Entertainment News Roundup: Halloween slashes franchise record, Marie Colvin's story

Award-winning American war reporter Marie Colvin was known for her dispatches from some of the world's most brutal conflicts

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Comic Amy Schumer backs Kaepernick, says she won't do Super Bowl ads

U.S. comedian and actress Amy Schumer has said she will not appear in any commercials during the 2019 Super Bowl in support of National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick's protests against racial injustice. "I personally told my reps I wouldn't do a Super Bowl commercial this year," Schumer wrote in an Instagram post on Friday. "Hitting the nfl with the advertisers is the only way to really hurt them."

'A Private War' goes to frontline to tell reporter Marie Colvin's story

Award-winning American war reporter Marie Colvin was known for her dispatches from some of the world's most brutal conflicts. Now a new film starring "Gone Girl" actress Rosamund Pike tells her story about being fearless on the battlefront. Focusing on the last decade of her life, "A Private War" takes audiences to the frontlines of fighting in Sri Lanka, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. Colvin, reporting for Britain's Sunday Times, was killed in Syria in 2012.

Box Office: 'Halloween' slashes franchise record with $77.5 million launch

"Halloween" made a killing in North America, earning $77.5 million when the slasher film launched in 3,928 locations. David Gordon Green's "Halloween," a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 classic, obliterated the franchise record opening of $26 million, previously held by the 2007 Rob Zombie reboot. "Halloween" also notched the second-best start for an R-rated horror film following "It's" $123 million launch. It also landed the second-highest debut for an October release, set earlier this month by "Venom" with $80 million.

(With inputs from Reuters)