Global Box Office Makes ‘Asymmetrical’ Recovery From Covid, Forecasters Say, With Return To 2019 Levels Not Due Until 2024

Jamie Lang This year’s 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival will host the European premiere of Nicolas Cage’s latest flick “Pig,” the debut directorial feature from award-winning editor Michael Sarnoski (“The Testimony”). Edinburgh Festival and Cage have a long and amicable relationship.

Gorillaz have announced that they are set to return to the live stage to perform a free concert to NHS workers and their families.

BRITISH Olympic and Paralympic teams will be invited to 'Homecoming' concerts when they return from Japan - as a thank you from the nation.

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Coheed and Cambria have returned with a heavy new track – watch the cyberpunk-inspired video for ‘Shoulders’ below.The track is the band’s first solo material in three years, and follows their 2020 collaboration with Rick Springfield, ‘Jessie’s Girl 2’.Of the new song, Coheed and Cambria vocalist and guitarist Claudio Sanchez said: “In art, in your career, in relationships… no matter how much you give of yourself or try, you have to accept that not everything in life can be a perfect fit.”Watch the ‘Shoulders’ video below:The new track is the first preview of the prog rock band’s upcoming 10th studio album, which will follow 2018’s ‘Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures’.In a recent interview with Consequence Of Sound, Sanchez told fans

Erin Brockovich, Pretty Woman and Notting Hill. Though Roberts has been a key player in Hollywood, away from the limelight she lives a more quiet, private life.

Katie Price's make-up masterclasses are back - but it will still cost you an eye-watering £80 to see her swiping skills on stage.

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Valve‘s newly announced handheld, Steam Deck, has already been generating interest in the industry, and that includes Ubisoft who may be considering putting its games back on Steam.The publisher had previously pivoted away from the PC platform, instead partnering with the Epic Games Store, while also running its own digital storefront.However, as reported in IGN, an investors call yesterday (July 20) with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot hinted that the Steam Deck might persuade the company to release its future games on Steam again.“We’re happy to see Steam Deck coming to the industry, it shows that it continues a flow of very innovative new hardware coming to the market,” he said.“So we will look and see how big it becomes, but if it’s big we

‘Pig ‘to open EdinburghThis year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open with the European premiere of Pig, starring Nicola Cage. The screening will take place on August 18. In the film, Cage plays a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness and must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. The pic will be released in the UK by Altitude on August 20. EIFF runs August 18-25 this year.

Anne-Marie has revealed she scrapped an entire album in 2019 before writing her new record Therapy.

Death in Paradise has confirmed Danny John-Jules is returning in a special feature-length Christmas special. The 90-minute episode will see John-Jules reprise the role of Officer Dwayne Myers as the character teams up with Neville Parker (Ralf Little) and Florence Cassell (Joséphine Jobert) to solve a murder case.

CLARKSON'S Farm WILL return to Amazon Prime Video for season two - and filming has already started. The first series of Jeremy Clarkson's farming show was released last month and was a huge hit.

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NHSLanarkshire are facing staff shortages, with annual leave and staff having to self-isolate as a result of contacts outside of work the main cause. As of Tuesday, July 20 there are 81 Covid-19 cases across its three acute sites, University Hospital Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw, with seven people in intensive care.

crowdfunding drive last Friday (July 16) requesting donations of at least 5,000 yen (approximately GBP33).Within the first 24 hours, the crowdfunding campaign met its goal of 10million yen, according to an Anime News Network report. At time of writing, the museum has collected over 23million yen through the crowdfunding effort, around 238 per cent of the target sum.Over 3,000 individuals have donated, and there are still 195 days left in the crowdfunding drive, which will conclude on January 21, 2022.Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ghibli Museum had to close its doors in February 2020, only finally reopening in a reduced capacity in July 2020.

Pizza Man was among the eclectic group of contestants who advanced on Tuesday during the final auditions episode of season 16 of America's Got Talent on NBC.Nick Diesslin, 29, a full time web developer who called himself 'Pizza Man', performed a pizza dough juggling act for the judges.He asked judge Howie Mandel, 65, to join him on stage as he tossed and spun pizza dough in the air. Auditions conclude:Pizza Man was among the eclectic group of contestants who advanced on Tuesday during the final auditions episode of season 16 of America's Got Talent on NBCSofia Vergara, 49, afterward told Pizza Man that his act was 'fun.'Simon Cowell, 61, was typically blunt.

She starred as Lara Croft in the 2018 origin film Tomb Raider.And Alicia Vikander has reassured fans that a follow-up movie is still in the works despite being derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking to Collider.com, the Swedish actress, 32, said she thinks the project will still happen, sharing: 'It's not greenlit, but the script is in the making, and I think everyone is excited and I would love to revisit Lara again.' 'In the making': She starred as Lara Croft in 2018 origin film Tomb Raider.

Rangers. The Eredivisie side's technical director Ferry de Haan has stated the club are "looking at" a bid for the in-demand 22-year-old amid the Premiership champions interest.Steven Gerrard is reportedly an admirer of the 22-year-old as he looks to bolster his ranks in the middle of the park ahead of the new season.

Rangers at Ibrox. The Gunners have scrapped their Florida Cup pre-season trip to the USA after a "small number" of their touring party tested positive for Covid-19.

Good Morning Britain.The weather girl, 39, appeared on the show from Blackberry Farm in Shipston-on-Stour and a was cradling a white duck.As presenter's Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway attempted to move the programme on - with MP Lisa Nandy waiting in the wings - Laura wanted to share an interesting fact she'd learnt.She asked Ben and Kate: "Do you want to know how you can tell if a duck is male or female?"Ben interjected: "No."But Laura carried on anyway, unknowingly cutting across the Foreign Secretary as she explained that a "quack-quack" was female and "wuack-wuack" was male.While laughing, Kate warned: "I don't believe that at all and we have the Shadow Secretary waiting."Unfortunately, the Shadow Secretary had already joined the ITV