Movie theaters have been in aneconomic droughtsince the COVID-19 pandemic began, butF9just made it rain.The ninth film in theFast & Furiousfranchise is expected to gross $70 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, according toCNBC. This will make theVin Dieselvehicle the most successful domestic opening since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020.After its global premiere last month in South Korea, when it became the top movie at the worldwide box office with areported$162....

01of 12 Vin Diesel: Pauline, Similce & Vincent vin diesel/ instagram; Jon Kopaloff/Getty The action star, who portrays street car racer Dominic Toretto and has served as a producer since the fourth installment in the franchise, has welcomed three children in the years since the film’s 2001 premiere. 02of 12 Jordana Brewster: Rowan & Julian jordana brewster/ instagram Brewsterfiled for divorcefrom Form in July 2020 after 13 years of marriage....

Photo: HBO Max In the mood for a little eye candy, sexy dancing and a bunch of attractive men being vulnerable and talking about their feelings? HBO Max’s new seriesFinding Magic Mikeis a pre-holiday treat packing more than meets the eye. The seven-episode series follows 10 normal guys (i.e. non-professional dancers or strippers), narrowed down from an initial pool of 50, who have “lost their magic” and are looking to find it — along with a $100,000 prize and the opportunity to perform in theMagic Mike Livestage show in Las Vegas....

Olivia de Havillandhas celebrated another birthday! The two-time Oscar winner — who famously played Melanie Wilkes inGone with the Wind— turned 102 on Sunday. De Havilland, who lives in Paris, is the last surviving principle member of the classic 1939 film, which also starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. Although the actress did receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the movie, she had to wait until 1946 to pick up the first of her two Oscars....

Tessica Brown.Photo: Tessica Brown/Instagram Tessica Brown, also known as “Gorilla Glue girl, has undergone stem cell therapy after a botched dye job led to chunks of the Louisiana native’s hair falling out. Brown, 39, went viral this year afterusing Gorilla Glue in place of hairspray. “I am just praying that it works,” Brown told theNew York Postwhichreportedthat the stem cell therapy treatment took place Wednesday at the La Fue Hair Clinic in Pasadena, California....

Grown-ishstarFrancia Raisais speaking out about what inspired the heartfeltopen lettershe wrote toConstance Wuafter the actresscursedher showFresh Off the Boat‘s renewal. Last month, Raisa, 30, shared her thoughts on the incident, in hopes of offering Wu, 37, a different perspective. Raisa’s open letter came after Wu first posted a series of emotional tweets when she was “temporarily upset” that her show had been renewed because it meant she had to “give up another project” that she was really passionate about....

Photo:Karwai Tang/WireImage Karwai Tang/WireImage Warning: this post contains spoilers for season 2 of Netflix’sHeartstopper.Nick Nelson is officially out of the closet onHeartstopperseason 2, and his story had some similarities to that ofKit Connorwho plays him on the beloved Netflix series.Heartstopper’s second season saw Nick slowly become comfortable enough to go public with his relationship with Charlie (Joe Locke) — while also makng clear that, like Connor himself, he identifies asbisexual....

JD Vance.Photo: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Just as he was making an official declaration of his candidacy for the U.S. Senate,Hillbilly Elegyauthor and venture capitalist J.D. Vance made waves on social media for a different sort of reason as his campaign sign fell off the lectern moments before he delivered the news. “Now I brought you all here for a big announcement,” Vance, 36, said while onstage at his first official event in Middletown, Ohio, on Thursday....

Photo: CBS Chicago All had been shot. In what DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick described as an “inconceivable” act, authorities on Sunday said a 43-year-old mother used a firearm to kill her two teenage sons, set the home on fire, and then turned the gun on herself. “This is truly a tragedy,” Mendrick said in a statementposted to his department’s Facebook page. “An act like this is completely inconceivable. This will be a trying time for the family, the community and our first responders who dealt with the aftermath of this horrible incident....

From left: Kellyanne Conway and George T. Conway III in October 2017.Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP 01of 11’Who Has More Credibility?‘George Conway/TwitterOn Wednesday, after the president made the latest in a long string of attacks on reporting about him — describing theNew York Timesas an “enemy” of America —George replied, “In light of this tweet, let’s pose the question …“He then polled Twitter userse on who was more credible: Trump or theTimes?...

Ukraine Invasion.Photo: EMMANUEL DUPARCQ/AFP via Getty Indiaries written forNew Yorkmagazineand published Sunday, 30 Ukrainians — all from the first generation born after the country became independent following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 — detail the early days of Russia’s attack, which began on Feb. 24 and which has already killed hundreds and sent millions more fleeing. Some, like 26-year-old poet and journalist Danyil Zadorozhnyi, described how the invasion was shocking, despite warnings from Russia and the Ukraine government....

Amy Roloff’s now-husbandChris Marekgot advice from a somewhat surprising source ahead ofthe couple’s late summer wedding. During their two-hourLittle People, Big Worldwedding special on TLC Tuesday, Amy, 56, took alast-minute road tripwith her friends ahead of the big day. Chris, 55, stayed behind to getRoloff Farms, their wedding venue, in shape with the help of Amy’s ex-husbandMatt Roloff. At one point, Matt, 60, asked Chris whether he was “nervous” about getting married....

A newlywed couple has found “what dreams are made of.” “I’ve always wanted to marry Hilary Duff,” Braun, 33, tells PEOPLE. “I was obsessed and loved her like I think most young gay men in the early 2000s… It was just an in-the-moment realization where I didn’t anticipate my vows to be completely about Hilary Duff, but it just happened to be that way.” In thevideofrom their April 16 wedding, which has since garnered more than 2....