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First Man (starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler) – biographical drama based on James R. Hansen’s book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong; follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969.
Bad Times at the El Royale (starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Chris Hemsworth, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm) – action; seven strangers, each hiding dark secrets, end up at the same shady hotel.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Jack Black) – horror comedy, based on R. L. Stine's children's book series, a stand-alone sequel to Goosebumps (2015); two young boys (Taylor and Harris) unleash monsters after they open a mysterious manuscript in an abandoned house previously owned by R. L. Stine (Black)
The Oath (starring Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish) – comedy; a politically divided family argues at Thanksgiving after the U.S. government requires all citizens to sign a loyalty pledge.
Celeb Tweets
Roxane Gay (@rgay): So … Kanye is MAGA and Taylor Swift is endorsing Democrats in TN. This screening of Interstellar 2 is fascinating. Buy a lottery ticket. Anything is possible in this timeline.
Lena Dunham (@lenadunham): Things I have found soothing today and maybe you will too:
Texting my mother
Holding the Times but not reading it
Coca-Cola with ice
Looking at Kylie Jenner’s Insta trying to guess when her hair is a wig or extensions and when it’s just her hairs.
Fantasy; a young boy (Vaccaro) sent to live with his uncle (Black) in a creaky old house soon discovers that his uncle is a warlock.
Based on John Bellairs’s 1973 novel of the same name.
Had a budget of $42 million; has made nearly $80 million.
Has received mixed reviews from critics; the cast has been praised but the film has been deemed unoriginal and derivative.
Is Eli Roth's first family film.
Score composed by Nathan Barr.
Star
Hugh Michael Jackman
Born on 12th October, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Has four older siblings, two brothers and two sisters.
Parents divorced when he was a child.
Graduated from University of Technology, Sydney, in 1991 with a BA in Communications.
Subsequently took a course at the Actors’ Centre in Sydney.
Got his breakthrough role playing Wolverine in X-Men (2000) and achieved global fame for portraying the character in the film series from 2000 to 2017.
Has also appeared in the films Kate & Leopold (2001), Van Helsing (2004), The Prestige (2006), The Fountain (2006), Australia (2008), Les Misérables (2012), Prisoners (2013), Eddie the Eagle (2016), and The Greatest Showman (2017).
Has appeared in various theatre productions, winning the Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz (2003).
Turned down the role of James Bond (before it was offered to Daniel Craig) due to other commitments.
Upcoming projects include the animated film Missing Link (2019) and the comedy movie Bad Education.
Married actress Deborra-Lee Furness – who is 13 years his senior – in 1996. After two miscarriages, the couple adopted two children, Oscar and Ava.
Had carcinoma removed from his nose in 2013 and 2014.
Can play the guitar, piano, and violin.
Also born today: Iris Apatow, Josh Hutcherson, Jordan Pundik, Kirk Cameron
