Mes: septiembre 2019

LOS ANGELES – “Transformers” robots have lost some of their money-making power, but delivered the biggest opening weekend domestically so far this year. Distributor Paramount Pictures said Sunday that “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” took in $97.4 million domestically in its first weekend. That beat the $90.2 million debut of Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” But the domestic haul for the sci-fi sequel was down from the $109 million first weekend for 2009’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” Photos: Summer Movies 2011 Since opening Tuesday night, the new “Transformers” pulled in $162 million domestically through Sunday, a drop from $200.1 million for “Revenge of the Fallen” in its first five days. Paramount estimates “Dark of the Moon” will hit $180.9 million domestically by the end of the long Fourth of July weekend Monday. “Dark of the Moon” added $210 million overseas, giving the movie a worldwide total of $372 million through Sunday. The movie broke the three-day Fourth of July weekend record for domestic revenue previously held by 2004’s “Spider-Man 2” at $88.2 million. But factoring in today’s higher admission prices, “Spider-Man 2” sold more tickets than “Dark of the Moon.” The movie also set a record for IMAX releases, delivering the large-screen format’s first-ever $20-million-plus opening globally. The company estimates that “Dark of the Moon” will reach $22.5 million at IMAX theaters worldwide by Monday....

(CBS/AP) “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he battled with a secret alcohol problem and is no longer drinking. The 21-year-old actor tells GQ U.K. that he began to drink too much while filming “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,” the sixth movie in the “Potter” film franchise, in 2009. Pictures: Daniel RadcliffePictures:”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” Premiere “I became so reliant on (alcohol) to enjoy stuff,” he told the magazine “There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person’s lifestyle that really isn’t suited to me.” “As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time – that doesn’t work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully,” he said about his decision to cut out drinking altogether, instead of simply cutting down. “I’d just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.” Radcliffe adds that sobriety has also helped him become a better boyfriend. “I’m actually enjoying the fact that I can have a relationship with my girlfriend (Olive Uniacke) where I’m really pleasant and not f—— up totally all the time,” he says. Radcliffe shot to fame...

MONACO – A day after the civil wedding that transformed one-time Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock into the Princess of Monaco, the South African and her prince, Albert II, were to say their vows in a star-studded religious ceremony in the tiny principality Saturday. But it was all happening against a backdrop of a story that wouldn’t go away and keeps getting denied – that Wittstock wanted to scrap the wedding. Monaco wedding in photos Guests expected at the Catholic service and gala dinner to follow Saturday included assorted European royals, heads of state, top models and world class athletes. Household names expected to converge on the princely palace — an Italian Renaissance castle where Monaco’s ruling Grimaldi dynasty has resided for centuries — included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, U.S. soprano Renee Fleming, former “007” Sir Roger Moore and Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who made Charlene’s wedding gown. Celebrated French-born chef Alain Ducasse was preparing a multi-course dinner for 450 guests. He has said freshly caught fish and vegetables grown on Albert’s farm will be on the menu. The couple was married in what CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata called an “intimate, if a little stiff and sterile” civil service Friday inside the prince’s palace. Albert’s sisters, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie, were among several dozen guests at Friday’s ceremony, which was held in the palace’s...