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Chris Pratt's keeping it real: never say never to jumping from Marvel to the DC Universe -- which seems like a possibility with his director pal James Gunn making the shift with 'Superman!'

We caught up with Pratt Thursday in L.A., and he says he's cool with any DCU role James thinks fits him -- especially since 'Superman' is off the table with actor David Corenswet swinging into action for the iconic role.

He basically tells us if a worthwhile flick fits into his packed schedule, he's ready to swoop over to the DCU.

Marilyn Monroe's L.A.-area home will not be listed for sale ... despite the residence being named a Historic-Cultural Monument, which upends the current owners' plans to demo the pad.

Sources close to the homeowners tell TMZ ... Brinah Milstein and Roy Bank have no plans to sell the Brentwood home -- where the Hollywood legend died of a barbiturate overdose in August 1962.

Rather, we're told the married couple will continue to fight this week's L.A. City Council unanimous vote to designate Marilyn's former house a landmark with cultural significance -- a tag that protects it from being torn down.

American actress Dinah Manoff was 21 years old when she rock n' rolled on the movie set of  "Grease" -- playing one of the iconic Pink Ladies, Martina Maraschino AKA "Marty" -- back in 1978.

Dinah shared the big screen with Hollywood legends like John Travolta as the hot and suave leader of the T-Birds, Danny Zuko, Olivia Newton-John as the new and naive girl at school, Sandy and Michael Tucci as Marty's silly, goofy boyfriend and part of the T-Birds.

Other honorable cast mentions include Stockard Channing as Rizzo and Didi Conn as Frenchy.

"You're the One That I Want!"

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer for "Rust," claims prosecutors in New Mexico buried information that would have helped her prove the gun in the fatal shooting might have fired without Alec Baldwin pulling the trigger.

According to new legal docs, filed Thursday and obtained by TMZ, Gutierrez-Reed claims the prosecutors were sitting on exculpatory evidence during her recent manslaughter trial, which resulted in a conviction, and an 18-month prison sentence for her.

In the docs, Hannah's attorney, Jason Bowles, claims prosecutors buried a report showing the gun had “unexplained” alterations to the trigger that were unlikely the result of the FBI's trigger testing, and did not appear to be original manufacturing marks.

Paul Walter Hauser is calling out Vin Diesel's alleged attitude while he's on the set of his big-budget films ... even though the 2 actors have never shared the screen.

The Emmy winner ripped into the 'Fast & Furious' star after Paul's voice-acting work in "Inside Out 2" was compared to Vin's performance as Groot in the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' franchise. Though both actors notably do a lot with a little in their respective films, PWH told CinemaBlend he has no interest in being compared to VD ... saying he'd like to be seen as "on time and approachable," implying Vin is not.

Yet, Paul wasn't speaking on personal experience, as he suggested his anti-Vin stance was formed from gossip and hearsay.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are back in the same country and hanging out ... 'cause the two hit up his office -- though photogs still couldn't snap the two together.

The actor and singer-songwriter both hit his Beverly Hills office Wednesday with Ben arriving in a chic suit around 10 AM and J Lo pulling up a couple hours later.

Check out the pics ... BA's looking dapper -- and pretty dang serious -- when arriving while his wife had her big movie star glasses on when her driver took her away, a few hours later.

Attention, Clint Eastwood fans ... you now have the chance to own cinematic history, courtesy of an L.A. estate sale featuring some of the movie star's iconic memorabilia.

Riki and Niki Buchanan of Diamond Estate Services tell TMZ ... some of Clint's OG treasures from his former home in L.A.'s Beverly Glen neighborhood will be going up for sale -- including original cowboy boots and belt buckles from his western films.

That's not all ... there are also framed movie set photos, vintage movie posters, director's chairs, a massive vinyl collection and even his original gym equipment and arcade games.

Emma Roberts is weighing in on the nepo baby debate ... saying women face the criticism more than men do -- and pointing to one of Hollywood's biggest stars to make her point.

The actress sat down for a conversation about her famous family on the podcast "Table for Two" released Tuesday ... and she says she thinks the controversy's unfair -- especially for the women with A-list family trees.

