Cows on Hourglass Pond by Avey Tare: Third solo album by the Animal Collective musician.....
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Out this week
* Albums
Cows on Hourglass Pond by Avey Tare: Third solo album by the Animal Collective musician; follows 2017’s Eucalyptus; includes the singles ‘Saturdays (Again)’ and ‘Taken Boy’.
* Movies
Us (starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph) – horror thriller; a family is terrorized by a group of strangers who look exactly like them.
The Beach Bum (starring Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill) – comedy; a stoner (McConaughey) lives life by his own rules.
The Dirt (starring Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber) – drama, based on the biography The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe and Neil Strauss; biopic of glam metal band Mötley Crüe.
Celeb Tweets
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe): Just found out Prince wrote Sinead O'Connor's ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. He also wrote ‘Manic Monday’ by The Bangles.
That's all. Just thought I'd put that out there.
Jen Kirkman (@JenKirkman): Both flights I’ve been on in the last 24 hours were taxiing for take-off and then slammed on the brakes, then apologized explaining that they got a wrong clearance signal. I blame Trump.
Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy): Twitter is yell on earth.
Spotlight
Triple Frontier
Cast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal
Director: J. C. Chandor
Action thriller; a group of former Special Force operatives reunite to plan a heist.
Had been in development since 2010.
Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp were initially in talks to star in the film, followed by Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy who left the project over creative issues.
Has received mixed to positive reviews from critics who praised the cast and action but found the film uneven.
Score composed by Disasterpeace.
Star
Keegan-Michael Key
Born on 22nd March 1971 in Michigan, U.S.
Is biracial. Was adopted by an interracial couple at a young age.
Discovered he had two paternal half-brothers after they had died.
Earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater in 1993, and a Master of Fine Arts in theater in 1996.
Gained recognition after being cast in Mad TV (2004 – 2009) alongside Jordan Peele with whom he subsequently created the sketch series Key & Peele (2012 – 2015).
Has since appeared in TV series such as Fargo (2014), Parks and Recreation (2013 – 2015), Playing House (2014 – 2017), and Friends from College (2017 – 2019) and films including Keanu (2016) and Don’t Think Twice (2016).
Upcoming projects include parts in the movies Playing with Fire, Dolemite Is My Name, and All the Bright Places, as well as voice roles in the animated films Toy Story 4 (2019) and The Lion King (2019).
Has been married twice: to actresses Cynthia Blaise (1998 – 2017; divorced) and Elisa Pugliese (2018 – present).
Also born today: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Modine, Lena Olin