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Cinemas around the UK and beyond have repeatedly been forced to close their doors to business since the announcement of the first lockdown in March 2020. The pandemic threw the film industry into disarray, with major studios forced to rethink release strategies for some of its most costly and awards-friendly films.

restrictions continue to ease across Scotland with pupils return to full-time education inside school buildings now in full swing. Secondary pupils in areas where the Easter holidays have ended have all now returned to their place of education - with more expected to get back into the classroom throughout the coming days.

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Stacey Solomon has delighted fans by sharing all the items she bought on her first Primark haul since lockdown restrictions eased on Monday 12 April.The 31 year old, who recently enlisted a TikTok sensation to help clean her pool, took to her Instagram stories to show off all the bits and pieces she got with her 4.3million followers.Teasing the idea, she first shared a snap of a Primark bag with fake plants, swingers grass, a baby's dungarees and a basket, before asking her fans if they'd like

today. The First Minister will be joined by Chief Medical Officer Gregor Smith from St Andrew's House as they provide details on planned easing of restrictions across the country.

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restrictions continue to ease across Scotland with pupils return to full-time education inside school buildings now in full swing. Secondary pupils in areas where the Easter holidays have ended have all now returned to their place of education - with more expected to get back into the classroom throughout the coming days.

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song – listen to ‘Lamentation II’ below.The track is included on the second part of Stevens’ upcoming five-part, 49-track album ‘Convocations’, which is due out next month.Last week (April 6), Stevens shared the album’s first preview, ‘Meditations V’, and the rest of the tracks from the ‘Meditations’ part of the album premiered two days later.After today’s release of ‘Lamentation II’, the rest of the ‘Lamentation’ series of tracks will debut later this week (April

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Leighton Meester turns 35 today and we bet all the Gossip Girl fans are going to be celebrating it by remembering her famed TV series character, Blair Waldorf.

Adam Brody recently made an appearance on Anna Faris‘ Unqualified podcast and opened up about meeting now-wife Leighton Meester, their relationship and much more in a rare interview.  Stating that he met Leighton about 15 years ago, Brody recalled running into the entire Gossip Girl star cast at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles. “Josh Schwartz produced both shows and literally the first time we met, that whole cast was eating at Canter’s and I lived at Canter’s for like my entire 20s.

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, dude!!

, and revealed he first met Meester through Josh Schwartz, the man who created both The O.C. and .

Adam Brody couldn't say enough good things about his wife, Leighton Meester, during an appearance on Anna Faris' podcast, .The former star, 41, rarely talks about his personal life, but in his conversation with Faris, he opened up about how he and 34-year-old Meester first met and what he admires so much about her. Brody shared that he met the star at Canter's Deli in Los Angeles 15 years ago, when she was there dining with the cast of the iconic teen show.

During a rare interview about his personal life, Adam Brody made it clear Leighton Meester is nothing like Blair Waldorf … even though he assumed she would be.