'Late Show' Staffers Arrested for Unlawful Entry at Capitol

►He keeds. A number of people working for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert were arrested Thursday night at a U.S Capitol office building after taping a skit. Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, the former SNL and Conan writer, best known for portraying Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. According to authorities, the group was confronted by police in the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday evening, after it was closed to visitors. They were charged with unlawful entry. The story.

—Stone the bleeding crows! Guy Ritchie will direct Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of 1997 animated film Hercules. Ritchie previously directed the studio's 2019 live-action Aladdin, which crossed the $1b mark at the global box office. Dave Callaham, who wrote Marvel’s Shang-Chi, penned a first draft of the script. The studio is currently in the process of searching for writers for the project. The story. 

—End of the line. TNT's sci-fi series Snowpiercer will conclude after its upcoming fourth season that is currently in production. The show, which launched in May 2020 and draws on the same source material as Bong Joon-ho's 2013 film of the same name, was led by four different showrunners, with the most recent being Paul Zbyszewski. The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned networks TNT, TBS and TruTV have faced scrutiny following the company’s April merger. The story. 

—"There’s a binder [of] years of notes dating back to 2011." Amber Heard said during a Dateline interview that notes taken by her doctor, who she was reporting abuse to, would have led jurors to side with her in her defamation case against Johnny Depp if they were allowed into the trial. In Heard’s full interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, which aired on Friday, the actress said that the notes would have corroborated claims that Depp abused her. The story. 

—The age of Tom. Top Gun: Maverick has become Tom Cruise’s biggest earner at the worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation. Through Thursday, the sequel has collected $806.3m in worldwide ticket sales, including $422.1m domestically and $384.2m overseas. That’s enough to outrank Cruise’s previous top earner, 2018’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout, which earned $791m globally. The story. 

Who Killed Mae West's No. 1 Fan?

►Lingering mystery. In the mid 1970s, nearly a half-century after her rise to superstardom, Mae West held court among an eccentric, sexed-up entourage of admirers, hangers-on, musclemen and monkeys. THR's Seth Abramovitch writes that the mysterious death of one of her acolytes offers a window into the Hollywood legend’s strange world. The story. 

—A "sense of responsibility." THR's Christy Piña spoke to Matt Lopez, the screenwriter behind HBO Max's latest adaptation of Father of the Bride. Lopez opens up about the inspiration for his Cuban spin on the classic family movie, why he decided to veer from the original story, and how he pays homage to the 1950 and 1991 versions. The interview. 

—"Hearts are heavy, emotions are high." The Bachelorette’s Michelle Young and Nayte Olukoya have ended their engagement after the pair’s romance was featured on the ABC dating show’s most recent season. Both stars took to social media Friday to announce their breakup following Olukoya proposing to Young in the season finale that aired Dec. 21, 2021. The story.

—Complications. Justin Bieber has postponed the remaining U.S. dates on his Justice Tour as he recovers from complications from Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Bieber, 28, revealed in a video last week that he’s suffering from partial facial paralysis due to the viral infection, and is receiving treatment. The story. 

—No dice. In a symbolic move, shareholders of AMC Theatres voted against the pay packages of company officials, including the $18.9m package for CEO Adam Aron, the exhibition giant disclosed in a filing with the SEC on Friday. In April, the theater chain disclosed that Aron was paid $18.9m in 2021, down from $20.9m in 2020 when theaters were mostly closed for months amid the pandemic. The story.

Jeff Bridges on Facing Death During Cancer, COVID Battle

►"I surrendered to the idea that I might die." At the premiere FX's The Old Man at the Academy Museum this week, star Jeff Bridges, who make his debut as a TV series regular in the action show, spoke about his recent near-fatal battles with cancer and COVID-19. The 72-year-old Oscar winner revealed the "bizarre dream" of not being able to walk to recovering to reunite with cast and crew on the series and finish filming. The story. 

—"[Marilyn Monroe] is being exploited all over again." Kim Kardashian’s decision to wear Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” gown to the Met Gala has led to a storm of criticism. THR's Laurie Brookins writes that the reality superstar may have exhibited her social-media clout in wearing the legendary gown, but costume experts and film fans are right to deride the decision as disrespectful. The critic's notebook. 

—Stepping back, apparently. Vince McMahon made a brief appearance on WWE Friday Night SmackDown after the company announced earlier in the day that he would be stepping back from his roles as CEO and chairman amid an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him. The story.

—"It took me a long time to begin to understand how I internalized systemic racism." Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman has pledged $4m to endow a professorship in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University, her alma mater. The gift, she says, comes after a period of self-reflection and a series of interviews in which she expressed regret about the lack of diversity on the hit NBC sitcom. The story.  

—"We helped some of the most vulnerable communities survive an avalanche of uncertainty and pain." The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation celebrated its sixth Blue Diamond Gala on Thursday night, with a who’s-who of L.A. sports stars and a headlining set from Jennifer Lopez. The event, dubbed “The Party for L.A.,” raised a record-breaking $3.6 million for LADF, which aims to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all Angelenos. The story. 

Film Review: 'Rounding'

►"A tense, occasionally terrifying portrait of trauma and stress." THR critic Angie Han reviews Alex Thompson's Rounding. The new film from the Saint Frances director centers on a medical resident (Namir Smallwood) at a rural hospital who becomes fixated on an asthma patient (Sidney Flanigan). The review. 

—"Summery and sweet." THR's chief film critic David Rooney reviews Sophia Silver’s Over/Under. The filmmaker's first feature is a tender reflection on tween friendship in which the closeness of two girls is tested when one of them grows impatient to taste adulthood. The review. 

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What else we're reading...

—Jeff Yang on why James Patterson’s carefully worded apology after bewildering "racism" claim is an eyebrow raiser [NBC News]

—With an Amazon series and an anime adaptation, Ben Child wonders if The Lord of the Rings is now a never-ending franchise like Marvel and Star Wars [Guardian]

—Gerry Smith on how new CNN boss is looking to create a less divisive news network [Bloomberg]

—Francesca Fontana on the crypto firms who spent huge sums on Super Bowl ads all now floundering as the market collapses [WSJ]

—Amanda Meade on the chaos at the Sydney Morning Herald after the fiasco of trying to out Rebel Wilson [Guardian]

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Today's birthdays: Paul McCartney (80), Isabella Rossellini (70), Carol Kane (70), Rick Famuyiwa (49), Richard Madden (36),  Barbara Broccoli (62), Jacob Anderson (32), Alana De La Garza (46), Willa Holland (31), Jeremy Irvine (32), Meaghan Rath (36), Alex Hirsch (37), Kaitlyn Leeb (34), Ralph Brown (65), Mallory Jansen (33), Kevin Bishop (42), Christopher Lloyd (62), Jamel Debbouze (47)