Box Office weekend news… Patti Stanger is back… Jon Bon Jovi recalls party… Kylie Cosmetics update… and Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce dancing at Coachella

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Civil War debuted at number one at the box office, with a better-than-expected $25.7M. This is the biggest opening ever for an A24 production. Starring Kirsten Dunst and Nick Offerman, the movie tells the story of what could happen in a second American Civil War. The movie focuses on a small group of journalists who travel from NY to the White house in an attempt to speak to the president before rebel factions get there. Coming in second in its third weekend was Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with $15.5M. Third place belongs to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire with $5.8M.

Civil War Box Office Sets Record For A24, And Here's Which Movie It Dethroned https://t.co/tdbuVYy71b pic.twitter.com/AwlLZMXvFb
— GameSpot (@GameSpot) April 15, 2024

Patti Stanger owned a dating service in Beverly Hills called the Millionaire’s Club, which led to her own reality show called The Millionaire Matchmaker. Before the series, Patti boasted of having a 99% success rate, but once those millionaires got on TV, their DMs got flooded with all these temptations that were just too hard to resist. The series ran on Bravo from 2008-2015, and Patti went on to host another very similar show on WeTV called Million Dollar Matchmaker. That only lasted a couple seasons. But now Patti is back for round 3 with Patti Stinger: The Matchmaker, airing Thursday nights on the CW. With the assistance of Nick Niall, Patti is going to use her skills to make love matches for all types of folks, not just the rich ones.

‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ Patti Stanger says men are intimidated by women now: ‘Nobody knows the rules anymore’ https://t.co/ytNXauv99c pic.twitter.com/ZS3XIA5tRd
— New York Post (@nypost) April 13, 2024

Just a few weeks ago, Jon Bon Jovi said he and Richie Sambora weren’t in contact. He said it didn’t mean that he didn’t love him, but they weren’t on speaking terms. These hard feelings go way back to 2013 when Richie left Bon Jovi right in the middle of a tour. Jon said there was never any fight, but Richie “had issues” with alcohol and just stopped showing up. But it looks like the ice has started to thaw. Jon told Entertainment Tonight that he and Richie got together to watch the first three episodes of the new docuseries, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story. The two of them didn’t speak before filming, and in the documentary, Richie apologized for the way he left, and it was the first time Jon had ever heard him say he was sorry.

"Yeah! He came to my house!"@jonbonjovi says that he and @TheRealSambora met up to watch the new documentary about @BonJovi https://t.co/reUy429Cd5
— Planet Rock (@PlanetRockRadio) April 13, 2024

TikTok creator @nicky.reardon went viral with her speculation that Kylie Cosmetics is going bankrupt. Basically, Nicky surmised that Kylie Jenner must has been frantically launching all these new products hoping to recapture the financial success she had with her Kylie Cosmetics lip kits, but that “Kardashian magic” has died. In the comments, many agree with Nicky that Kylie’s empire is crumbling and wouldn’t be surprised if she declares bankruptcy in the next 2 to 3 years. In just the first few months of this year, Kylie launched a clothing line Khy, which Australia designer Jessica Johansen-Bell says is basically a ripoff of her “entire collection” from 3 or 4 years ago. Critics of Kylie’s new perfume Cosmic say it’s nothing but a ripoff of Glossier. And is Kylie just being a big ol’ copycat by launching her own line of canned vodka sodas after seeing the success of Kendall’s tequila?

Aussie fashion designer Jessica Johansen-Bell has accused Kylie Jenner of cashing in on one of her dress designs for her new company, Khy.

Jessica joins us to explain how it all came about. pic.twitter.com/INigBw2pHh
— The Project (@theprojecttv) March 6, 2024

The first weekend of Coachella is in the can, with lots of surprise appearances on stage and in the crowd. Among the surprise ON stage…Olivia Rodrigo joined Gwen Stefani to sing Bathwater with No Doubt. Peso Plum performed with Becky G…Paris Hilton played corn hole with Vampire Weekend…Kesha joined Renee Rapp to perform Tik Tok, only they changed the opening line to “Wake up in the morn like (BLANK) P. Diddy” complete with middle finger salutes…Billie Eilish was a surprise guest during Lana Del Rey’s set, performing Billie’s Ocean Eyes and Lana’s Video Games. Will Smith was a big surprise during J. Balvin’s set, performing Men in Black and then whipping out his Neuralyzer to zap the audience and wipe everyone’s memory of the performance. There are just too many to name! And while it wasn’t a surprise that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were at Coachella to support her friend Jack Antonoff in the protective backstage bubble, it was a HUGE surprise to see them in the crowd enjoying Dom Dolla and Ice Spice’s shows just like everyone else.