Film & Stage Reviews

‘New York’ Squanders Kabir Khan’s Talent for a Song: Review Federal Bureau of Investigation agents stop a taxi and discover weapons in the trunk.

“Harry Potter” Movie Tickets Selling 2 Weeks Before Opening Moviegoers are buying advance tickets for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” two weeks ahead of its July 15 release, signaling continued appetite for films based on the J.K. Rowling novels.

Karl Malden, Academy Award-Winning Actor, Pitchman, Dies at 97 Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed actor who won an Academy Award for his supporting role in “Streetcar Named Desire” and became a fixture in American Express Co. advertising, has died. He was 97.

Depp’s Dillinger Hunted by Dour Bale; Queen’s Mammoth Kid: Film Filmmakers have long been fascinated with John Dillinger, the charismatic, Depression-era bank robber gunned down by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater in 1934.

Choreographer Pina Bausch Dies at 68, After Cancer Diagnosis Pina Bausch, the German choreographer renowned for her pioneering, collage-like stagings that meshed dance and theater, died this morning, Tanztheater Wuppertal said on its Web site. She was 68.

Artists Beyonce, Ne-Yo Honor Michael Jackson at BET Awards Show Beyonce, Ne-Yo and other musical artists paid tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards, turning the televised ceremony into a memorial following the singer’s unexpected death last week.

Anti-Gay Student, Neo-Nazis Challenge Free Speech Limits: TV If you think someone is watching you, paranoia may not be the only explanation.

Dead Kid Beckons Rich, Pill-Popping Mom in ‘Mouse’: John Simon Carole Gaunt’s appealing “Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse” could as easily have landed on the small screen as on the Beckett Theatre’s modest New York stage. Sure enough, the author has appeared as actress on the Lifetime cable network.