Former homeless drug addict turns life around to launch mobile fishmonger business during pandemic

It’s no secret that television and film production faced wildly unprecedented challenges over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with shows and movies delayed or halted in the middle of shooting, some never to resume again.

Sony is reporting the Thursday night previews to Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway which began at 4pm yesterday at 2,572 theaters, and the long-awaited Will Gluck directed sequel grossed $900K. The first Peter Rabbit in February 2018 didn’t hold any previews.

£5.4 billion spending on tech for over-60s and boosted their mental health as families ensure they stay in touch, reveals new research from Capital One UK. Around 16.9 million UK adults have bought a new device or given a second-hand one to someone aged 60-plus since March last year, the research found.

Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited feature adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda/Quiara Alegría Hudes Tony-winning musical In the Heights finally hits theaters and HBO Max this Friday, and in a recent Fandango poll of 1,300-plus moviegoers, 96% of ’em say it’s the first movie they plan to see since the pandemic shuttered theaters.

PORTLAND, Maine -- Vinyl record sales surged during the pandemic as music lovers fattened their collections, and audio cassettes began a comeback as well, keeping business spinning at record stores.Easing restrictions on indoor shopping and continued interest in vinyl records provide stores — and shoppers — something to cheer on Saturday, the first of two Record Store Day dates.

Refresh for updates: Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II grossed $4.2M yesterday, which is the best Tuesday recorded at the domestic box office since the onset of Covid in mid-March of last year.

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Drake holds onto his laptop while heading to a waiting car while out in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon (May 27).

Dennis Quaid found himself in a peculiar situation when the coronavirus called his wedding plans into question. Though the pandemic did prompt the 67-year-old actor to delay his wedding to Laura Savoie, who is in her late 20s, from April to June, he found the extra time at home was helpful.

Michael Strahan is giving two “Good Morning America” fans the ultimate wedding surprise.

EXCLUSIVE:  The first online teaser trailer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s third phase 4 movie Eternals has drawn an almighty 77 million global viewers in its first 24 hours since dropping Monday per social analytic sources. That’s the biggest online trailer drop for a Walt Disney and Marvel movie in the past 14 months of the pandemic. It’s a great sign for a film that is scheduled to open in theaters on Nov. 5.

Does Drake have a new lady in his life? Shortly after winning big at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, Drake’s longtime stylist, Luisa Duran, posted some photos of the “In My Feelings” rapper that had fans raising their eyebrows. It’s the first photo in particular (which you can see below). Luisa is taking a sexy mirror selfie with Drake, who has his hands wrapped around her waist from behind as she rocks a tight, white mini dress.

Actress Samira Wiley was thankful to spend much of the COVID-19 shutdown isolating in Canada because it allowed her to keep her wife's pregnancy a secret. The Handmaid's Tale star and her spouse, TV writer Lauren Morelli, have been holed up in Toronto due to the pandemic, and it gave the couple all the privacy it needed to enjoy its journey to motherhood away from the public eye.

Eurovision winners Måneskin have hit back at suggestions they were taking drugs during the show by saying they will take a drug test.