Here's the Scoop...
The public has spoken! They want more Thor!
The Chris Hemsworth-led superhero movie Thor: Ragnarok is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $56.6 million in receipts during its second weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com said Sunday.
Coming in at No. 2 is Daddy's Home 2 with $30 million, followed by Murder on the Orient Express at No. 3 with $28.2 million, A Bad Moms Christmas at No. 4 with $11.5 million and Jigsaw at No. 5 with $3.4 million.
Rounding out the top tier are Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween at No. 6 with $2.1 million, Geostorm at No. 7 with $1.5 million, Blade Runner 2049 at No. 8 with $1.4 million, Happy Death Day at No. 9 with $1.3 million and Lady Bird at No. 10 with $1.25 million.
I still need to see Thor: Ragnarok and Daddy's Home 2. Have you been making time to see anything new?
Be Well,
Steve
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Carrie Underwood breaks wrist in fall at home
Country music star Carrie Underwood broke her wrist and suffered cuts and abrasions when she fell on the steps outside her home this weekend.
The 34-year-old singer's representative confirmed the Friday night mishap to The Tennessean newspaper.
The publicist said Underwood was treated at a nearby hospital and released, however the Grammy winner will not be performing at Sunday night's Country Rising benefit concert in Nashville as planned due to her injuries.
"Thanks so much for all the well wishes everybody...I'll be alright...might just take some time...glad I've got the best hubby in the world to take care of me," Underwood tweeted Sunday.
Underwood hosted the CMA Awards show last Wednesday. She is married to retired hockey player Mike Fisher and is the mother of their 2-year-old son Isaiah.
Gossip columnist Liz Smith dead at 94
Famed gossip columnist Liz Smith who covered the lives of the rich and famous in New York publications for decades, has died at the age of 94.
Smith died Sunday inside her home in Manhattan, her literary agent and friend Joni Evans confirmed to The New York Times.
Smith was known as the "Grand Dame of Dish" and wrote about celebrities in her column titled Liz Smith in the New York Daily News from 1976 to 1991, New York Newsday from 1991 to 1995 and then Newsday until 2005 with some overlap in the New York Post from 1995 to 2009.
The column became syndicated in 70 newspapers and famously covered the divorce between Donald and Ivanka Trump in 1990.
Smith also wrote for Ladies Home Journal, Vogue, Sports Illustrated and served as the entertainment editor in Cosmopolitan throughout her career.
She appeared on the local Fox channel in New York WNBC-TV for 11 years in her show titled Live at Five which earned an Emmy in 1985 and wrote a 2000 memoir titled Natural Blonde that was followed by a cook book in 2005, Dishing: Great Dish - and Dishes - From America's Most Beloved Gossip Columnist.
Smith is survived by several nieces and nephews.
LOOSE LIPS:
"I need to hear somebody sing those words of exactly how I'm feeling to get through them."
--Fergie, on turning to female singers during difficult times in her life, to PEOPLE
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Which singer surprised fans at a Las Vegas benefit concert?
Chuck Mosely, former Faith No More frontman, dies at 57
Chuck Mosley, the former frontman of rock band Faith No More, died as a result of drug addiction, his family announced Friday. He was 57.
Mosley, who sang vocals on the band's first two albums, died Thursday.
After a "long period of sobriety," his family said in a statement released by EMP Label Group, he died "due to the disease of addiction."
"We're sharing the manner in which he passed, in the hopes that it might serve as a warning or wake up call or beacon to anyone else struggling to fight for sobriety," the statement continued.
Mosley sang with the band from 1984 to 1988 on its first two albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself. He later went on to be involved with the bands Bad Brains, Cement before working as a chef for a number of years.
In 2016, Mosley began touring with solo acoustic material.
Mosley is survived by his longterm partner, Pip Logan, two daughters, Erica and Sophie, and grandson Wolfgang.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs no longer changing name to Love
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has announced that he is no longer changing his name to Love or Brother Love and blamed the initial decision to change his name on drinking too much.
"I had a couple drinks, I was feeling good, it's my birthday," the rap mogul said while speaking with TMZ about the video released on social media Saturday where he first brought up the new Love name.
"So I introduced the world to one of my alter ego's which is love," Combs continued. "But I'm not changing my name. It's already too confusing. It's just something that I added."
Recently, Combs took to Instagram to address fans about the name change writing alongside a video, "I see you can't play with the internet."
"Due to the overwhelming response from the media out there, and just due to there not wanting to be any confusion... I was only joking, OK," Combs says in the clip.
Combs has gone by many names throughout his career including Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy and Diddy.
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Which singer surprised fans at a Las Vegas benefit concert?
Celine Dion made a surprise appearance at a Las Vegas benefit concert this week.
The 49-year-old singer performed a version of "My Heart Will Go On" with Steve Aoki at the Hakkasan Group's Vegas Strong show Tuesday.
Dion, who wore a sparkling one-shoulder jumpsuit, hugged Aoki before launching into the Titanic ballad. Aoki, a DJ and musician, danced with the singer after transforming the end of the song into a club anthem remix.
The Vegas Strong concert raised over $1 million for the Las Vegas Victims Fund, according to Us Weekly. The fund benefits those affected by the shooting on the Las Vegas strip in October that left 58 dead and hundreds injured.
"'Our Hearts Will Go On' - Celine #VegasStrong #HakkasanGroup #BenefitConcert #LasVegas #CelineDion #CelineDionVegas #SteveAoki," Dion captioned photos from the show Wednesday on Instagram.
"Two summers ago I made a remix to My Heart Will Go On and debuted it @Tomorrowland," Aoki wrote on his own account. "Since then I've played it across the world and back. I've always wanted to do it live with the queen herself & when we mentioned the #VegasStrong charity event she was down!"
Dion has been in residence at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas since 2011, and will perform into 2018.