Out this week
Coming Soon
- Albums
- Last Year Was Complicated by Nick Jonas: Third album by the pop singer; follows his 2014 self-titled record; includes the songs ‘Close’ (featuring Tove Lo) and ‘Good Girls’ (featuring Big Sean)
- Strange Little Birds by Garbage: Sixth album by the alternative rock band; comes after 2012’s Not Your Kind of People; led by the single ‘Empty’.
- Movies
- Warcraft (starring Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Dominic Cooper) - action, based on the video game series; orc warriors flee their dying home and head to Azeroth.
- Now You See Me 2 (starring Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco) - thriller, sequel to Now You See Me (2013); The Four Horsemen return to pull off an impossible heist.
- The Conjuring 2 (starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga) - horror, sequel to The Conjuring (2013); paranormal investigators visit a house haunted by malicious spirits.
Star
Elizabeth Jane Hurley
- Born on 10th June 1965 in Basingstoke, England.
- Has an older sister, Kathleen, and a younger brother, Michael.
- Took dancing lessons as a child.
- Made her first film appearance in Aria (1987); has since appeared in movies including Rowing with the Wind (1988), Passenger 57 (1992), EDtv (1999), Bedazzled (2000), Serving Sara (2002), Viktor (2014), and two Austin Powers films (1997 and 1999), as well as television series including Christabel (1988), Gossip Girl (2011 - 2012), and The Royals (2015 - present).
- Has also been modelling since she was 29.
- Was married to textile heir Arun Nayar from 2007 to 2011. Was previously in a relationship with Hugh Grant in the ‘90s, and was also engaged to Shane Warne. Has a son Damian Charles Hurley (born 2002) with businessman Steve Bing.
- Is a campaigner for breast cancer awareness. Has also helped raise funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, and attended fundraisers in Pakistan.
Also born today: Kate Upton, DJ Qualls, Faith Evans
Celeb Tweets
- Laura Benanti (LauraBenanti): Idea: a “regret-o-meter” for twenty-somethings that informs them how much they’re gonna one day regret what they’re about to do.
- Sarah Silverman (SarahKSilverman): Trump needs a mirror, but even more than that, Trump is a mirror.
Spotlight
X-Men: Apocalypse
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Director: Bryan Singer
Tagline: Only the strong will survive.
- Action; the X-Men must defeat an ancient mutant who has awakened and intends to cause massive destruction.
- Ninth instalment in the X-Men series; sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and the final film in the First Class story arc.
- Had a budget of $178 million; has made around $280 million in its first week.
- Has received mixed reviews, with critics finding the film overstuffed.
- Idris Elba and Tom Hardy were considered for the part of the antagonist that eventually went to Oscar Isaac.
- Score composed by John Ottman.
- Is expected to be followed by a sequel that will be set in the 1990s.