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| ATEEZ's 'Golden Hour' tops U.S. album chart | K-pop boy band ATEEZ's Golden Hour is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Olivia Rodrigo's former chart-topper You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, followed by Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 3, Drake's Iceman at No. 4 and Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 6, Michael Jackson's Thriller and Number Ones at Nos. 7 and 8, Wallen's One Thing at a Time and Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving at No. 10. |
| Famous birthdays for July 11: Stephen Lang, Alessia Cara | Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include: -- Scottish King Robert the Bruce in 1274 -- John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, in 1767 -- Writer E.B. |
| 'Stranger Things' star Finn Wolfhard releases second album | Finn Wolfhard released his new album, From the Hip, on Friday. It is his second album after 2025's Happy Birthday. From the Hip includes 12 tracks and was released by AWAL. A video for "Follow" was released on Wolfhard's official YouTube channel Friday, which includes Wolfhard's friends and collaborators. "I feel like I'm constantly coming of age and going through changes," Wolfhard, 23, said in a statement. "To me, every new record is a little reintroduction." Known as an actor for his roles in Stranger Things and the It movies, Wolfhard also co-directed the horror film Hell of a Summer with Billy Byrk. Wolfhard wrote his songs, recorded the album at Pachyderm Studios in February. Andrew Humphrey engineered the album. |
| Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' coming to VOD Tuesday | A24 announced Friday that Backrooms will premiere on digital video-on-demand Tuesday. Rentals and purchases are available for pre-order. Based on Kane Parsons' YouTube shorts made with Blender animation software, Backrooms opened with $81.5 million on May 28. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as the owner of a furniture store who discovers a seemingly infinite surreal world behind his walls. Renate Reinsve plays his therapist. Lukita Maxwell, Finn Bennett and Mark Duplass also star. Parsons turned 21 in June, having made the film at 20. A24 released an extended version of Backrooms on July 3. The film, along with Focus Features' Obsession, have been surprise box office juggernauts. |
| 'House of David': Prime Video series renewed for Season 3 | House of David will return for a third season on Prime Video. The streaming service announced Friday that it renewed the series for Season 3. House of David is a drama starring Michael Iskander as the Biblical figure David, a shepherd who is anointed to become the next king of Israel. The character is perhaps best known from the story of David and Goliath. Other cast members include Ali Suliman, Indy Lewis, Ethan Kai, Oded Fehr, Yali Topol Margalith, Davood Ghadami, Ayelet Zurer and Aury Alby. House of David hails from Amazon MGM Studios and Wonder Project, the same studio behind Young Washington and the Prime Video series It's Not Like That. It's Not Like That, starring Scott Foley and Erinn Hayes, was canceled this week after one season. |