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I New this week. TOP MUSIC DOWNLOADS Stars are by World-Herald critics, hurt in fatal crash Top 10 albums on iTunes’ four stars being the best. charts for the week ending RATED G Comedian Jimmy Mack Tracy Morgan condition, hospital spokesman a crash. But the semi smashed June 2: It’s a jungle out there for Blu, The actor was Peter Haigney said. into the back of the limo, set- Jewel and their three kids after is killed after semitrailer returning from Morgan remained in the in- ting off a chain-reaction crash they’re hurtled to the wilds of the a stand-up tensive care unit at the hospital with a second semi, an SUV and Amazon. As Blu tries to fi t in, he rams into limousine bus comedy show Saturday night. two cars. goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful in Delaware A fourth passenger, comedi- McNair was a close friend with other Nigel and meets the most fearsome on Turnpike an Ardie Fuqua Jr., was also in and mentor to Morgan, said comedians. adversary of all: his father-in-law. critical condition, while a fi fth Morgan’s former wife, Sabi- NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. passenger, comic Harris Stan- na Morgan. “He was one of RATED PG (AP) — Actor and comedian ton, was treated and released, the fi rst comedians that took Belle An illegitimate mixed race Tracy Morgan was critically Delaware, officials said. Haigney said. Two others in the Tracy under his wing,” she said. daughter of a Royal Navy admiral injured Saturday after a semi- limo were unhurt, including the James McNair, 62, of Peeks- “They were very close.” is raised by her aristocratic great- trailer truck rammed into his kill, , who performed driver. 1. “Ghost Stories,” Coldplay uncle. chauffeured limousine bus, set- Royale Watkins, a Los Ange- as Jimmy Mack, died after the Middlesex County prosecu- 2. “Ultraviolence,” Lana Del Heaven Is for Real Based on the ting off a chain-reaction crash les-based comedian who said Mercedes limo bus carrying tors said Kevin Roper, 35, of Rey best-selling book by the Rev. Todd that left a fellow comedian dead seven people overturned on Jonesboro, Georgia, also faces he had performed in New York Burpo of Imperial, . Greg and other people seriously hurt, the near four counts of assault by auto. clubs with Morgan and McNair, 3. “Me. I Am Mariah. The Kinnear plays Burpo, whose 4-year- authorities said. Cranbury Township about 1 His bail was set at $50,000 and described McNair as having a Elusive Chanteuse,” Mariah old son has a near-death experience A truck driver from Georgia a.m., State Police Sgt. 1st Class he was expected to turn himself big personality. Carey and then tells his parents all about was charged with death by auto Greg Williams said. in later Saturday. It wasn’t “There may be guys like his visit to heaven. A well-made, 4. “Just As I Am,” Brantley in the crash that killed a man Morgan, 45, and Jeffrey Mil- immediately clear if he had an Tracy who get the fame and no- unpreachy Christian-themed movie. Gilbert described as a mentor to the lea, 36, of Shelton, Connecticut, attorney. toriety, but you have people like Randall Wallace (“Secretariat”) former “” Jimmy Mack who have kind of 5. “5 Seconds of Summer,” directs. ### were fl own from the accident Williams said the semitrailer and “” cast member as scene to Robert Wood Johnson driver apparently failed to slow energized and fueled cats like 5 Seconds of Summer Maleficent Disney gives a backstory the group traveled home from Hospital in New Brunswick, for traffic ahead and swerved Tracy and kept them going on 6. “Turn Blue,” The Black Keys to “Sleeping Beauty,” updating a stand-up comedy show in where they were in critical at the last minute to try to avoid the road,” Watkins said. its 1959 animated classic with a 7. “Frozen,” Various Artists live-action rewrite. Angelina Jolie 8. “The New Classic,” Iggy impresses as the wicked fairy, bitter Azalea over the loss of her wings. She curses the daughter (Elle Fanning) 9. “The Secret,” Austin Mahone of the king (Sharlto Copley) who 10. “The Fault In Our Stars stole those wings, but comes to (Music From the Motion regret it. Fine family storytelling. ### A delightful, surprising ‘third act’ Picture),” Various Artists Million Dollar Arm A sports agent stages an unconventional At 76, she knows she has TOP IPHONE APPS recruitment strategy to get talented Top 10 free apps on