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Shrek Forever After has remained at the top of the US box office for a third consecutive week, with $25.3 milllion.

Debuting this week are Jonah Hill’s comedy Get Him To The Greek in second place with $17.4 million and Killers, starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, at number three with $16.1 million.

Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time lands at number four with $13.9 million, followed by Sex And The City 2, which falls to fifth place with $12.6 million.

Also debuting is the family comedy Marmaduke at number six and the sci-fi horror Splice in eighth place.

Finally, Letters To Juliet claims the tenth spot with $3 million over the weekend.

The US box office top ten in full:

1. (1) Shrek Forever After – $25,300,000
2. (-) Get Him To The Greek – $17,423,000
3. (-) Killers – $16,100,000
4. (3) Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time – $13,900,000
5. (2) Sex And The City 2 – $12,650,000
6. (-) Marmaduke – $11,300,000
7. (4) Iron Man 2 – $7,783,000
8. (-) Splice – $7,450,000
9. (5) Robin Hood – $5,133,000
10. (6) Letters To Juliet – $3,000,000

Actress Rue McClanahan has died at the age of 76.

The star, who played Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, passed away at 1am this morning after suffering a major stroke, TMZ reports.

Manager Barbara Lawrence confirmed that the actress died at a New York hospital. Her son, sister and nephew were with her at the time.

McClanahan had suffered a minor stroke earlier this year.

Following McClanahan’s passing, the death of Bea Arthur last year and Estelle Getty in 2008, Betty White is now the sole surviving star of the hit NBC sitcom which ran from 1985 to 1992.

BBC Worldwide has hired former Viacom executive Herb Scannell to run its commercial operation in America.

Scannell was previously president of the Viacom-owned Nickelodeon Networks, as well as being vice-chairman of MTV Networks.

Effective immediately, he has become president of BBC Worldwide America and will sit on the executive board of the BBC’s commercial arm.

Scannell fills the void left by Garth Ancier, who quit BBC Worldwide America in March after three years in charge of the business.

In his new role, Scannell will take responsibility for the BBC America channel, which reaches around 67 million homes in the US, along with BBC America HD and Worldwide’s US production operation.

His remit will also cover the BBC’s online operation in America and all US sales of BBC programming, formats, DVDs and merchandising.

In a statement, Scannell described the BBC as a “world renowned brand with a great portfolio of businesses in the US that have tremendous prospects”.