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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Sonic the Hedgehog 2” powered to $71 million in its domestic box office debut, a hopeful indication that family audiences are feeling better about returning to theater.In taking the No. 1 spot, Paramount’s kid friendly film towered over Sony’s Marvel adaptation “Morbius” and Universal’s Michael Bay action-adventure “Ambulance,” which debuted to a disappointing $8 million.Ticket sales for “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” set a new high watermark for video game adaptations, supplanting the opening weekend record established by its predecessor, 2020’s “Sonic the Hedgehog.” The first movie collected $58 million in its first three days of release and ended the President’s Day holiday weekend with a mighty $70 million.

Her diary may be full of royal engagements and tours, but away from the spotlight Kate Middleton is a very hands-on mum. In fact, the Duchess of Cambridge, who shares Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, six, and three year old Prince Louise with husband Prince William, is known for her clever parenting tips.

Nicola Peltz was wearing a stunning custom-made strapless gown by Italian fashion designer Valentino when she married Brooklyn Beckham yesterday. The dress was created especially for her by the house's creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli. Worn with an elegant, sweeping veil positioned high on her head above her hair, which was styled in an elegant bun, the dress had long sleeves and lace detailing.

18 years after calling off their first engagement, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are engaged once again. Popstar turned actress Jennifer, who rekindled her romance with the actor last year, showed off her stunning ring in a video shared via her newsletter, On the JLo. The 52 year old looked stunning as she opted for a cream cardigan and minimal makeup, accompanying the paired back look with the huge green-hued diamond ring.

Making it work! Three months after splitting from Joe Gatto, Bessy Gatto is giving Us Weekly an exclusive look at their coparenting relationship.

Coronation Street viewers have witnessed a number of surprise births in the past few years - but not all have gone to plan on screen.While soap bosses have been keen to portray the births as realistically as possible, eagle-eyed viewers have been quick to point out a number of baby birth blunders onscreen.That's not all, as viewers have also questioned the scenes following the births - as well as pointing out very obvious continuity errors involving baby bumps.One of the most recent blunders to be spotted by fans was the birth of Abi Franklin's baby Alfie - and here, Daily Star takes a look at some of the biggest baby blunders to have occurred on the soap.Sophie Webster left the cobbles in 2019 to travel the world - but fans noticed that the character had a very visible baby bump in her final scenes.While Sophie Webster may not have been pregnant, actress Brooke Vincent was, with her final scenes airing before the actress went on maternity leave from the soap.However eagle-eyed viewers spotted a continuity error as Brooke's baby bump was very clear to see as her character Sophie hugged a close friend, with one fan saying: "The director and camera thought they were slick.

Amazon depot. The dad-of-two, who is subcontracted to Amazon via an agency called Deva Logistics, tried to call Deva after deciding to go to hospital and get checked out, reports Liverpool ECHO. After getting no answer, Neil sent a text message explaining his predicament.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese filmmaker, artist and influencer Yi Zhou has launched a cluster of companies that have begun making feature movies for the metaverse.Zhou, who departed China in 2011, trained in Paris and London, before settling in Rome for several years where she worked as an installation artist, fashion influencer for Chinese streaming site Tudou (now part of Alibaba) and short film director. Three of her shorts have played in Sundance, while another played at the Venice Festival.In 2018, Zhou relocated to Los Angeles in order to increase her focus on developing entertainment endeavors.

Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski and other fashion icons took to Instagram on Thursday to post a tribute tophotographer Patrick Demarchelier who died at the age of 78.The model, 25, posted several photos from a Vogue China shoot alongside gamer and model Chu Wong thatDemarchelier took for a 2017 issue.'I am grateful to have been lucky enough to be in front of your lens,' Hadid wrote in the caption. 'Most gentle, most legendary, soft but full of life .

Following in his father’s footsteps! Sandlot star Patrick Renna’s eldest son has begun to play baseball.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPrime Video will begin filming of its first Australian Amazon original movie, “Five Blind Dates” from next month. The romantic comedy film was created and written by actor and influencer Shuang Hu (“The Family Law,” “Ronny Chieng: International Student”) and actor and comedian Nathan Ramos-Park (“As We Babble On,” “Club Mickey Mouse,” “Bone”).“Five Blind Dates” is an exploration of Chinese culture and family dynamics with a story that follows a tenacious tea shop owner who is told by a fortune-teller that she will find her soulmate on one of the next five dates she goes on.Directed by Shawn Seet (“Baron,” “Storm Boy”) the film will feature an ensemble cast fronted by Hu.

