Sales of This Bestselling Comfy Sneaker Are Up by 204% — And Here’s Why

Line of Duty has seen a rise in kinky police role play requests from people wanting to spice up their sex life following the top cop drama. The characters played by Vicky McLure and Scotland's own Martin Compston have ignited a flame in viewers that has been smouldering over recent weeks.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDR Sales, the commercial arm of the Danish broadcaster, is set to start handling more children programming, kicking off with the animated series “Team Nuggets.” Currently in development, the comedy show was commissioned by DR’s streaming platform Ramasjang which targets children aged 4 to 8 years old and ranks as Denmark’s leading platform for kids content.

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Facebook hit 2.85 billion monthly active users, or MAUs, last quarter (up 10%) and 1.88 billion daily users (up 8%) as ad-driven revenue surged 48% to $26.2 billion, crushing forecasts.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple smashed Wall Street expectations for the first three months of 2021, reporting its highest-ever revenue for a March quarter.For the quarter ended March 27, the company reported revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54% on surge of iPhone sales, and net income of $23.6 billion (earnings per share of $1.40).Apple reported revenue records in each of its geographic segments and double-digit growth in each of its product categories — with the recently launched iPhone 12

Sony sold 3.3 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the final quarter of fiscal 2020, bringing its full-year tally up to 7.8 million. That helped offset what the Japanese company referred to as a “significant decrease in sales” at Sony Pictures.Sticking with the good news at gaming, Sony now touts a PlayStation Plus subscriber count of 47.6 million, which is up nearly 15% from last year.Sony’s operating income for the final quarter was 342.2 billion yen.

Sony Interactive Entertainment recently released its financial results for the year, revealing it had sold 7.8million PS5 consoles.The figures show that the PS5 outsold the PS4 in the same initial release window of six months.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify reported results for the first quarter of 2021 in-line with expectations, with total revenue up 16% — helped by 46% uptick in ad sales. The streaming audio giant also said podcast listening hit an all-time high in Q1, with “The Joe Rogan Experience” delivering better-than-expected gains.Overall, the company said monthly active users grew 24% to 356 million, including users on free and paid plans.

AMC Entertainment offered a preview of its quarterly earnings Tuesday, anticipating revenue for the three months ended in March of $148 million, way down from $941.5 million the year before as the box office struggled to revive amid the global pandemic.

gold pair of Crocs appeared on the Oscars red carpet, sported by musician Questlove, the awards’ musical director. “Demand for the Crocs brand is stronger than ever with expected 2021 revenue growth of 40% to 50%,” said Andrew Rees, Crocs’ chief executive, adding that the company was enjoying growth in all regions and through all sales channels, including 26% sales growth in Asia.

YouTube advertising revenue jumped 48% to just over $6 billion in the first quarter of the year as the economy reopens, helping parent Google/Alphabet batter sales forecasts.

Ramona Singer says 13 is her lucky number, and lucky for her,  is entering its 13th season.«Who can believe it?» the OG star cracks to ET over video chat from her Manhattan apartment, just before jetting off to film Peacock’s vacation series. «I'm really proud of season 13.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its world premiere at Hot Docs, London-based MetFilm Sales has boarded worldwide sales rights to Set! directed by Scott Gawlik, segment producer on Emmy-nominated Netflix series A Little Help With Carol Burnett.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWWE has appointed Claudine Lilien to the role of senior vice president and head of global sales and partnerships, Variety has learned.Lilien previously held senior leadership roles across Fox Corp., Fox Sports and Fox Networks Group. She most recently worked as senior VP of client management and solutions at Fox Sports.

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures International has acquired worldwide and U.S. sales rights to the comedic feature, Queen of Glory, which will make its world premiere at the 20th Tribeca Film Festival in June.

EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired sales rights to The Conductor and Father of the Cyborgs, a pair of documentary features premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in June.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAt Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel with Cannes ACID premiere “Coalesce,” Torino-based The Open Reel has closed a raft of deals on its current sales titles, led by Chilean Alberto Fuguet’s “Everything at Once: Paco and Manolo’s Gaze.”“Being specific titles, and referring to a specific audience, even if in constant expansion, LGBT titles – not only feature films but also documentaries and short films – respond to the constant demand of a slice of the