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4 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies dominated the box office on Friday, while Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Annie essentially tied for second place.The final installment in the Hobbit trilogy added $16.58 million yesterday, which brings its three-day total to $51 million. It was up 67 percent from Thursday, which is a bigger jump than any of the Lord of the Rings movies had at the same point.For the three-day weekend, Battle of the Five Armies should earn at least $50 million. That would translate in to a five-day opening at $85-million-plus, which is a very solid result.Playing at 3,785 locations, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb opened to an estimated $5.63 million on Friday. That's a fairly disappointing number for this big-budget threequel: in contrast, the first Night at the Museum earned $12.1 million on opening day back in December 2006. This opening puts Secret of »

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22 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

“Friends” star David Schwimmer has signed on as Robert Kardashian in FX’s upcoming miniseries, “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson,” the network announced Friday.

Schwimmer will play O.J. Simpson’s attorney, starring opposite Cuba Gooding Jr., as O.J. Simpson. Sarah Paulson is set to portray prosecutor Marcia Clark.

The first episode of “The People v. O.J. Simpson” will be directed by “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy. The miniseries, based off of Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson,” will be written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.

Murphy, along with Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto are executive producers.

“American Crime Story” is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions. Production begins in Los Angeles in 2015.

Schwimmer is represented by Gersh and attorney Michael Gendler of Gendler & Kelly, Apc. »

- Elizabeth Wagmeister

5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

North Korea has once again denied that it was behind the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures after the FBI announced on Friday that the country was “responsible” for the hack.

Instead, it’s offering to launch a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack, warning of “serious consequences” if the proposal is rejected, the Associated Press reports.

The message, which was carried by Pyongyang’s official state-run news service, comes on Saturday following President Barack Obama’s statement on Friday that the U.S. would retaliate for the attack, responding “in a place and manner and time that we choose.”

“The U.S. should bear in mind that it will face serious consequences in case it rejects our proposal for joint investigation and presses for what it called countermeasures while finding fault with (North Korea),” an unidentified North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

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- Maane Khatchatourian

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The Obamas open up about raising their daughters, the impact of stereotypes, and what's on the Potus dance party playlist. Subscribe now for instant access to the exclusive People interview.When it comes to impromptu dance parties in the private White House residence, President Barack Obama is the master mixer. According to him. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama were quick to recall, in a wide-ranging interview with People on Dec. 10, the last time the two of them danced. "Friday night. In the Yellow Oval," the president said, referring to the central living room in the White House's upstairs residential quarters. »

- Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, @sswestfall

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