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Demi Moore shocked by drowning at home

LOS ANGELES

Demi Moore said she is stunned and saddened by the death of a 21-year-old man Sunday in the backyard pool of a Los Angeles home she owns.

“I am in absolute shock,” the 52-year-old actress said in a statement released through her publicist, Heidi Lopata. “I was out of the country traveling to meet my daughters for a birthday celebration when I got the devastating news.”

Moore said the death, which occurred at a party thrown by her assistant in her absence, was an “unthinkable tragedy, and my heart goes out to this young man’s family and friends.”

The man, Edenilson Steven Valle, had gone missing for 10 or 15 minutes before his friends found him floating in the deep end of the pool early Sunday, said Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Fred Corral.

Valle’s family and friends told investigators he didn’t know how to swim, Corral said.

‘Ant-Man’ debuts with $58M; ‘Trainwreck’ opens with $30.2M

NEW YORK

Marvel’s “Ant-Man” punched above its weight at the weekend box office, debuting with an estimated $58 million, while Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck” also opened strongly with $30.2 million.

The result for “Ant-Man” didn’t match some of Marvel’s better known and brawnier properties. But “Ant-Man” – a relatively inexpensive superhero movie with a $130 million budget – still dominated North American multiplexes, edging out the little yellow guys of Universal’s “Minions,” which took in $50.2 million in its second week.

Associated Press