Reopened UK Box Office Nears $3M With Wednesday Bump; French Cinemas Packed On First Day Back

Dua Lipa has been named as the UK’s most-played artist of 2020.The singer released her acclaimed second album ‘Future Nostalgia’ in March 2020, while an accompanying remix album with The Blessed Madonna followed in August.The music licensing company PPL have revealed their ‘Most Played Charts’ for 2020 this morning (June 9), with Lipa ranking first in their list of the most-played artists in the UK.The data was compiled by the PPL from “exclusive music usage and airplay data from radio stations

How many Vietnamese films have you ever seen? Or even heard of? For a heavily populated country that was controlled during roughly the first half of the 20th century by one of the most cinematically advanced nations, France, it’s surprising that Vietnam has such a thin history where film is concerned. The only Vietnamese director to ever make much of mark internationally is Tran Anh Hung, who in the 1990s gained an art house reputation with such films as The Scent Of Green Papaya and Cyclo.

Big Thief have announced a UK and European tour for early 2022.The four-piece – Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, James Krivchenia and Max Oleartchik – will play 23 headline shows from January to March next year, concluding with a trio of gigs at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.In the UK Big Thief will also perform in Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol, while an Irish date in Dublin is also set for February 26.You can see Big Thief’s upcoming UK and European tour dates below.January 202231 –

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Just ahead of its French release, Universal’s F9 has been set for a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Deadline has confirmed. This is the mystery studio movie that Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux has been teasing for a few weeks.

Activision has hired a new chief legal officer, Grant Dixton, who previously worked as part of the Republican administration under George W. Bush.Grant Dixton previously served as the White House lawyer working for for the George W.

British singer Dua Lipa recently took to Instagram to celebrate a very important anniversary! The singer, 25, went live on the social media platform to mark the 4 year anniversary of Dua Lipa--her debut album which released in 2017.

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Serena Williams is a winner in the first scheduled night session in French Open history. She overcame two set points to beat Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (6), 6-2 under the lights in the first round.

Dua Lipa is “already thinking” about her third album, according to the boss of her record label.The singer released the hugely successful ‘Future Nostalgia’ in early 2020, and said the following month that she’d be thinking about album three “sooner rather than later”.In a new interview Variety, Joe Kentish, the new president of Warner Records UK, reflected on the success of ‘Future Nostalgia’ and confirmed that ideas are already being shared regarding what’s next.“It’s The Terminator of albums,

A Quiet Place Part II has broken the US box office record in the pandemic era on its opening weekend.The horror sequel starring Emily Blunt opened in the United States this weekend (May 28) after multiple COVID-related delays.

British singer Dua Lipa recently got candid about her new music! In an interview with Variety, the 25-year-old pop star revealed that after 2 hits, she already has a third album in mind. Her label Warner Records’ executive Joe Kentish spoke to the publishing house about the upcoming album and said “It’s ‘The Terminator’ of albums, it just cannot be stopped!”  “Every time we think it’s down, another single pops off in another territory or on another platform.

It was a hugely positive first weekend back in business for UK cinemas, with Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway leading the market to north of £7M ($10M) in total. That’s the best Fri-Sun since cinemas were first forced to close by the pandemic in March 2020.

Four years after multiple allegations of sexual assault derailed his Hollywood career, Kevin Spacey is set for a return to the big screen.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAfter a six-month shutdown, French cinemas reopened May 19 with a bang.In spite of an audience capacity of 35% and a 9pm curfew, as many as 305,000 admissions were sold on Wednesday, scoring the best reopening day for cinemas in Europe, according to Comscore France.“This score is simply exceptional and surpassed our most optimistic expectations,” says Eric Marti at Comscore.

Bevan French – Moved back into the full-back role and took the chance to keep the shirt with a great display. Was key to changing the game first half but impressed in defence too. 8 (starman)

Refresh for latest…: A significant week is ahead at the international box office as Universal’s F9 starts its engines in a handful of major markets including China, Russia and Korea — and as the UK and France will reopen cinemas after a roughly seven-month shutdown. In the meantime, Fast & Furious franchise alum Jason Statham’s Wrath Of Man was the main overseas Hollywood title this session, lifting its offshore cume to $41.4M for $56M global.

Spice Girls‘ Geri Horner has said that she approves of Dua Lipa‘s Union Jack BRITs look.Horner, aka Ginger Spice, famously wore a Union Jack dress at the 1997 BRIT Awards when the group picked up awards for Best British Single and Video.In her appearance at the 2021 BRITs on Tuesday (May 11), Lipa appeared to nod to Horner’s outfit with a new spin on her own Union Jack inspired outfit.“Wow @dualipa you wore it well!” Horner wrote on Instagram yesterday (May 12).You can see the full post below:A