COMING SOON
Out this week
Movies
- Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (starring Forest Whitaker, Madalen Mills, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville) – musical; a toymaker and his granddaughter try to make a magical invention that could change their lives forever.
- Freaky (starring Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Celeste O’Connor) – slasher comedy; a high school student (Newton) unintentionally switches bodies with a serial killer (Vaughn).
- Fatman (starring Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste) – comedy; a disappointed child sends a hitman (Goggins) after Santa Claus (Gibson).
- The Life Ahead (starring Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora) – drama, based on the Romain Gary novel The Life Before Us; a Holocaust survivor takes in a street kid who recently robbed her.
- Chick Fight (starring Malin Åkerman, Bella Thorne, Fortune Feimster, Alec Baldwin) – action comedy; a struggling woman (Åkerman) joins an underground, all-female fight club.
* Albums
- Power Up by AC/DC: Seventeenth album by the Australian rock band; follows Rock or Bust (2014); includes the singles ‘Shot in the Dark’ and ‘Demon Fire’.
Celeb Tweets
- Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn): This is how every election should be run. Just update me 15 votes at a time over the course of an entire week. Thanks. No notes.
- Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome): Let’s take a moment to appreciate that we’re waiting to find out if the winner of the election is going to win the election.
- Alec Baldwin (@ABFalecbaldwin): Trump cheats in golf, cheats on his wives, cheats on his taxes. Why stop now?
- Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat): I’ve eaten everything in the house.
Star
Julia Carin Cavazos
- Born on 13th November 1993 in Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
- Has an older sister, Jaden, who is also a singer.
- Started singing as a child.
- Established her career as a songwriter; has written songs for artists including Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendes.
- Performed the song ‘Carry Me’ with Kygo at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.
- Released her first single ‘Issues’ in 2017.
- Has released five extended plays so far. Is working on her debut album.
- Was previously in a relationship with singer Lauv (in 2018). Is currently dating musician JP Saxe.
Also born today: Gerard Butler, Jimmy Kimmel, Neil Flynn, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Noth, Frances Conroy, Art Malik, Joe Mantegna
Spotlight
Holidate
Cast: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Jake Manley, Jessica Capshaw, Andrew Bachelor, Frances Fisher, Manish Dayal, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: John Whitesell
Tagline: Who’s your perfect plus-one?
- Romantic comedy; tired of being single on holidays, two strangers (Roberts and Bracey) agree to be each other’s platonic dates on all festive occasions.
- Was Netflix’s top-streamed item during its debut weekend.
- Has received negative reviews from critics who found the film unoriginal and unfunny.
- Score composed by Dan the Automator.
