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One Direction wins top award at AMA

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One Direction might have debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts behind Justin Bieber, but they won the top award at Sunday’s American Music Awards.

“This is a testament to how incredible our fans are,” Louis Tomlinson said onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Other winners included:

New artist: Sam Hunt

Song of the year: “Blank Space,” Taylor Swift

Collaboration of the year: “Where Are U Now?” Skrillex & Diplo, feat. Justin Bieber

Male artist, pop/rock: Ed Sheeran

Female artist, pop/rock: Ariana Grande

Last ‘Hunger Games’ opens to franchise low of $101 million

LOS ANGELES

“Mockingjay – Part 2,” the final “Hunger Games” film, soared to a $101 million opening in its first weekend in theaters, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

For most films, the figure would be a coup, but the latest chapter of “The Hunger Games” collected the lowest opening take among the four films in the series.

“Spectre” fell to second place this week with $14.6 million.

With $12.8 million, “The Peanuts Movie” finished behind “Spectre” and ahead of the Seth Rogen holiday comedy “The Night Before,” which earned an expected $10.1 million. The R-rated film cost about $25 million to produce.

Associated Press