Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.
Theaters look to Bond and Black Widow to spark 2021 moviegoing
Movie show operators, after a yr of dismal ticket gross sales in the course of the pandemic, are hoping a lineup of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema’s most well-known spy will assist them stage a comeback in 2021. Roughly two-thirds of theaters stay shut in america and Canada, usually the world’s largest movie market. Box workplace receipts in 2020 plunged 80% from a yr earlier.
Carlos do Carmo, the ‘Sinatra’ of Portugal’s fado, dies aged 81
Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of many nation’s most beloved artists who was often called the “Sinatra” of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday on the age of 81. Do Carmo, born in Lisbon in 1939, mentioned goodbye to the stage final yr after an extended profession throughout which he took fado around the globe. He grew to become the primary Portuguese artist to obtain a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.
BTS wraps up record-breaking yr with New Year’s Eve on-line live performance
International Ok-Pop sensation BTS celebrated New Year’s Eve with a web-based live performance on Thursday together with different Ok-pop teams from its administration company Large Hit Leisure and followers from around the globe. Halsey, Lauv and Steve Aoki, who’ve all collaborated with BTS in recent times, joined on a particular stage by connecting remotely.
Actress Dawn Wells, castaway Mary Ann on TV’s ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ dies from COVID-19
Daybreak Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door appeal and healthful magnificence into enduring TV fame because the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the traditional 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died on Wednesday at age 82, her publicist mentioned. Wells, who gained the title of Miss Nevada in 1959 and competed within the Miss America contest, died from issues of COVID-19, publicist Harlan Boll mentioned in a press release.
