Entertainment

'Suicide Squad' sets August opening record with $135.1M

JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The supervillain romp "Suicide Squad" shrugged off scathing reviews to open with an estimated $135.1 million in North American ticket sales, scoring one of the year's biggest box-office debuts.

Godzilla comes back to Japan, in ways fresh and familiar

YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press

Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks

The Associated Press

The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Friday July 15, to Thursday July 21, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.

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After nearly a decade, Matt Damon is 'Bourne' again

LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's a sweltering afternoon in Hollywood and Matt Damon has just gotten out of couple's therapy.

'Pokemon Go' players walk dogs as they hunt digital monsters

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — An animal shelter is asking "Pokemon Go" players to walk an adoptable dog as they wander the streets of an eastern Indiana city doing battle with digital monsters on their smartphones.

'Game of Thrones' earns a leading 23 Emmy Award nominations

LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer

Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Lil Kim to be honored by VH1

NEW YORK (AP) — Queen Latifah remembers being on set in 1997 for the music video for "Ladies Night (Not Tonight)," the female rap anthem starring Lil Kim, Missy Elliott and others.

Police: 3 arrested during vigil for slain Baltimore rapper

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police arrested three people on disorderly conduct and other charges after a vigil for a slain Baltimore rapper on Monday, police Commissioner Kevin Davis said.

Richard Simmons 'feeling great' following hospital stay

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Simmons says dehydration is the reason for his recent hospital stay.

USA Today reports the 67-year-old fitness guru said in a statement through his publicist Sunday that he was "dehydrated and needed some fluids" and that he's now "feeling great!"

Box Office Top 20: 'Captain America' adds $72.6 million

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Captain America: Civil War" continued to flex its muscles in its second weekend in theaters, earning a box office-topping $72.6 million, according to actual sales figures reported by the studios on Monday.