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‘Spider-Man 2’ ropes in $92 million opening

NEW YORK

Spider-Man can still sling it at the box office.

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” debuted with $92 million in North American theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a solid opening for Sony’s Columbia Pictures, which has released five movies about Marvel’s web-slinging superhero in the last 14 years.

Last week’s No. 1 film, the female revenge comedy “The Other Woman,” starring Cameron Diaz, slid to a distant second with $14 million in its second weekend.

Rounding out the top five at the box office were: “Heaven Is for Real,” $8.7 million, third; “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” $7.8 million, fourth; and “Rio 2,” $7.6 million, fifth place.

Bush honored with Kennedy award

BOSTON

Former President George H.W. Bush was honored Sunday with a Kennedy “courage” award for agreeing to raise taxes to confront a spiraling deficit, jeopardizing his presidency that ended after just one term.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston honored Bush with a 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

The award crossed generations and political parties. It was given by Jack Schlossberg, son of the late Democratic president’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, to Lauren Bush, granddaughter of the former Republican president.

In a message read by his granddaughter, Bush expressed regret he could not accept the award in person. He blamed his absence on “a nasty rumor” that the evening’s awards dinner would include broccoli — a vegetable the 41st president famously dislikes.

Fox says Naya Rivera will remain on ‘Glee’

LOS ANGELES

Naya Rivera still is a Gleek.

“There is no truth to the rumor Naya has been fired from the show,” the Fox Network noted in a statement released to The Associated Press on Saturday night, which concluded, “She remains under contract to ‘Glee.”’

Rivera plays Santana Lopez, a lesbian glee club member, on the popular musical drama.

The show’s fifth-season finale is set to air stateside May 13.Show co-creator Ryan Murphy has said the series’ sixth season will be its last.

Associated Press