* Tension II Through Kylie Minogue: Seventeenth album by the Australian singer, follow-up to last year’s Tension (2023); contains the songs ‘Lights Camera Action’, ‘Edge of Saturday Night’ (with The Blessed Madonna), ‘My Oh My’ (with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo), ‘Midnight Ride’ (with Orville Peck and Diplo) and ‘Dance alone’ (with Sia).

STAR

Zechariah David Alexander Ephron

• Born on October 18, 1987 in California, USA
• Has a younger brother, Dylan.
• Started acting professionally in the early 2000s.
• Had guest roles on television series before breaking through after being cast as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy (2006 – 2008).
• Has since appeared in films such as Hairspray (2007), 17 Again (2009), New Year’s Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch ( 2017), The Greatest Showman (2017), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and The Iron Claw (2023).
• Has struggled with substance abuse (has been sober since 2013) and mental illness.

Movies

• Woman of the Hour (with Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, Kathryn Gallagher) – crime thriller; based on the life of serial killer Rodney Alcala; in 1978, a serial killer (Zovatto) appears on the television show The Dating Game to win a date with a bachelorette (Kendrick).
• Goedrich (with Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Andie MacDowell, Carmen Ejogo) – comedy; After his second wife leaves him and goes to rehab, an art dealer (Keaton) leans on his daughter (Kunis) from his first marriage to raise his young children.
• Smile 2 (with Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage) – horror; a pop singer (Scott) begins experiencing disturbing events before embarking on a tour.

SPOTLIGHT

Joker: Folie à Deux

Form: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey and Leigh Gill

Director: Todd Phillips

slogan: The world is a stage.

• Psychological thriller; Failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) falls for Harley Quinn (Gaga) after meeting her while incarcerated in Arkham State Hospital.
• Is the sequel to 2019’s Joker.
• Is the first sequel to the career of Joaquin Phoenix.
• Is the first major DC Comics film to be released under the new DC Elseworlds banner.
• Made about $120 million on a $200 million budget.
• Has received negative reviews, with critics finding the film disappointing.
• Score composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir.
• Director Todd Phillips has stated that he has no plans to make any more DC films and is not interested in making a third Joker film or a Lee spin-off.