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THE GREEN ROOM

By Sameen Amer
Fri, 10, 19

Is of Dominican descent on her father’s side and Trinidadian and Spanish on her mother’s side....

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Out this week

* Movies

  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (starring Aaron Paul, Charles Baker, Matt Jones, Jonathan Banks) - crime drama, continuation of the television series Breaking Bad; follows Jesse Pinkman (Paul) after the events of the Breaking Bad series finale as he flees pursuers.
  • Gemini Man (starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong) - action; a hitman (Smith) is targeted by a younger clone of himself.
  • The Addams Family (starring Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard) - animation, based on Charles Addams’ comics; the peculiar Addams family face the 21st century while preparing for a celebration.
  • The King (starring Timothee Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn) - action, based on William Shakespeare’s Henriad plays; a wayward prince (Chalemet) ascends the throne after his father’s (Mendelsohn) death.
  • Jexi (starring Adam Devine, Rose Byrne, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Pe–a) - comedy; an artificial intelligence virtual assistant (Byrne) help a man (Devine) start to get his life together before turning into a tech nightmare.

Star

Belcalis Marlenis Alm‡nzar

  • Born on 11th October 1992 in New York City, U.S.
  • Is of Dominican descent on her father’s side and Trinidadian and Spanish on her mother’s side.
  • Has a younger sister, Hennessy Carolina.
  • Was given the nickname “Bacardi” by her sister which eventually morphed into her stage name, Cardi B.
  • Was a gang member in her youth.
  • Started working as a stripper at 19.
  • Got some publicity when several of her videos went viral on social media.
  • Gained stardom after appearing in the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York (2015 - 2017).
  • Released her debut single ‘Bodak Yellow’ in 2017 to much success. Released her critically well-received debut album, Invasion of Privacy, the following year.
  • Made her film debut in the movie Hustlers (2019).
  • Is currently working on her second studio album, Tiger Woods, which will be released in 2020.
  • Is also a judge on the Netflix talent search series Rhythm + Flow (2019).
  • Has been married to rapper Offset since 2017. They have a daughter, Kulture (born 2018), together.

Also born today: Michelle Trachtenberg, Matt Bomer, Stephen Moyer, Jane Krakowski, Artie Lange, Luke Perry, Joan Cusack, Daryl Hall

Spotlight

Ad Astra

Cast: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland

Director: James Gray

Tagline: The answers we seek are just outside our reach.

  • Sci-fi drama; an astronaut (Pitt) goes into space in search of his lost father (Jones) who might be behind the mysterious power surges that threaten the world.
  • “Ad Astra” means “to the stars” in Latin.
  • Had a budget of around $100 million; has made nearly $111 million in over two weeks.
  • Has received positive reviews from critics, although the audience’s reception has been more mixed. Pitt’s performance has been universally praised.
  • Cast members Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones, and Loren Dean previously also appeared in the film Space Cowboys (2000).
  • Jamie Kennedy was set to appear in the movie but his part was cut from the final film.
  • Score composed by Max Richter.