Entertainment Round Up

Entertainment Round Up

By Rhiannon Lotze

Converged Citizen Staff

Supergirl ratings not so super

Following record-breaking ratings in its first week, CBS’s Supergirl has lost some of its momentum, according to Entertainment Weekly. The show’s premiere was seen by 8.9 million viewers. However, this may have been due to it being the follow-up show to The Big Bang Theory. Since the first episode of Supergirl, The Big Bang Theory moved to Thursday nights. CBS reported a 29 per cent decrease in the ratings of Supergirl but project it will grow by about 65 per cent through DVR viewings in the next week.

Adele is rolling in the dough

Singer Adele recently released her first single in three years and it had the biggest sales week for a single in 15 years, according to Entertainment Weekly. The song, “Hello,” sold over one million copies in the span of one week, becoming only the second song in history to do so. The only other song to do this was Elton John’s tribute to Princess Diana, “Candle in the Wind.” “Hello” is also the first song in history to reach one million downloads within one week. Adele’s newest album, 25, will drop Nov. 20.

Tarantino boycott

Police officers across the U.S. have been boycotting Quentin Tarantino films for the past month, following a rally against police brutality that the director spoke at. Tarantino has recently spoken out for the first time to defend himself and said he “won’t be intimidated,” according to BBC News. On the topic of the boycott, he is quoted as saying “It is to shut my mouth and even more important than that, it is to send a message out to any other prominent person that might feel the need to join that side of the argument.”

J.K. Rowling going back to her roots

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling may soon be going back to her roots as a children’s author, according to Entertainment Weekly. The author has been writing adult fiction since her Harry Potter series ended but has since returned to the world of witches and wizards by penning a play and the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Now, she may be ready to go back to writing children’s novels, she said in an interview with BBC host Simon Mayo. “I have written part of a children’s book that I really love,” she said. “So there will be another children’s book.”