From box office to Bo Burnham, Christy Lemire (RogerEbert.com, @christylemire) and Alonso Duralde (The Wrap, Linoleum Knife, Maximum Film, @aduralde) have all the movie, TV and pop culture news you need as we officially head into summer, including:
— Huge opening for “Top Gun: Maverick”: $156 million domestically
— Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” is No. 1 on iTunes thanks to “Stranger Things”
— Bo Burnham releases an hour of extras from his Netflix special “Inside”:
— Cannes wraps up; Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” wins Palme d’Or (which we realize in retrospect is a Neon movie, not A24 — apologies for the error)
— Photos of Bradley Cooper’s transformation to play Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro”
— Live-action “Pinocchio” teaser is out; debuts Sept. 18 on Disney+
— “Book Club 2” begins production
— Rachel Zegler to star in the prequel “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”
#BoBurnham #Pinocchio #TopGunMaverick
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