
Box office weekend… The Love Is Blind Live Reunion not working… Taylor Swift update… Raquel Leviss checks into rehab… Events this weekend in Coachella
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“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” earned another $87M here in the US. Globally, it’s surpassed $600M, making it the biggest film of 2023 after just two weeks in theaters. The movie is on track to become the first movie of the year to cross the $1B mark. Heading into the weekend, experts predicted “Renfield” would debut in second. Instead, that honor went to “The Pope’s Exorcist,” which earned an estimated $9.2M in its first weekend. Russell Crowe plays real-life priest Father Gabriele Amorth who was chief exorcist of the Vatican and performed over 100K exorcisms in his lifetime. Coming in third? Not “Renfield.” It was “John Wick: Chapter 4” with another $7.9M. “Renfield” shows up in the fourth spot, with $7.8M. Rounding out the top five was “Air” with $7.7M. These are all based on box office estimates, so when the official total is added up today, it’s possible that “Air” could move ahead of “Renfield.”
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is on the rainbow road to making a billion dollars, but that isn’t before breaking a ton of box office records. https://t.co/jPqotx7NCs
— Screen Rant (@screenrant) April 14, 2023
A couple weeks ago Netflix announced they were going to livestream the Season 4 reunion of “Love Is Blind.” This would be their second attempt. The first livestream was last month’s Chris Rock comedy special “Selective Outrage.” Things went so well with that, Netflix thought, Let’s try it again!” When the time came to go live, viewers were told there would be a delay of just a few minutes. But after about 90 minutes, they realized this wasn’t happening and Netflix pulled the plug. They tweeted their apologies, posting, “To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and sorry.” Then overnight, Netflix tweeted a cast photo, captioning it, “Love Is Blind: The Reunion will be available globally at 12pm PT on April 17. Promise.”
To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and…
— Netflix (@netflix) April 17, 2023
A woman has the right to change her mind! Taylor Swift has been performing two surprise songs at each concert. At the concert I attended, Taylor explained her plan was to play different songs at each show, only repeating the ones she messed up to vindicate herself. Now, Taylor is amending that. She told the audience at her Friday night show in Tampa, “Basically when I started the tour, I was like, ‘In the acoustic section, I am never repeating a song. I’m never doing songs more than once.’ But now I’m like, ‘There are so many songs I want to do more than once.’ So, I’m making a little caveat to the rule, which is that if a song is on ‘Midnights’ I can do it however many times I want, because ‘Midnights’ is the most accurate picture of my life to date.” By the way, that night Taylor performed “The Great War” and “You’re On Your Own, Kid.”
💬 | @TaylorSwift13 on “Midnights”:
— Taylor Swift Facts (@blessedswifty) April 15, 2023
— “Midnights is the most accurate representation of my life right now. It’s the album that I just released, and I feel so connected to it. I’m so proud of this album.” pic.twitter.com/6xRBqICvm2
On Friday, Entertainment Tonight broke the news that Raquel Leviss had checked herself into a mental health facility. A source said Raquel actually decided to get treatment BEFORE her affair with Tom Sandoval was uncovered, but decided to wait until after she honored her commitment to film the “Vanderpump Rules” reunion first. The source said Raquel is not being treated for any substance abuse, and that this is a “long-haul” program.
#BREAKING: Vanderpump Rules’ Raquel Leviss checks into rehab for her ‘mental health’https://t.co/RXqkbWKGxl pic.twitter.com/qyR2BkubiG
— The US Sun (@TheSunUS) April 14, 2023
While Raquel is getting treatment, Ariana Madix has gotten over Tom Sandoval by getting with personal trainer Daniel Wai. The two of them were all over each other other and social media at Coachella this weekend. Other celebrities sightings at Coachella included Leonardo DiCaprio chatting up Bradley Cooper’s ex Irina Shayk. Kourtney Kardashian was there to support her husband Travis Barker as he performed with Blink-182. Kendall Jenner was seen dancing in the crowd during her rumored boyfriend Bad Bunny’s show. While fans were hoping Kylie Jenner would show up with Timothée Chalamet, but he was nowhere to be seen. But everybody’s talking about Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello who were feeling NO pain as they kissed and did a little dirty dancing.
#VanderpumpRules Ariana Madix makes out with new man at Coachella post-Scandoval. Her personal trainer…Daniel Wai…
— Stingray (@Stingrayomega) April 17, 2023
Moving forward….👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/uJ9XaP089v
Leonardo DiCaprio with Bradley Cooper’s Ex, Irina Shayk, at Coachella https://t.co/jFqgR42AlM
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 16, 2023
Kylie at Coachella with Kendall and friends 🤍 pic.twitter.com/53nQV8iica
— Kylie Jenner Source (@kyliajennur) April 16, 2023
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello dancing together at #Coachella. pic.twitter.com/UpOFSsu6BV
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) April 15, 2023