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Weapons fought its way back to the top of the box office this Labor Day weekend, taking in $12.8 million.

The horror film previously spent its first two weeks of release at the top but had dropped to second place last week, momentarily dethroned by the limited theatrical release of the Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters.

Coming in second this week was the 50th anniversary rerelease of Jaws, which gobbled up $9.9 million over the three-day holiday weekend. The crime comedy Caught Stealing, starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz, debuted in third, with $9.6 million.

Rounding out the top five was Freakier Friday, which added $8.3 million to its overall tally, and the weekend’s other new release, The Roses, with $8 million.

Here are the top-10 films at the box office:

1. Weapons – $12.8 million
2. Jaws (50th anniversary rerelease) – $9.9 million
3. Caught Stealing – $9.6 million
4. Freakier Friday – $8.3 million
5. The Roses – $8 million
6. The Fantastic Four: First Steps – $6.3 million
7. The Bad Guys 2 – $6.25 million
8. Superman – $3.3 million
9. Nobody 2– $2.4 million
10. The Naked Gun – $2.3 million

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Dances with Wolves actor Graham Greene, who paved the way for Indigenous actors in Hollywood, has died at age 73, his rep confirmed to ABC News.

The Oscar-nominated Canadian First Nations actor passed “after a lengthy illness,” according to his agent Michael Greene (no relation). In a statement, his agent called him “a great man of morals, ethics [and] character” who will be “eternally missed.”

Graham Greene began his acting career in the 1970s but his co-starring role as Kicking Bird in 1990’s Dances with Wolves put him on the map, earning him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. He went on to appear in films including The Green Mile, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Molly’s Game, as well as TV shows like Northern Exposure, Reservation Dogs, Riverdale, The Last of Us and Tulsa King.

Greene won a Grammy in 2000 for best spoken word album for children for Listen to the Storyteller. He also received a Gemini Award, Canadian Screen Award and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Independent Spirit Award. He received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2021.

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Abbott Elementary is taking a field trip.

The hit ABC sitcom filmed an upcoming season 5 episode at a Philadelphia Phillies game on Thursday night.

Photos of the cast on the field at Citizens Bank Park with the Phillies mascot, Phillie Phanatic, were posted on Instagram.

Show creator and star Quinta Brunson previously teased the episode during San Diego Comic-Con in July, saying, “You can expect us to be filming at a live event, but I do think that Philly sports fans will be very happy.”

It’s not the first time the Philadelphia-set classroom comedy has featured Philly sports. Season 2 featured an appearance from Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers mascot, and season 3 featured appearances by Philadelphia Eagles players Jalen Hurts, Jason Kelce and Brandon Graham.

Season 5 of Abbott Elementary debuts Oct. 1.

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There are only three episodes left of the Prime Video drama The Summer I Turned Pretty, and fans are getting a peek at what to expect.

A trailer for the final three episodes has just been released, which sees a heartbroken Belly, played by Lola Tung, head off to Paris after her wedding with Jeremiah, played by Gavin Casalegno, is called off.

“I had these pillars in my life: Cousins, my family, Taylor, Jere. They made me feel like I was safe, like I was on solid ground,” Belly says in a voice-over. “Now they’re gone and it’s just me.”

“I don’t know who I am anymore,” she later adds. “I need to find the person I can be.”

The clip, set to Ellie Goulding’s “Anything Could Happen,” features scenes of Belly in Paris, working, making new friends and enjoying life in the City of Lights. 

The trailer ends with her looking through her mail to discover a letter from Conrad, played by Christopher Briney. It ends with a Conrad voice-over simply saying, “Dear Belly,” before the screen goes black.

New episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty debut Wednesdays on Prime Video.

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Another cast member is exiting Saturday Night Live ahead of the season 51 premiere.

According to the Vulture, Heidi Gardner is leaving the late-night NBC sketch comedy series after eight seasons. She joined the show as a featured player in 2017 and became a main cast member in 2019.

Gardner has played Kim Kardashian, Jill Biden and others on SNL. She is known for a variety of characters that turn up during Weekend Update, including teenage movie critic Bailey Gismert and Angel (Every Boxer’s Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing Ever).

She also infamously broke character during a sketch where she played a News Nation reporter whose interview goes south thanks to Mikey Day and Ryan Gosling appearing as Beavis and Butt-Head in the audience.

Outside of SNL, Gardner had a recurring role as Grace, a patient of Jason Segel’s character Jimmy, in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking.

Gardner has yet to comment on her departure.

This is the fourth SNL cast member leaving the show ahead of the new season. Others departing are Devon Walker, Emil Wakim and Michael Longfellow.

