Film Review: Illumination’s ‘Minions: The Rise Of Gru’

It's hard to believe as to what's now become an institution, but Manchester's Hard Rock Cafe first opened in the city more than 20 years ago.

Kalush Orchestra have announced a North American headline tour for later in the year.There’s a total of 13 dates on the itinerary, with the run set to kick off at Seattle’s Club SUR on Thursday, October 20. The Ukrainian act chase it up with back-to-back shows in San Francisco, Denver and LA before rolling on to Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia and New York.The US dates will wrap up over the first week of November, with shows locked in for Washington DC, Miami and Chicago before the tour ends in Canada with Montreal and Toronto gigs.Tickets for all of the dates – a full list of which can be found below – are on sale now via Bomond.

Carole Horst “Minions: The Rise of Gru” may be filled with familiar, uh, faces of the lovable yellow creatures, but it transports them back to the 1970s, when Gru (still voiced by Steve Carell) was a supervillian in training and the Minions were looking to fit into his burgeoning world.The latest installment of the popular franchise from Universal and Illumination was directed by Kyle Balda, himself a veteran of the world of the Minions and a child of the ’70s. The animation team had to distill tons of research of the colors, the music, the architecture, clothes and hairstyles of the mid-1970s for the film, which follows elementary school student Gru as he applies to join the Vicious 6, a team of supervillians, but of course, events, with the help of the Minions, go awry.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have one of the happiest celebrity marriages there is - and now we know the unique way they make it work.The Live with Kelly and Ryan host returned to social media after a week-long break to share an update on her relationship with the Riverdale actor. MORE: Kelly Ripa's jaw-dropping foyer inside $27million NY townhouse will give you chillsKelly posted an unbelievable rock climbing photo showing the pair of them scaling an impressive rock face. WATCH: Kelly Ripa's phenomenal workout revealed She captioned it: "Couples therapy," and fans were in utter disbelief at the feat. "What in the world," wrote one alongside a mind-blown emoji, as another added: "OMG," and a third commented: "Wow!! You both look great!! How Awesome."Many more commented on Kelly's toned physique and said: "Look at your legs woman," and, "LEGS".MORE: Ryan Seacrest's $69.9million home has a rich celebrity history RELATED: Kelly Ripa's property portfolio revealedWhile it's not conventional couples therapy, it certainly seems to be working for Kelly and Mark who recently celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa)Kelly and Mark entered the most unique 'couples therapy' On the day, she shared a candid video as they had breakfast together and tested her husband by asking: "Good morning! What day is it today?" Mark didn't fail her and promptly replied: "It's May 1st, happy anniversary," as he smiled and leaned in for a kiss.MORE: Kelly Ripa shares rare family photo – and fans can't get over one thingMORE: Kelly Ripa shares adorable baby pictures for special occasionHowever, she kept the questions going, asking him: "Any words of wisdom on our 26th wedding anniversary?" Kelly and Mark

Perthshire Pride has announced that the special headliner for its 2022 festival will be local LGBTQ+ icon Alan Cumming. Announced on World Pride Day, the Aberfeldy-born Tony Award winning actor will be leading the march and delivering an opening speech at the equality and diversity celebration on August 13.

The big screen debut of Marcel The Shell With Shoes On opened at $170K on six screens in New York and LA, the highest PSA of the weekend at $28,267 for the iconic lonely snail voiced by Jenny Slate.

Eric Brevig and Greg Butler have been hired as visual effect supervisors at VFX and animation studio DNEG, the studio announced Thursday.Both Brevig and Butler come to the studio as winners of the Academy Award winners for best visual effects. Brevig won for “Total Recall” in 1991, while Butler won and Oscar and a BAFTA for “1917” in 2020.

Fleetwood Mac and member of The David Lee Roth Band, has died at the age of 70.Tuggle’s son Matt confirmed that his father had passed away on Sunday (June 19) from complications related to cancer. “He was loved by his family so much,” Matt told Rolling Stone.“His family was with him throughout the entire time of his illness. He was a lovely father.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticEvery entry in the “Despicable Me” franchise is technically a Minions movie, since one way or another, the adorable yellow buggers manage to steal the show. But the fun thing about 2015’s standalone prequel was just that: It allowed the Minions to stand alone, pairing them with someone other than Gru for a change.Gru’s great, but his bad-guy-gone-soft shtick is starting to get old.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCheyenne Jackson is adding producer to his resume. The actor and singer has quietly launched a production company, Shiny Boy Entertainment, with his husband Jason Landau, the couple exclusively tells me.Their first project is “Brutal,” director Sam McConnell’s comedy short about a news anchor (Jackson) who acquires a leaked sex tape of a longtime U.S. senator.

Pizza Planet? What about a jokey reference to the “Woody’s Roundup” TV show for viewers the age of Andy’s mom? And let’s face it: as admirable as it is that Pixar has created an LGBTQ character that can’t easily be dubbed over in foreign markets (the ones that demand that sort of thing will certainly find a way), there was no such thing as a mainstream studio kids’ movie of 1995 — not even an adult-aimed studio movie — progressive enough to pair a white male protagonist with a Black lesbian confidante.The most 1995 aspect of “Lightyear” comes from Evans’ performance, but only if you imagine he’s intentionally impersonating George Clooney for the entire movie; that’s how it sounds, anyway. The laughs generally come from Sohn, Aduba and Taika Waititi as an inexperienced member of the Space Ranger reserves who gets pressed into service.