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Play video content Instagram / @olympiaohanian Safe to say Serena Williams‘ 5-year-old daughter is a big fan of “The Little Mermaid” … Olympia LOST IT after she got a Halle Bailey “Ariel” doll, and the entire adorable reaction was captured on video! The video, which was shared on Olympia’s Instagram, shows dad Alexis Ohanian handing

Refresh for latest…: Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid is doing swimmingly at the domestic box office, with a three-day opening of $95.5M and a four-day projection of $117.5M. Factoring in the international box office bow of $68.3M, that makes for an estimated $163.8M global debut through Sunday. The offshore launch is lower than

Milt Larsen, founder of the legendary Magic Castle, has died. Family sources tell TMZ Milt passed away in his sleep Sunday night at his home in Hollywood with his close friends and family by his side. Milt is known heavily in the world of magic — forming the ever-popular Magic Castle … a private club

Refresh for latest…: Apart from big new opener The Little Mermaid, which we detailed here, this weekend was notable for propelling Universal’s Fast X past the $500M mark globally, and Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to over $730M worldwide. The Fast & Furious franchise had, earlier this week, crossed $7B globally while the

Jodi Benson‘s looks over the years are out of this world! Watch and you’ll see … a 38-year-old version of the first ‘Little Mermaid’ looking absolutely fin-tastic at the premiere of “The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea” in Hollywood, California back in 2000 (left). This was over a decade after the release of

A24’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus-starrer You Hurt My Feelings will top an estimated $1.7 million in limited nationwide release for the four-day holiday weekend, at the high end of expectations on 912 screens. That puts it at no. 8 at a domestic box office where Little Mermaid is making all the waves. Breakdown: Friday – $474k; Sat.

Leo DiCaprio may be as famous for yachting as he is for another, even bigger ship, but these days he’s strictly upper deck! The “Titanic” star was lounging this weekend on the top deck of a super yacht with some buddies … along the coast of Sardinia. There he was — again — a shirtless

The arthouse box office hasn’t recovered quickly post-Covid, but one of the oases for the sector, even by pre-pandemic benchmarks, has always been a Wes Anderson movie. This summer we have his latest all-star absurdist comedy, Asteroid City, which just premiered at Cannes, which begins its limited run on June 16. How big has Anderson

Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo probably have a lot to talk about since famously parting ways on television over a decade ago — and they’ll do just that in the very near future. The two actresses — who once starred opposite each other on “Grey’s Anatomy,” before KH left the show in 2010 — are

“It was a contributor to the specialty box office, and I hope it will be again,” says Laemmle CEO Greg Laemmle of MoviePass, the subscription service that unsurprisingly went bankrupt in early 2020 after offering a movie a day for ten bucks a month. A co-founder Stacy Spikes, who was pushed out amid strategic differences

Play video content TMZ.com Dolph Lundgren is turning his pain into purpose … saying he couldn’t be happier to inspire others, after opening up about his 8-year battle with cancer. We caught up with the “Rocky” icon Monday at LAX, where he gave us an update on how he’s been feeling since revealing he was

EXCLUSIVE, late Thursday PM: Sources are telling us that Disney’s Rob Marshall directed The Little Mermaid is singing some high notes tonight of $10M+ in previews. Should that figure exceed $10.8M it will rep the 6th highest preview performance among PG and G rated titles in motion picture history. Tracking pegged the Halle Bailey movie

Play video content TMZ.com Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance at an L.A. bar recently, looking ever the stunning starlet she is and putting on a performance for the patrons. Check out the video, obtained by TMZ, which shows Gaga sporting a chic dress, stylish black coat and 10-inch platform heels while hanging out with

Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise has reached a new milestone, spinning past $7B at the global box office. Getting there, it becomes the fifth series of films to the mark, doing so with 11 titles. It’s currently the No. 5 franchise of all time, and is tied with Warner Bros’ Wizarding World for the fewest

Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber are all the rage on the internet right now … because there’s a huge buzz about a potential engagement. There’s tons of speculation online that the “Elvis” star may have popped the question to his model girlfriend … and it’s a pretty juicy rumor, which may have some legs. Austin

