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Sideshow: Plenty of people saw ghosts over weekend

The misbehaving ghost of Paranormal Activity 2 reached right into the wallets and purses of movie audiences over the weekend and extracted $41.5 million.

The misbehaving ghost of

Paranormal Activity 2

reached right into the wallets and purses of movie audiences over the weekend and extracted $41.5 million.

Now, that's scary.

The pseudo-documentary, a more polished prequel and sequel to last year's low-budget hit, was the weekend's top box-office draw, kicking last week's leader, Jackass 3D, down into second place, with $21.6 million.

The slapstick action flick Red, with Bruce Willis and a cast that includes Helen Mirren as a hit woman, grabbed third place, with $15 million.

Hereafter, Clint Eastwood's peek into the next world, took in $12 million for fourth place as it expanded into national release.

The Social Network, a comedy of manners about the founders of Facebook, finished fifth for the weekend, with receipts of $7.3 million.

Daughter for Damon . . .

Luciana Damon

, wife of

Matt Damon,

gave birth to the couple's third daughter on Wednesday in New York City, according to Damon's rep,

Jennifer Allen

. The newcomer's name is

Stella Zavala Damon

. She joins

Gia

, born in 2008, and

Isabella

, born in 2006. Luciana Damon has a daughter,

Alexa

, from a previous marriage.

. . . and sons for Dion

Celine Dion

, who has long said she wanted more children but was having trouble getting pregnant, gave birth Saturday to twin sons in West Palm Beach, Fla. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and the other 5 pounds, 4 ounces, according to an announcement by St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm. The boys arrived about a month early. No names yet.

The five-time Grammy winner and her husband-manager, Rene Angelil, have a 9-year-old son, Rene Charles. Dion, 42, had spoken openly of undergoing in-vitro fertilization.

Levi undecided

Neophyte Alaska statesman

Levi Johnston

has said he doesn't know whether he'll make his run for mayor of Wasilla as a Democrat or Republican. The father of

Bristol Palin

's son plans to run as part of a reality TV show. He said on

Real Time With Bill Maher

on Friday that he's working on a platform.