‘Jungle Book’ still reigns


April 25, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

‘Jungle Book’ still reigns

LOS ANGELES

“The Jungle Book” remained king of the box office in its second weekend in theaters, beating new opener “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” by around $40 million, according to comScore estimates Sunday.

The spectacular hold of “The Jungle Book” overshadowed the debut of “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” which, despite its high-wattage cast of Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, had a somewhat lackluster $20.1 million bow.

“Barbershop: The Next Cut” landed in third place with $10.8 million in its second weekend in theaters. “Zootopia” and “The Boss” rounded out the top five with $6.6 million and $6.1 million, respectively.

Clooney joins Armenians to mark anniversary of massacre

YEREVAN, ARMENIA

Actor George Clooney presented a $1.1 million award on the 101st anniversary of a massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks to a Burundi woman who offered sanctuary to thousands of orphans during a civil war there.

The killing of more than 200 Armenian intellectuals April 24, 1915, is regarded as the start of the massacre that is widely viewed by historians as the first genocide of the 20th century in which they estimate 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered.

Clooney presented the first Aurora Prize, an award recognizing an individual’s work to advance humanitarian causes, to Marguerite Barankitse, who saved thousands of lives and cared for orphans and refugees amid the Burundi civil war.

Musician Papa Wemba dies

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast

Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died after a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said. He was 66.

Culture Minister Baudouin Banza Mukalay confirmed the musician’s death Sunday, calling it a “great loss for the country and all of Africa.”

Footage from the concert in Ivory Coast shows his fellow performers rushing to his side as he collapsed in front of thousands of fans.

He was taken to a nearby clinic, but couldn’t be resuscitated. The cause of death wasn’t immediately known.

Associated Press