WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017 lifestyle MUSIC & MOVIES Thriller 'Trivisa' wins big at Hong Kong Film Awards rime thriller "Trivisa" was the big winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards, taking home five awards Cincluding the prize for best film. The movie, which takes place on the eve of the Hong Kong's 1997 han- dover from Britain, also took home awards for best director and best actor on Sunday evening. News sites in mainland China downplayed their coverage, which Hong Kong media speculated was because one of its directors worked on 2016's "Ten Years," about Beijing's tightening grip on the semiautonomous city. Best actress went to "Happiness" star Kara Hui. She won her fourth Hong Kong Film Award for playing a middle-aged recluse suffering from Alzheimer's. Family- themed movie "Mad World" was another big winner, receiving trophies for best supporting actor and actress and best new director. — AP The crew of movie "Trivisa" celebrate after winning the Best Actor and Best Film awards during the Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong, Sunday. — AP photos Hong Kong actress Kara Wai, left and actor Gordon Lam pose after winning the Best Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang poses after winning the Best Hong Kong actor Gordon Lam, center, poses with his colleagues actors Philip Keung, Actress and Best Actor awards. Supporting Actor award for his movie "Mad World". right, and Richie Ren after winning the Best Actress and Best Actor awards. Box Office Top 20: 'The Boss Baby' Bangladesh stars' secret squashes 'Smurfs 3' marriage sparks web sensation he Boss Baby" continued to dominate the box office release, as compiled Monday by comScore: in its second weekend in theaters, adding $26.4 mil- 1. "The Boss Baby," 20th Century Fox, $26,363,488, 3,829 loca- ne of Bangladesh's biggest film stars caused an before to maintain the illusion of availability to their ador- "Tlion to take the top spot. The animated flick featuring tions, $6,885 average, $89,436,806, 2 Weeks. internet sensation yesterday when she revealed she ing fans. But the decision appeared to backfire as thou- the voice of Alec Baldwin has earned $89.4 million from North 2. "Beauty And The Beast," Disney, $23,652,605, 3,969 loca- Ohad wed her on-screen lover, but kept the marriage sands in the conservative Muslim-majority nation took to American theaters to date. It effectively took the family busi- tions, $5,959 average, $430,946,639, 4 Weeks. secret for nine years to protect his career. Apu Biswas told a social media to condemn the 38-year-old superstar. ness away from new opener "Smurfs: The Lost Village," which 3. "Smurfs: The Lost Village," Sony, $13,210,449, 3,610 loca- Bangladesh television station she had a seven-month-old Khan initially denied the marriage had taken place, debuted to a dismal $13.2 million in third place, behind tions, $3,659 average, $13,210,449, 1 Week. child with Shakib Khan, whom she had married in secret in attacking Biswas as a failure. He later admitted the pair Disney's juggernaut "Beauty and the Beast," which has now 4. "Going In Style," Warner Bros., $11,932,330, 3,061 locations, 2008, and was only going public now because of his neg- were married and had a child, but accused Biswas of trying grossed $430.9 million domestically. Not too far behind the $3,898 average, $11,932,330, 1 Week. lect. She has starred in at least 40 movies alongside her to bring down his career with her revelations. "It is a plan to third "Smurfs" movie was the Warner Bros. heist comedy 5. "Ghost In The Shell," Paramount, $7,306,413, 3,440 loca- now estranged husband, known as King Khan in destroy Shakib Khan. If Shakib Khan is destroyed, the "Going in Style" starring Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and tions, $2,124 average, $31,529,863, 2 Weeks. Bangladesh for his dominance of the silver screen. Bangladesh film is destroyed," he told the NTV news web- Alan Arkin. "Going in Style" earned $11.9 million in its first 6. "Power Rangers," Lionsgate, $6,199,403, 2,978 locations, "I kept the marriage secret for his welfare. I've sacrificed site. Biswas disappeared from the silver screen last year. weekend in theaters. $2,082 average, $75,095,645, 3 Weeks. a lot," the 33-year-old told News24 in a tearful television Khan is known as a one-man film industry in Bangladesh, 7. "Kong: Skull Island," Warner Bros., $5,576,182, 2,753 loca- interview that has been endlessly replayed and shared on where he has featured in scores of hits, most of them tions, $2,025 average, $156,305,906, 5 Weeks. social media in Bangladesh. "But I can't take his negligence romance or action movies. — AFP 8. "Get Out," Universal, $4,057,330, 1,574 locations, $2,578 to me anymore, so I'm sharing everything." Bangladesh's average, $162,889,980, 7 Weeks. movie idols have been known to conceal their marriages 9. "Logan," 20th Century Fox, $4,021,829, 1,948 locations, $2,065 average, $218,029,237, 6 Weeks. 