Roberts -- her dad Eric's an actor and aunt is freaking Julia Roberts  -- says she feels young ladies get attacked more than young men for their nepo baby status ... just take George Clooney, she says.

Bill Cobbs, an actor with over 50 years of experience in Hollywood, is dead ... TMZ has confirmed.

Bill died Tuesday at his home in the Inland Empire in CA ... according to his publicist, Chuck I. Jones.

With an acting career spanning all the way back to the 1970s, Bill has nearly 200 movie and TV show credits to his name.

"The Notebook" author Nicholas Sparks is lamenting Gena Rowlands' battle with Alzheimer's -- feeling for her and her family, and thinking about the sad parallel to the classic book and movie.

Nicholas says ... "Alzheimer's is such a cruel disease. On days like today, I'm reminded of Gena's powerful portrayal of Allie and the depth she brought to the character. Her performance touched millions of hearts and helped bring my story to life in ways I never imagined."

Of course, Gena's character in the big screen adaptation of Nicholas' famous romance novel battles the same disease she's now coping with in real life.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban just celebrated 18 years of marriage -- and one stunning image captured their beautiful relationship.

The legendary actress posted an Instagram photo Tuesday, showing herself barefoot in a patterned dress lying back across a stone wall with a picturesque view of a foggy blue ocean. Her musician husband was sitting next to her while strumming an acoustic guitar.

In the caption, Nicole wrote, "Forever ❤️ #happyanniversary"

It's been 25 years since the release of Disney Channel's 1999 original film "Smart House" -- where two kids win a virtual smart-house after the recent loss of their mother -- and we're going down memory lane with one of the starring actresses, Katie Volding.

Volding was only 10 years old when she was cast as Angie Cooper -- the little sister who loved jumping on the bed while blasting tunes.

And joining Katie included Ryan Merriman as the family's caretaker, Ben, Katey Sagal as the Smart House's virtual assistant and Kevin Kilner as the recent widower, Nick.

Gena Rowlands -- most famous from "The Notebook" -- is sadly battling Alzheimer's disease ... a heartbreaking update after she portrayed a key character with the same disease.

The actress' son and 'Notebook' director Nick Cassavetes shared the news Tuesday with Entertainment Weekly -- this while celebrating the 20th anniversary of his beloved and iconic romance flick ... which he directed and his mother starred in as Allie in old age.

NC says ... "I got my mom to play older Allie, and we spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer's and wanting to be authentic with it, and now, for the last five years, she's had Alzheimer's. She's in full dementia. And it's so crazy -- we lived it, she acted it, and now it's on us."

Move over, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift -- the Kansas City Chiefs got their own romance brewing ... courtesy of a new Christmas flick!!

The Super Bowl champs announced their move into the movie biz on Tuesday ... saying the organization is teaming up with Hallmark Media and Skydance Sports for a project titled "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story."

The flick -- which will air on the Hallmark Channel -- is slated to begin filming next month ... and stars Tyler Hynes, Hunter King and Ed Begley Jr.

Celine Dion is giving folks a raw look at her health crisis in her new documentary ... in the form of a 10-minute scene showing her suffering a seizure, and it's painful and emotional.

The footage shows a frantic Celine crying and screaming out in pain as her body flails around uncontrollably ... and it's agonizing to watch. Yet, Celine clearly wanted this out there -- chronicling it all on camera for this doc, to give the public an inside look at the grueling nature of what she's enduring.

Celine's getting a consultation for her Stiff-Person Syndrome diagnosis when her body goes into crisis mode ... and she's laid down on a table suffering the seizure as a camera crew captures it all.

Jeremy Renner's near-fatal snowplow accident has really taken a toll on his career -- 'cause he says he's limited in the type of work he can do these days ... because he's still healing.

The actor went on the "SmartLess" podcast and says he's channeling all his energy into his recovery of late -- this, of course, after he was crushed by a snowplow in 2023 -- which is why he apparently can't take on certain roles for the time being.

JR explains that he can no longer take on challenging parts when getting on-camera because it simply takes too much out of him ... namely, time/energy he doesn't have anymore.