Hooray for Hollywood: Here are this past weekend’s box office results.

1. “A Minecraft Movie,” $157 million. (CINEMA SCOOP .. The film cost $150 million to produce. It earned $144 million overseas for a total worldwide weekend take of $301 million)

2. “A Working Man,” $7.3 million.

3. “The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 2,” $7 million.

4. “Snow White,” $6.1 million.

5. “The Woman in the Yard,” $4.5 million.

Hantavirus, the disease that you never heard of until it killed Gene Hackman’s wife, has now killed three more people . . . this time in California. Symptoms present themselves as a chest cold — and the virus is so rare — it is often misdiagnosed. Hantavirus spreads to humans from rat/mouse feces, which usually is contracted when someone cleans the attic or basement.

Kenny Chesney tells Holler Country magazine that he once asked Taylor Swift to refund the money he gave her. “I gave her a specific amount of money because she couldn’t go on tour with us because she was so young. And that year, later that year, we were both nominated for CMA Entertainer of the Year. Well, she won. So backstage, I went up to her and gave her a big hug, and I said, ’Congratulations…but give me my money back!””

RadarOnline.com says Alec Baldwin’s reality TV show, “The Baldwins,” has flopped, endangering his career and straining his marriage with Hilaria. With only 420,000 viewers for the second episode, the show has been deemed a disaster. A source reveals,  “Alec really, really needed this reality show to be a hit after all the bad press he’s received, figuring if he presented himself as a family man, it would soften his image. But it backfired in a big way, and he accused Hilaria of not putting her best foot forward in making the show successful. And he crushed her feelings by telling her the public doesn’t like her any more than they do him. He sees his acting career going down the tubes, and those in his inner circle believe his marriage may go down right along with it. They’re in big trouble – the tension between them is palpable.”

The Globe says Ben Affleck’s sloppy habits are allegedly annoying ex Jennifer Garner, who wants him to clean up his act and find love again.  An insider says, “It was disgusting and Jennifer saw the pictures and read him the riot act. She certainly doesn’t want their kids to think it’s okay to spit on a public sidewalk — it’s unsanitary and rude! He’s not on top of his hygiene. There are days he works out and then goes straight into work with no shower. And he never picks up after himself. When he’s at her place he always leaves a mess. She really wishes he’d grow up!”

The Tina Turner musical in London has a disclaimer on their website warning fans that Tina won’t be in the production.  She died almost two years ago. She sued a tribute act in Germany for impersonating her so well, that it confused fans.  The court ruled in favor of the tribute act in 2022.

Hantavirus, the disease that you never heard of until it killed Gene Hackman’s wife, has now killed three more people . . . this time in California. Symptoms present themselves as a chest cold — and the virus is so rare — it is often misdiagnosed. Hantavirus spreads to humans from rat/mouse feces, which usually is contracted when someone cleans the attic or basement.

Amazing news:  Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have worked everything out and they’re speaking again!!! It was a Swift reconciliation.  The songstress was bothered by being dragged into Blake’s legal battle with her co-star Justin Baldoni.

Renée Zellweger has joined the cast of “Only Murders in the Building” for Season 5. Further details of Zellweger’s recurring guest star role have yet to be announced but the actress joins series stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. The fourth season featured the show’s starriest cast yet with Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Eva Longoria, Richard Kind, Melissa McCarthy and Molly Shannon.

“Saturday Night Live” just made fun of the Morgan Wallen incident.  First, there was a “Get me to God’s country” reference in the cold open . . . and during “Weekend Update” Colin Jost joked, “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at good nights.” All six songs that Morgan has released off his new album “I’m the Problem” now occupy the TOP SIX spots on the Apple Music and iTunes Country Song chart.

Tinsel Town Talk – Mon 04/07/2025