‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes biggest movie of the year worldwide

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes biggest movie of the year worldwide

Tom Holland-starrer ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ has become the biggest movie of the year worldwide.

It’s set to cross the $1 billion mark on Christmas Day, reports variety.com.

At 11 days, it would be the second-fastest to hit that milestone (behind 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ at five days and tied with 2018’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’). It would also be the first theatrical release of the pandemic to join the billion-dollar club even without China, the largest box-office market in the world.

‘No Way Home’ made $29.3 million domestically on Thursday, bringing its seven-day gross to $385.8 million, the third-highest seven-day gross of all time, the highest seven-day gross in the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise, and the second-highest seven-day gross ever for December and for a superhero film.

The Thursday earning is the third-highest Thursday gross of December of all time, and the highest Thursday take for Sony, the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise and for a superhero film.

Internationally, it brought in $32.2 million on Thursday, bumping its overseas total to $490.2 million and global haul to $876.0 million.

‘The Matrix Resurrections’, meanwhile, made $6.4 million on Wednesday and $4.1 million on Thursday from 3,552 venues in North America for a two-day total of $10.5 million. Picking up 20 years after 2003’s ‘The Matrix Revolutions’, the sci-fi adventure is expected to finish the holiday weekend with $40 million to $50 million. If it hits the higher end of estimates, ‘Resurrections’ would beat ‘Dune’ ($41 million) to become Warner Bros.’ top opening of the year.

Another sequel, ‘Sing 2’, earned $8.1 million on Wednesday and $7.5 million on Thursday at 3,892 North America locations for a total of $15.6 million. Including ticket sales from Thanksgiving weekend advanced screenings, it’s grossed $17.2 million so far. The family-friendly musical is on track to rack up at least $40 million by Sunday.

In total, seven new films opened this weekend, including ‘The King’s Man’, ‘The Tender Bar’, ‘A Journal for Jordan’, ‘American Underdog’ and ‘Licorice Pizza’.

But none of them will top ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, which debuted to a record-breaking $260 million last weekend.

On Monday, ‘No Way Home’ raked in another $37 million, and early estimates for this weekend predicted the superhero movie would make another $100 million this weekend.

‘Sing 2’ and ‘The Matrix Resurrections’, which both opened on Wednesday, are vying for the number 2 spot.

Directed by Garth Jennings, the ‘Sing’ sequel stars Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, Pharrell Williams, Taron Egerton and Bono as animated animals who perform hits like Billie Eilish’s ‘Bad Guy’ and Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’.

The fourth ‘Matrix’ movie, directed by Lana Wachowski, sees the return of Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo and Trinity — though neither remembers the past.

‘The Matrix Resurrections’, which debuted simultaneously on HBO Max, also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Priyanka Chopra, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Ranveer shares adorable picture of his mom with 1983 World Cup

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Ranveer shares adorable picture of his mom with 1983 World Cup

Ranveer Singh, who plays Kapil Dev in ’83’, shared a picture of his mother Anju Bhavnani holding the World Cup that the Indian skipper and his vice-captain, Mohinder Amarnath, lifted on June 25, 1983, at Lord’s.

Ranveer took to his Instagram and captioned the picture: “Hum jeet gaye, Mumma! (ps: that’s the actual cup!) #ThisIs83 #83TheFilm @83thefilm (sic).”

Ranveer’s fellow actor, Harrdy Sandhu, who plays Madan Lal in ’83’, commented with heart emojis under the picture.

Actress Richa Chadha, too, took to the comments section and wrote: “Jeet gaye! Thanks for this historic film. Thanks also for waiting for the cinemas for this one. It’s a sixer!!!” She was referring to the long time ’83’ was kept on hold because its makers wanted the film to be released in theatres only.

Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan’s daughter and columnist, Shweta Bachchan, commented: “Adorable”.

Coming Soon: Nagarjuna to also host ‘Bigg Boss Telugu OTT’

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Coming Soon: Nagarjuna to also host ‘Bigg Boss Telugu OTT’

Telugu’s superstar Nagarjuna, who hosted three seasons of ‘Bigg Boss Telugu’, recently concluded the fifth season of the reality show.

Now that the makers of ‘Bigg Boss’ have announced the ‘OTT’ format of the show, Nagarjuna will host the first season as well.

It is reported that ‘Bigg Boss Telugu OTT 1’ will go on floors in February 2022. It is reported that nearly 18 contestants will start as inmates, to show their participation in the reality show.

24 hours of live feed for ‘Bigg Boss Telugu OTT1’ (Tentative title) will be telecasted on Disney Hotstar.

