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Even after five years and an Oscar win, Da'Vine Joy Randolph isn't ready to say goodbye to *High Fidelity*.

The Academy Award-winner, who is currently making the rounds for her role in the sci-fi rom-com *Eternity*, recently addressed the possibility of reviving the sitcom during an interview with *Rolling Stone*. Asked if she'd be open to returning to the show after all these years, Randolph didn't hesitate.

"Absolutely," she replied. "We all feel the same way. Zoë [Kravitz] and I talk about it all the time, like, 'How can we figure this out? Give it back to the people,' but really give it back to us, because we just really love it."

The 2020 series, which offered a modernized, gender-swapped take on the John Cusack romantic comedy classic, lasted only a single season on Hulu before its abrupt cancellation. At the time, Randolph's career was just beginning to pop on the heels of *Dolemite Is My Name* and *The United States vs. Billie Holiday*. Within three years, she would snag an Academy Award for *The Holdovers*.

Though she already has her next few projects lined up, Randolph is open to the idea of once again playing snarky music seller Cherise. But that doesn't mean she has no reservations at all.

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"I's a really tricky one, because you're trying to recapture lightning in a bottle," Randolph said of a potential second season. "Sometimes you have to just let things be what it is organically and trust in the process to find the next thing."

*High Fidelity*, based on the 2000 film and Nick Hornby's 1995 novel, centers on Robyn "Rob" Brooks (Kravitz), a young music-obsessed record store owner in Brooklyn, as she reflects on the ups and downs of her previous failed relationships. Fans and critics alike praised the dramedy upon its debut, and since Hulu does not release traditional viewership figures, its cancellation came as a shock. It certainly didn't help that the finale ended on a cliffhanger, with Rob making a major love-life decision.

In the five years since, Kravitz has often discussed her disappointment over the abrupt cancellation and said several times that she would love the opportunity to keep the series going.

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"That's where I really learned about producing and editing and writing, and man, I'm sad," Kravitz told *Elle* earlier this year. "I keep on going back to Hulu and trying to get them to re-up it, but they won't. They're not interested."

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Elsewhere in her conversation with *Rolling Stone*, Randolph recalled feeling the pressure of portraying a character previously embodied by Jack Black.

"I chose not to watch the movie because I am such an avid fan of Jack Black, and I did not want in any way for my performance to be tainted," she shared. "I wanted it to authentically be me. But I definitely felt the pressure of, 'Oh gosh, people are going to expect this thing because we're doing a remake.'"

She added, "[The TV show] being so different, I think, helped *High Fidelity* be successful. But that's rare. I often see [sequels] or remakes that happen 20 years later and think, 'Do we need it?'"**

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Walker and childhood sweetheart Rebecca Soteros had Meadow in 1998. Fast & Furious star Paul Walker's daughter pays tribute to her dad 12 years after his death Walker and childhood sweetheart Rebecca Soteros had Meadow in 1998. By Ryan Coleman :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RyanColemanauthorphoto0081ce8f0254478080f35972c433877b.jpg) Ryan Coleman Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books. EW's editorial guidelines November 30, 2025 8:49 p.m.

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Paul Walker's daughter is paying tribute to her beloved dad.

On Sunday, 12 years to the day after the car accident that claimed the *Fast & Furious *franchise star's life, the model and philanthropist shared a series of images accompanied by a touching caption on her Instagram to commemorate his life.

"12 years without you… I love you forever," Meadow wrote, over a series of three pictures depicting Paul kneeling before a toddler-aged Meadow, who sits on a counter looking at her dad with a smile. In the pictures, Paul holds a plate with up to his daughter containing a dessert festooned with candles, which she considers before giving her dad a peck on the lips.**

Walker's sudden and tragic passing rocked Hollywood in 2013.

The actor was riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle when the driver, racing pro Roger Rodas, lost control of Walker's Porsche Carrera GT and struck a concrete lamp post in Santa Clarita, Calif. The car caught fire upon impact, and both men were pronounced dead when authorities arrived on the scene.

