eventh album by the American singer; comes after 2016’s Lemonade; led by the single ‘Break My Soul’; also includes the songs ‘Energy’ (featuring Beam) and ‘Move’ (featuring Grace Jones and Tems)....
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*Albums
* Renaissance by Beyoncé: Seventh album by the American singer; comes after 2016’s Lemonade; led by the single ‘Break My Soul’; also includes the songs ‘Energy’ (featuring Beam) and ‘Move’ (featuring Grace Jones and Tems).
*Movies
* DC League of Super-Pets (with the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski) – animated comedy, based on DC Comics’ Legion of Super-Pets; Superman’s (Krasinski) depowered Labrador, Krypto (Johnson), forms a team of shelter pets who have gained superpowers to save the Justice League.
* Thirteen Lives (starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman) – biographical thriller, based on the events of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue; an effort is mounted to rescue a junior football team and their coach who are trapped in a cave.
* Not Okay (starring Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Mia Isaac, Embeth Davidtz) – black comedy; after faking a trip to Paris to gain followers, an influencer (Deutch) is mistakenly assumed to be a survivor of a terrorist attack.
* Resurrection (starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper) – psychological thriller; a woman (Hall) tries to protect herself and her daughter from an abusive ex-boyfriend (Roth).
CELEB TWEETS
* Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome): Seven movies in, I’m starting to suspect that most of the Missions are possible.
* Mark Hoppus (@markhoppus): In My Chemical Romance’s hometown they should name a street “Gerard Way.” Thanks everybody that’s my time you’ve been a great audience.
* Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle): In a way, it will be a relief to have [Rishi] Sunak as PM, moving away from the narcissism of the [Boris] Johnson years, back to the more traditional rule by a psychopath.
& Rainn Wilson (@rainnwilson): My favourite part of the Netflix movie The Gray Man was trying to figure out how much of its $200 million budget was spent on sparklers, balloons, and fireworks.
SPOTLIGHT
Thor: Love and Thunder
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman
Director: Taika Waititi
Tagline: Not every god has a plan.
* Action; Thor
(Hemsworth) and his ex-girlfriend Jane (Portman) – who is now the Mighty Thor – try to stop Gorr (Bale) from killing all gods.
* Is the fourth Thor movie and the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Is the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe overall.
* Has grossed around $600 million on a $250 million budget.
* Has received mixed reviews, with critics finding it silly and forgettable.
* Chris Hemsworth’s family – including his wife, sons, daughter, and brother – appear in the movie.
* Jeff Goldblum, Peter Dinklage, and Lena Headey’s scenes were cut from the film’s theatrical release.
* Score composed by Michael Giacchino and Nami Melumad. The songs of rock band Guns N’ Roses appear in the movie.
* Is likely to be followed by a fifth Thor film.
