Coming Soon Out this week: * Albums Confident by Demi Lovato: Fifth album by the pop singer, the follow-up to 2013’s Demi; led by the single ‘Cool for the Summer’, and includes the songs ‘Kingdom Come’ (featuring Iggy Azalea) and ‘Waitin’ for You’ (featuring Sirah).
Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
Confident by Demi Lovato: Fifth album by the pop singer, the follow-up to 2013’s Demi; led by the single ‘Cool for the Summer’, and includes the songs ‘Kingdom Come’ (featuring Iggy Azalea) and ‘Waitin’ for You’ (featuring Sirah).
* Movies
* Bridge of Spies (starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Austin Stowell) - historical drama; a lawyer (Hanks) has to negotiate the release of a U.S. pilot (Stowell) detained in the Soviet Union.
* Burnt (starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy) - comedy drama; a chef (Cooper) tries to rebuild his career by running a top restaurant.
* Goosebumps (starring Jack Black, Odeya Rush, Dylan Minnette) - comedy adventure, based on R. L. Stine’s children’s book series; after Stine’s (Black) demons are unlocked from their manuscripts, his daughter (Rush) and their neighbour (Minnette) must help the author put the monsters back where they came from.
Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays): Jawani Phir Nahi Ani is one of the most entertaining and hilarious films I’ve seen in a long time. Was in fits! Must watch!
Annie Khalid (@annie_khalid): A simple life is a happy life. Note to oneself - simplify.
Anoushey Ashraf (@Anoushey_a): Someone asked me what my ethnicity was today. I said I’m Pakistani. Nothing more, nothing less. He understood well. #useit #bestanswer
Books
* Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith: The third Cormoran Strike novel by J. K. Rowling; the detective investigates four suspects from his past after his assistant receives an unusual package.
* Find a Way by Diana Nyad: Memoirs of the long-distance swimmer, who, at the age of 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.
Star
John Clayton Mayer
* Born on the 16th of October 1977 in Connecticut, U.S.
* Is a middle child; has an older brother, Carl, and younger brother, Ben.
* Was inspired by the movie Back to the Future (1985) to play the guitar; took up the instrument in his early teens.
* Enrolled in Berklee College of Music in 1997, but left after two semesters to form the two-man band LoFi Masters with his college friend Clay Cook, before embarking on a solo career.
* Released his debut album, Room for Squares, in 2001 and gained global recognition. Has since released five more records, the latest of which was Paradise Valley (2013).
* Received negative attention for his over-publicized relationships and personal life before retreating from the media and stepping out of the spotlight for a while.
* Was hospitalized with cardiac dysrhythmia when he was 17 and also suffered from panic attacks.
* Collects watches.
Also born today: Shayne Ward, Davina McCall, Flea, Angela Lansbury
Spotlight
Everest
Cast: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Tagline: Never let go
* Adventure thriller; a climbing expedition is devastated by a severe snowstorm while trying to summit the highest peak in the world.
* Dramatization of real events during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Based on interviews with survivors as well as various books.
* Had a budget of around $55 million; has made around $140 million in its first three weeks.
* Has received positive reviews from critics, who have praised the cinematography and visuals.
* Scored by Dario Marianelli.