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Paul had Meadow Rain Walker 15 years before with childhood sweetheart Rebecca Soteros. Though Walker and Soteros never married, the pair co-parented Meadow until the actor's untimely death.

"Every day I pick her up from school, and we go out on a longboard," Walker told PEOPLE in 2006. "She's the best partner I've ever had."

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Meadow has paid tribute to her late father on the anniversary of his death in the past, taking the occasion in 2021 to fundraise for various charities that held a special place in Paul's heart during his lifetime, including Toys for Tots.

"To honor my dad's legacy, we hope you'll join us to Do Good," she wrote on Instagram at the time. "From building schools, to advocating for ocean conservancy, to our annual scholarship, affecting positive change is at the heart of everything we do. We love and appreciate you."

Meadow's call to give back was not a one-off, either. Through the Paul Walker Foundation that Meadow established 2015, she has helped keep his giving spirit alive by supporting initiatives benefitting wildlife conservation and ocean protection, and awarding an annual scholarship benefitting a student aspiring to dedicate their lives to such disciplines.

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This is the Best Joke From The Latest 'Simpsons' Episode, 'Aunt Misbehavin' JM McNabDecember 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM 0 While their Fortnite collaboration may be over, The Simpsons TV show is still very much going (and, presumably, will outlive us all). Season 37's most recent episode, "Aunt Misbehavin'' found Bart and Lisa taking sides in a bitter spat between Marge's twin sisters Patty and Selma. But the episode begins with a feud between Bart and Homer, after Bart trolls his dental hygienist by devouring a box of triplestuffed Oreolike cookies immediately before his appointment.

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While their Fortnite collaboration may be over, The Simpsons TV show is still very much going (and, presumably, will outlive us all). Season 37's most recent episode, "Aunt Misbehavin'' found Bart and Lisa taking sides in a bitter spat between Marge's twin sisters Patty and Selma.

But the episode begins with a feud between Bart and Homer, after Bart trolls his dental hygienist by devouring a box of triple-stuffed Oreo-like cookies immediately before his appointment. Homer then takes a power drill to Bart's Xbox, inspiring the boy to seek revenge.

Luckily for Bart, his Aunt Patty has a pre-conceived plan for how to brutally prank Homer. "Perhaps the enemy of my brother-in-law is my nephew," she muses to herself. Patty hacks into the DMV database by impersonating her newly-promoted sister and has Homer declared legally dead.

Of course, this isn't the first time that Homer has been declared deceased on the show, lest we forget that back in season seven, he pushed a lifelike dummy off a cliff into dangerously beaver-filled waters, just to avoid an afternoon of picking up trash with his co-workers.

But Homer was seemingly even more delighted by his most recent faux-demise. He was especially thrilled when Krusty the Clown dropped by the Simpson house to induct Marge into the Krusty Burger Widow's Free Fast Food For Life Club, flanked by late Krusty Burger mascots Burger Reynolds and Princess Fry.

"I should have died years ago!" Homer exclaims after learning that they'll have access to an unlimited supply of Krusty Burgers.

But arguably the funniest moment in the episode occurs during a montage of Homer reaping the rewards of his death, fittingly set to The Traveling Wilburys' "End of the Line." After celebrating the erasure of his debts, Homer takes a nap in a hammock and is quickly surrounded by a team of organ donor collectors. But before they have a chance to help themselves to any of his body parts, one of the medics has a heart attack and collapses. The others simply shrug and take him away in a body bag instead of Homer.

It should be noted that legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky deserves praise for his Simpsons debut as the proudly lame credit card point junkie Merle, who hooks up with Selma. Also, there's a solid joke about Mr. Burns' inadvertently smutty vanity license plate.

