'Paranormal Activity 3' opens at No. 1
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- "Paranormal Activity 3" dominated the weekend U.S. box office in its debut, pulling in $54 million in gross receipts.
"Real Steel," starring Hugh Jackman, dropped to No. 2 after two weeks in the top spot, bringing in $11.3 million on the weekend.
"Footloose," the remake starring Julianne Hough, was a close third with $10.9 million.
All studio estimates of gross U.S. receipts are via Box Office Mojo.
"The Three Musketeers" debuted a disappointing No. 4 with $8.8 million. "The Ides of March" was fifth with $4.9 million; "Dolphin Tale" sixth with $4.2 million; "Moneyball" seventh with $5.5 million; "Johnny English Reborn" eighth with $3.8 million, and "The Thing (2011)," a remake of a remake of a science fiction classic, was ninth with $3.1 million.
"50/50" rounded out the Top 10 with $2.8 million.
Former S.C. Gov. Sanford hired by Fox News
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has taken a job as a paid contributor on Fox News, the network has confirmed.
Sanford is expected to figure heavily in the debate Fox News is televising in January in South Carolina but will appear before then and will stay on beyond the general election, The New York Times reported.
The former governor was once considered to be a Republican presidential contender until a 2009 cheating scandal. Sanford admitted to having an affair with a woman he met in Argentina, where he went on vacation without telling his staff. He is now divorced from his wife Jenny and in an August interview with The New York Times said he's still with Argentinian Maria Belen Chapur.
"I would say that I have more than well described all of my emotions and feelings toward Maria. And out of fairness to my boys and to folks that I've hurt, I'm not going to say more than this: any of those seemingly goofy feelings that I described a couple years back have intensified, not dissipated with time."
Loretta Lynn hospitalized with pneumonia
ASHLAND, Ky., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Country music star Loretta Lynn is hospitalized with pneumonia, a Kentucky theater announced on its Web site.
Lynn was scheduled to perform Saturday at The Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky., but the show was canceled due to the 76-year-old singer's illness, CNN reported.
"Loretta regretfully must cancel her shows for Ashland, Ky., and Durham, N.C., for this weekend, due to illness," the theater's Web site said. "Doctors have diagnosed her at the beginning stages (of) pneumonia, and (she) will continue to need rest. Loretta is doing well and is disappointed, but feels confident she will be ready for upcoming November dates."
Lynn is best known for her hits "Coal Miner's Daughter," "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" and "You Ain't Woman Enough."
The illness is one of a string of ailments Lynn has battled recently. She had knee-replacement surgery in August and in July she was hospitalized for dehydration and heat exhaustion.
U.K. Latin music star Ros dead at 100
ALICANTE, Spain, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Band leader Edmundo Ros, who led the introduction of Latin dance music to wartime Great Britain, died in Spain at the age of 100, friends said this weekend.
Ros led the popular band at London's Coconut Grove and played for Britain's upper crust, including King George, Princess Elizabeth and other members of the royal family.
"He died peacefully at his home in Spain, two months short of his 101st birthday," said John Adrian, secretary of the show-business charity Grand Order of the Water Rats.
Ros retired to Spain at the age of 64. When he called it quits, he disbanded his orchestra and destroyed all of its musical arrangements, The Guardian said Sunday.
Ros was born in Trinidad to a Scottish father and Venezuelan mother and spent his teenage years in Caracas where he learned to play the drums. He journeyed to London in 1937 on a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music.
When World War II broke out, Ros had his own band ensconced at the upscale Coconut Grover and was perfectly positioned to lead the post-war boom in Latin dance music.
Ros eventually bought the Coconut Grove and also worked with major acts in the 1950s and 1960s such as Xavier Cugat and Carmen Miranda.
