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Chris Pratt battles future aliens in small-screen ‘Tomorrow War’

ith a top Hollywood star, a Wdark “Terminator”-esque sci-fi premise and a report- ed $200 million price tag, “The Tomorrow War” would ordinarily be shaping up as one of the summer’s biggest and smartest blockbusters. But the Chris Pratt-led movie won’t be troubling box offices at all, hav- ing been sold to for a This handout photo taken and released by Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment shows a This handout photo shows a male lion as it is being confiscated by authorities from a pri- whopping fee back in January, when male lion sitting next to a transportation container as it was being confiscated by author- vate residence where it was being raised as a pet in Phnom Penh. — AFP photos movie theaters were shut in COVID- ities from a private residence where it was being raised as a pet in Phnom Penh. slammed California and beyond. Now, it will stream globally on Prime Video from July 2, making it one of the biggest blockbusters ever to skip theaters entirely. “Please don’t watch it on your phones! Watch it on the biggest screen you possibly can with the loudest sound-crank it up,” director Chris McKay told AFP.

ambodian authorities on Sunday AFP. “Cambodian authorities started a lion’s quality of life,” it said. The own- authorities prepped a crate to move it to Cconfiscated a pet lion after the investigating this lion since we saw it on er had shared a photo of the lion sitting the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue defanged and declawed animal TikTok in late April,” Pheaktra said. in a driveway as a dog played nearby. Centre in the outskirts of the capital. was seen in TikTok videos in a Phnom Wildlife Alliance-an animal rescue There was also a video of it as a young The confiscation comes a day after a Penh villa. The 18-month-old male, NGO that aided in the raid-wrote in a cub being sprayed down with a hose. user posted an aerial shot of the weighing 70 kilograms (154 pounds), Facebook post that the conditions of a “People have no right to raise rare creature roaming around a garden in had been imported from overseas by private residence was “inappropriate for wildlife as pets,” Pheaktra said. the upscale Boeung Keng Kang district the owner, a Chinese national, to be a wild animal”. “In addition, the lion’s The big cat was shown in photos of Phnom Penh.— AFP raised in his home, environment min- canine teeth had been removed, along released Sunday by the environment In this file photo US actor Chris Pratt istry spokesman Neth Pheaktra told with its claws, which drastically reduces ministry lounging with a small dog as arrives for Disney Pixar’s “Onward” premiere at El Capitan theatre in ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “That’s a lot, a Hollywood.—AFP lot, a lot of pressure!.” Everyone is “Invite the neighbors over so that Jennifer Hudson counting down and I’m like, ‘Please they’re not annoyed that you’re don’t tell me! I don’t want to know, that’s cranking it up-but just watch it with a enough pressure.’ “Enough with her lot of people because you’re going feels Aretha being like, ‘Jennifer do this.’ But that’s to have a good time.” The film’s that women power, that’s that empower- explosive premise is quickly estab- ment, like if she passed the torch and Franklin pressure lished: time travelers suddenly she said, ‘Jennifer you can do it,’ that appear from the near future, where gives me the strength and the encour- a horrifying alien invasion is on the agement to try.” Jennifer recently ennifer Hudson is feeling “a lot of verge of wiping out humanity. They released ‘Here I Am (Singing My Way pressure” about portraying Aretha beg their own parents and grand- J Home)’, an original song from the film’s Franklin on screen. The parents to travel with them three soundtrack and she hoped she was able wayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson ‘Dreamgirls’ actress was given “strength decades into the future to help fend to do Aretha’s roots justice with the attempted to serenade a fan with and encouragement” about appearing in off hordes of the nightmarish, end- D track. She said: “You should feel the breast cancer - but his voice ‘Respect’ after being personally chosen lessly ravenous “white spikes.” church in it, the spirit, the soul. “I wanted cracked after the first line. The 49-year- by the late Queen of Soul - who passed The movie combines effects- to make sure that was the base and the old actor was “so excited” to send a per- away in 2018 - but she admitted the laden action scenes shot on loca- premise of everything because Aretha sonal musical message to a woman recognition has also raised the stakes of tions including Iceland with horror was the gospel... I’m so happy to hear named Melissa, who has been battling expectation for the film, which will be tropes, family drama, and even that [it sounds like Aretha] because that Stage 4 cancer for the last six years, but released this summer after being environmental themes like climate was my sentiments exactly.” he struggled to get to grips with the delayed by more than six months due to change. “When we were making the higher notes in his chosen song, Garth the coronavirus pandemic. She told movie, there were existential threats Brooks’ ‘Much Too Young’, and had to that we had in the back of our mind- terminate his performance. He said in a like ‘what’s your responsibility for video shared to : “”I’m so future generations?’” said McKay. excited right now to deliver this very “And then COVID comes along,” he special message. I’m so excited my recalled, forcing a film shot mainly cheeks are red. This goes out to a very before the pandemic’s arrival to be special woman. A very strong woman. finished remotely at post-production Melissa, A.K.A Missy!” “I want to say first editors’ homes. The parallels of a of all, thanks for being a fan, I am hon- world suddenly turned upside-down ored and I know you are fighting hard, by a threat requiring a unified and I know that you’re home. Keep fight- response were not lost on the film- ing and keep staying strong Missy. “I makers. “It’s dovetailing... we also know you’re Garth Brooks’ biggest process things through movies, fan... You know I love my country music. he ‘Black Widow’ star will release a because they can put them in a dis- Tclean beauty collection in 2022 tance, and especially when it’s a after she dropped her beauty col- movie,” said the director. laborations with other brands to create a line that is “true” to herself. She told ‘Movie star’ WWD: “I’ve been fascinated by the For Betty Gilpin, who plays the transformative power of beauty since I culinity, it’s a big thing going on...’ And I therapist wife of Pratt’s military vet- was a child. My mother instilled in me a just be like, ‘Yo, this is so funny, this is eran, the film fulfills two key func- passion for self-care from my early : crazy that I’ve stirred it up like this.’ “I’m tions: pure, escapist entertainment teenage years. Several years ago, I took more like, ‘Hmm, I wonder why they feel and “slipping in” a message or two a step back from my beauty deals with that way. I’ve never been someone about our duty to the planet’s future. the goal of creating something true to who’s, like, thinking about the backlash. “That also really drew me to this me. The result is a clean, accessible I don’t care about what anyone thinks. script-that it seems like it’s going to approach to beauty.” The line is being You can’t when you’re doing this thing. I be this mindless popcorn movie, funded by The Najafi Companies. knew it would make some people angry, and then it really has some smart Scarlett, 36, has co-founded the line with but I love that. Because hip-hop is so things to say,” she told AFP. Gilpin is Kate Foster and it has been in the works inspired SNL weird about this thing.” Meanwhile, Cudi best known for “GLOW,” a cult for the past two years. She commented: has recently been open about his men- show about a real-life 1980s “I met Scarlett almost two years ago. tal health struggles and admitted that California female wrestling troupe. She shared her brand vision with me and his sadness “eats away” at him. The Her path from TV comedy to block- right away, I was thinking about how we floral dress music star posted the following text on buster movie echoes that of co-star could turn it into a reality. It has been an Instagram: “Sadness eats away at me Pratt, who broke through as the incredible experience working alongside sometimes. How do I deal? A lot of u hit id Cudi says Kurt Cobain inspired chubby, loveable goofball Andy her and we are thrilled to have the sup- me and ask how I get through. him to wear a floral dress on Dwyer in NBC sitcom “Parks and port and partnership of The Najafi K Truthfully, idk. Some days are great, Recreation.” ‘’. The 37- Companies to help the brand achieve its others not so great. I just try to believe year-old rapper turned heads in the Pratt has since beefed up for So in the spirit of Garth, this one’s for full potential. “We are proud to have God has something better for me. I try strappy gown on the late-night comedy leading roles in some of Hollywood’s you.” But after his voice kept cracking, built a brand that fills a void in the market to have faith in the light. Please, sketch show in April. And he has now biggest franchises, including Marvel the former wrestler ultimately gave up and addresses a true consumer need. believe.” Cudi captioned the post: “God explained how the late Nirvana frontman superhero movies like “Guardians of his attempts to sing after just two lines. Our brand platform is differentiated and has better days waitin for me. I just famously rocking a similar style on the the Galaxy” and the “Jurassic World” He added: “I’m so sorry, I sing in keys has a great deal of runway for growth know it. (sic)”— Bang Showbiz cover of The Face magazine in 1993 films. He is married to the daughter that don’t exist. “I’m gonna let Garth and expansion.” Jahm Najafi, founder was his muse, while he also wanted to of action-movie legend Arnold sing, he’d be honored to know you’re a and chief executive officer of the Najafi inspire young people to be themselves Schwarzenegger, Katherine. fan of his Thank you and keep staying Companies, added: “The Najafi and wear whatever they want to. “I think a lot of people respect strong and inspiring all those around Companies is an entrepreneurial and Speaking on ‘: Uninterrupted’, that he went from that (sitcom) guy you, including us. We love you Missy, mission-driven private investment firm. Cudi explained: “The image of seeing to the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’” stay strong.(sic)” Despite his botched We are not a fund and we don’t manage Kurt Cobain in a dress was very rock ‘n’ said McKay, who also previously musical tribute, the ‘Moana’ star hoped third-party capital. We invest using our roll to me. That was cool. So I already worked with Pratt on “The Lego his video would bring happiness to his own capital, which enables us to truly made my mind up years ago that I want- Movie.” “He’s a movie star but he fan. He captioned his post: “I apologize think long term, move expeditiously and ed to do this. And it’s cool because I’m can do so many different things and about my singing in keys that don’t exist remain highly flexible. “We also do not also giving confidence to the kids and be so incredibly vulnerable.” In his and sounding like I’m experiencing subscribe to a diversification strategy; telling them to be themselves and do latest role, Pratt plays a former spe- puberty again . I hope this makes you rather, we concentrate our time and what they want to do.” The ‘Memories’ cial ops soldier who feels trapped in smile, Missy!(sic)” Dwayne’s sweet resources and look for needles in a hitmaker faced backlash by some for his a suburban teacher job-before he video came just a month after he record- haystack. We are passionate about sup- outfit choice but he loves that he has gets drafted to battle aliens in the ed himself singing his ‘Moana’ alter ego porting ambitious and thoughtful caused a stir. He said: “I’ve already future. “I’m such a huge ‘Parks and Maui’s song ‘You’re Welcome’ for a four- founders and management teams who seen people making YouTube videos Rec’ fan,” said Gilpin of her on- year-old cancer patient named Indy Llew lead with integrity and vision. Scarlett where they’re just strictly talking about screen husband. “So I feel, to me, Jones. He wrote at the time: “Stay and Kate fit squarely in the type of lead- me and this dress. Like grown men, he’ll be Andy, always.”— AFP strong honey and keep singing your ers with whom we love to partner for the angry, grown Black men, angry. ‘He’s songs.” long term.” doing something against men and mas-