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‘Guardians’ retakes box office’s top spot

NEW YORK

“Guardians of the Galaxy” became the summer’s top-grossing movie at the North American box office with a $17.6 million weekend.

The Warner Bros. tearjerker “If I Stay” failed to top the box office with a weekend haul of $16.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. It came in third place behind Paramount’s reptile reboot “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which made $16.8 million in its third weekend.

In fourth place was “Let’s Be Cops” with $11 million; and in fifth place was “When the Game Stands Tall” with $9.1 million.

Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90

LONDON

Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died. He was 90.

The actor’s son, Michael Attenborough told the BBC that his father died Sunday. He had been in poor health for some time.

Attenborough won an Academy Award for best director with “Gandhi” in 1982, only one of many highlights of a distinguished career as actor and director.

He appeared in a many major Hollywood films, including the “Jurassic Park” movies and a remake of “Miracle on 34th Street,” directed a series of movies and was known for his extensive work as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and other humanitarian causes.

He had been in frail health since a fall at his house in 2008, and spent his last years in a nursing home with his wife.

He is survived by his wife, Sheila Sim, their son and a daughter.

Suge Knight hurt in nightclub shooting

LOS ANGELES

Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was injured in an early-morning shooting Sunday in a packed nightclub but was expected to survive, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant said.

Knight was one of three club patrons struck by gunfire around 1:30 a.m. at 1OAK on West Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard, said Sgt. C. Tatar, watch commander at the Los Angeles County sheriff’s West Hollywood station.

Associated Press