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Franklin slams server’s D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T

NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO

Aretha Franklin has some harsh words for a server who showed D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T by telling the Queen of Soul she wasn’t allowed to eat her takeout inside the restaurant.

A spokesman for Franklin says the situation unfolded last week at a Johnny Rockets restaurant on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.

The spokesman says Franklin ordered a hamburger after performing a sold-out show. But he says the server screamed at Franklin, saying she couldn’t sit down to eat because she ordered takeout.

Franklin says in a statement that the worker was “very rude, unprofessional and nasty.”

A Johnny Rockets spokeswoman says the franchise owner is sorry for the actions of “a new and very young employee.”

She says the owner has spoken with the employee and has clarified his takeout policies.

SSLqLucy’ tops ‘Hercules’ with $44M at box office

LOS ANGELES

Luc Besson’s “Lucy” proved mind can overpower muscle, topping a remake of “Hercules” by director Brett Ratner at the box office on the weekend.

The Universal Pictures-released movie starring Scarlett Johansson as an accidental psychokinetic took in $44 million in North American movie theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Hercules,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and produced by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, brought in an estimated $29 million for second place.

In third place, with $16.4 million, was “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”

“Purge: Anarchy” took fourth place with $9.9 million, and “Planes: Fire & Rescue” was in fifth place with $9.3 million.

Associated Press