'Clash' rakes in the big bucks for No. 1
LOS ANGELES, April 4 (UPI) -- "Clash of the Titans" trampled over less-than-kind reviews, raking in $61.4 million for the No. 1 spot in its first weekend of release.
"Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?" was a very respectable No. 2, with $30.15 million in its first weekend.
All estimated gross receipts are from Box Office Mojo.
The animated "How to Train Your Dragon" was a close third with $29.2 million; "The Last Song" fourth with more than $16.2 million; "Alice in Wonderland" fifth with more than $8.26 million; "Hot Tub Time Machine" sixth with $8 million; "The Bounty Hunter" seventh with $6.2 million; "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" eighth with more than $5.52 million; "She's Out of My League" ninth with more than $1.46 million.
"Shutter Island" rounded out the top 10 with more than $1.46 million.
'Harry Potter' script found in British pub
LONDON, April 4 (UPI) -- Warners Bros. is reportedly investigating how the film script for the final "Harry Potter" film wound up on the floor of British pub.
A reader found 118 pages detailing changes being made to "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows" at a bar in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, and turned it over The Sun, the tabloid reported.
The script was marked "private and confidential," The Sun said.
Warner Bros. thanked the Sun for returning the inch-thick script, then launched an investigation into who lost it, The Sun said, citing sources who reportedly saw the film crew during "a major drinking session" Thursday night.
Filming is nearly complete on part one of the two-part "Harry Potter" finale. The first is due out in November with the final installment scheduled for summer 2011 release.
"We are grateful to The Sun for the safe return of this script," a Warner Bros. spokesman said.
Former pro wrestler Chris Kanyon dead
NEW YORK, April 4 (UPI) -- Former professional wrestler Chris Klucsaritis, aka Chris Kanyon and Mortis, apparently killed himself in his New York apartment, police said. He was 40.
Kanyon was one of the first openly gay professional wrestlers, the New York Daily News said.
He appeared with the now defunct World Championship Wrestling, or WCW, as a solo competitor and as part of the tag teams "Men at Work" and "Jersey Triad," the Los Angeles Times reported.
He later joined the WWE and retired in 2004.
An autopsy failed to disclose an immediate cause of death, the medical examiner's office said. However, police said, his body -- found Friday night in his Queen's apartment -- was surrounded by scores of pills, leading them to believe the death was self-inflicted, the Daily News said.
The Times said Kanyon reportedly suffered from bipolar disorder and had threatened suicide to friends in the past.
Funeral details have not yet been released.
Slash is ready to release first solo album
NEW YORK, April 4 (UPI) -- Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash says the stars who stepped up to help record his first solo album gave him a "whole new respect for singers."
The guitarist also known for his stint with Velvet Revolver, told Sunday's New York Post his self-titled album, which drops Tuesday, was "inspired by great singers I wanted to work with."
Among the guest stars appearing on "Slash" are Ozzy Osbourne, Fergie, Adam Levine, Chris Cornell and Iggy Pop, the Post said.
"The one cool thing that did come out of this was that it gave me a whole new respect for singers, and changed my attitude toward them given the last couple of guys that I've worked with," he told the newspaper. "These people were all amazingly gracious and professional."
