‘Shang-Chi’ Becomes First COVID-Era Film to Gross $200 Million at Domestic Box Office

Coldplay are kicking off a bumper quarter four schedule in impressive fashion this week, with Music of the Spheres on course to enter the Official Albums Chart at Number 1.

Sally Ride, the first American woman and first known LGBTQ person to travel to space, will become the first openly LGBTQ person to appear on U.S. currency.The U.S.

“Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is making a killing at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The David Gordon Green-directed horror scared up $50.4 million from 3,705 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday.Universal’s “Halloween Kills” far surpassed expectations, which had the film pegged for a more conservative debut in the $30 million range.

A private hire driver has become the first person in Bolton to be fined for throwing litter from a car.

After over 18 months of pandemic delays, “No Time to Die” opened on target. The final James Bond film of the Daniel Craig era grossed $56 million from 4,407 North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday, to easily take the first-place spot.It didn’t break any pandemic or 007 records, but it didn’t fall significantly short either and is in fact the fourth-best opening in the 25-film series.

Starting with the class of 2030, California public high schools will offer ethnic studies as a required class for high school students.

Eidos-Montréal has announced that it will be switching to a four-day workweek, becoming the first AAA studio to make the change.Over the past year, most game studios and publishers have been working remotely due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, allowing for safer work conditions.Following this change, Eidos-Montréal has announced in a new Twitter post that it, along with Eidos-Sherbrooke, will be adapting its studio to the “new realities of work” and will introduce a four-day workweek

Russia has always prided itself on being first for a number of space exploration milestones, and today it can count itself as the first country to launch a film crew into space.

Bubba Wallace, who drives the number 23 Toyota Camry for Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s racing team, won the rain-shortened YellaWood 500 NASCAR race at Talladega today. In doing so, Wallace became only the second Black driver to win a NASCAR Cup race, the first being Hall-of-Famer Wendell Scott in 1963.

Strictly Come Dancing is underway with a new season and a brand-new cast of celebrity contestants. The dance competition is back for a full-length series, having aired for a shorter run of episodes last year due to the pandemic.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorGovernor Gavin Newsom has issued a new mandate that will require all public and private school children to get COVID-19 vaccinations, as long as their age is eligible.When the FDA gives full approval to vaccines for ages 12 and over, the mandate will take effect the next semester for grades 7 through 12.Currently, only teens 16 and older are eligible to receive the vaccination with full FDA approval, while children over 12 are receiving it with emergency

“Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” the sequel to Sony’s hit superhero movie “Venom” from 2018, made $11.6 million at the box office Thursday, surpassing “Venom’s” $10 million Thursday numbers. The sequel to “Venom” opens alongside Warner Bros.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalia Film, the prominent Middle East film distributor with close Hollywood ties, has reached more than two million admissions this year to date in Saudi Arabia, which it says marks a milestone.The results provide fresh proof that moviegoing is booming in the region following the 2017 removal of its religion-related ban on cinema.The Beirut-based company has longstanding exclusive relationships with major Hollywood studios and indies including Disney,

In third this weekend is 20th Century’s “Free Guy” with $4 million in its seventh weekend, giving it a total of $114 million. Universal/MGM’s “Candyman” is fourth with $2.46 million in its fifth weekend and a $56.8 million total, and Warner Bros.’ “Cry Macho” is No.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings just hit a major milestone!