Biggest Entertainment Stories Of 2021

Yesterday, an hour after announcing she'd be taking a mental health break from Twitter, Charli XCX posted a teaser of a new music video for a previously released track to Instagram. The track in question was her January Rina Sawayama collab, "Beg For You" — the third single from CRASH, coming March 18 — and the video dropped today, as promised.

There are few contemporary bands as prolific and slippery as Animal Collective. In the first two decades of their collaborative career, the boyhood friends from Baltimore experimented in sound art, warped the edges of avant-pop, exploded into mainstream maximalism, and, finally, returned to an ambient, deconstructed naturalism.

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 cast embarked on a month-long nationwide tour.Their first show commenced on January 20 at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.And with just two shows to go before the final gig on Sunday, the 31-year-old took a moment to give thought to the memories she made with her fellow BBC stars as the contestants of series 19 part ways.While it's a bittersweet ending for the Welsh professional ballroom dancer, she went on to mention that she was looking forward to the exciting projects she has lined up once the tour has officially ended.The brunette took to her Instagram Story ahead of her first of three shows at the O2 Arena in London.In view of her 316,000 followers, Amy maintained her composure as she touched on the tour drawing to a close."I just can't believe the tour is coming to an end," she said."I'm gutted, but also really excited for all the adventures to come."Amy briefly mentioned that she had a handful of "exciting" projects coming up, but she opted not to share further details.Last month, Amy was forced to pull out of several Strictly shows after suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, otherwise known as Crohn's disease.The health condition occurs when the colon and rectum can become inflamed.According to the NHS, symptoms include pain, cramps, swelling in the tummy and weight loss.Fans were gutted by Amy's absence seeing that there was no announcement of her non-appearance before the Strictly cast commenced their next gig in Manchester.She addressed the matter in an Instagram Story after fans had tagged her in a social media post, saying they failed to spot her at the concert but hoped she was doing okay.The health condition occurs when the colon and rectum can become inflamed.According to

Danielle Lloyd has revealed she broke down in tears when doctors told her she was expecting a fifth boy.The ex-model, 38, was given the gender news last year after she took a blood test six weeks into her pregnancySpeaking about her reaction to the test she admitted to The Sun: "I cried. I was devastated and didn’t know what to do with myself."We’d said this baby would be our last, so I was thinking, ‘It isn’t going to be my last — we’re going to have to have gender selection after all.'"The former Miss England is already mum to Archie, 11, Harry, ten, and George, eight, who she shares with Jamie O’Hara - and four-year-old Ronnie with Michael O'Neill.Danielle also admits she was so desperate for a little girl she booked in for gender selection treatment in Dubai, bit were forced to abandon their plans due to Covid travel restrictions.After facing backlash for wanting to undergo a gender assignment procedure, Danielle says: "I’ve had a lot of abuse from people saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re so ungrateful’."But me wanting a girl doesn’t mean I’m ungrateful for what I have or that I love my boys any less.

Becky G? Not only is she a loud and proud LA native, she was raised in Inglewood, born at the (now-defunct) Daniel Freeman Hospital hospital across the street from SoFi Stadium.I talked to the international superstar following the Rams’ big win against their in-state rivals, the San Fransisco 49ers, sending them to the Super Bowl this weekend. Becky was in attendance at the game, which marked her first time going to SoFi Stadium (after a little resistance).

Anticipation is building for the premiere of “Bel-Air”, the darkly dramatic reimagining of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”.

Zack Sharf Robert Pattinson joined GQ magazine this week for a look back at his most iconic roles, including his turn as vampire Edward Cullen in the blockbuster “Twilight” movies. The actor filmed the original “Twilight” at 21 years old.

Refresh for latest…: Happy New Year!, Peter Parker. Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has lifted its global cume to $1.37B, becoming the 12th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide. Slinging up another $78.3M in 61 international box office markets in its third weekend, No Way Home now has an offshore cume of $759M. The current overseas frame reps a drop of just 35% from last session.

