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    "Guru" falls short of comedy nirvana (Reuters)

    Cast member Mike Myers gestures at the premiere of 'The Love Guru' at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California June 11, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - After the "Austin Powers" trilogy, there was a sense that comedian Mike Myers had elevated his game. He evolved the series from slapdash skits into real movies that had connective tissue and continuing characters. "Love Guru" is a regressive step in the extreme.


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    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:09:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    'Arias With a Twist' mixes puppetry with music (AP)

    In this image released by The Karpel Group, Joey Arias is shown in a scene from 'Arias with a Twist,' playing at off-Broadway's HERE Arts Center in New York through July 13. (AP Photo/ The Karpel Group, Carol Rosegg0AP - Aliens, demons and disco mushrooms may not appear to have much in common on the surface, but they are all used to fantastical effect in "Arias With a Twist," now playing at the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre in the newly renovated HERE Arts Center in Soho.


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    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:21:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    "Hamlet" update lost in Central Park (Reuters)

    A skull from a production of Hamlet is seen in a file photo. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - A "Hamlet" set in a contemporary military government is a reasonable concept. But "Hamlet" needs more than a current idea: It needs well-paced staging and top-flight acting.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:54:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    "Get Smart" not nearly smart enough (Reuters)

    A scene from the film 'Get Smart'. (Warner Bros./Handout/Reuters)Reuters - "Get Smart" the movie has precious little to do with "Get Smart" the iconic TV series from the 1960s -- but then again, the movie has precious little to do with screen comedy, either.


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    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:55:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    Reviewers praise Royal Opera's `Ariadne auf Naxos' (AP)

    In this undated handout image made available by the Royal Opera House in London, Robert D. Smith, left, as Bacchus  and American soprano Deborah Voigt, 47, right, as 'Ariadne auf Naxos', are seen during a rehearsal for the famous Richard Strauss opera. The soprano returns to the Royal Opera House stage Monday June 16, 2008, four years after the company fired her for being too big to fit into the black evening dress chosen for the title character that opera.The decision sparked a ferocious debate about weight discrimination in opera. Now a slimmer Voigt is back in the same opera, the same role — and wearing 'that' dress. (AP Photo/Clive Barda, handout)AP - She's lost the weight, but has she lost the voice?


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    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:05:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    "Guru" falls short of comedy nirvana (Reuters)

    Cast member Mike Myers gestures at the premiere of 'The Love Guru' at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California June 11, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - After the "Austin Powers" trilogy, there was a sense that comedian Mike Myers had elevated his game. He evolved the series from slapdash skits into real movies that had connective tissue and continuing characters. "Love Guru" is a regressive step in the extreme.


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    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:25:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    Review: `Love Guru' lame self-help romp (AP)

    In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Jessica Alba, left, Mike Myers, center, and Manu Narayan star in the comedy 'The Love Guru.' (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, George Kraychyk)AP - In "The Love Guru," Mike Myers must come to love himself before he can love others. From the credits of this scattershot comedy sketch stretched and strained to movie length, Myers clearly loved himself to the point of narcissism going in.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:52:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    Scenes from Mexico City show its human heart (AP)
    AP - "First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century" (Riverhead Books. 336 pages, $25.95), by David Lida: Mexico City is a sprawling, throbbing stew of 20 million people, but David Lida, in his new book, cuts through the chaos with an array of verbal snapshots that aim to paint the city's soul. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:02:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    An overly agitated Hamlet stalks the stage in Central Park (AP)
    AP - There's melancholy and then there's wildly beyond melancholy — Michael Stuhlbarg's portrayal of the depressed title character in "Hamlet," the Public Theater's first outdoor offering of the summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:58:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    'Ninja Gaiden,' 'Bourne Conspiracy' deliver nonstop thrills (AP)
    AP - The truly great action films of our time — "Die Hard," "The Road Warrior," "Aliens," say — can be summed up in one word: relentless. Once they get in gear, they put the pedal to the metal and don't slow down. If only "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Whatever" had such single-minded drive. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:48:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    NYCB spring season highlighted by stellar Woetzel (AP)

    In this undated image released by the New York City Ballet, Damian Woetzel performs in 'Dances at a Gathering,' at the New York City Ballet in New York.  (AP Photo/New York City Ballet, Paul Kolnik)AP - Two compelling figures have dominated the rich spring season at New York City Ballet: a choreographer and a dancer.


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    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:02:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    Music Review: Coldplay's melodic `Viva La Vida' (AP)
    AP - Coldplay, "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" (Capitol Records) -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:20:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    "Call Girl" reveals secrets but restrains humor (Reuters)
    Reuters - As projects go, "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" had an odder origin than most. Its unusual path to the screen could explain why it's hardly the comedy that Showtime marketing suggests but more of a slice-of-life comic drama filled with the business of sex. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:56:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    Liz Tuccillo's first novel is a dating travelogue (AP)
    AP - "How to Be Single" (Atria Books. 352 pages. $24.95), by Liz Tuccillo: As women line up to see "Sex and the City" on the big screen, one of the HBO series' writers is debuting her novel about — what else? — dating and the single woman. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:54:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
    Review: `Hulk' smashes a lot, but lacks heart (AP)

    In this image released by Universal Studios, the Hulk is shown in a scene from, 'The Incredible Hulk.' (AP Photo/Universal Studios, Rhythm & Hues)AP - The fanboys will probably be happy with the latest incarnation of "The Incredible Hulk." At least we can say that much for it — and that's something we most assuredly could not say about Ang Lee and James Schamus' somber, introspective and largely derided take in 2003 on the beloved Marvel Comics hero.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:15:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews
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