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Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.

End of 'Avengers' movies cloaked in high-level Hollywood secrecy

Walt Disney Co's Marvel Studios went to great lengths to keep the plot of the movie "Avengers: Endgame" under wraps until its highly anticipated debut in theaters this week, the stars and directors said in interviews. "Endgame" will offer the "grand conclusion" to a 22-movie story for six of Marvel's Avengers -- Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye and the Hulk, according to Joe Russo, who directed the new film with his brother Anthony.

Memoir Prince was writing before death to be released in October

An unfinished memoir that Prince was writing before his 2016 death will be released in October, with previously unseen photos and other material rounding out the book, the publisher Penguin Random House said on Monday. The Grammy Award-winning artist, known for his androgynous style and sexually-charged songs, announced in March 2016 at a New York City club that he was working on a memoir.

Pop singer Adele parts with husband

British pop singer Adele and her husband have separated, her representatives said on Saturday. One of the most successful singer-songwriters of all time, Adele and water charity executive Simon Konecki met in 2011. They had a son a year later, and married in 2016.

Box Office: 'Curse of La Llorona' Wins Worst Easter Weekend in Over a Decade

Warner Bros. and New Line's "The Curse of La Llorona" ascended to the top of domestic box office charts, conjuring $26.5 million when it opened in 3,372 North American theaters. "La Llorona" is the latest horror movie to outperform expectations, further cementing the genre as a reliable box office draw. Even so, "La Llorona" and other new releases "Breakthrough" and "Penguins" couldn't salvage movie theaters from suffering the worst Easter weekend showing in almost 15 years. This weekend's offerings amassed $112 million in ticket sales, the lowest haul since 2005, according to Comscore. The decline in sales is likely because the rest of Hollywood avoided opening a big movie ahead of Disney and Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame," which is expected to crush records when it debuts on April 26.