A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships by The 1975: The English pop rock group’s third album....
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*Albums
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships by The 1975: The English pop rock group’s third album; comes after 2016’s I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It; includes the singles ‘Give Yourself a Try’, ‘Love It If We Made It’, ‘TooTimeTooTimeTooTime’, ‘Sincerity Is Scary’, and ‘It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)’
The Pains of Growing by Alessia Cara: Second album by the Canadian singer; follows her 2015 debut Know-It-All (2015); includes the singles ‘Growing Pains’ and ‘Trust My Lonely’.
* Movies
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (starring Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis) – fantasy, based on Rudyard Kipling’s collection All the Mowgli Stories; a human child (Rohan Chand) is brought up by a pack of wolves in the jungles of India.
Anna and the Apocalypse (starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire) – horror comedy musical; a group of friends fight for survival as a zombie apocalypse hits their town.
The Possession of Hannah Grace (starring Shay Mitchell, Stana Katic, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson) – horror; a former policewoman encounters an evil entity while working in a morgue.
Star
Christine Diane Teigen
Born on 30th November 1985 in Delta, Utah, U.S.
Father is of Norwegian descent and mother is Thai.
Was discovered by a photographer while working in a surf shop.
Became a model on Deal or No Deal (2007 – 2008).
Appeared in the 2007 music video for singer John Legend’s song ‘Stereo’. Met Legend on the set, and they started dating. They married in September 2013. They have two children – daughter Luna Simone Stephens (born April 2016) and son Miles Theodore Stephens (born May 2018).
Made her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2010.
Has since appeared on television shows including America's Next Top Model (2012 – 2015), Snack Off (2014), FabLife (2015 – 2016), and Lip Sync Battle (2015 – present).
Has also released two cookbooks – Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat (2016) and Cravings: Hungry For More (2018).
Also born today: Dougie Poynter, Kaley Cuoco, Elisha Cuthbert, Steve Aoki, Des'ree, Cherie Currie, Billy Idol, Mandy Patinkin, Terrence Malick, Ridley Scott
Celeb Tweets
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Shehzad Roy (@ShehzadRoy): Both blind supporters and blind critics of anything lack critical thinking in equal amount.
Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan): Man, the universe … I swear. What a tease.
Spotlight
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Tagline: Let the mystery unfold.
Fantasy; a young girl is gifted a locked egg-shaped box from her deceased mother and sets out to retrieve its key in a magical land.
Is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s short story ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ and Marius Petipa’s The Nutcracker.
Had a budget of around $120 million to 133 million; has made nearly $122 million in almost a month.
Has received very negative reviews from critics who found the film slow, incoherent, and forgettable.
Was originally directed by Lasse Hallström; Joe Johnston later directed a month of reshoots and received co-directing credit.
Music adapted in part from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite from 1892 by James Newton Howard.