For Patrick Renna, baseball is a family game.The former child star who caught laughs as Hamilton 'Ham' Porter in the 1993 baseball comedy The Sandlot scored a homerun with friends and fans after posting a sweet Instagram picture with his son Saturday.The simple caption read 'Call me coach.' For the love of the game: Things have come full circle for actor Patrick Renna. He playedHamilton 'Ham' Porter in the 1993 baseball comedy The Sandlot and is now coaching his young son Hey batter!: The actor was only 14 when The Sandlot opened in theaters.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNet profits at Tencent climbed by 41% to $35 billion at Tencent, China’s social media, games and streaming giant, in the year to December. Revenues were up by 16% to RMB560 billion ($87.8 billion).Despite the profits surge, the company’s management described 2021 as a “challenging year.”They were not being disingenuous.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief‘The Batman’ flew to an opening weekend of $11.6 million and landed in first place at the box office in China. It was the biggest opening this year in China for a Hollywood title but, with a return of coronavirus problems affecting cinema operations, the result has a tinge of missed opportunity.Data from consultancy Artisan Gateway showed the film amassing $11.8 million including previews from Thursday. Imax reported that the film earned $2 million of that total from its screens or 16% of the films China weekend total.

Those who say it always rains in Manchester are set to be proved wrong this weekend. Our region will bask in glorious sunshine over the coming days. And the good weather should even continue into next week.

This Morning stars Phillip Schofield and Alison Hammond decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with cheeky pints on their ITV set.The bubbly TV co-stars were seen smiling with two pints of Guinness in their hands on Thursday (March 17) to honour the annual Irish event of St Patrick's Day.Taking to Instagram, Alison shared a sweet snap of her standing next to Phil, who looked smart for the screen with a white collar shirt.Alison, 47, glammed up the room in a plunging leopard print top which she revealed was from ASOS, topping off the look with a pair of shoes from Yours Clothing.The presenting pair were standing just in front of an Irish flag and some white, green and orange bunting to match the national flag colours.Enjoying the festivities, Alison said: "Happy St Patrick’s Day" as she thanked her stylists for the look.Crediting the brands and beauty gurus, she added: "@thismorning dress from @asos_loves_curve shoes @yoursclothing@davidobrien75@makeupbymikey @hairbymichellesultan"Alison's adoring fans loved the stout-related snap, and many flattered the star in the comments as they wished her a happy St.

The birthplace of Ireland's patron saint has always been clouded in mystery, with most researchers only able to speculate that he was born somewhere on the west coast of Scotland.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefColleen Kwok’s “The Stars The Sun The Moon” won the top prize for a Hong Kong-produced in-development project at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum. Mainland Chinese title “Not Found” by Huang Ningwei won the equivalent prize for the best non-Hong Kong project.A total of 14 prizes were announced at a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, with “Silent Ghosts,” another local project, directed by Hang Yeng, collecting the top work in progress award.HAF organizers said that this year’s online platform hosted more than 900 private meetings between filmmakers and potential backers, a figure that was almost double the level of activity in 2020, when COVID forced the project market into a virtual format for the first time.

K.J. Yossman Tome Hiddleston and Claire Danes starrer “The Essex Serpent” has confirmed its release date.The series, based on Sarah Perry’s novel of the same name, will debut globally on Apple TV Plus on May 13.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRising Australian star Lincoln Younes has been cast as the lead of “Last King of the Cross,” a biographical series about a notorious night club owner and gangster being produced for Paramount Plus. Told in ten episodes, the series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power.Kieran Darcy-Smith (“Wolf Creek,” “The Duel”) has writing credits and is set as the director.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPhilippines star Jericho Rosales (“Basurero,” “Siargao,” “Pacquiao: The Movie”) has been announced as headlining the cast of “Sellblock” an upcoming scripted TV prison series. The show is hatched by Manila-based ABS-CBN and its production partner BlackOps Studios Asia.It was first announced last month as part of BlackOps’ genre slate of projects with its creative partner Psyops8, and its coproduction partners Story Arch Pictures and Agog Film Productions.