Box office weekend news… The Blink-182 drummer makes surprise… Justin Bieber update… Celebrity weddings… and Britney Spears parties with her ‘favorite boys’

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“Barbie” has been dethroned! “Blue Beetle” debuted with $25.4M — a little less than expected, but enough to take the top spot! Warner Bros. is suggesting that Tropical Storm Hilary kept numbers down. “Blue Beetle” cost more than $100M to produce and we don’t know how many millions more to promote. Without the actors promoting it, the movie will have to rely on word of mouth. The top critics at Rotten Tomatoes have given it 67% positive reviews, but the verified audience had 92% positive feelings about it. After spending four weeks in first, “Barbie” scooted down to second with $21.5M. “Oppenheimer” took third with $11M, followed by “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” in fourth with $8.4M. The new “Strays” starring the voices of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx rounded out the top five, debuting with $8.3M.

Charlie Rocket was one of the biggest music managers in the world when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor that could have — and probably should have — killed him. According to his bio on London Speaker Bureau, when “facing death and weighing over 300 pounds, he made the choice to return to his childhood dream of being an athlete. He ended up losing 125 lbs, running 5 marathons, completing an ironman, and best of all, reversing his brain tumor….Charlie has now dedicated his entire life to making other people’s dreams come true through his non-profit the Dream Machine Foundation….Since 2018, the Dream Machine Foundation has been able to get homeless people off the streets, help children with disabilities launch their dream business, help tornado victims rebuild their homes, and much more.” On his Instagram feed last week, Charlie highlighted 9-year-old Grayson Roberts — who is almost completely blind. Grayson set up a lemonade stand outside his house to raise money so he could see the world while he still has a little sight left. Charlie also shared a clip of Grayson playing the drums and singing. Charlie decided to help Grayson do a bigger and better lemonade stand, so he set him up outside the dream Factory in LA on Friday. Travis Barker found out about it, so he showed up to make a huge donation in exchange for that delicious lemonade. He also gifted Grayson with some drumsticks and then played drums for him while Grayson sang.

Since canceling his world tour a year ago, Justin Bieber fired CAA as his talent agency, replaced his long time lawyer with a few new ones, sold his music catalog for $200M, and struck up a new partnership with Lou Taylor — a controversial figure who came up with the idea to put Britney Spears in a conservatorship. But then rumors started flying that Justin and Scooter Braun had a huge falling out and hadn’t spoken in months. In fact, there was speculation that Justin was ready to dump Scooter as his manager. ’Reps for both parties confirmed to Us Weekly that the rumors of a breakup are not true. However, sources told Page Six that Hailey Bieber has taken a more active role in her husband’s career. The source said, “She’s a part of meetings and she’s talking a lot for him. She’s the voice. They’re becoming this power couple. She’s a big part of everything he’s doing.”

In celebrity wedding news, Miley Cyrus was her mom’s maid of honor as Tish Cyrus married “Prison Break” actor Dominic Purcell in the backyard of a mansion in Malibu. They managed to squeeze it in just before the rains from Tropical Storm Hilary hit Sunday. And Taylor Swift was there to watch her close friend and collaborator Jack Antonoff marry Margaret Qualley in New Jersey on Saturday. Other celebrities in attendance were Margaret’s mom, Andie McDowell, Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz, Cara Delevingne and Lana Del Rey, who said “Screw tradition!” and wore white.

Since Sam Asghari filed for divorce, those closest to Britney Spears are growing increasingly concerned. One source told The US Sun, “She has been acting increasingly erratic and is in a vulnerable state. Sam was bearing the brunt and it proved too much. It’s all plunged to a new low and is sad to see.” Another source said Britney has this weird obsession with knives, claiming she throws them at walls and hides then around the house. The source said, “It’s as though she is paranoid someone is after her and she needs the knives as protection.” Meantime, Britney is living her best life on Instagram. After posting a video frolicking topless in bed, Britney posted a video wearing a sparkly green dress with cutouts and knee-high boots, while some guy named Dave pretends to lick up her leg. That’s spliced together with video of 5 shirtless guys holding her up while she reclines in their arms. She captioned it, “When you go to meet up with a so called “friend” and drive an hour for chicken !!! Then you have to wait in the car and need to use the bathroom … I knew paps were tipped off because the car I was in was never used before … so how I was I followed ??? Malibu Canyon Road is the most horrible road ever to drive on … so what does a bitch like me do !!??! I put my green dress on and show up at my friends !!! I invited my fav boys over and PLAYED ALL NIGHT !!!”

 

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