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‘Dark Knight Rises’ reportedly earns $160M

LOS ANGELES

“The Dark Knight Rises” was on track to earn $160 million, which would be a record for 2-D films, over the weekend after a mass shooting at a Colorado screening of the Batman film.

Citing box-office insiders, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and other media outlets reported Sunday that the latest Batman sequel earned $160 million to $162 million.

Sony, Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal and Lionsgate joined “Dark Knight Rises” distributor Warner Bros. in publicly withholding their revenue reports out of respect for the victims and families.

The box-office ranking of director Christopher Nolan’s final installment of his Batman trilogy will be official today.

Usher’s stepson dies 2 weeks after accident

ATLANTA

The stepson of the Grammy award-winning pop star Usher has died, two weeks after the child was critically injured in a boating accident.

Willie A. Watkins funeral home in Atlanta confirmed it was handling funeral arrangements for 11-year-old Kile Glover. He was a son of Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Kile died Saturday at an Atlanta-area hospital.

The boy was run over July 6 by a personal water- craft on Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. He had been hospitalized with a major brain injury.

Authorities said the accident is under investigation.

Deputies think Jackson mom is safe in Arizona

LOS ANGELES

Authorities said Sunday they believe Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson and the guardian of his three minor children, is safe in Arizona with family members after she was reported missing.

The disclosure came after another concerned family member officially reported her missing Saturday night amid a dispute over the estate of her superstar son.

A person familiar with Katherine Jackson’s whereabouts said she is with her daughter Rebbie in Arizona and following a doctor’s orders to rest. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The 82-year-old Jackson family matriarch was reported missing by a relative Saturday night. Sheriff’s officials later said they believe she is in Arizona with a relative, but they were still trying to establish contact with her.

Katherine Jackson’s whereabouts caused concern for some family members in recent days, and her granddaughter Paris Jackson issued a frantic plea on Twitter early Sunday.

“I haven’t spoken with her in a week I want her home now,” she posted from her Twitter account. She also tweeted a number for people to contact in case they saw her grandmother.

Katherine Jackson also hadn’t been in contact with her attorneys, who worked Sunday to learn more about her whereabouts and why she had suddenly become incommunicado, including with her grandchildren.

Associated Press