Therapy at the Club by Flo: The English girl group’s second album; follows their 2024 debut...
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Albums
Therapy at the Club by Flo: The English girl group’s second album; follows their 2024 debut Access All Areas; preceded by the singles ‘Leak It’, ‘Don’t Break Her Heart’, and ‘Remedied’.
Movies
Camp Rock 3 (starring Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Maria Canals-Barrera, Sherry Cola, Liamani Segura, Malachi Barton, Lumi Pollack) – musical drama, sequel to Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010); Connect 3 visit Camp Rock to look for a new opening act for their tour.
Super Troopers 3 (starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Hannah Simone) – comedy; the Super Troopers must navigate Thorny’s (Chandrasekhar) schemes to break up his sister (Simone) and Farva’s (Heffernan) relationship while trying to bring down a drug ring.
The Last House (starring Greta Lee, Wagner Moura) – sci-fi thriller; a family must try to survive after suddenly being sealed inside their home.
Late Fame (starring Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, Edmund Donovan) – drama; a man (Dafoe) gains appreciation years after the publication of his poetry collection.
STAR
Charlize Theron
Born on August 7, 1975 in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, South Africa.
Is an only child.
When she was 15, her mother killed her father in self-defence.
Left South Africa at age 16 to begin a modelling career in Europe.
Moved to the United States a year later.
Trained as a ballet dancer before a knee injury ended that career path.
Transitioned to acting. Made her film debut in the mid ‘90s. Gained prominence for appearing in films like The Devil’s Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999) before earning critical acclaim for her performance in Monster (2003).
Has since appeared in films including North Country (2005), The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), Young Adult (2011), Prometheus (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Atomic Blonde (2017), Tully (2018), Bombshell (2019), and The Old Guard (2020), as well as several Fast & Furious instalments (2017 – 2023).
Has suffered several injuries while filming movies.
Musical adventure; the curious daughter (Laga’aia) of a village chief is chosen by the ocean to undertake a voyage to recover the well-being of her community.
Is the live-action adaptation of the 2016 animated film. Has the shortest gap between a Disney animated feature and its live-action counterpart.
Has grossed around US$240 million on a US$250 million budget, struggling at the box office.
Has received very negative reviews; the faithful adaptation has been deemed unimaginative and pointless by critics.
Dwayne Johnson (who reprises his role as demigod Maui), his ex-wife Dany Garcia and her brother Hiram Garcia are among the producers of the film.
Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the animated films, declined to reprise the role in the live-action adaptation because she wanted another Pacific Islander to take the part.
Score produced by Mark Mancina, who also provided the score for the original film and its sequel. Lin-Manuel Miranda, a songwriter for the original, also returned for this adaptation, writing the song ‘Along the Way’.
