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Monday, August 3

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Years of alcohol abuse brought rock icon Phil Collins to death’s door two years ago with loved ones rushing to his bedside “to say goodbye,” the legendary singer and drummer said in an interview published over the weekend.

The Genesis front man had been admitted to a Swiss hospital to treat his alcohol addiction before he was released in late 2023 and then re-admitted months later, landing in intensive care where he was unconscious for long stretches of time.

His long-time manager summoned Collins’ family, fearing the rock icon was about to die.

Fenway Park turned into a country music playground over the weekend as the Zac Brown Band took over the ballpark.

But his fans got more than just a great show. They’re all going on a free cruise.

More than 37,000 audience members at Sunday night’s show were gifted trips aboard the Margaritaville at Sea. The entire givewaway is valued at almost $40 million.

Ariana Grande plans to step away from the public eye following scrutiny, a representative told People, as discussion swirls around her health.

The representative told People that Grande will take “a step back from visibility after she completes the “Eternal Sunshine Tour,” which will wrap next month.

Following the announcement, Empire Street Productions confirmed that Grande has “decided to step back” from the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park With George,” which will open at the Barbican Center in London next summer.

The stars of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” shared heartfelt praise for one another while speaking with Access Hollywood at the film’s London premiere, with Zendaya offering a touching perspective on what makes Holland a worthy Spider-Man.

Amid the excitement surrounding the film’s release, Holland reflected on how Zendaya helps him stay calm through it all while proudly watching her pose for photographers at the event.

“Zendaya just always brings me an unbelievable sense of calm even in the midst of all of this craziness,” Holland told Access Hollywood.

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” swung to the top of the box office charts with a whopping $360 million debut — the biggest opening weekend in domestic box office history.

Combined with the ongoing draw of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which pulled in another $51 million this weekend, the two blockbusters delivered a one-two punch that made this the biggest box office weekend ever.

“It reminds me a bit of the Barbenheimer phenomenon, where you had two movies creating this fervor around moviegoing, and that plays very well,” said Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at box office analytics company Rentrak.

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was just a few million shy of “Avengers: Endgame,” which debuted to $357 million in 2019.

The film also made $572 million from over 73,500 screens internationally, with China contributing $121 million alone, adding up to a $927 million worldwide debut that is second only to “Endgame” ($1.2 billion).

Tom Holland’s run as the comic book webslinger has been a mighty one. “No Way Home,” his fourth standalone Spider-Man movie, made over $1.9 billion worldwide to become the eighth-highest earning movie of all time, not accounting for inflation. It was also the first movie since the beginning of the pandemic to cross the $1 billion mark.