Entertainment News Summary: Neil Simon dies at 91; 'Crazy Rich Asians' has strong second weekend

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Play predicts chilling future for Britain's prized health service

A desperate mechanic driven to operate on his sick wife is the subject of a disturbing play which looks at the future of Britain's prized public health service, shown at the Edinburgh Fringe. "After the Cuts" is the dystopian story of Jim, a retired mechanic, and his wife Agnes who cannot afford medical treatment when she is diagnosed with cancer. Years into the future, healthcare in Britain is no longer free.

'Crazy Rich Asians' has exceptionally strong second weekend, 'Happytime Murders' flops

"Crazy Rich Asians" had a crazy good second weekend at the box office. Warner Bros. acclaimed romantic comedy generated another $25 million in 3,526 locations, meaning it made almost as much during its second outing as it did its first weekend. Jon M. Chu's movie, which has been lauded as the first studio film in over 25 years with a predominately Asian-American cast, dropped just 6 per cent -- marking one of the best holds in recent history for a wide release in any genre. Saturday's numbers dropped an unprecedented 0 per cent. In two weeks, its domestic total sits at $76.8 million.

Tony award-winning U.S. playwright Neil Simon dies at 91

U.S. playwright Neil Simon, who became one of Broadway's most prolific and popular playwrights as he combined humour, drama and introspection in works such as "The Odd Couple," "The Goodbye Girl" and "Lost in Yonkers," died on Sunday at the age of 91, his representatives said. Simon died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City of complications from pneumonia, Broadway theatre representatives DKC/O&M said in a statement on Sunday. Simon was admitted to the hospital a few days ago and the pneumonia was in his lungs, Simon's longtime publicist Bill Evans said in a Sunday phone interview. Evans said he gave Simon a kidney in 2004.

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