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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• Disney's "Maleficent" won the weekend box-office race, raking in $70 million. The week's other new opening, the raunchy comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West," bombed with a third-place showing of $17.1 million. [Box Office Mojo]
• Actress Ann B. Davis, beloved for her role as the sassy maid Alice on the '70s sitcom "The Brady Bunch," has died at the age of 88. Davis also won two Emmys for playing Schultzy, the secretary on "The Bob Cummings Show." [CNN]
• Promoters have abruptly canceled a national touring version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" — starring Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams, punk rocker John Lydon (a k a Johnny Rotten) and NSYNC's J.C. Chasez — just weeks before its scheduled start. [Entertainment Weekly]