Drake Becomes First Artist In History To Surpass 80 Billion Streams On Spotify

Talk about legs — or, more appropriately, wings: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick is still playing in Japanese cinemas a full year on from its debut. Continuing on from a stratospheric and super-leggy run, the sequel, on its 365th day of release, became Tom Cruise’s biggest film ever in the market. In doing so, it overtook 2003’s The Last Samurai with JPY 13.71B ($101.5M) — and Maverick is still flying on local screens. It had become Paramount’s No. 1 movie of all time in Japan in August and also marks the same milestone for Skydance.

A woman had to be rescued after becoming stuck up to her waist in mud at a local beauty spot.

EXCLUSIVE: ITVX has recommissioned its first reality show since launching late last year: hybrid format Loaded in Paradise.

Jermane Prime, the mastermind behind Toronto rap group Prime Boys, is taking fans on a visual journey through the hip-hop universe with his newly released photo book, Link in Bio.

On Thursday night, Mississauga R&B star PARTYNEXTDOOR played his first Toronto show in seven years, and made sure it was memorable, bringing out Drake to the rapture of the packed house at History.

Drake is making music history!

It's never been wise to count Kylie Minogue out. 

Comedian Jack Whitehall has said that he does not want to turn into his father when he becomes a dad.The Bad Education star, 34, is expecting his first child with girlfriend Roxy Horner, after he announced the news on social media. During an appearance on BBC Breakfast, Whitehall was asked whether the news had enabled him to reflect on his relationship with his father, to which he responded: "I just don’t want to turn into him." The comedian is known for starring alongside his father, Michael Whitehall, 83, in the Netflix show Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father, which sees the duo travel around the world together.

Nearly six months after their drawn-out divorce was finalized, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are still trading public barbs. On Thursday’s season three premiere of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Kim accused Kanye of starting a rumor that she was having an affair with Drake during their marriage.

Netflix has set July 20 for the Season 3 premiere of Sweet Magnolias, and has released some first-look photos of the upcoming 10-episode season (see above and below).

A councillor has become the first ethnic minority and Muslim to be appointed as Tameside’s civic mayor.

The UK Government recently published the Health and Disability White Paper, which lays out proposed reforms to the benefits system. As part of its shake-up, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced plans to scrap the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) to encourage people who need to claim benefits back into work.

Marvel meets Manchester as Loki and The Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston becomes the latest star to be confirmed for the Soccer Aid 2023 line-up. England will take on Soccer Aid World XI FC on Sunday June 11 and Tom will make his Soccer Aid debut for for UNICEF, playing on the Soccer Aid 2023 England team.

Kim Kardashian is addressing ex-husband Kanye West.

Letting it out. During the season 3 premiere of The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian shed light on how she handled Kanye West’s various social media outbursts — including when her ex-husband alleged she had an affair with Drake.

“American Idol” has crowned its newest winner in Hawaii native Iam Tongi, whose victory as the first AAPI winner of the ABC competition still has not fully hit him.“It’s unreal,” Tongi told TheWrap just two days after Ryan Seacrest announced his name on the big stage. “It’s weird to be here [as] the winner, because … it was going so slow during the competition, but out of nowhere it was finished and I was like ‘that went by so fast.'”While several AAPI contestants have climbed their way to the top three finalists, including fan-favorite Jasmine Trias of the show’s third installment, Tongi noted that this milestone achievement happening during national AAPI month in May gives the win an even bigger significance, saying “it feels really good to be representing why Polynesian people during this month.”Originally from Kahuku, a town in O’ahu, Hawaii, Tongi noted the challenge of saying goodbye to his friends back home to come compete on the show, where his talents were recognized early on by judges with some early successes, including being chosen to sing out the group after the judges narrowed the contestants down to the top 24 with an emotional rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”Tongi also experienced a personal accomplishment when he worked with guest mentor and country legend Keith Urban, whose music marked a distinct memory in Tongi’s upbringing as his father, who has since passed away, adored Urban’s music.

Trinity Rodman is Oakley’s latest brand ambassador. The US Women National Team player is a part of Oakley’s new lifestyle campaign, titled “More Than Meets the Eye,” which includes athletes that play various sports.

social media hiatus, Kellyanne Conway’s “wild child” daughter Claudia is back in the spotlight. This time, former Donald Trump campaign supervisor’s 18-year-old progeny has a new gig creating salacious content for Playboy.com, the online offshoot of the now-defunct print magazine.“Claudia Conway is one of many women who have found freedom, autonomy, and major financial success on our creator platform,” Playboy announced in a statement received by The Post.

The John Wick movie franchise has officially reached the billion mark!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “John Wick” is officially a billion-dollar franchise. Ticket sales for Lionsgate’s Keanu Reeves-led action series have surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, with its tally standing at $1.011 billion across four films. It was carried across the coveted milestone by “John Wick: Chapter 4,” which is now the highest grossing with $425 million to date. The latest entry, which is the most expensive with its $100 million price tag, opened in March to $73.5 million, notching a new domestic franchise record. “John Wick” is one of the rare franchises that has gotten more successful with each installment. The first movie tapped out with $86.1 million in 2014 but it became a sleeper hit on home entertainment, while the 2017 sequel ended its run with $174.3 million. 2019’s “Parabellum,” which is the highest grossing entry prior to “Chapter 4,” left the big screen with $328.3 million globally.