'Cars' races to top box office spot
LOS ANGELES, June 26 (UPI) -- The animated "Cars 2," with the voices of Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy, took the weekend box office's No. 1 spot with $68 million in gross U.S. receipts.
"Bad Teacher Sony," with Cameron Diaz, was a strong but distant second with $31 million.
All studio estimates of gross U.S. receipts are via Box Office Mojo.
"Green Lantern" was third with $18.35 million; "Super 8" fourth with $12.1 million; "Mr. Popper's Penguins" fifth with $10.3 million; "X-Men: First Class" sixth with $6.6 million; "The Hangover Part II" seventh with more than $5.86 million; "Bridesmaids" eighth with more than $5.37 million; and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" ninth with more than $4.7 million.
"Midnight in Paris" rounded out the top 10 with more than $4.48 million.
Billy the Kid photo fetches $2 million
DENVER, June 26 (UPI) -- The only known surviving original photograph of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid has sold at a Denver auction for $2 million, officials said.
The small tintype was sold Saturday to retired industrialist William Koch, 71, whose collection contains everything from Wild West memorabilia to paintings by Picasso, The Denver Post reported Sunday.
The photograph was sold during Brian Lebel's 22nd Annual Old West Show & Auction, where organizers had expected it to sell for between $300,000 and $400,000.
"I love the Old West," said Koch, who now lives in Palm Beach, Fla. "I plan on enjoying it and discreetly sharing it. I think I'll display it in a few small museums."
Koch owns handguns once owned by Frank and Jessie James and he owns a rifle that belonged to Indian fighter George Custer.
The bidding on the Kid's tintype jumped from $300,000 to $2 million in about 2 minutes, the Post said. Koch must also pay a buyer's premium of about 10 percent to the auctioneer.
"All you need is two serious bidders," collector Bob McCubbin said. "A billionaire just walked by."
The tintype is the only surviving, authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid. It shows him standing, wearing rumpled clothes with a six-shooter strapped to his waist and holding a rifle.
Aniston gets tattoo in memory of dog
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Actress Jennifer Aniston was spotted in New York City with the name Norman tattooed on her foot, honoring her recently dead dog.
In an interview for Bravo's "Inside The Actors Studio," Aniston, 42, said Norman is her favorite word, The Hollywood Reporter said. Norman died last month at 15.
The next day, Friday, she was seen with the tattoo, her first ever.
Aniston appears in "Horrible Bosses," which opens July 8 and in "Wanderlust" with Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux, which is scheduled for release Oct. 7.
Neil Patrick Harris, partner want to wed
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Actor Neil Patrick Harris says he and his longtime partner are planning to get married now that New York State has legalized gay marriage.
Harris sent out celebratory Tweets as soon as the state Senate passed the bill late Friday, People magazine reported. The next day he was talking about David Burtka, his partner.
"David and I did propose to each other, but over five years ago!" Harris said. "We've been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date."
The couple are the parents of 8-month-old twins, born to a surrogate mother.
Harris, who turned 38 earlier this month, first became known as a teenager playing a very young doctor in the TV series "Doogie Howser M.D." He has had a busy career in television and movies and as a Tony Award-winning stage actor.
