'Top Gun 2' Hits $549M Globally

►It's Tom's world. Top Gun: Maverick earned an estimated $86 million in its second weekend to boast the smallest decline ever — 32 percent — for a movie opening domestically to $100 million or more. Shrek 2, which launched to $108 million, fell 33 percent. The movie has earned an estimated $291.6 million through Sunday in North America and a massive $548.6 million globally. The box office report. 

—"If school cops can make shootings worse, why then are we still pitching them as a solution?" John Oliver addressed the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas in his main segment on Sunday night’s Last Week Tonight, arguing for increased gun control measures and against more police in schools. The story.

—Teddy's back. James Marsden is set to return to HBO's Westworld for its fourth season. The actor, who plays Teddy Flood in the hit series, made a surprise appearance at the end of the HBO show’s ATX TV Festival panel on Saturday. Marsden last appeared on Westworld near the end of season two in 2018. The fourth season premieres June 26. The story. 

—Faith in the project. Religion of Sports, the media production company founded by Gotham Chopra, Michael Strahan, and Tom Brady, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Shamrock Capital, and joined by Elysian Park Ventures and Cerro Capital. The story. 

—Aiming for Oscar no.3. Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz is set to play filmmaker Billy Wilder, one of the icons of Hollywood’s Golden Era, in Stephen Frears' Billy Wilder and Me. The Jeremy Thomas produced project will be based on Jonathan Coe’s much-loved 2020 book Mr Wilder and Me, with Christopher Hampton adapting. The story. 

MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022

►Action packed. Spider-Man: No Way Home was named best movie at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday night. Stars Tom Holland and Zendaya accepted the award via separate pretaped video speeches. Holland won best performance in a movie as well, while Zendaya also won best performance in a TV show for Euphoria, which was named best show. The winners. 

—"I want to thank all the people who gave me this life." Jennifer Lopez got emotional while being honored with the Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday. The star thanked her fans, family and friends but also thanked "all the people who told me to my face or when I wasn’t in the room that I couldn’t do this." The story. 

—Leather vests and plunging necklines. Jennifer Lopez, Riley Keough and Sofia Carson were among the stars who brought high-wattage style to the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. THR's Laurie Brookins runs through some of the night’s most talked-about fashion moments. The best looks.

More from the MTV Movie & TV Awards...

—Bethenny Frankel accepts Reality Royalty Award

—Jack Black somersaults onstage while receiving Comedic Genius Award

How to Make Your TV Show Break Through the Noise

►The "oversaturation problem." In a guest column for THR, Liz Hannah, co-showrunner of Hulu's The Girl From Plainville and a writer on the streamer's Elizabeth Holmes docudrama The Dropout, wonders how to make her shows stand out in "a landscape so rich with content." The column.  

—Chartbusting. Kate Bush is as excited as anyone that her 1985 single “Running Up That Hill” is shooting up the charts again after appearing in the fourth season of Stranger Things. The Brit music icon, who rarely makes public statements or appearances these days, posted a note on her website to show her appreciation for the recent outpouring of love for her song and all the new fans discovering her music. The story. 

—"Nasty" comments. Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance says he's been put off playing "very famous people" after getting some stinging reaction to his portrayal of defense attorney William Kunstler in Netflix’s fact-based 2020 film The Trial of the Chicago 7. In a recent interview, Rylance revealed that he was asked to play Harry Truman but turned it down as the "shoe is a bit too tight." The story. 

—"If you ever have an excuse to work with people you want to spend time with anyway, run to it." The Scrubs reunion panel took place Sunday at the ATX TV Festival, and inevitably there was talk of the gang getting back together for an on-screen reunion or sequel. The show’s core cast — Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes and Neil Flynn — and creator Bill Lawrence all seemed keen on the idea of more Scrubs but stopped short of committing to anything concrete. The story.

—No real surprise here. It’s official: The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival is canceled. Organizers confirmed Monday what industry figures had long anticipated — that China’s largest and most respected cinema event would not go forward this year due to ongoing omicron outbreaks and Beijing’s strict “COVID zero” policy. The story. 

Roy Wood Jr. on Why Comedians Are Imperfect Messengers

►"Somebody decided comedians were the oracles of all of society’s ills." THR's Abbey White spoke to the rather busy Roy Wood Jr., the Daily Show correspondent who has a new comedy special out, Imperfect Messenger.  Wood reveals how the changing news cycle has reshaped his comedic style and what makes working on scripted shows like Only Murders in the Building a “hell of a lot easier” than his stand-up or correspondence work. The interview.  

—"It's my comfort zone." Euphoria star Hunter Schafer is now a director after helming her first project, but is keeping mum on the details. Speaking to THR's nicest man Chris Gardner, Schafer did reveal that it is a music video project is a signal of more creative work to come. The story. 

—"I thought it was a terrible idea." Paul Schrader is not mincing words when it comes to his feelings about the forthcoming Showtime TV adaptation of his film American Gigolo. Schrader, who wrote and directed the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced original from 1980, took to Facebook to excoriate the series and make it clear he is not involved in the show. The story. 

—"He was an original." Alec John Such, the bassist and a founding member of Bon Jovi, has died. He was 70. Jon Bon Jovi on Sunday announced the death of John Such, the New Jersey rock band’s bassist from 1983 to 1994. No details on when or how John Such died were immediately available. The obituary. 

In other news...

—Netflix's new releases coming in June 2022 

—Netflix: Movies and TV shows leaving in June 

—Sarah Doole to step down as CEO of It's a Sin producer Red

—Nick Cannon defends his parenting as a father of 8 

—Linda Lawson, actress in Night Tide, dies at 86

—Trouble, Atlanta rapper, dies at 34

What else we're reading...

—Joy Press talks to Hollywood insiders on the future career prospects of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard [VF]

—This is all becoming rather ridiculous: "Elon Musk threatens to end deal with Twitter" [WSJ]

—Alison Stine on why Wonder Woman is a queer icon (and always has been) [Salon]

—To mark the 25th anniversary of Wu-Tang Forever, Paul Thompson does a deep-dive on the double album [Ringer]

—Felix Gillette on how Dr. Oz won by ditching the Oprah for Trump and Sean Hannity [Bloomberg]

Today...  

...in 1997, Buena Vista unveiled the R-rated Nicolas Cage actioner Con Air in theaters, where it would become a summer hit making $224m at the box office. Directed by Simon West, the film had an all-star cast including John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney and Dave Chappelle. The original review. 

Today's birthdays: Hirokazu Kore-eda (60), Paul Giamatti (55), Jason Isaacs (59), Sonya Walger (48), Robert Englund (75), Brandon Scott Jones (38), Frida Gustavsson (29), Ashley Park (31), Sasha Luss (30), Harvey Fierstein (70), Danny Strong (48), Danny Webb (64), Mauro Castillo (44), Colin Quinn (63), Neal H. Moritz (63), Steve Vai (62)