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‘42’ scores at home

LOS ANGELES

Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas.

The Jackie Robinson tale “42” took in $27.3 million to claim the weekend box-office championship domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Released by Warner Bros., “42” easily beat the domestic start of an established franchise in “Scary Movie 5.” The Weinstein Co. sequel opened in second with $15.2 million, the smallest debut for the horror-comedy series.

Rounding out the top five were “The Croods” with $13.2 million, third place; “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” $10.8 million, fourth; and “Evil Dead,” $9.5 million, fifth place.

Bieber criticized over Anne Frank comment

AMSTERDAM

Justin Bieber wrote an entry into a guestbook at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, saying he hoped the Jewish teenager who died in a NaziSFlbconcentration camp “would have been a Belieber” — or fan of his — if history were different.

The message triggered a flood of comments on the museum’s Facebook page Sunday, with many criticizing the 19-year-old Canadian pop star for writing something they perceive to be insensitive.

Museum spokeswoman Maatje Mostart said the museum was happy to have Bieber and didn’t see anything offensive in his remarks.

Anne Frank hid with her family in a small apartment above a warehouse during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Her family was caught and deported, and Anne died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen in 1945. The diary she kept in hiding was recovered and published after the war, and has become the most widely read document to emerge from the Holocaust.

Bieber’s note read: “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a Belieber.”

Jenna Bush Hager gives birth to 1st child

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Former President George W. Bush has become a grandfather. His twin daughter Jenna Bush Hager gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Saturday night in New York City. The former president announced the birth Sunday. The baby’s name is Margaret Laura “Mila” Hager.

Jenna Bush Hager, a contributing correspondent for the “Today” show, is married to Henry Hager.

Comedian arrested on suspicion of DUI

LOS ANGELES

Authorities say comedian Kevin Hart was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his black Mercedes nearly collided with a tanker trunk on a Southern California freeway.

California Highway PatrolSFlbOfficer Ed Jacobs said Hart appeared to be intoxicated when he was pulled over before dawn Sunday on Highway 101 in LA.

Hart failed a field-sobriety test and was booked for misdemeanor DUI. He was released Sunday after payment of a $5,000 bond.

Former bassist for Deftones dies at 42

SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

A candlelight vigil was planned for Chi Cheng, 42, bassist of the Grammy-winning rock band Deftones who died after struggling to recover from injuries suffered in a car crash in 2008.

The Sacramento Bee reported that Cheng died early Saturday.

Cheng’s mother, Jeanne Marie Cheng, wrote on the One Love for Chi website that her son was taken to an emergency room when his heart stopped.

Associated Press