'National Treasure' stays No. 1
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" is still piling up cash, staying No. 1 in U.S. theaters for the second straight week.
The adventure thriller starring Nicolas Cage had estimated ticket sales of $35.63 million, Box Office Mojo reported Sunday.
"Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "I Am Legend" swapped spots at No. 2 and No. 3, with the partially animated 'Alvin' pulling in about $30 million in ticket sales and 'Legend' recording $27.5 million in sales.
"Charlie Wilson's War" stayed No. 4 with $11.77 million in estimated receipts, followed by "Juno," which jumped up from 10th to No. 5 with $10.3 million.
Two new movies, "Alien Vs. Predator-Requiem" and "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep," were sixth and seventh with $10.05 million and $9.2 million, respectively.
"P.S. I Love You" fell from sixth to No. 8 at $9.1 million, followed by "Sweeney Todd" The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," down from fifth to ninth with $8 million, and "Enchanted," down from fifth to 10th at $6.5 million.
Missing from the top tier were "The Golden Compass" and "Walk hard: The Dewey Cox Story."
Geena Davis drops suit against non-profit
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Actress Geena Davis and a Minnesota group have agreed to settle her lawsuit involving a project to change gender roles in children's entertainment.
The settlement allows Davis' "See Jane" project to become an independent organization, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.
In the suit, Davis accused Dads & Daughters -- a group based in Duluth -- of taking credit for her idea. She has agreed to withdraw the suit, which also named the group's president and former executive director as defendants.
For three years, between 2003 and 2006, Dads & Daughters was involved in research for the project while Davis raised money.
Davis has played a woman president in the TV show "Commander in Chief" and starred in the feminist road-trip drama "Thelma & Louise," as well as "A League of Their Own," about professional women ballplayers.
She won a supporting actress Oscar for her performance in "The Accidental Tourist."
Playboy model: Police scuffle hurt career
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Playboy model known as Reby Sky said the scrape she got during an arrest in Tampa, Fla., is affecting her livelihood.
A scuffle with police began Dec. 23 when police told the 21-year-old model, whose real name is Rebecca Reyes, her truck taillights were not working while she was parked in her apartment building lot, The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune reported Sunday.
While an officer wrote her a $75 ticket, she got out of her truck to hide Christmas presents she was keeping in the truck bed so her boyfriend wouldn't see them if he came outside, the Tribune said.
"I didn't know it was a big deal," Reyes told the newspaper.
But police officers at the scene said she ignored multiple requests to get back in the truck, forcing them to arrest her.
The 5-foot-5 model said they then forced her to the ground and handcuffed her, scraping her knees and elbow and hurting her arms, making it impossible for her to model without extensive airbrushing.
Reyes was released on $500 bail Monday, the newspaper said.
"If she had just taken the ticket and sat in her truck," one of the arresting officers said, "it would have been over in 10 minutes."
Chinese actor Sun Daolin dead at 86
SHANGHAI, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Chinese cinema great Sun Daolin has died in Shanghai at the age of 86.
Daolin acted in more than 100 movies before turning to directing in the 1980s and making four movies, including "Thunderstorm" in 1984, the Shanghai Daily reported Sunday.
Daolin, who died Saturday in Shanghai's Huadong Hospital, made his screen debut in the "Big Reunion" in 1948 and starred in films such as "Early Spring in February," "Radio Never Faded" and "The Family."
In 2000, he directed "Zhan Tianyou," a film about a Chinese railway engineer in the early 20th century. That film won "Best Story" in the China Movie Awards, the highest honor in China's movie industry.
Daolin is survived by his wife, opera singer Wang Wenjuan.
