Reuters Entertainment News Summary

08/01/2016 8:58

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.

Box Office: 'Jason Bourne' scores with $60 million debut, 'Bad Moms' hits big

Audiences turned out in force to see Matt Damon in "Jason Bourne," pushing the spy sequel to a sterling $60 million debut. The film marked the actor's return to the action franchise after a nine-year hiatus, during which he repeatedly hinted that he might be done with his most popular role. He and director Paul Greengrass argued that 2007's "The Bourne Ultimatum" had brought the character full circle by filling in him on the shadowy bureaucratic maneuvers that transformed him into a killing machine. What was left?

J.K. Rowling bids farewell to Harry Potter at "Cursed Child" gala

A new "Harry Potter" play that opened to swooning reviews and delighted gasps from the audience marks the end of the journey for the beloved boy wizard, his creator J.K. Rowling said at the play's premiere in London on Saturday. Billed as the eighth installment in the series, the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" and a book based on its script have helped awaken a new wave of Pottermania five years since the previous episode was made into a movie.

Gloria DeHaven, perky star of 1940s-50s Hollywood musicals, dies at age 91

Gloria DeHaven, the perky singing actress who starred in a parade of breezy Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and 1950s and gave Frank Sinatra his first big-screen kiss, has died at age 91, her agent said on Monday. DeHaven, who appeared in more than two dozen films starting as a child in a bit role in Charlie Chaplin's last silent movie, died on Saturday in hospice care in Las Vegas, Scott Stander said in an email.

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