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‘Transformers’ in first with $47M weekend

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“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” now rules this year’s box office as the blockbuster sequel became 2011’s top domestic hit with $261 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Paramount Pictures’ sci-fi smash starring Shia LaBeouf remained No. 1 in its second weekend with $47 million and shot past “The Hangover Part II” to first place on the domestic chart.

Debuting in second place with $28.1 million domestically was the Warner Bros. comedy “Horrible Bosses,” featuring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as bumblers plotting against their nasty supervisors.

Opening at No. 3 with $21 million was Sony Pictures’ family tale “Zookeeper,” with Kevin James as an animal tender who gets romantic advice from talking critters in his care.

Rounding out the top five were “Cars 2,” with $15.2 million, and “Bad Teacher,” with $9 million.

It’s a girl for Beckhams

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David Beckham’s spokesman said that the soccer star’s wife ,Victoria, gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Sunday.

Simon Oliveira said that the celebrity couple are “delighted to announce the birth of their daughter.”

“Happy and healthy, she arrived at 7:55 a.m. this morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz.,” Oliveira posted on Twitter, adding that the Beckhams’ three sons “are excited to welcome their baby sister to the family.”

The Beckhams, who married in 1999 and whose celebrity is entrenched on both sides of the Atlantic, already have three boys: Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5.

The family have yet to announce a name for the little girl.

Associated Press