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| Three Drake albums top U.S. chart this week | Rapper Drake's Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour took the top three spots on the U. S. album chart this week. Coming in at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 roster dated Saturday is Noah Kahan's The Great Divide, followed by Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem at No 6, Michael Jackson's Thriller at No. 7 and Number Ones at No. 8, Lucki's Dr*Gs R Bad at No. 9 and BTS' Arirang at No. 10. |
| Famous birthdays for May 30: Idina Menzel, Remy Ma | Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: -- Filmmaker Howard Hawks in 1896 -- Voice actor Mel Blanc in 1908 -- Musician Benny Goodman in 1909 -- Restaurant executive Bob Evans in 1918 -- Christine Jorgensen, writer/first person to undergo successful sex-change operation, in 1926 -- Actor Clint Walker in 1927 -- Actor Keir Dullea in 1936 (age 90) -- Actor Michael J. |
| Martin: 'Star City' characters in paranoid, fragile situation | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Death Comes to Pemberley star Anna Maxwell Martin says Lyudmilla Raskova, the KGB surveillance agent she plays in the For All Mankind spin-off Star City, can't afford to be sympathetic. Premiering Friday on Apple TV, the alt-history drama shows how the Soviet government spied on its own engineers and cosmonauts after their team beat the United States to become the first to land on the moon. Spider-Man: No Way Home and House of the Dragon actor Rhys Ifans plays Sergei Korolev, chief designer of the Russian space program. "Does Lyudmilla have a heart?" Martin, 49, laughed in a recent Zoom interview when UPI I asked how she got into the character's head and heart. |
| 'A Different World' sequel series gets teaser, Sept. premiere date | Netflix is introducing its A Different World sequel series. The streaming service shared a teaser and a September premiere date for the show Friday. A Different World stars Maleah Joi Moon as Deborah Wayne, the daughter of Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy) from the original series. Alijah Kai, Chibuikem Uche, Cornell Young IV, Jordan Aaron Hall and Kennedi Reece will also star in the upcoming show, which returns viewers to the fictional HBCU Hillman College in Virginia. The original Different World was a spinoff of the Cosby Show that premiered on NBC in 1987 and focused on Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet). Hardison and Guy became the leads following Bonet's exit from the series. |
| 'The Odyssey,' 'Minions & Monsters' added to Universal Studios | Universal Studios Hollywood announced attractions for Mega Movie Summer on Friday. Mega Movie Summer runs June 13 - Aug. 9 at the Los Angeles theme park. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, in theaters July 17, will be represented on the studio tram tour. A ship from the Homeric epic will be featured, and behind-the-scenes footage played on the tram. Characters from Minions & Monsters will be greeting guests in Super Silly Fun Land near the Despicable Me Minions Mayhem attraction. The film, in theaters July 1, introducedsHenry and James who will appear in the theme park. The Minions Cafe and Despicable Delights are adding new desserts and a carbonara pasta dish based on James in the Cafe. |