Post-Holiday Things

BUSY WEEKEND. Probably the same for you. But I have some things…

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  The Curse of La Llorona tops the chart with 26.5MM against a 9MM production budget, a semi-surprising showing perhaps due to being associated with The Conjuring. Another win for Aquaman director James Wan, listed as a producer here .Shazam! placed with 17.3MM on a 29 percent drop; it crosses the 300MM mark worldwide before Thanos arrives this weekend.  Breakthrough shows with 11.1MM (14.6MM over the long weekend, matching its reported production budget).  Captain Marvel zips back up to the fourth slot with 9.1MM as people prep for the Avengers, Little rounds out the Top Five with 8.5MM on a 45 percent drop. Below the fold, Hellboy cratered from third to tenth on a 68 percent plunge; that is what the biz calls a bomb.

JOHN SINGLETON, the Oscar nominated director and writer of Boyz N’ the Hood, has suffered a stroke.

ADELE and her husband Simon Konecki have separated after more than seven years of marriage.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS and Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum, have separated after less than a year of marriage.

MICHELLE BRANCH and the Black Keys' Patrick Carney were married Saturday evening.

CHARLIZE THERON reveals why her adopted child Jackson is wearing dresses.

AMANDA BYNES' lawyer gave an update on her mental condition.

SEAGRAM HEIRESS Clare Bronfman pleads guilty in the NXIVM sex slave case.

CONAN O'BRIEN finally got to inteview Robert Caro.

Face forward, true believers: I should be at something like full strength tomorrow.