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‘F1’ opens with $55 million, delivers Apple its biggest big-screen hit

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple has its first box-office hit. "F1 The Movie" debuted with $55.6 million in North American theaters and $144 million globally over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing the tech company easily its biggest opening yet. Though Apple Original Films has had some notable successes in its six years in Hollywood — including the 2021 Oscar-winner "CODA" — its theatrical results have been decidedly mixed. Misfires like "Argylle" and "Fly Me to the Moon" and big-budget awards plays like Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" and Martin Scorsese's "Killers of ...

Protesters line highway to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is being met by opposition from A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged outside an airstrip in the Florida Everglades Saturday to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center. Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield. Cars passing by honked in support as ...

By the numbers: What we know about Bezos’ wedding in Venice

Details of the wedding between Amazon multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are sketchy, but it's certainly causing a storm, not least in Venice, where they're set to tie the knot this weekend. Here's a guide by the numbers: 231 Billion, that is. That's the net worth of Jeff ...

Pro wrestling gets own 24/7 channel on July 1

Pro wrestling has gone from a once a week show on SiriusXM to having its own channel. The satellite radio provider announced Thursday that Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7 will take over Channel 156 beginning Tuesday. Channel 156 has been SiriusXM Fight Nation, which has carried pro wrestling, MMA and boxing shows. "I couldn't be more excited," said Dave LaGreca, the longtime host of "Busted Open," which started as a one-hour weekly show in 2009. "I really owe it to our fans. They've really been dedicated and asked for this for years. It's a dream come true to actually see it form. And ...

What to know about the next James Bond movie

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years. The next entry, and first since Daniel Craig's dramatic exit, may test that — but things are speeding up. Amazon MGM Studio announced that Denis Villeneuve will direct the 26th Bond movie, ...