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Wednesday AM Update: Tuesday box office figures To all the cynics out there who believe that the pandemic and streaming have annihilated theatrical moviegoing, well, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home just beat the final $515.2M domestic total of 2019’s Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker with $516.4M. Worldwide with $1.16 billion, Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially Sony’s top grossing movie ever, unseating 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s $1.13 billion final global total.

Cancel culture is everywhere and whether you agree with the practice of “canceling” public figures for their possible problematic views or ideas, it’s probably here to stay.From political figures to film stars, it turns out that celebrities make public boo-boos just like the rest of us. However, their mishaps are broadcast for all the world to see — and fans get to “Command+Delete” these celebs all over social media and watch as their careers fade fast.For some figures like Mel Gibson and Louis C.K., cancel culture seems to not exist, despite them being called out time and time again for their controversial actions.But, fans digress.Dr.

Refresh for latest…: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is having a very happy holiday as it is now officially the first movie of the pandemic-era to pass the $1B mark at the global box office. The worldwide gross through Sunday is $1.05B which makes this installment Sony’s No. 2 film of all time, behind only Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1.13B). No Way Home is the No. 1 film of the year worldwide — and one of the only movies of the modern era to ever reach $1B without China. Simply amazing.

Spider-Man: No Way Home has become Sony's top-grossing domestic movie ever after earning $19.7 million on Christmas Eve.The blockbuster finished Friday with $405.5 million in domestic sales and is on its way to cross the $1 billion threshold at the global box office, according to an article on Saturday by The Hollywood Reporter.No Way Home completed Friday with more than $900 million at the worldwide box office.

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ends the week with $385.8M, the third best first week at the domestic box office of all-time after Avengers: Endgame ($473.9M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($390.8M). Sony reports that the film will become the first $1 billion grossing movie at the global box office of the pandemic tom’w. Nancy will have more soon.

Spider-Man: No Way Home’s” box office prowess has no bounds.The latest entry in the Tom Holland-led trilogy will become the biggest movie of the year worldwide on Friday, Christmas Eve. It’s set to cross the $1 billion mark on Christmas Day.

Emily Salveson has been touting a new model for investing in film. In interviews and in public appearances, she has said that the model was able to “solve the problem of risk” for investors.It’s a pitch that’s been heard before in the film industry, and it tends to end badly.

Refresh for latest…: Spidey has done it again, logging yet another milestone as he swings past $800M global. Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home now has a worldwide total of $813.9M through Wednesday. This pushes it past No Time To Die and makes it the No. 3 movie of the year, and the top Hollywood release.

Clayton Davis It’s time to have a serious conversation about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and what it can achieve at the Oscars this year.Looking at the Oscars shortlists announced on Tuesday, the third chapter in the Tom Holland universe showed up in two categories — sound and visual effects — despite its late release.Unlike most superhero pics, critical and audience opinion are aligned (at 94% and 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively) about the film.

The 2022 Oscar shortlists are here which means multiple Academy branches have given us some insight into what they like and, well, what they don’t. But before we jump into those tantalizing tea leaves, let us consider the box office sensation that is defying all pandemic expectations, “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” A Sony Pictures-Marvel Studios co-production that has proven that millions of moviegoers will risk the Omicron variant to see your friendly neighborhood, amazing, MCU Spider-Man (or should that be “men?”) on the big screen.

Do you hear that noise? That’s the sigh of relief across Hollywood for the engineers, mixers, and artists behind the Sound Oscar contenders for 2022. This year’s shortlist included two musicals (“West Side Story,” “tick, tick…BOOM!”), two prestige dramas (“Belfast,” “The Power of the Dog”) and just one super-powered blockbuster (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”).

Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home raked in $37.1M on Monday, making it the third best for that day ever behind 2018’s Black Panther ($40.15M) and 2015’s Star Wars: Force Awakens ($40.109M). The running total for the MCU title stands at $297.2M through four days. Indeed, headlines about the looming Omicron, aren’t impacting ticket sales, and we’re not hearing any whispers about reduced capacities at U.S. theaters, nor any news that they’re bound to close.