the iTunes Indian cricket players to play Major deied the odds in youth- charts for the week ending League Baseball. June 2: RATED PG-13 obsessed Hollywood The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Andrew THE TIMES Garfield (Spider-Man), (Gwen Stacy) and Sally LOS ANGELES — It’s hard Field (Aunt May) score, making us to think of someone in public care. Spidey’s web-swings through life who has had more disparate skyscraper canyons work great, too. phases and identities than Jane But three villains are a bit much Fonda. ( overacts), and multiple There’s the brilliant actress plot lines feel a bit muddled. ##½ (and daughter of a Hollywood Blended After a bad , a legend and Nebraska native man and woman fi nd themselves ), the polarizing stuck at a resort for families, where political activist, the exercise 1. TwoDots, Betaworks One their attraction grows as their maven, the rich celebrity wife respective kids benefit from the 2. Stay In The Line, Barry and now, once again, the work- Wyckoff burgeoning relationship. ing actress. Fonda admits that Captain America: The Winter this last phase — what she calls 3. Piano Tiles — Don’t Tap The Soldier Government surveillance her “third act” — has taken her White Tile, HU WEN ZENG of its own citizens beefs up the by surprise. 4. The Line!, Ketchapp relevance of this superhero movie “It’s much more than I ever starring Chris Evans, Scarlett expected,” she said. “There are 5. Traffic Racer, Soner Kara Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and a lot of fi rsts in my third act.” 6. Elevate — Brain Training, Anthony Mackie. Whatever the role, Fonda Elevate Inc. is effective as the head of the invests it with fi erce determi- 7. Better Fonts Free — Cool surveillance program. Loads of nation, so it’s not surprising digital effects, violence. ### New Text Styles & Emoji that the age-defying 76-year-old Font, Daneco Ltd. I Edge of Tomorrow An officer fi nds hit the ground running when himself caught in a time loop in a she returned to acting, after a 8. Toilet Time — Mini Games to war with an alien race. His skills 15-year sabbatical, in the 2005 Play in the Bathroom, Tapps increase as he faces the same comedy hit “Monster-in-Law” Tecnologia da Informação brutal combat scenarios, and his and hasn’t looked back. Ltda. union with a Special Forces warrior After wowing the red carpet 9. Infinity Blade II, Chair gets him closer and closer to at the recent Cannes Film defeating the enemy. Entertainment Group LLC Festival as an ambassador for I The Fault in Our Stars Two teens L’Oreal, she went to Switzerland THE 10. 2048: The Game, share an acerbic wit, a disdain to play an 80-year-old diva in accepted the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday. was the presenter. Ketchapp for the conventional and a love “Youth,” for , that sweeps them on a journey. who directed the Oscar-winning she said, when she learned of track and I can’t act when I feel A major philanthropist, Their relationship is all the more TOP MOVIE RENTALS Italian fi lm “The Great Beauty.” the honor last fall, “I burst into that way. So I left.” Fonda has been an advocate for miraculous given that Hazel’s other Top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox Earlier this year, Fonda made tears.” She was divorced from the welfare of teenagers. She constant companion is an oxygen kiosks from May 26 through “Fathers and Daughters” with The award, she said, “is not second husband founded what is now known tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic June 1: and will be seen for one fi lm. It’s for a body of in 1990 and moved to in as the Georgia Campaign for leg, and they met and fell in love at work. It’s very competitive and 1991 when she married media a cancer support group. this fall with and Ja- Adolescent Power and Potential son Bateman in “This Is Where very important, serious long- mogul . in 1994 and recently published Godzilla Director Gareth Edwards’ I Leave You.” time heavyweights in the in- “That was an important thing “Being a Teen,” a bestseller that update of the 1954 monster classic dustry make the decision about for me,” she said. “Ted taught works because audiences connect In August, she and her discusses all aspects of being “9 to 5” co-star who gets it. It’s like a major me how to laugh. I come from an adolescent including body emotionally to the humans in the stamp of approval and respect a family