NEWSMAKERS

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Underwood marries hockey player Fisher

ATLANTA

Grammy-winning country singer Carrie Underwood has married NHL player Mike Fisher at a resort in Georgia.

“Yes, Mike and Carrie are married,” Underwood’s publicist Jessie Schmidt said in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Sunday.

The wedding took place Saturday at the Reynolds Plantation resort in Greensboro, Ga.

Underwood, 27, rose to fame after winning the fourth season of “American Idol.” Fisher, 30, is a forward for the Ottawa Senators.

No details on where Underwood and Fisher will spend their honeymoon have been released.

‘Despicable Me’ tops weekend box office

LOS ANGELES

“Despicable Me” wasn’t such a bad guy after all, it seems, opening at the top of the box office with an estimated $60.1 million.

The first 3-D animated movie from Universal Pictures stars Steve Carell as the voice of Gru, a bumbling villain with plans to steal the moon — until three adorable orphan girls enter his life. Jason Segel, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews are among the star-studded voice cast.

Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, said Sunday that “Despicable Me” far exceeded the studio’s expectations for opening weekend.

The week’s other new wide release, “Predators,” grossed $25.3 million to open at No. 3. A sequel of sorts to the 1987 sci-fi cult classic “Predator,” the 20th Century Fox film stars Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne as mercenaries being stalked by alien hunters in the jungle.

Meanwhile, last week’s juggernaut, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” fell to second place with $33.35 million. The third film in the wildly popular vampire franchise has now made $237 million in its first 12 days. It’s expected to surpass part two, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which grossed $296.6 million when it came out last year.