UK-based global theater chain and parent of Regal Cinemas said overnight it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in July. The news comes as nearly 100% of its legacy lenders agreed to an amended and restated restructuring agreement and backstop that have been months in the making. There had been some holdouts. The giant exhibitor

Jonathan Majors and his new boo Meagan Good kept things lowkey on their latest date … quietly slippin’ in and out of Red Lobster with some of her family for some grub. The “Creed 3” and “Harlem” stars were spotted at the seafood chain Tuesday in Woodland Hills — spending 3 hours with Meagan’s mom

Disney’s return to live-action takes of their animated vault in the fullest theatrical form happens this weekend with Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid which is eyeing a $180M worldwide start. The majority of that number will be made stateside with $120M for the four-day Memorial Day weekend holiday, and around $100M over three days. At

Carrie Fisher fans now have a shot at an iconic piece of “Star Wars” history … Princess Leia’s dress is up for grabs, but it’s gonna take way more than Obi-Wan’s help to snag it! The one-of-a-kind costume has hit the auction block at Propstore Auction. It was worn by the late actress in the

Broadway box office for the 2022-23 season – the first full season since the industry’s return from the Covid closure – reached $1,577,586,897, a big increase over the last two hard-hit seasons but still about 14% lower than the pre-pandemic high of $1.8 billion. Figures released today by the Broadway League indicate that total attendance

Play video content SplashNews.com Johnny Depp didn’t leave London without paying tribute to his longtime pal and late guitarist, Jeff Beck … performing on the same stage they did a year ago, all in his honor. Johnny hit the stage Monday night at the Royal Albert Hall for a tribute concert for Beck, who died

Universal’s Fast X, in what was an early start for previews for the franchise at 2 p.m., sparked to $7.5 million in Thursday numbers. Forecasts see the Louis Leterrier-directed tenthquel at a $60 million-plus stateside frame this weekend, with a greater amount of gas abroad at $235 million. How last night stacks up: the previous

Ray Stevenson, known for his work in ‘Thor’ and the “Star Wars” franchise, has died. Ray’s publicist confirms the news to TMZ, telling us he died Sunday — they say they have no further details surrounding his death at this time. Ray first broke into the world of acting in 1993, appearing in various episodes

Universal’s Fast X has started its engines overseas, opening notably in China and Korea on Wednesday and clocking $18.4M from just those two markets.  The Louis Leterrier-directed franchise instalment got off to a strong start in China, taking an estimated $17.4M today, including $2.7M from midnight shows. It’s dominating the market with 84% of the

Play video content TMZ.com Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are bringing some scarily realistic-looking action to an Atlanta neighborhood, where cameras were rolling for a violent scene from “Bad Boys 4.” TMZ obtained this footage recorded from a building next to the ATL parking lot where the cast and crew worked on a shoot-out sequence

Matt Johnson’s film BlackBerry about the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone passed $1.7 million its second week out with an estimated three-day gross of $525k in 595 theaters. The Canadian number — $250k from 200 theaters — was only a 13% drop from opening weekend. Stateside, the indie crossed $1 million with a

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both thriving in Europe, but leading very different lives — while he’s getting standing ovations in Cannes, she’s keeping things lowkey as she goes about another day in Spain. AH was out and about Thursday in Madrid, where she’s now living with her daughter, Oonagh … and looking pretty

Daniel Day-Lewis doesn’t do anything half-assed, and that includes dropping outta Hollywood … because the highly acclaimed actor couldn’t look more relaxed than he does on the streets of NYC. In an extremely rare sighting, the reclusive actor was out Friday with his wife Rebecca Miller … holding hands as they strolled around Manhattan’s West

New York Jets star Sauce Gardner will never forget Jessica Alba now … ’cause just a couple weeks after he didn’t know who she was during a Knicks game meetup — he scored some custom cleats with her face all over them!!! Sauce got the feet heat this week from artist Mike Jordan … who

Looks like the drama at this year’s Cannes Film Festival isn’t just on the silver screen … because the head of the entire event got into a seriously heated spat with a cop over his bike riding outside a hotel. The Friday night confrontation was caught on camera by French journalist Eric Morillot … who