'Deadpool & Wolverine' Shatters Box Office Records, Rings Of Power Teases Season 2

A roundup of the latest entertainment news: 'Deadpool & Wolverine' earns $205 million in domestic sales, setting an R-rated film record. 'Rings of Power' reveals Season 2 details at Comic-Con. Celine Dion performs at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, and Robert Downey Jr. returns to Marvel as Doctor Doom.

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.

Marvel's raunchy and violent 'Deadpool & Wolverine' lit up box offices over the weekend with $205 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, the biggest domestic opening of the year, distributor Walt Disney said on Sunday. The returns set a record for an R-rated film and topped the $154.2 million collected by another Disney film, the animated Pixar movie 'Inside Out 2,' when it debuted in June.

'Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power' unveiled the first look at Season 2 on Friday as the cast shared insights into what is coming next in the fantasy series at San Diego Comic-Con. The fantasy series is based on appendices in J.R.R. Tolkien's original 'The Lord of the Rings' novels and is set thousands of years before the events of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' novels and films.

Celine Dion made a comeback to the live stage on Friday singing Edith Piaf's classic 'L'Hymne A l'Amour' to close the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. 'In the ceremony, we have a love anthem and that's L'Hymne A l'Amour. We all wanted to finish the show with this song and our first idea was very simple and clear. We wanted to ask the best singer to sing love and this is Celine Dion,' artistic director Thomas Jolly told Reuters.

Robert Downey Jr. stunned fans as he removed a mask during Saturday's San Diego Comic-Con Hall H panel, revealing that the 'Iron Man' actor will rejoin the franchise as one of Marvel's biggest villains named Doctor Doom. The panel was flooded with hooded figures concealed by masks that resembled the iconic comic book villain known for his skills in both sorcery and science when Downey Jr. revealed himself.