that is very serious, so fi lm. and Aaron begin fi lming the new Netflix image, sex and bullying. from your industry peers.” Ted was a very important part Taylor-Johnson play a father and son series “,” Fonda also is a popular pres- and she is returning for at least Ironically, Fonda never of my healing.” ence on — she has over affected by Godzilla’s history. Strong So was writing her candid digital effects make the monsters one episode as the powerful really wanted to follow in her 600,000 followers — and reports 2005 memoir, “My Life So Far,” and their destruction of skylines owner of a cable news network father’s footsteps. And if not that she has had “tremendous in which she talked about her effective, too. ### in HBO’s “The Newsroom,” for for landmark acting teacher feedback” from her website, at three-decade struggle with bu- COLUMBIA PICTURES which she received an Emmy , she probably www.janefonda.com, and her Ida Anna, a young nun in limia, her failed marriages, her in nomination. wouldn’t have. blog posts on subjects including Poland, is on the verge of taking mother Frances’ suicide when “The Monuments Men.” On Thursday, Fonda re- It was Strasberg who told a butternut squash recipe, her her vows when she discovers a the actress was just 12, her fa- dark family secret dating back to ceived one of her hometown’s her she was talented. “I needed mous father who was often cold music producer boyfriend Rich- the years of the Nazi occupation. most prestigious honors — the someone who was not a parent 1. “The Monuments Men” and distant, and her anti-Viet- ard Perry’s battle with Parkin- English subtitles. ’s Life or an employee of a parent to son’s disease and the infamous 2. “Ride Along” Achievement Award — at the say, which he did, ‘Wow, you nam War activities that nearly The Other Woman A hard-driving derailed her career in 1972 “ Jane” photo that she 3. “Pompeii” lawyer () discovers her Dolby Theatre. She is only the have got something.’ My life “will regret to my dying day.” changed. That was a big deal. when she was photographed in boyfriend is married, then must deal eighth actress to receive the Fonda knows she has defied 4. “About Last Night” That was when I committed Hanoi on an anti-aircraft gun — with the needy, daffy wife (Leslie award. Her father won it in the odds in a youth-obsessed 5. “The Nut Job” myself.” an action for which some still Mann) and a second mistress (Kate 1978. Hollywood that is especially An edited version of the show That commitment led to her can’t forgive her. 6. “That Awkward Moment” Upton). The three join to get even in unkind to actresses over 40, will air Saturday on TNT and in perhaps the leading “She has all of this energy this female buddy pic. Mann’s funny let alone over 70. “I feel very 7. “Devil’s Due” business is inspired. The movie is August on TCM. Among those American actress of her gener- and she puts it out all the time blessed,” she said. “I did not just OK. ##½ paying tribute will be brother ation. She won Oscars for 1971’s for everything she is in to,” said 8. “The Secret Life of Walter , adding that his think my third act would be Mitty” X-Men: Days of Future Past Peter Fonda, Michael Doug- “” and 1978’s “Coming sister doesn’t dwell on the past as rich professionally, and as Combining casts of the original las, , Catherine Home,” as well as nominations 9. “I, Frankenstein” for 1969’s “They Shoot Horses, but is “in the now, really.” varied.” “X-Men” and the most recent Keener, and Penny 10. “Vampire Academy” “X-Men: First Class” makes for a Marshall. Don’t They?,” 1977’s “Julia,” lot of star power and storylines, Even after a lifetime of 1979’s “,” but director Bryan Singer makes it honors, Fonda is thrilled about 1981’s “” and work with action, humor and strong the AFI salute. “If you had 1986’s “The Morning After.” acting. ### asked me three years ago if I But she wasn’t happy. RATED R thought this was in my future, I “I didn’t know who I was or would say I can’t even hope for where I was going,” Fonda said. Chef A chef who loses his such a thing,” she said. In fact, “I’d really kind of gone off the restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise. I The Immigrant On the mean streets of , Ewa (Marion Now throughSeptember 7 Cotillard) falls prey to Bruno (), a charming but FREE ADMISSION wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. 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