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Harry Styles investing in new music venue in Manchester

LONDON – While most music stars are rescheduling tour dates to 2021, Harry Styles is looking farther ahead and making plans to headline his own arena — one he’s putting his money and ideas into. Styles is one of the investors in a £350 million pound ($456.6 million) new concert venue in Manchester, England, called Co-op Live. "I love going to shows, I love live music.”For performers, he also wants to create great memories. It's a switch from the music he said he's always writing and working on. While he’s shooting, Styles is staying away from the social media monitoring of his hair length and instead dropping a new music video for “Golden,” which was filmed in Italy.

Florence Pugh Says Backlash Over Her Age Difference With Boyfriend Zach Braff Made Her 'Feel Like S**t'

Florence Pugh is addressing the criticism over her relationship with Zach Braff. I think I did feel s**t for awhile about admitting that, and then I thought, 'How ridiculous is that?'" And really, it has nothing to do with you," she said in part, defending her and Braff's 21-year age difference. Braff and Pugh, who worked together on the film In the Time It Takes To Get There, were first seen together in public last April. RELATED CONTENT:Florence Pugh Calls Out Fans 'Hurling Abuse' at Boyfriend Zach BraffFlorence Pugh Celebrates Boyfriend Zach Braffs 45th Birthday Amid Coronavirus QuarantineFlorence Pugh Gets a Kiss From Boyfriend Zach Braff After Oscar Nomination

Awkwafina, Zendaya among 819 invited to join film academy

Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If they accept, which most do, those in the new class will have voting privileges at this years Oscars. A handful of actors from this years best picture winner Parasite, including Jang Hye-Jin, Jo Yeo-Jeong, Park So-Dam and Lee Jung-Eun, were also invited to join. The Academy said that 49% of the new invitees are international and represent some 68 countries. It has since surpassed those goals and continues to infuse membership classes with both women and people from underrepresented communities.

This is the most important week of the year for movie theater owners

Columbia Pictures | SonyIt's the biggest week of the year for movie theater owners. Bagby said in 2015, the company made 10% of its annual box office during that one holiday week. Theater owners are particularly optimistic this holiday season because of the wide array of films that will be available. As of Sunday, the U.S. box office had tallied around $10.83 billion in ticket sales, about $1 billion shy of 2018's total. With a traditional holiday turnout, the box office should end the year just under 4% behind 2018.

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See the March Sisters, Meryl Streep in First Look at 'Little Women' Trailer (Exclusive)

ET has your first look at the trailer for Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women, which reunites the writer-director with her Lady Bird star, Saoirse Ronan, for a new take on Louisa May Alcott's classic. This first footage follows Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen as the March sisters, four independent, imaginative, ahead-of-their-time young women coming of age in the 1860s. The film promises to be an uplifting, irreverent take on the story, full of laughter and love and biting one-liners from Streep. Little Women opens in theaters on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. RELATED CONTENT:Florence Pugh on Wrestling Dwayne Johnson and Her 'No Frills' Take on 'Little Women' (Exclusive)Laura Dern Wants 'Little Women' Co-Star Timothee Chalamet to Join 'Big Little Lies' (Exclusive)Emma Watson Shares Touching Cast Photo From Set of 'Little Women'