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By Sameen Amer
28 June, 2024

C,XOXO by Camila Cabello: Fourth album by the American singer; comes after 2022’s Familia; includes the singles ‘I Luv It’...

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Albums

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C,XOXO by Camila Cabello: Fourth album by the American singer; comes after 2022’s Familia; includes the singles ‘I Luv It’ (featuring Playboi Carti), ‘He Knows’ (featuring Lil Nas X), ‘Dade County Dreaming’ (featuring JT and Yung Miami), ‘Hot Uptown’ (featuring Drake), and ‘Uuugly’ (featuring Drake).

Movies

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A Quiet Place: Day One (starring Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou) – horror, spin-off prequel to A Quiet Place (2018); a woman (Nyong’o) tries to survive the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing.

A Family Affair (starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King) – romantic comedy; a personal assistant (King) discovers that her Hollywood star boss (Efron) is in a relationship with her widowed mother (Kidman).

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (starring Eddie Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon) – action comedy; sequel to Beverly Hills Cop III (1994); police lieutenant Axel Foley (Murphy) teams up with his estranged daughter (Paige) to uncover a conspiracy.

STAR

Elon Reeve Musk

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* Born on 28 June 1971 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.

* Is the son of Canadian-born model Maye Musk and South African engineer and developer Errol Musk.

* Has a younger brother, restaurateur Kimbal, and a younger sister, filmmaker Tosca.

* Was raised in wealth.

* Parents divorced in 1980.

* Immigrated to Canada at age 18. Eventually became a U.S. citizen in 2002.

* Received a bachelor’s degrees in economics and physics from the University of Pennsylvania.

* Co-founded online city guide software company Zip2 with Kimbal in 1995; the startup was acquired by Compaq for US$307 million in 1999.

* Co-founded the direct bank X.com in 1999; it merged with Confinity the following year to form PayPal, which was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002.

* Founded a spaceflight services company SpaceX in 2002, and invested in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. in 2004.

* Acquired Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, rebranding it as X.

* Is one of the wealthiest people in the world, with an estimated net worth of $191 billion as of April 2024.

* Was married to writer Justine Wilson (2000 – 2008; divorced) and actress Talulah Riley (2010 – 2012 and 2013 – 2016; divorced twice).

* Has at least 11 surviving children.

SPOTLIGHT

Inside Out 2

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Voice cast: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, and Paul Walter Hauser

Director: Kelsey Mann

Tagline: Make room for new emotions.

* Animated coming-of-age adventure; as Riley (Tallman) becomes a teenager, new emotions appear in her mind headquarter.

* Is the sequel to Inside Out (2015).

* Marks Kelsey Mann’s feature directorial debut.

* Has grossed over US$500 million on a $200 million budget.

* Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling declined to reprise their respective roles as Fear and Disgust following a dispute over pay. They were reportedly being offered $100,000 each, while Amy Poehler had accepted over $5 million with bonuses for reprising her role.