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Shonda Rhimes Compares Her Early Fame to 'Being Stung by a Thousand Bees' — Here's Why

Shonda Rhimes Compares Her Early Fame to 'Being Stung by a Thousand Bees' — Here's Why Charlotte Phillipp, Tabitha ParentDecember 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM 0 Manny Carabel/Getty Shonda Rhimes attends 'Shonda Rhimes in Conversation with Robin Roberts: The Year of Yes at 92NY.' Shonda Rhimes said she felt illequipped to deal with her early days of fame The Grey's Anatomy creator spoke about her fear of being famous at the start of her TV career during a 92NY event in October "It was really startling and shocking to me to be in a position where I was in a corner writing things for other people who shoul...

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"It was really startling and shocking to me to be in a position where I was in a corner writing things for other people who should be famous, to discover that people wanted to talk to me or pay attention to me," Rhimes recalled

Shonda Rhimes felt ill-equipped to deal with her early days of fame.

During the Shonda Rhimes in Conversation with Robin Roberts: Year of Yes panel at 92NY in October, the television mogul, 55, opened up about when she first began to gain notoriety as a producer, soon after the premiere of Grey's Anatomy.

"It's so hard to do," Rhimes said of being in the public eye. "I mean, my job was to imagine things."

Challenging the audience to "name a TV showrunner or TV creator who you know their name on sight," she continued, "There's not that many."

"So it was really startling and shocking to me, to be in a position where I was in a corner writing things for other people who should be famous, to discover that people wanted to talk to me or pay attention to me," Rhimes added.

"It was like being stung by a thousand bees for me. It was really stressful," she further explained. "I just didn't have the equipment or the skill to get there."

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The writer, who is responsible for hit TV shows including Scandal, Private Practice and more, said she eventually confronted her fears of fame by diving in headfirst.

"I really tried to do small things," she recalled. "I've always said, 'Do the thing that you're afraid of, because the act of doing it undoes the fear really strongly.' "

"I think my first yes was getting a commencement speech in front of 10,000 people, which sounded like the craziest thing I'd ever come up with," Rhimes continued.

According to the showrunner, another one of her first major public appearances came when she went on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

"I let myself go on television and just do the thing," she said. "It was terrifying the whole time. And yet, when I was done, I was like, 'Oh, that wasn't so bad.' "

"It was a lot of me reminding myself — the worst thing that could happen is that I'd fail. You know?" continued Rhimes. "But there are a million other things that can happen that are better than failure that could have happened."

She added, "So, if the worst thing that happens is that you fail, why not do it anyway?"

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With two decades of TV experience and fame under her belt, Rhimes said she feels more equipped now than she did at the beginning of her writing career.

"I get more and more comfortable every time, but I think the first time I did an interview where I felt like I was truly being myself was an interview for [the 2015 release of her book, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person] and it was with Oprah [Winfrey]," she recalled.

"I went to her house, I went to the Promised Land, which was the most intimidating thing in the world," continued Rhimes. "And I sat with her, and we did this interview."

According to the producer, that interview marked one of the first times that she truly felt comfortable in what she was saying.

"In that interview, for the first time, I'm just me," she said. "I'm not stressing over what I'm saying, I'm not rethinking everything in my head as I say it."

"I'm not so stressed that, like, I almost can't hear the questions, which was a thing," Rhimes added. "That has been a journey from there. Like, that was the first time I was comfortable, but it wasn't the last time I was a mess. ... We go back and forth — two steps forward, one step back."

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Super Bowl 2026: Pregame performers will include Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile and Coco Jones JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM 0 1 / 3Super Bowl PerformersFILE American singer Charlie Puth performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Super Bowl pregame show will open with a trio of standout performers in Northern California: Charlie Puth will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will take on "America the Beautiful" and Coco Jones will sing "Lift Every Voice and Sin...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Super Bowl pregame show will open with a trio of standout performers in Northern California: Charlie Puth will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will take on "America the Beautiful" and Coco Jones will sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

The performances will take place Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, before the NFL's championship matchup and halftime show featuring Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, the league announced Sunday.

