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'Star Trek' beams up $70.1M at box office

This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Since premiering Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, "Into Darkness" has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount's initial forecast of $100 million. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal)LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "Star Trek: Into Darkness" didn't warp past its predecessor.


Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, host Seth MacFarlane speaks onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. He announced the news on Twitter Monday, May 20, 2013. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.


Jackson concert director worked without contract

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson announces several concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. An AEG Live accounting executive testified Monday, May 20, 2013, in a Los Angeles courtroom that the company spent $24 million on preparations for Jackson?s ill-fated ?This Is It? shows, however never paid the singer?s personal doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter because a fully-signed agreement was never obtained. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A corporate attorney for AEG Live LLC says Michael Jackson's doctor was not the only person working on the singer's ill-fated "This Is It" tour without a fully executed contract.


AP Interview: Soderbergh on quitting movies

File - In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 file photo, director Steven Soderbergh speaks to journalists during the press conference in Berlin. Soderbergh has said that Behind the Candelabra, a $23 million HBO movie starring Michael Douglas as the flamboyant pianist and Matt Damon as his lover, Scott Thorson, will be his last film, at least for now. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)NEW YORK (AP) ? Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency.


NBC hires news division chief from Britain

This undated image released by NBC shows newly named President of NBC News, Deborah Turness. She will be based at the NBC News headquarters in New York and begin her new role on August 5. (AP Photo/NBC)NEW YORK (AP) ? NBC went out of the company and out of the country to find a president for its news division, on Monday naming the first woman to hold the top job.


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BOX OFFICE RESULTS
Box Office Mojo - Current Box Office Results
Weekend Box Office: May 17-19, 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness tops the box office with an estimated $70.6 million
Daily Box Office: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness tops Sunday's box office with an estimated $21.0 million
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