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‘Bad Grandpa’ sinks ‘Gravity’ to top box office Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Apparently astronauts are no match for Jackass. Paramount’s “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” topped the weekend box office with $32 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, sinking three-week champ “Gravity” to second place. “Bad Grandpa” stars Johnny Knoxville as an accident-prone grandfather in a hidden-camera comedy a la “Borat.” “It’s been a very heavy fall in terms of the content of the movies, so I think audiences were ready for something completely lighthearted and out of leftfield,” said box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Rentrak. “Gravity,” which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts on a troubled spacecraft, has soared since its debut three weeks ago. The Warner Bros. space adventure added another $20.3 million to its haul over the weekend, bringing its domestic ticket totals to nearly $200 million. Paramount’s president of domestic distribution said it’s gratifying to see “Jackass” unseat the space adventure from its top spot. “We weren’t competing with ‘Gravity,’” said Don Harris. “We were not competitive in any other way than who was going to be No. 1 this weekend.” Sony’s high-seas thriller “Captain Phil-
lips,” starring Tom Hanks, held on to third place with $11.8 million. An all-star cast including Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz and Michael Fassbender wasn’t enough to draw audiences to “The Counselor,” which opened in fourth place. The gritty Fox drama is a “very challenging, provocative film,” according to Chris Aronson, who heads distribution for Fox. “We’re fine,” he said. “I know we have a very competitive environment.” He expects the film, written by Cormac McCarthy, to find its audience as it rolls out internationally in the coming weeks. Another drama, Fox Searchlight’s “12 Years a Slave,” edged into the top 10 despite playing in only 123 theaters. AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Sean Cliver This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows Johnny Knoxville, left, as Irving Zisman and Jackson Nicoll as Billy in “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” from Paramount Pictures and MTV Films.
NEW YORK — Lou Reed, the punk poet of rock ‘n’ roll who profoundly influenced generations of musicians as leader of the Velvet Underground and remained a vital solo performer for decades, died Sunday at 71. Reed died in New York state of an ailment related to his recent liver transplant, according to his literary agent, Andrew Wylie, who added that Reed had been in frail health for months. Reed shared a home with his wife and fellow musician, Laurie Anderson, whom he married in 2008. Reed never approached the commercial success of such superstars as the Beatles and Bob Dylan, but no songwriter to emerge after Dylan so radically expanded the territory of rock lyrics. And no band did more than the Velvet Underground to open rock music to the avantgarde — to experimental theater, art, literature and film, to William Burroughs and Kurt Weill, to John Cage and Andy Warhol, Reed’s early patron.
Indie rock essentially began in the 1960s with Reed and the Velvets. Likewise, the punk, New Wave and alternative rock movements of the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s were all indebted to Reed, whose songs were covered by R.E.M., Nirvana, Patti Smith and countless others. “The first Velvet Underground record sold 30,000 copies in the first five years,” Brian Eno, who produced albums by Roxy Music and Talking Heads, among others, once said. “I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band!” Reed’s trademarks were a monotone of surprising emotional range and power; slashing, grinding guitar; and lyrics that were complex yet conversational, designed to make you feel as if Reed were seated next to you. Known for his cold stare and gaunt features, he was a cynic and a seeker who seemed to embody downtown Manhattan culture of the 1960s and ‘70s and was as essential a New York artist as Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen.
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Page 13 Waves crash onto the cliffs surrounding Porthleven, Cornwall, southwest England, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Forecasters say a severe storm will hit the southern half of Britain later Sunday, bringing heavy rains and gusts of 60 to 80 miles per hour (100 to 130 kilometers per hour, with the potential to cause widespread and severe disruption from falling trees, power cuts and flooding.
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This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows Johnny Knoxville, left, as Irving Zisman and Jackson Nicoll as Billy in “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” from Paramount Pictures and MTV Films.
Lou Reed, iconic punk poet, dead at 71 Associated Press Writer
WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps
Worst storm in decade lashes Britain, France Agence France-Presse
LONDON - Britain faced travel chaos on Monday and some 75,000 homes were without electricity in northern France as one of the worst storms in years battered the region, sweeping at least one person out to sea.
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FILE - In a March 27 1989 file photo, musician Lou Reed poses at the American Sound Studio in New York.
Britain’s national weather centre the Met Office warned of falling trees, damage to buildings and disruption to power supplies and transport as the storm hit England’s southwest coast late Sunday. Between 20 and 40 millimetres (0.8 to 1.6 inches) of rain were predicted to fall within six to nine hours as the storm tracked eastwards across Britain, with a chance of localised flooding. Wind gusts of up to 99 miles (159 kilometres) per hour whipped across southern England and south Wales on Monday, forecasters said.
The Met Office issued an “amber” wind warning for the region, the third highest in a four-level scale, and urged people to delay their Monday morning journeys to work to avoid the worst of the bad weather. In northern France the storm left some 75,000 homes without power early Monday, according to the ERDF distribution network, after wind gusts reached 139 kilometres (86 miles) in some areas knocking down power lines. The rough conditions led to rescuers suspending the search for a 14-year-old boy who was washed out to sea from a beach in East Sussex on England’s south coast. London looked set for a chaotic rush-hour after train companies First Capital Connect, C2C, Greater Anglia, Southern and Gatwick Express services all said they would not run services on Monday until it was safe to do so. That is unlikely to be before 9:00 am (0900 GMT), according to forecasts. Robin Gisby from line operator Network Rail warned commuters to expect severe disruption.
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“If we get through this in the morning, restore the service during the afternoon and are able to start up a good service on Tuesday morning, in the circumstances I’ll be pretty pleased,” he added. Major airports also warned of disruption to flights with London hub Heathrow expecting approximately 30 cancellations. Cross-channel train service Eurostar said it would not be running trains on Monday until 7:00 am, meaning delays to early services. Several ferry operators said they had cancelled some crossChannel services and Irish Sea crossings. Forecaster Helen Chivers told AFP the expected damage was likely to be comparable with a storm seen in October 2002. Prime Minister David Cameron received an update from officials on contingency planning in a conference call on Sunday, amid fears of similar damage wrought by the “Great Storm” of October 1987. That left 18 people dead in Britain and four in France, felled 15 million trees and caused damages worth more than £1 billion ($1.6 billion or 1.2 billion euros at current exchange rates) as winds blew up to 115 miles (185 kilometres) an hour. Continued on page 6