"These artists bring a distinct voice to the moment, helping set the tone for a day that will captivate fans around the world," said Jon Barker, senior vice president of global event production for the NFL.

The pregame performances will air on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock.

The national anthem and "Lift Every Voice and Sing" will be performed by deaf performing artist Fred Beam in American Sign Language. Julian Ortiz will sign "America the Beautiful."

In a historic first, the halftime show will include a multilingual signing program featuring Puerto Rican Sign Language, led by interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme. All signed performances for the pregame and halftime shows will be presented in collaboration with Alexis Kashar of LOVE SIGN and Howard Rosenblum of Deaf Equality.

Puth is a four-time Grammy-nominated singer known for his songs "Attention," "We Don't Talk Anymore" and his 2015 breakout hit "See You Again," with Wiz Khalifa, from the "Furious 7" movie soundtrack. His appearance will come ahead of his fourth studio album "Whatever's Clever!" due on March 6.

Carlile has won 11 Grammys and won praise for her eighth studio album "Returning to Myself," which was released in October. She's nominated for two Grammys with Elton John for their album "Who Believes in Angels?" released in April and their song "Never Too Late" from his documentary film "Elton John: Never Too Late."

Jones is an R&B star who won a Grammy in the best R&B performance category for her song "ICU" in 2024 and released her debut album "Why Not More?" which is nominated for best R&B album at next year's ceremony. She also stars as Hilary Banks on Peacock's television series "Bel-Air," entering its last season.

"Charlie, Brandi, and Coco are generational talents, and we are honored to have them — alongside our extraordinary deaf performers — on Super Bowl LX's world stage," said Desiree Perez, CEO of Roc Nation, which is producing the show with DPS and Jesse Collins. "This moment embodies the very best of culture, live performance and our country."

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Bell and Shepard made the action comedy 'Hit & Run' before they had kids, but 'because we were very much in love.' Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard reveal kids' reaction to their breakup in 2012 movie: 'They thought mom was a bitch' Bell and Shepard made the action comedy 'Hit & Run' before they had kids, but 'because we were very much in love.' By Ryan Coleman :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RyanColemanauthorphoto0081ce8f0254478080f35972c433877b.jpg) Ryan Coleman Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard were taken aback by their daughters' reaction to the film they made while falling in love.

"Our kids rarely show interest in us as — anyone with kids knows — but they did want to see this movie we made, because we're very much in love," Shepard shared on a recent joint appearance alongside Bell on *Jimmy Kimmel Live*. "I mean, we're childless, and we had nothing to do but love each other."

Bell explained that she and Shepard, who would marry the year after the release of 2012's *Hit & Run*, "spent all this time making this independent film, and daddy wrote it and directed it, and they were like, 'We want to see it." And we hadn't watched it in forever. We were like, 'Okay, let's watch it with you.'"

What happened next surprised them both.**

"They loved it," Shepard reported. While acknowledging that the action comedy about a professor and former getaway driver who hit the road is "so inappropriate," Shepard shared that his daughters with Bell, 10-year-old Delta and 12-year-old Lincoln, "have a good sense of humor" and "like seeing us in love and kind of young."

What they did not like, however, was seeing their parents break up on screen.

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"They were very upset, and what made me so happy is they were mad at mom, not me," Shepard joked. "They thought mom was a bitch, and they thought daddy was a good boy with a bad past."

Bell and Shepard are currently promoting a 13-year-old film because of its arrival for the first time on Netflix.

"Taylor told us it's cool to take back ownership of your old material," Bell joked on *Kimmel*, referencing pop superstar Taylor Swift's recent effort to rerecord and rerelease in an effort to gain control of the master recordings, which had been sold by the new owner of her old record label, Scooter Braun.

***Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.*******Bell and Shepard met in 2007, starred in two films together *When in Rome *came first in 2010, then *Hit & Run*, and were engaged in 2010. They waited until California passed same-sex marriage into law in 2013 to marry, out of solidarity with LGBTQ couples who had previously been denied the right.****

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In October, the couple faced backlash for an anniversary post that proved to be controversial. Reacting to the pushback just days later, Bell affirmed her deep commitment to her partner of nearly 20 years: "Sometimes it's gonna ebb and sometimes it's gonna flow, but we're not gonna have checks and balances because we're gonna realize it's not me against you, it's us against the world."

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- *Zootopia 2 *topped the Thanksgiving weekend box office with an astounding $156 million domestic gross and an additional $400 million abroad.

- *Wicked: For Good*, last weekend's big winner, fell to the No. 2 spot on both charts, but still scared up $62.8 million domestically in its second weekend.

- It isn't likely any title on next weekend's release calendar has the power to topple both *Wicked *and *Zootopia*, but one contender is horror sequel *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*.

If *Wicked: For Good *was going to fall from box office grace after only one week at the top spot, at least Elphaba will be glad that it was because of a bunch of talking animals.

*Zootopia 2 *ran wild at the box office this Thanksgiving weekend, topping the domestic chart with $156 million (including Wednesday and Thursday previews) and the international chart with $400 million, making for a staggering cumulative premiere gross of $556 million globally, per Comscore.

That represented a decisive victory against its big sequel competitor, which would have run roughshod over any other new release this season. *Wicked: For Good *still fared quite well, conjuring up a bounteous $62.8 million in its second weekend domestically ($93 million when expanded to five days). That makes for a 57 percent drop from its $150 million premiere last weekend, but there's no doubt this film has legs that will confidently walk it all the way through the holidays.

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Featuring the voices of stars like Shakira, Quinta Brunson, and Macaulay Culkin, *Zootopia 2 *likely performed so exceedingly well due to the relative recent dearth of family films on the release calendar. Before this weekend, the only studio to release animated family fare into theaters this month was Universal, and it was a limited, 25th anniversary re-release of 2000's *Chicken Run*.

*Zootopia 2 *not only bested *Wicked*'s thrillifying conclusion at the box office this weekend, but it far surpassed the proceeds from its predecessor's premiere. *Zootopia *opened to $75 million in 2016. Even taking out the preview revenue, *Zootopia 2 *still earned $96.8 million at the Thanksgiving box office. With a global start in excess of half a million, the sequel is on track to blow past the first film's global end-run of $1 billion.

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Elsewhere on the domestic and global charts, two holdovers proved their staying power. ****

*Now You See Me: Now You Don't* held fast to the No. 3 spot domestically with a week three take of $7 million, dropping only 22 percent from last week. That's after a reduction of 311 screens, too. In No. 4, *Predator Badlands *turned in a remarkably similar performance, dropping only 27 percent in week four with a $4.8 million take, but adding up to $85 million cumulatively, where the illusionist thriller threequel currently boasts $49.6 million overall at the domestic box office.

In the weekend's other new premieres, A24's afterlife rom-com *Eternity *scored a strong $5.2 million on its estimated $2 million budget, and Chloe Zhao's Oscar hopeful *Hamnet *earned $1.3 million in its one-weekend limited release.

Next week, *Zootopia 2 *and *Wicked: For Good *will likely block any would-be usurpers at the box office.

*Hamnet* opens wide, but given its scaling, subject matter, and targeting of awards voters, rather than general audiences, the chances of it leaping to No. 1 are virtually impossible. What may stand a chance, albeit a slim one, is Universal and Blumhouse's *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*.

The animatronic horror with a slight bend towards kids arrives in the long shadow cast by the first film's gangbusters debut. In 2023, *Five Nights at Freddy's *became a Halloween weekend hit with an $80 million premiere, resulting in a lifetime global gross of $291.5 million. Box office watchers will have to wait to find out if horror is the correct wedge to disrupt what looks from here to be *Wicked *and *Zootopia*'s assured dominance in the first weekend of December.