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Jennette McCurdy has announced the upcoming release of her debut novel, Half His Age. The book, which is to be published by Penguin Random House, is McCurdy’s first published work of fiction, although she is a New York Times bestselling author for her memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died. “I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO READ THIS BOOK !!” McCurdy wrote on Instagram. The novel arrives on Jan. 20, 2026 …

The summer I joined a horror film. The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung has been cast opposite Nico Parker in The Young People. Longlegs director Osgood Perkins will direct the film from a script he wrote …

Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen are in talks to star in the upcoming comedy film Babies. Deadline reports the film follows a married couple, who, while struggling with the decision of whether or not they want to be parents, instantly become co-parents when their divorced friend and her 3-year-old child move in with them …

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A 14-year-old boy is the most ambitious playwright of his generation in Griffin in Summer.

The film stars Everett Blunck in his feature film debut as Griffin Nafly, whose suburban summer takes a turn when his mom hires the handsome, 25-year-old Brad Rizzo (Owen Teague) to be a handyman.

Blunck told ABC Audio playing Griffin for his first-ever leading role was “really fun.”

“I think it was a very good first leading role to have. It was challenging, but in a really good way,” Blunck said.

Teague, known for his leading role in 2024’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, said “it was astonishing to watch” how Blunck carried this film with ease.

“When I was doing Apes, one of our producers one day said to me, ‘#1 sets the tone,’ which means #1 on the call sheet — the lead of the film — if they’re cool, if they are doing their job and [are] a nice person, everybody else is gonna be good, too. The set’s gonna be easy. It’s gonna be a nice place to work,” Teague said. “We had a great set. And that’s because Everett was, A, so good, but also just such a genuinely fun person to be around.”

The film, which premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2024, touches on a lot of topics. Teague hopes it resonates with those who see themselves in Griffin.

People who were also “14 years old, in love with somebody much older, and maybe [someone] who’s a little bit different from the rest of their friends,” Teague said. “I feel like it’s going to help a lot of people feel recognized and feel seen and validated and not alone.” 

Griffin in Summer arrives in select theaters on Friday.

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The Mormon mom influencers of #MomTok are returning for a new season.

Hulu has announced that season 3 of the Emmy-nominated series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives will be released Nov. 13, with all 10 episodes dropping at once.

The reality series stars Taylor Frankie Paul, Demi Engemann, Jen Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews, Miranda McWhorter and Whitney Leavitt.

According to Hulu, the new season will focus on new revelations and allegations that might put the #MomTok community in jeopardy.

“The members face a crisis of friendship as loyalties shift, trust is tested, and the lines between fact and fiction blur,” a synopsis from Hulu reads.

“When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts,” the synopsis continues. “With their sisterhood and everything they’ve built hanging in the balance, can the women find a path forward to salvation? Or will their collective sins destroy #Momtok for good?”

While fans will have to wait another three months to catch new SLOMW episodes, they can tune in as Leavitt and Affleck hit the ballroom dance floor in their debuts on season 34 of Dancing with the Stars, which premieres Sept. 16 on ABC.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives first premiered in 2024 and was nominated earlier this year for an Emmy Award for outstanding unstructured reality program, alongside America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Love on the Spectrum, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked and Welcome to Wrexham.

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Michael Longfellow will not return to Saturday Night Live.

The comedian has exited the late-night comedy sketch series ahead of the upcoming season 51, ABC Audio has learned. He was part of the show’s cast for three seasons after joining before season 48.

This news comes the same week former cast members Devon Walker and Emil Wakim announced their departures from SNL.

Walker shared he was leaving the show through an Instagram post on Tuesday.

“me and baby broke up,” Walker captioned his post announcing the decision.

Wakim also shared his departure from SNL to Instagram in a post on Wednesday.

“i won’t be returning to snl next year. it was a gut punch of a call to get but i’m so grateful for my time there,” Wakim captioned a post filled with photos from his time working on the show.

Longfellow has yet to release any statement on his departure from the show.

Saturday Night Live premieres its season 51 on Oct. 4.

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Get ready to watch the lion fall in love with the lamb all over again.

The Twilight Saga is headed back to movie theaters to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Stephenie Meyer‘s modern classic romance novel.

Lionsgate has announced that all five Twilight films will be rereleased in theaters this fall through Fathom Entertainment. From Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, Twilight (2008), New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) will make their way back into theaters “just in time for ‘Hoa Hoa Hoa’ season, when cozy nights and nostalgic favorites go hand-in-hand,” according to an official press release. One film will play each day over the course of the five-day span.

There are special celebrations planned to go in tandem with the theatrical rerelease. New roundtable chats featuring Meyer and several members of the Twilight films’ creative teams will accompany each movie. There will be approximately 10 minutes of roundtable panel discussions footage accompanying every film.

“Twilight fans are some of the most passionate anywhere, making this iconic movie franchise the epitome of a modern-day classic which Fathom Entertainment is thrilled to help bring back to the big screen in this special cinematic engagement,” Ray Nutt, chief executive officer of Fathom Entertainment, said. “With our partners at Lionsgate, we celebrate 20 years since Stephenie Meyer’s first Twilight book was published and encourage fans to relish The Twilight Saga.”

Lionsgate first teased the Twilight rerelease on social media on Wednesday. The production company shared a graphic featuring stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, which read, “Forever Begins Again.”

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