10. "The Case For Christ," Pure Flix, $3,967,885, 1,174 locations, $3,380 average, $3,967,885, 1 Week. 11. "The Zookeeper's Wife," Focus Features, $2,684,185, 804 locations, $3,339 average, $7,398,710, 2 Weeks. Sheryl Crow argues for return to 12. "Life," Sony, $2,371,217, 1,788 locations, $1,326 average, $26,940,704, 3 Weeks. 13. "Your Name," FUNimation Films, $1,688,192, 290 locations, $5,821 average, $1,688,192, 1 Week. empathy on her new album 14. "Chips," Warner Bros., $1,376,231, 1,351 locations, $1,019 average, $17,114,164, 3 Weeks. ast year, Sheryl Crow started a petition on Change.org to kids?" she said. "We want a healthy future that is secure. And 15. "The Shack," Lionsgate, $1,091,560, 1,108 locations, $985 shorten the US presidential election cycle. The Grammy- we have to figure out a way to communicate with reason and average, $54,950,438, 6 Weeks. Lwinning singer-songwriter said she was exhausted by a modicum of decorum at least." As a mother of two children, 16. "Gifted," Fox Searchlight, $446,380, 56 locations, $7,971 the mudslinging and divisive language that had dominated ages 6 and 9, she favors an unplugged life as reflected in average, $446,380, 1 Week. the discussion about the candidates. "I felt like it was becom- "Roller Skate," a nostalgic, toe-tapping song about ditching This image released by Disney shows Dan Stevens as 17. "The Lego Batman Movie," Warner Bros., $373,202, 345 ing so hateful that I had to watch to make sure my kids didn't the phone for a good time. "At the end of the day, you're miss- The Beast, left, and Emma Watson as Belle in a live- locations, $1,082 average, $173,317,922, 9 Weeks. pick up the remote and turn the TV on," she said during a ing out on life experiences if you're constantly checking in action adaptation of the animated classic "Beauty and 18. "T2: Trainspotting," Sony, $268,000, 159 locations, $1,686 recent interview at her home in Nashville. Crow said what with anybody that's not in the room," Crow said. — AP the Beast." — AP average, $1,605,332, 4 Weeks. upset her was how technology and social media had changed 19. "Hidden Figures," 20th Century Fox, $265,247, 288 loca- the conversation. Paramount's beleaguered "Ghost in the Shell" rounded tions, $921 average, $168,276,311, 16 Weeks. "Now we have this forum for haters to come out and say out the top five with $7.3 million. The top 20 movies at US and 20. "The Belko Experiment," OTL Releasing, $204,305, 186 loca- the worst thing you could possibly say to someone without Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distri- tions, $1,098 average, $9,426,895, 4 Weeks. — AP having the experience of the reaction," she said. "We've bution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average learned to be a society without empathy and without com- receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in passion." The ways people connect, or fail to connect, became a central theme on her upcoming album, "Be Myself," to be released on April 21, which brings Crow back to her early roots as a rocker after brief stints exploring country music and soul music on her last two records. "The whole album is very informed by the atmosphere, which is very chaotic, very vitriolic, a lot of fear that was really in the ether while we were making this record," she said. Crow listened to her early records, including her debut, "Tuesday Night Music Club," and "The Globe Sessions," and teamed up with Jeffrey Trott, her longtime songwriting partner and a multi-instrumentalist. She brought in Tchad Blake, a Grammy- winning engineer who worked with her in the late '90s. "We wanted to make a really catchy record, but one that had some edge, some grit, in the same way that some of those early recordings had," Trott said. Crow, who has often peppered her lyrics with political ref- erences, said the album helped her after Donald Trump won the presidential election. "I started losing faith and not only for our country, but for the people that voted for him," Crow said. As she sings on her first single, "Halfway There," Crow asks for cooperation and compromise as a solution to the discord.