Sweetener by Ariana Grande: Fourth album by the American singer; comes after 2016...
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* Albums
Sweetener by Ariana Grande: Fourth album by the American singer; comes after 2016’s Dangerous Woman; includes the single ‘No Tears Left to Cry’ as well as the songs ‘Blazed’ (featuring Pharrell Williams), ‘The Light Is Coming’ (featuring Nicki Minaj), and ‘Borderline’ (featuring Missy Elliott).
* Movies
Mile 22 (starring Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey) - action; a CIA operative (Wahlberg) and his team have to escort a valuable intelligence asset (Uwais) to an extraction point 22 miles away while being hunted by terrorists.
Alpha (starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leonor Varela, Jens Hulten) - fantasy; a young hunter develops a friendship with an injured wolf during the Ice Age.
Down a Dark Hall (starring AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Kirsty Mitchell) - fantasy, based on Lois Duncan’s novel; a new student at an exclusive boarding school confronts the institution’s supernatural occurrences.
The Wife (starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons) - drama, based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel; a wife (Close) questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce) who is receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Awards
2018 Teen Choice Awards
Movies
Choice Action Movie: Avengers: Infinity War
Action Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr. - Avengers: Infinity War
Action Movie Actress: Scarlett Johansson - “Avengers: Infinity War”
Choice Sci-Fi Movie: Black Panther
Comedy Movie: Love, Simon
Fantasy Movie: Coco
Drama Movie: The Greatest Showman
Summer Movie: Incredibles 2
Movie Villain: Michael B. Jordan - Black Panther
Television
Choice Drama TV Show: Riverdale
Drama TV Actor: Cole Sprouse - Riverdale
Drama TV Actress: Lili Reinhart - Riverdale
Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show: Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Action TV Show: The Flash
Comedy TV Show: The Big Bang Theory
Animated TV Show: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Reality TV Show: Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Summer TV Show: So You Think You Can Dance
TV Villain: Mark Consuelos - Riverdale
Music
Male Artist: Louis Tomlinson
Female Artist: Camila Cabello
Music Group; 5 Seconds of Summer
Country Artist: Carrie Underwood
Electronic/Dance Artist: The Chainsmokers
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist: Cardi B
Rock Artist: Imagine Dragons
Song: Female Artist: ‘Havana’ - Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug)
Song: Male Artist: ‘Perfect’ - Ed Sheeran
Song: Group: ‘Youngblood’ - 5 Seconds of Summer
Pop Song: ‘In My Blood’ - Shawn Mendes
Rock/Alternative Song: ‘Whatever It Takes’ - Imagine Dragons
Choice Style Icon: Harry Styles
You can see the (very long) complete list of winners atbillboard.com/articles/news/awards/8469754/teen-choice-awards-winners-list-2018
Spotlight
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Gillian Anderson
Director: Susanna Fogel
Tagline: They got this.
Action comedy; after her ex-boyfriend unexpectedly turns out to be a secret agent, a woman (Kunis) and her friend (McKinnon) unwittingly find themselves embroiled in an international conspiracy.
The film’s title spoofs the title of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Had a budget of $40 million; has grossed nearly $26 million in around a week.
Has received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances but criticised the inconsistent tone.
Score composed by Tyler Bates.
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