Box office weekend… Cuba Gooding Jr. is turning to Christ… ‘Troubled’ Pax Jolie-Pitt still recovering… THE JELLY SLAM… and Zac Efron hospitalized after being found in swimming pool in distress

Deadpool & Wolverine are at the top of the box office for its second weekend, earning another $97M. Twisters came in second in its third weekend with $22.6M, followed by the new M. Night Shyamalan movie Trap, which debuted with $15.6M. Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2 rounded out the top five, with $11.2M and $6.7M, respectively. The new movie Harold and the Purple Crayon opened with a thud. This is a live-action/animated movie starring Zachary Levi as a man who uses a magical marker to bring his drawings to life. It cost $40M just to produce and opened with only $6M. Critics hate it, giving it only 28% positive reviews on RottenTomatoes.com. But its audience CinemaScore is an A-, so the studio is hopeful that word of mouth will help get more families in there to see it in these last few weeks of summer.

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Dominates Box Office For Second Weekend—On Track For $1 Billion Globallyhttps://t.co/F8CvqRA1uM pic.twitter.com/7RqjYmy5hQ
— Forbes (@Forbes) August 4, 2024

Cuba Gooding Jr. stars in a new faith-based movie called The Firing Squad. It’s based on a true story about men in an Indonesian prison who accept Christ as their Savior before they’re executed. Some may look at this with a little side-eye, because they remember a couple years ago when Cuba was facing time himself for 6 counts of sexual abuse and forcibly touching women. He ended up taking a plea deal, pleading guilty to a misdemeanor forcible touching charge for non-consensually kissing a woman at a nightclub. As part of that deal, Cuba had to go through treatment for alcohol abuse. Cuba credits faith for getting him through those dark times. And for those who think he’s using Christianity to rehab his tarnished image, Cuba told Extra, “It’s that old saying: you can’t please people every time. But people who want to celebrate artistry, that’s my job and that’s my only mission in life.”

Cuba Gooding Jr. is turning to Christ after years of scandalous headlines, premiered new Christian movie in the Hamptons https://t.co/zoWX1cIzfF pic.twitter.com/7ZvKchNhDZ
— Page Six (@PageSix) August 4, 2024

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s 20-year-old son Pax crashed his electric bike into the back of a stopped car last Monday. After being rushed to the hospital, we heard he was doing great and would be released within 24 hours. It was way worse than that. Witnesses on the scene initially thought Pax had died, but he did regain consciousness when paramedics arrived and began complaining of head pain. A source told People Pax was JUST released from ICU after suffering “complex trauma,” and he has a “long road of recovery and physical therapy.” Angelina reportedly has been by Pax’s side this whole time, but it seems that Brad is still being iced out.

Pax Jolie-Pitt Reportedly Released From ICU After E-Bike Crash | Click to read more https://t.co/F9SPtnhrT4
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 5, 2024

It was his childhood dream come true! Jelly Roll got to be part of this year’s WWE SummerSlam in Cleveland this weekend. He teamed up with The Miz and R. to take on Austin Theory and Grayson Waller, slamming the bad guys with a metal chart and then choke-slamming Theory to the ground to thunderous applause. Jelly Roll laster posted on X, “Crazy- I lived a child hood dream tonight in the craziest way I’ve ever lived it. Wow. Man thank you @WWE for everything . What a night.” He later reposted the WWE’s video of the action, captioning it, “Absolute madness- unreal – butter biscuit bombs baby.”

Absolute madness- unreal – butter biscuit bombs baby https://t.co/5CDklYwThD
— Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) August 4, 2024

On Friday, TMZ reported that two people working at a villa in Ibiza found Zac Efron in a swimming pool and pulled him out of the water. He was then taken to the hospital for treatment and released the next day. His rep told TMZ it was a “minor swimming incident” and that Zac was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. And just to make sure we all know he’s fine, Zac posted, “Happy and healthy – Thanks for the well wishes” on his IG Story yesterday, along with a shirtless photo of himself doing dumbbell presses on an exercise ball. But how do we know that was a picture from yesterday and not one taken before his “minor swimming incident”?