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'Zootopia 2' roars to recordsetting global box office with $556M opening ANDREW DALTON December 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM 0 1 / 5Film Review Zootopia 2This image released by Disney shows Nick Wilde, voiced by Jason Bateman, left, and Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, in a scene from "Zootopia 2." (Disney via AP) "Zootopia 2" had a roaring and recordsetting opening at the box office.

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"Zootopia 2" had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office.

The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday.

That made it the highest international opening ever for an animated movie, the fourth highest global debut of any kind, and the top international opener of 2025.

"Wicked: For Good" stayed aloft in its second weekend for Universal Pictures, earning another $62.8 million domestically over the weekend for a North American total of $270.4 million. The second half of the "Wicked" saga has brought in $393 million internationally.

The pair of PG-rated sequels combined to make the Thanksgiving weekend a glimmering exception to an otherwise dark year at movie theaters. The five-day holiday run brought in $290 million in total, $188 million of it coming Friday through Sunday.

That could be a blip or an indication that a strong finish might salvage Hollywood's box office year, with "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "Five Nights at Freddy's 2" among the films still to be released in 2025.

"This is a great result and a big momentum builder for the box office as we head into the final four weeks of the year," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore.

"Zootopia 2" arrives almost a decade after the original, a hit that outpaced expectations and had a March domestic opening of $75 million.

Like the first, it features the duo of bunny cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and small-time hustler fox Nick Wilde ( Jason Bateman ) in a city of comically domesticated wildlife.

Dergarabedian said the sequel represented "a beloved franchise delivering what audiences were looking for around the world."

It was the fourth biggest North American opening of 2025. But its biggest market was China, which made for nearly half of the film's global total with a whopping $272 million in ticket sales. No American-made animated film has ever opened bigger. It was the second best nonlocal film opening of all time in China, after "Avengers: Endgame."

Such a result in China was once almost commonplace for Hollywood. But in recent years, as geopolitical relations have grown uneasy, box-office results have turned unpredictable at best. Aside from a handful of exceptions, like the "Jurassic World" films, Hollywood has come to virtually write off Chinese theaters and recalibrate blockbuster budgets accordingly.

The big bounty in China for "Zootopia 2" could be an aberration or a signal of a thaw in the freeze. In recent years, China, which censors which films that are released in theaters, has leaned more toward homegrown fare. Earlier this year, the locally made blockbuster "Ne Zha 2" grossed $1.8 billion in China.

"Zootopia 2" had a clear path to a big Chinese opening. The first "Zootopia," known there as "Crazy Animal City," grew into a surprise hit, grossing $236 million. Shanghai Disneyland has a theme land devoted to the films.

"Wicked: For Good" didn't seem to be hurt by the beastly competition as Universal's gamble of splitting the Broadway tale of Oz into two films continued to pay off. It brought in a worldwide weekend total of $92.2 million.

"Hamnet," certain to be a major player in awards season after a celebrated festival run, had a strong limited opening and landed in the overall top 10. In just 119 theaters it earned $1.35 million from Wednesday through Sunday and $880,000 on the weekend, with a per-theater average of more than $11,000. Director Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare story starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal expands next weekend.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:

1. "Zootopia 2," $96.8 million.

2. "Wicked: For Good," $62.8 million.

3. "Now You See Me: Now You Don't," $7 million.

4. "Predator: Badlands," $4.8 million.

5. "The Running Man," $3.7 million.

6. "Eternity," $3.2 million.

7. "Rental Family," $2.1 million.

8. "Hamnet," $880,000.

9. "Sisu: Road to Revenge," $810,000.

10. "Nuremberg," $749,325.

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Why '90s fitness star Susan Powter was 'bored stiff' filming "Fresh Prince of BelAir "with Will Smith (exclusive) Joey NolfiNovember 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM 3 Joseph Del Valle/NBCU Photo Bank Will Smith and Susan Powter on 'The Fresh Prince of BelAir'Key Points Susan Powter tells EW she was "bored stiff" while filming The Fresh Prince of BelAir in 1994. The Stop the Insanity! fitness icon "never wanted to do TV or movies," but felt pressured to do so at the height of her fame. She was even "embarrassed on the Emmys carpet," Powter recalls to EW.

