'Trek' takes top spot

May 11, 2009

"Star Trek" beamed up to the top of the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend. Director J.J. Abrams's reboot of the sci-fi franchise made $72.5 million from Friday through Sunday, plus $4 million in pre-midnight screenings Thursday, according to Paramount Pictures. That cumulative figure includes a record $8.2 million in IMAX showings. As expected, last week's top film, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," came in at No. 2 with $27 million and has made nearly $129.6 million in two weeks. (AP)

Laverne Cox isn't on the road with Sean Combs, but the transgender person earned an outstanding reality show trophy at the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards. Cox was a contestant on VH1's "I Want to Work for Diddy," which tied with the Logo transgender dating series "Transamerican Love Story" for the award presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. (AP)