Reports also suggest that the makers are working on remodeling the ‘Bigg Boss Telugu 5’ set, so as to accommodate it for the upcoming ‘Bigg Boss Telugu Live’.

On the other hand, the makers of ‘Bigg Boss Telugu Live’ or ‘Bigg Boss Telugu OTT 1’ are working on the casting for the reality show.

‘Bigg Boss Telugu 5’ had VJ Sunny win the title, while Shanmukh Jaswanth became the runner-up.

With the amplified craze around the reality show, the makers are planning on innovative games and campaigns so as to make the upcoming seasons more interesting, the sources report.

Tiger Shroff drops special motion poster from ‘Ganapath’

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Tiger Shroff drops special motion poster from ‘Ganapath’

Action star Tiger Shroff has shared the special motion poster from his film, ‘Ganapath’, setting the ball in motion for the countdown of the film which will arrive in theatres after a year on December 23, 2022.

Tiger took to his Instagram to share the countdown motion poster as he captioned the asset: “Taiyyar Rehnaa !!! God ke Aashirwad Se Janta ko Milne Aa Rela Hai #Ganapath Next Christmas in cinemas near you! #23rdDecember #1YearToGanapath”.

The motion poster features Tiger at his usual self of pulling off acrobatics with a chiseled body. Tiger’s sister, Krishna Shroff commented under the video, “There’s nobody doing it like you… No f****** body.”

‘Ganapath’, is a dystopian thriller directed by Vikas Bahl (Queen, 2014), which also stars Kriti Sanon and boasts of high-octane action sequences choreographed by international stunt directors. The film, produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Vikas Bahl, Deepshikha Deshmukh, and Jackky Bhagnani, has almost reached the finishing line in London after an extensive schedule.

Sundance Film Festival expands Covid protocols

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Sundance Film Festival expands Covid protocols

The Sundance Film Festival has updated Covid protocols for its 2022 gathering in response to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

Sundance will require all in-person attendees — employees, volunteers, contractors, general public, artists, partners, press, and industry — to be fully vaccinated, with all those who are eligible under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC( guidelines to have received booster shots, reports variety.com.

The upcoming edition, which runs from January 20 through 30, will be a hybrid event that has “flexibility for attendees to participate in-person and/or online”.

“The health safety of our community is paramount,” Sundance organisers said in a press release.

Other protocols include reduced venue capacity for festival screenings and events, as well as no eating or drinking in theatres.

Festival-operated non-theatre venues, including The Craft, The Filmmaker Lodge, The Box and The Shop, will have reduced capacity and food and beverages will not be permitted in these spaces during public programming.

Attendees will also be required to wear masks in all venues and lines.

Guests will be encouraged to continue wearing masks indoors when in public places or private shared spaces for parties or receptions, especially when not actively eating/drinking.

The Sundance Institute has partnered with PandemSafe to offer free tests to all participants and community members at specific vaccine verification and testing hubs located around the festival.

Employees, volunteers and on-site contractors are required to be tested at check-in and mid-way through the festival and encouraged to test every 48 hours throughout. Artists, press and industry are required to be tested within 48 hours prior to arrival or upon arrival.

Additional testing is required for participation in private events, with artists tested in advance of participating in Question and Answers’s, programming, and press lines.

Both PCR and rapid antigen tests will be offered and accepted as proof of a Covid test. Additionally, any FDA-approved Covid test that displays a valid date and time of test taken and valid lab result will be accepted, reports variety.com.

Sundance organisers said it will continue to “monitor the general levels of community transmission and local Covid-19 vaccination coverage in our in-person communities, working to maximize their health safety and adjust any plans as needed for the safety of our community”.

Sushmita Sen confirms break-up with beau Roman Shawl: We remain friends

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Sushmita Sen confirms break-up with beau Roman Shawl: We remain friends

Putting all speculations to rest, actress and former beauty queen Sushmita Sen in a social media post has confirmed about her break-up with her beau Roman Shawl and said that the relationship was long over.

Sushmita shared a picture with Shawl on Instagram and shared: “We began as friends, we remain friends!! The relationship was long over, the love remains!! #nomorespeculations #liveandletlive #cherishedmemories#gratitude #love #friendship I love you guys!!! #duggadugga.”

Earlier this year, speculations about them separating started doing the rounds when Sushmita made a post on Instagram and mentioned walking out of a futile relationship.

On the work front, Sushmita was recently seen in the second season of the International Emmy nominated series ‘Aarya’, directed by Ram Madhvani.

Sunny Leone on her latest track ‘Madhuban’: Want it to be biggest party anthem of this year

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Sunny Leone on her latest track ‘Madhuban’: Want it to be biggest party anthem of this year

Sunny Leone opens up on her latest dance number ‘Madhuban’, crooned by Kanika Kapoor. She has all the hopes from her latest song and believes it will be well received by her fans and listeners.