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Susan Powter tells EW she was "bored stiff" while filming The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1994.

The Stop the Insanity! fitness icon "never wanted to do TV or movies," but felt pressured to do so at the height of her fame.

She was even "embarrassed on the Emmys carpet," Powter recalls to EW.

Filming Will Smith's TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was admittedly a bit of a rotten experience for '90s fitness legend and Stop the Insanity! infomercial star Susan Powter.

Seated inside one of her favorite restaurants in Las Vegas, the 67-year-old exclusively explains to Entertainment Weekly how the team around her at the height of her fame jerked the wheel of her wellness-oriented career in a different direction than she'd hoped — all in an attempt to turn her into a Hollywood star.

"That's what started to happen," Powter reflects between bites of a savory vegan bowl. It's the small pleasures she enjoys amid her low-key, solitary life, which sees her taking up residence inside a compact apartment while making ends meat from her gig as an Uber Eats delivery driver.

It's a far cry from the reported $300 million fortune she reflects on losing in her new Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter documentary. In the Jamie Lee Curtis-produced film, Powter recalls losing her earnings over mishandled business partnerships and a lack of awareness about where her own money went following her meteoric rise to superstardom thanks to a string of successful VHS tapes and fitness media in the early '90s.

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"One of the managers wanted to do TV, because they wanted the syndication money. I never wanted to do TV or movies. It was just part of the career thing. Let's get her on this and that," Powter says of the run-up to her 1994 guest role on Fresh Prince, which came on the season 5, episode 11 installment titled "Will Steps Out."

"I totally did it and it was fine, I did the best job I could," she says. "[Smith] was dressed in a fat suit. It was in a grocery store, but I've never been that person. I'm not hokey, even though that's how it was always portrayed."

She says that, while "Will was super nice" and that she "had a great time" with the future Oscar-winning star (who even "signed something for my kids," she remembers), she didn't love what moves like the appearance meant for her overall career.

"I'm not going to be an ass and say doing a TV show is something everybody gets to do. I did my job," Powter stresses. "Did I ever want to go back on a TV set again? No. Bored stiff. Most boring thing I've ever done. Sit in a room all day and wait to come out and read a line, and then you do it 10 times? I literally could bang my head against a wall."

Powter maintained a high pop culture profile throughout the '90s, which also resulted in a Kirstie Alley-starring parody of Stop the Insanity! on Saturday Night Live, interviews on The Tonight Show, her own short-lived Susan Powter Show daytime talk series, and even, as she exclusively tells EW, an offer to star in Kevin Costner's 1995 film Waterworld (which she says she turned down).

Despite personally resisting the notion of becoming a TV star, Powter joined the cast of the 1995 Designing Women spinoff Women of the House, though the show only lasted for one season.

"They were talented women and it was a talented set," Powter says of the show's 13-episode run.

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"I was good on that. That I have seen. It was really nasty and snotty, that was the character. It was fun," she remembers, lamenting that "the show died" shortly after she boarded.

Still, while she might've enjoyed her guest spots here and there, she "didn't desperately want to be on a red carpet" and "was embarrassed on the Emmys carpet" later that year. "I didn't want to be there," she says.

Powter maintains that she "didn't get affected by the success of Stop the Insanity!" — but that "a lot of people around it did."

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The new documentary (now playing in select theaters) follows Powter some 30 years after she decided to step away from the circus surrounding her media career, which also included the star filing for bankruptcy and, as she remembers, firing the entire staff she'd built around her and her Susan Powter Corporation.

In a 2024 interview with EW, Curtis called the film "an indictment of how we discard human beings as they get older in this country," and said it charted "an exploration of the incredible cruelty that we inflict on older people and the lack of resources, and the lack of dignity offered to these human beings who've lived before us and have been in service to us and have given us the lives we all are now living."

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