Reese Witherspoon Hopes ‘Legally Blonde 3’ Plays Like ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

“Top Gun: Maverick” has moved up another spot on the all-time domestic box office charts, passing the $678.8 million total of Marvel’s 2018 megahit “Avengers: Infinity War.”Buoyed by the return of premium format support as well as a lack of major new releases during the end-of-summer period, “Top Gun: Maverick” briefly slid out of the top 5 on the weekend charts two weeks ago but has returned with renewed legs during this late stage in its extended theatrical run. While the film will be released on digital platforms this Tuesday, it is still on course to pass the $700 million run of “Black Panther” to become one of the top 5 highest grossing films in North American history.

Love Island finalist Gemma Owen has reunited with her fellow Islanders for the first time since the ITV show ended. The 19-year-old and her beau Luca Bish, 23, caught up with their series eight contestants in London after missing out on previous get-togethers.

APPOINTMENTSRange Media Partners last week formally confirmed the recent appointments of Lisa Wolfe as SVP Operations and Sam Drake as Director Of A&R & Publishing in its Range Music division. “Lisa Wolfe is an outstanding all-around executive with vast experience in the music business”, says Range co-founder Matt Graham.

She objects! Jennifer Coolidge broke down whether Legally Blonde’s iconic “bend and snap” move has ever worked for her — and which movie line is the most quoted.

Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock was seen glowing in photos taken as her one-month holiday in Greece with her family came to an end this week.The 30 year old, who recently left her other half in stitched over her "epic fail" video, had travelled to the country with her fiancé Andre Gray and their twin baby boys, who turn one soon, to enjoy some quality time together on an extended break away. Leigh-Anne looked naturally stunning in snaps posted on her social media page taken before jetting home to the UK, as she went make-up free in the shots.

Reese Witherspoon's son with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, Deacon Phillippe, is all grown up and ready to take on the entertainment industry.MORE: Reese Witherspoon cheers on son Deacon Phillippe's surprise releaseThe aspiring actor just made his acting debut in Never Have I Ever's third installment, which was produced by none other than Mindy Kaling, who is also the brains behind instant HBO Max hit The Sex Lives of College Girls.What's more, not only is he following in both of his parents' footsteps with a career in acting, but he also is working on making his name known in the music industry as well.WATCH: Reese fails to keep up in hilarious home work-out videoMORE: Reese Witherspoon enjoys family time on idyllic vacation – see photosThe plot of Never Have I Ever reads as: "Indian American teenager Devi Vishwakumar copes with the sudden death of her father while also navigating complicated relationships with her family members, romantic interests and peers at her high school in L.A.'s Sherman Oaks neighborhood."For season three, which premiered just this week on 12 August, Deacon stars as Parker, a friend of Devi's new love interest Des and a member of her school's rival debate team.Mindy opened up about her decision to cast the 18-year-old during the premiere, revealing just how much Reese had to do with it.The trailer for season three of Never Have I EverShe told Variety that she chose him for the role after the Big Little Lies actress informed Mindy of her son's interest in acting.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIs everyone on vacation?That would be one plausible explanation behind the great box office slowdown. Although three new movies opened nationwide, none were able to crack the top five on domestic charts and only two — A24’s satirical slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies” and Lionsgate’s low-budget, vertigo-inducing thriller “Fall” — managed to infiltrate the top 10.It’s even more dire that Sony’s action-thriller “Bullet Train,” which claimed the top spot for the second weekend in a row with $13.1 million from 4,357 North American locations, was the sole film to bank at least $10 million in ticket sales. After two weeks on the big screen, the Brad Pitt-led “Bullet Train” has generated $54.4 million at the domestic box office.

Ashley Hume “Never Have I Ever” executive producer Mindy Kaling, showrunner Lang Fisher and the stars of the Netflix coming-of-age dramedy celebrated the debut of its third season at the Westwood Village Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday night.The show follows Indian American teenager Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she copes with the sudden death of her father while also navigating complicated relationships with her family members, romantic interests and peers at her high school in L.A.’s Sherman Oaks neighborhood.The cast and crew had not previously been able to attend an in-person premiere for the hit series, which debuted shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The excitement was palpable as hundreds of fans lined the streets around the theater and cheered on the arrival of the stars. “I feel like I’m at the Oscars,” Kaling told Variety.

EXCLUSIVE: Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher), Liza Soberano (Alone/Together), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things) and Henry Eikenberry (The Crowded Room) will star alongside Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse in the horror-comedy Lisa Frankenstein, which actor-filmmaker Zelda Williams is directing for Focus Features, in her feature debut.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Chris Naoki Lee’s feature directorial debut, Dinner Party, in which he stars alongside Kara Wang (Top Gun: Maverick), Imani Hakim (Mythic Quest) and Kausar Mohammed (The Flash). The global indie distributor has slated the pic for a day-and-date release on August 19.

Naman Ramachandran Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he had to turn down a fighter pilot’s role in Tom Cruise hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” directed by Joseph Kosinski.In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hamilton, who is a friend of Cruise, says that he saw “Top Gun” as a child and fixated on being a fighter pilot. “So when I heard the second one was coming out, I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I have to ask him [Cruise],’ ” Hamilton told Vanity Fair. “I said, ‘I don’t care what role it is.

Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton has piloted race cars to seven world championships, but had to decline the opportunity to jump in the cockpit of a fighter jet for a role in Top Gun: Maverick, he tells Vanity Fair in a new interview.

Fidel Castro’s daughter is responding to controversy surrounding James Franco being cast to play the Cuban revolutionary in an upcoming movie.

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Misery Oscar winner Kathy Bates and Liza on Demand actress Liza Koshy are joining the untitled Netflix romantic comedy which stars Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King.

Frank Turner has spoken to NME about the “brutal” experience of playing shows in 50 US states in 50 dates.The punk troubadour told us how he became the third artist ever (and first non-American) to complete the challenge of playing 50 states in the space of 50 days, after George Thorogood did so in 1981 and The Melvins in 2012.Speaking to NME from an airport in Hawaii after he and his band The Sleeping Souls finished the trek this week, Turner described his mood as “shell-shocked”.“I had the idea of playing 50 states in 50 days prior to the pandemic, and it’s been on ice for the last little while,” he said. “In the context of post-pandemic touring, it seemed like a cool way to hit the ground running and a re-statement of intent.“I’m on my ninth record and my 17th year of touring as a solo artist, and this isn’t a bad thing to have a hook to hang a tour off.”However, Turner revealed that the tour didn’t come without its fair share of obstacles.“Insanely enough, I actually got COVID for the first time immediately before the tour,” he said.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterFor “The Americans” masterminds Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg’s latest series at FX, the duo decided to make one of the main characters Jewish — but have him played by Steve Carell, who is not Jewish.Amid an increase in scrutiny of casting choices like this made for film and TV projects, the producers explained their personal reasoning for the move to reporters during a virtual panel for “The Patient” at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Tuesday.“When we came up with the original idea, the character wasn’t originally Jewish,” Weisberg said. “And then you start, as you always do, looking for ways to add specificity and depth. And we came up with that idea pretty quickly.