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Harry Potter remains a box-office wizard. The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix conjured up a $77.4 million debut to lead the weekend box office, according to studio estimates yesterday. That raised the movie's domestic gross to $140 million since opening Wednesday. It took in $190.3 million in 44 other countries.

Rapper Remy Ma was at Rikers Island yesterday awaitinga judge's bail review after she was arrested in the shootingof a woman Saturday. The victim was listed in stable condition.
Rapper Remy Ma was at Rikers Island yesterday awaitinga judge's bail review after she was arrested in the shootingof a woman Saturday. The victim was listed in stable condition.Read moreAssociated Press, File
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Harry Potter remains a box-office wizard.

The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix conjured up a $77.4 million debut to lead the weekend box office, according to studio estimates yesterday. That raised the movie's domestic gross to $140 million since opening Wednesday. It took in $190.3 million in 44 other countries.

Transformers, the DreamWorks-Paramount sci-fi tale that was the prior weekend's No. 1 movie, slipped to second place with $36 million.

The weekend's other new wide release, the grisly horror movie Captivity, opened at No. 12, with $1.55 million.

After Harry Potter and Transformers, the top five films included Ratatouille, with $18 million; Live Free or Die Hard, with $10.9 million, and License to Wed, $7.4 million.- Associated Press

Rapper denies shooting

Grammy-nominated rapper

Remy Ma

pleaded not guilty yesterday in the shooting of a 23-year-old woman in a posh Manhattan neighborhood. Bail was set at $250,000. Yesterday afternoon she was sent to Riker's Island while the judge reviewed her bail offer.

Remy Ma, 26, (real name Remy Smith), promoted on her Web site as an up-from-the-streets artist who escaped the hard-knock life of the Bronx to become a hip-hop star, faces charges of attempted murder, assault and weapon possession. Her attorney, Scott Leemon, said, "I ask everyone to keep an open mind. Things are not always as they seem."

A 911 call reporting gunfire Saturday in the city's Meatpacking District led police to a woman with a gunshot wound to her lower torso just before 4 a.m. Three blocks away, officers discovered a luxury SUV owned by Remy Ma; the vehicle had been involved in a single-car crash and abandoned, police said.

The victim, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, was listed in stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital. Remy Ma was nominated for a Grammy as part of the Terror Squad for the 2004 summer smash "Lean Back." Last year she released a solo album, There's Something About Remy.
- AP

Gore's daughter weds

Al Gore

's youngest daughter,

Sarah

, was married Saturday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to a family spokeswoman.

Sarah Gore, 28, married Bill Lee, 36, a Los Angeles businessman, said a spokeswoman, who declined to give any further details.

The daughter of the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee is a Harvard grad and a medical student at the University of California, San Francisco. Sarah is the third of Al and Tipper Gore's four children.

Their oldest daughter, Karenna, 34, is married to Drew Schiff, and Kristin Gore, 30, is married to Paul Cusack. Al Gore III, 24, is single and lives in Los Angeles.
- AP