‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ has top spot at box office

‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ has top spot at box office

LOS ANGELES

You’re a mean one – and you’re No. 1 – Mr. Grinch.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” sledded past mixed reviews and took in $66 million for Universal Pictures to top the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Last week’s top film, the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” drops to second for 20th Century Fox with a $30.8 million weekend that brings its overall take to $100 million.

Rounding out the top five at the box office were: “Overlord,” $10.1 million, third place; “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” $9.5 million, fourth place; and “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” $8 million, fifth place.

Aerosmith’s Perry hospitalized after jamming with Joel

NEW YORK

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York.

Perry’s publicists said Sunday the musician is alert and responsive in the hospital and is expected to return to the road later this month.

The statement says Perry felt short of breath after the performance at Madison Square Garden.

It adds paramedics backstage gave Perry oxygen and used a tracheal tube to clear his airway before taking him to the hospital.

Perry had to cancel a Sunday appearance at a rock fantasy camp in Florida.

The 68-year-old Perry had joined the 69-year-old Joel on stage for a rendition of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.”

On ‘SNL,’ Davidson apologizes to veteran

NEW YORK

“Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson has apologized for mocking the appearance of a veteran who lost an eye in Afghanistan.

He says Lt. Com. Dan Crenshaw, now a congressman-elect from Texas, “deserves all the respect in the world.”

On SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment , Davidson was joined by Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL.

Davidson had mocked Crenshaw a week earlier, saying viewers might be surprised he’s “not a hit man in a porno movie.”

Crenshaw, a Republican who won a House seat Tuesday, took some joking shots at Davidson.

And when his cellphone rang, the tone was “Breathin” by Ariana Grande, Davidson’s former fiancee.

Crenshaw got serious at the end, encouraging civilians and veterans to connect and paying tribute to heroes like Davidson’s father, a firefighter who died on 9/11.

Associated Press