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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crazed killer Jigsaw has been done in by a bunch of singing and dancing teens.

Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate’s horror sequel “Saw V” had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

A big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, “High School Musical ... read more

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors have told a judge that actress Anne Hathaway’s former boyfriend deserves no leniency for cheating investors in a church scam.

Prosecutors submitted court papers in Manhattan on Monday saying that Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri deserves more than the four years in prison he promised to serve when he pleaded guilty.

Follieri is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for cheating investors of millions of dollars.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shia LaBeouf’s conspiracy thriller “Eagle Eye” debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Paramount-DreamWorks release was the second No. 1 premiere for LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso, who also teamed on 2007’s hit “Disturbia.”

Opening in second place with $13.6 million was another reunion, the Warner Bros. romantic drama “Nights in Rodanthe” ... read more

TORONTO (AP) — Guy Ritchie already celebrated a milestone birthday this year: wife Madonna’s 50th. So the filmmaker isn’t thinking much about his own milestone birthday on Wednesday.

“I’ve thought less about my 40th birthday than almost any other birthday,” said Ritchie, who was in Toronto to promote his new film “RocknRolla,” which opens Oct. 8. “I’m not sure if that’s kind of an unconscious thing. But I have no plans. So ... read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Nicolas Cage action-thriller “Bangkok Dangerous” needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in five years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

The total weekend box office gross was expected to reach just $66 million, slightly less than the $66.7 million reported for the same weekend in September 2003.

“We had no strong holdover from Labor Day Weekend to ... read more

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of “No Country for Old Men” for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller.

The lawsuit against Paramount Pictures claims that Jones was promised “significant box-office bonuses” and other compensation depending on the success of the film, which went on to make more than $160 million.

The movie, which is set in ... read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tropic Thunder” hauled in $14.3 million to stay on top of the box office as Hollywood’s solid summer wound down sleepily, with Hurricane Gustav contributing to a slow Labor Day weekend at theaters.

The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy was the No. 1 flick for the third-straight weekend, raising its total to $86.6 million, according to studio estimates Monday.

Debuting at No. 2 with $12 million over the four-day weekend was 20th Century ... read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Murray landed in Chicago on Friday like he never had before — by jumping from an airplane 13,500 feet up. The 57-year-old actor took several deep breaths before stepping out the open doors of a C-31 Fokker and dropping at about 120 mph to the city’s lakefront with members of the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team.

An exuberant Murray, whose jump kicked off the 50th Chicago Air and Water Show, landed safely on a beach. The actor pretended for a ... read more