Miller slams Rock Hall

Steve Miller had just performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Friday night, but he wasn’t finished. He was just getting started. The new inductee ripped the rock hall in a backstage interview, calling the evening a ‘‘lazy’’ night with ‘‘a bunch of fat cats.’’ ‘‘I don’t know why I was nominated for this because I said this for 30 years,’’ the 72-year-old singer-guitarist said. ‘‘I don’t get along with the people running it. When I found out about it, I felt like I was in a [expletive] reality TV show.’’ Miller added he only appeared at the ceremony for the sake of his fans. ‘‘My fans take it seriously,’’ he said. ‘‘I really didn’t want to show up.’’ Also entering the rock hall at the ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center was the rap group N.W.A., along with 1970s-era rock acts Cheap Trick, Chicago, and Deep Purple. HBO will air highlights of the show on April 30. (AP)

‘The Boss’ rules box office

Step aside, Batman and Superman. Melissa McCarthy is ‘‘The Boss’’ at the box office now. The actress’s latest comedy narrowly topped ‘‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’’ at the weekend box office with a $23.5 million debut, according to comScore estimates Sunday. McCarthy’s win wasn’t a total knockout. The Warner Bros. superhero smackdown starring Ben Affleck as the Dark Knight and Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel nabbed $23.4 million in its third weekend. “Batman v Superman’’ has earned an estimated $296.7 million to date. Disney’s ‘‘Zootopia’’ landed in third place with $14.4 million. In its sixth weekend, the animated film has earned a total domestic haul of $296 million. The weekend’s only other newcomer, the action romp ‘‘Hardcore Henry,’’ opened in fifth place with a dismal $5.1 million. (AP)