Angelina Jolie's new spy thriller "Salt" failed to take the North American box office crown from Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception," which enjoyed a stronger-than-expected hold in its second weekend.

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, "Inception" earned $43.5 million during the three days beginning on Friday, with "Salt" at No. 2 with $36.5 million.

If you had this nagging feeling that there must be some law against recording conversations, you are right.

The audio tape recording of what appears to be Mel Gibson is already the focal point for the attorneys and law enforcement involved in the high-profile domestic-violence investigation and child-custody dispute between the filmmaker and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. If it is Gibson in the recording, is it admissible in court?

(Reuters) - A distraught Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Tuesday after a judge ruled that she had violated her probation by missing a string of alcohol education classes imposed for a 2007 drunk driving arrest.

Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel ordered the "Mean Girls" star to report for jail on July 20. She also ordered Lohan to attend a 90-day residential substance abuse program once she has completed her sentence.

(Reuters) - Oscar-winning director and actor Mel Gibson, who caused a media storm four years ago over an anti-Semitic statement, is again making headlines for using an apparent racial slur in an argument with his ex-girlfriend.

Celebrity news website Radaronline.com Thursday published excerpts of an audiotape of Gibson telling Oksana Grigorieva, whom "The Passion of the Christ" director is battling in court, that they way she is dressed made her look like a "pig in heat."

(Reuters) - Bite into "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson's past and what do you get? A blood-curdling connection to Dracula, the biggest vampire of them all.

Genealogy web site Ancestry.com said on Wednesday that the British actor is distantly related to Vlad III Dracula -- the cruel 15th century ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's literary Count Dracula in 1897.

"Tracing Pattinson's family back to Vlad was difficult research, but the pieces that unraveled created the perfect accompaniment to 'The Twilight Saga'," said Anastasia Tyler, a genealogist at Ancestry.com.

Florida (Reuters) - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe led groups of excited kids dressed in Hogwarts uniforms as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park officially opened on Friday to long lines and snarled traffic.

Radcliffe, Rupert Grint who plays the boy wizard's best friend Ron Weasley, and other actors from the blockbuster movie and book series, were on hand at Universal Orlando as fans lined up more than eight hours to be among the first visitors.

(Reuters) - In his long career, Michael Douglas has excelled at playing ethically-challenged men such as the cheating husband in "Fatal Attraction" and financier Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street," which won him an Oscar.

After a difficult 2009 dealing with his son's arrest and imprisonment on drug charges, which Douglas called "very sad, very upsetting," the actor is back doing one thing he does best, playing a rogue in low-budget "Solitary Man." It debuted in major U.S. cities last week and hits theaters across the United States this Friday.

Douglas took some time to talk with Reuters about "Solitary Man," and reprising the role of Gekko in "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," which premiered at this month's Cannes film festival and lands in U.S. theaters in September.

SAN FRANCISCO—A group of artists will be pulling in some big bucks to provide art for parks and public areas in San Francisco's Hunters Point Shipyard project.

The city's Redevelopment Commission has approved nearly $1 million in commissions to be paid to nine artists for the first phase of the project.

The art work, which will be paid for from federal grant money, is intended to capture the history of the former shipyard.

Most of the work will be done by local artists, with the biggest payment of $379,000 going for artwork to frame an outdoor space. An additional $125,000 will be paid for a 15-foot tall bronze statue.

The artwork is expected to be in place by summer 2012.

The former shipyard, closed in 1974, is being developed into an area of homes, parks and businesses.