Talking about the song, Sunny says: “When I shot for a big song like ‘Madhuban’, I knew that everyone was going to like it. Working on this song has been unlike any other. From the online digital campaign to learning the song, then shooting for it and also getting into the costume — all of it was a lot of hard work and I hope that people enjoy watching it. It’s a high upbeat party number.”

The peppy track has been composed by Shaarib and Toshi and choreographed and directed by Ganesh Acharya.

She shares further about the shooting of the track and says: “It was a lot of fun. We were shooting non-stop for 2 days. I have loved my outfits and the different looks in the music video. Hope my fans like my look too. The best and the most difficult part of the shoot was using the harness. However, I can say it was all worth it because I am loving the response to the music video.”

Sunny says that working with Kanika has always been fun and she believes that this song will get much attention like their previous hits. “We have worked together in the past and have given hits. We are sure this song, ‘Madhuban’ is going to be a hit and will top the charts. I have loved her voice in this song and I am so glad that I got this opportunity to work with her again,” she says, adding : ” I want Madhuban to be the biggest party anthem of this year. So guys watch it and make your reels.”

Sunny will also be seen in a web series.

“I have a web series ‘Anamika’, two south films and some other things in the pipeline which I can’t wait to share later,” she concludes.

‘Madhuban’ is released on Saregama Music YouTube channel.

Kareena shares her Covid quarantine essentials

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Kareena shares her Covid quarantine essentials

Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is currently in isolation for Covid, has shared her quarantine essentials and it is something one cannot imagine.

Kareena on Thursday took to Instagram, where she also shared updates from the 12th day of her quarantine.

She wrote: “I am still trying to figure out if we are in COVID times or not…anyway, day 12…two days to go…stay safe all” in her first Instagram story.

Kareena then shared a picture of herself flaunting her signature pout and wrote: “Pyjama, lipstick and a pout… quite the combination… try it!!”

According to reports, Kareena and a few of her friends, including Amrita Arora, Seema Khan and Maheep Kapoor, contracted Covid last week.

Kareena will next be seen in the Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’. It will hit the big screen on April 14, 2022.

Atul Kulkarni has done the Indian adaptation of the Academy Award-winning film ‘Forrest Gump’ that was originally written by Eric Roth.

‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ has been directed by Advait Chandan with music by Pritam and lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The film is presented by Viacom18 Studios.

Meghna Naidu enjoys Christmas vacation in Portugal with husband Luis

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Meghna Naidu enjoys Christmas vacation in Portugal with husband Luis

Actress Meghna Naidu is enjoying her Christmas vacation with her Portuguese husband and tennis player Luis Miguel Reis in Cascais, Lisbon, a coastal town in Portugal.

She says: “We planned to come to Lisbon for our Christmas holidays as I have not seen my in-laws for more than 2 years due to the Covid pandemic and travel restrictions. I am so excited to be here after a long wait. We live in a place called Estoril, Cascais and it is known for a lot of restaurants, luxurious hotels, and stunning beaches. It boasts not only great beaches, food and drink scenery but a lot of great events too.”

Meghna, who has also featured in TV shows, like ‘Jodha Akbar’ and ‘Sasural Simar Ka’, says she is at most happy space and enjoying her married life. “Everything has its own time and I’m glad that I could enjoy opportunities that came to me on time. After being part of showbiz for so many years and making my name for significant work, I’m enjoying my marriage for now.”

Makers of Prabhas-starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ plan massive event with 40,000 fans

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Makers of Prabhas-starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ plan massive event with 40,000 fans

The makers of Prabhas and Pooja Hegde-starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ are gearing up for its release in January with plans for a big fan event with nearly 40,000 fans in attendance.

Helmed by Radha Krishna Kumar, ‘Radhe Shyam’ is as an epic love story, featuring Prabhas as a palmist, while Pooja plays his love interest.

The makers of ‘Radhe Shyam’ have planned a huge fan event in Hyderabad, where the theatrical trailer of the movie is to be launched.

The makers have decided to accommodate as many as 40,000 fans from across the country to witness the massive event.

“Close to 40,000 fans from all over India will be attending the event following all the COVID protocols. Only people with double vaccination certificates will be allowed entry for the event,” an official source confirmed.

It is learnt that an enormous set is being constructed at an open ground at Ramoji Film City outside Hyderabad.

‘Radhe Shyam’ is a pan-India movie shot in multiple languages.

Gulshan Kumar and T-Series present ‘Radhe Shyam’, a UV Creations production. The epic love story is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Vamsi and Pramod, and it releases on January 14.

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