“I, Tonya” hit theaters in the United States on December 8, 2017. It is a biographical sports film loosely based on the life of Tonya Harding, a former figure skater and boxer born in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Based in Santa Monica, California, USA, Universal Music released “8” on December 8, 2017, it is the seventh international studio album of Anggun Cipta Sasmi, who is mononymously known as Anggun.
“I, Tonya”
Written by Steven Rogers and directed by Craig Gillespie, “I, Tonya” depicts Harding as a victim. In real life, her then-husband Jeff Gillooly planned the attack perpetrated by Shane Stant on her fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan on January 6, 1994.
Margot Robbie plays the title character with Sebastian Stan as Jeff, Caitlin Carver as Nancy and Ricky Russert as Shane. Allison Janney plays Harding’s abusive mother LaVona Golden and Julianne Nicholson and Bojana Novakoc play Harding’s skating coaches Diane Rawlinson and Dody Teachman, respectively.
Paul Walter Hauser plays Harding’s bodyguard Shawn Eckardt. Also in the cast are Amy Fox, Anthony Reynolds, Bobby Cannavale, Cara Mantella, Cassidy Balkcom, Cory Chapman, Fi Dieter, Jason Davis, Joshua Mikel, Lynne Ashe, Mea Allen, Maizie Smith, McKenna Grace and Suehyla El-Attar Young.
Born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, Robbie turned 27 on July 2, 2017. On September 8, 2017, “I, Tonya” premiered in the 42nd edition of Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
“8”
On October 13, 2017, Anggun’s song “What We Remember” was released on all digital music platforms. She wrote it with Silvio Lisbonne and Guillaume Boscaro.
“What We Remember” is the first song from “8”, which is Anggun’s first English-language album not to have a standalone French version. The album has a total of 10 tracks.
- “No Promises”
- “What We Remember”
- “The Good is Back”
- “Righteous”
- “Alive”
- “Medicine and Meditation”
- “Inhuman”
- “Forget Her”
- “Oceans”
- “Thank You”
