Musical drama; a young lion (McCrary/Glover) must learn to embrace his role as the rightful king.....
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* Albums
High Expectations by Mabel: Debut album by the English singer; includes the singles ‘Don't Call Me Up’, ‘Mad Love’, and ‘Bad Behaviour’.
* Movies
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza Gonzalez, Helen Mirren) – action, spin-off of The Fast and the Furious franchise; Luke Hobbs (Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Statham) must team up against a dangerous threat.
A Score to Settle (starring Nicolas Cage, Benjamin Bratt) – thriller; an ex-enforcer for a local crime syndicate plans revenge against his mob bosses after two decades of wrongful imprisonment.
Celeb Tweets
Tim Carvell (@timcarvell): “Yes, hello, 911, what is your emergency?”
“They still haven’t gone back to the fast version of the Veronica Mars theme.”
“Excuse me—“
“It’s still the slowed-down one. From season three.”
“Sir.”
“IT DOESN’T WORK SLOWED DOWN.”
Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan): My chin just had a word with me. Says I need to stop eating burgers and biryani! My eyes, well they gave up a while ago.
Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays): A New Earth by @EckhartTolle is a great read. Must read.
Spotlight
The Lion King
Voice cast: Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Earl Jones, JD McCrary
Director: Jon Favreau
Tagline: The king has returned.
Musical drama; a young lion (McCrary/Glover) must learn to embrace his role as the rightful king of his native land following the murder of his father (Jones) at the hands of his uncle (Ejiofor).
Is a photorealistic animated remake of Disney’s traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name.
Had a budget of $260 million; has made over $960 million in less than two weeks.
Has received mixed to negative reviews from critics who found the film disappointing but praised Rogen and Eichner’s performances.
Score composed by Hans Zimmer. Beyoncé also produced and curated an album titled, The Lion King: The Gift, which features the single ‘Spirit’ as well as songs inspired by the film.
Star
Charlotte Emma Aitchison
Born on 2nd August 1992, in Cambridge, England.
Her father is Scottish; mother is a Uganda-born Gujarati Indian.
Started writing songs when she was 14, and made her (commercially unreleased) first album, titled 14, at the same age, financed by a loan from her parents.
Started posting her songs on MySpace in 2008 which caught the attention of a promoter and got her the chance to perform at a gig. Went by the stage name Charli XCX which was her MSN Messenger display name when she was younger.
Started a fine art degree at UCL's Slade School of Fine Art but dropped out in her second year.
Released her debut studio album, True Romance, in 2013, before gaining mainstream recognition the following year with the release of her sophomore record Sucker (2014).
Her third album, Charli, is set to be released in September this year.
Experiences sound-to-colour synaesthesia.
Also born today: Sam Worthington, Kevin Smith, Aline Brosh McKenna, Mary-Louise Parker, Butch Vig,
