score composed by Roque Ba–os.
Star
Elizabeth Chase Olsen
Born on 16th February 1989 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
Is the younger sister of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; also has an older brother, Trent.
Parents divorced in 1996.
Took ballet and singing lessons at a young age.
Started appearing in her sisters’ projects - including the straight-to-video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley (1994 - 1996) - as a child.
Attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company.
Got her breakthrough role as an adult in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011).
Gained fame after being cast as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; has appeared in the films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016), and is set to reprise her role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
Has also starred in the movies Godzilla (2014), Ingrid Goes West (2017), and Wind River (2017).
Enjoys playing volleyball.
Also born today: Lupe Fiasco, Mahershala Ali, Sarah Clarke, Christopher Eccleston, Ice-T, James Ingram
