Olivia Rodrigo didn t just have a special guest onstage for her final New York City show on April 9 she had special guests backstage, as well. As previously reported, Jewel joined Liv onstage for a duet, but backstage, she hung out with some of her castmates from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, including Larry Saperstein, Julia Lester, Joe Serafini and Frankie Rodriguez. Also in the house were Olivia s bestie Conan Gray and Heartstopper star Joe Locke, who were seen dancing together in the audience.Dua Lipa has dropped a snippet of the video for her new single "Illusion," which is coming out April 11 at 6 p.m. ET. From what we can see, there s a lot of choreography, including some synchronized swimming scenes.Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter has also released a snippet of the video for her new song, "Espresso," which comes out April 11 at 8 p.m. ET, with the video following on April 12 at 10 a.m. ET. From what we can see, it s directed by Dave
Disney/Scott KirklandMargot Robbie may just be becoming a one-woman monopoly on the toys-to-movie pipeline. The Barbie star and Oscar-nominated producer of that blockbuster will be producing a film based on the board game Monopoly. Variety reports Robbie and her LuckyChap production company are teaming up with Hasbro Entertainment and Lionsgate to bring the game from the board to the big screen. And while it may seem like a, well, roll of the dice, pun intended, the trade points out that the Monopoly game is available in more than 100 countries and has sold nearly half a billion copies since it launched in 1935.According to Variety, Adam Fogelson, the head of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, revealed at the CinemaCon confab in Las Vegas that Robbie s company has "a clear point of view" on how to translate the game to the movies.Then again, who in the world would have thought a movie based on Barbie dolls would gross more than a billion bucks
Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesIt s a rare occasion when Rihanna shares an update about her music, especially after years of making headlines for her babies and businesses. Fortunately for fans, she gave some tidbits on her process of creating her long-awaited album R9 during her cover story for Interview magazine.“I have a lot of visual ideas. It’s weird. My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals," Rihanna said.She notes the visuals have not yet been translated into songs but believes they may end up "leading me to the songs that I need to make.”“Random ideas, quirky ideas, things that have nothing to do with me at all," Rih added.One of the people who have something to do with Rihanna is boyfriend A$AP Rocky. She recalled the time he grabbed her butt during their performance of �
WWE/Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, TKO Group Holdings announced that WWE s WrestleMania XL extravaganza was the "most successful and highest-grossing event in company history."Tickets sold for the two-night event at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were up 78% from 2023 s event, the previous record holder. The 40th installment of WrestleMania drew 145,298 people from all 50 states and 64 countries, WWE says. Further, viewership jumped 41 percent from 2023, what with The Rock s tag team victory with cousin Roman Reigns over Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes Saturday night; the appearance of superstars John Cena and The Undertaker; and even stars like the NFL s Jason Kelce getting in the ring during the weekend s festivities.Ultimately, Rhodes beat Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on Sunday, and the organization says the WWE s YouTube channel saw more than 67 million views in 24 hours. Overall, the ev
Warner Bros. PicturesGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the fifth film in the Monsterverse franchise, raked in an estimated $31 million at the domestic box office, bringing its tally up to $135 million. Worldwide, the film starring Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Brian Tyree Henry has glommed a total of $361 million worldwide.Dev Patel s directorial debut, Monkey Man, finished a distant second, earning an estimated $10.1 million in its opening weekend. The thriller grabbed an estimated $2.6 million overseas, for a worldwide tally of $12.7 million.Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire took third place, grossing an estimated $9 million in its third week of release. Frozen Empire, the sequel to 2021 s Afterlife, has collected $138 million globally.Debuting in fourth place was The First Omen, the prequel to the 1976 horror film The Omen, delivering an estimated $8 million at the North American box office. The film added an estimated $9.1 million internationally, bringing its worldwide haul to $