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A tuned up “Fast & Furious” zoomed to No. 1 at the weekend box office, selling an unexpectedly strong $72.5 million in tickets in North American theaters.

Original post by By BROOKS BARNES

For making news in the staid world of classical music, nothing topped David Robertson’s unplanned New York debut as a singer during the symphony’s concert.

Original post by By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Michael Crichton, the best-selling author who died last year, left behind at least one finished novel and about one-third of a second. Both will be released over the next year and a half.

Original post by By MOTOKO RICH

This family comedy about a goofy suburban dad — played by Bob Saget — is ABC’s relapse.

Original post by By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

The mind-bending pyrotechnics — visual, aural and intellectual — never stop in this wondrous production by the Wooster Group.

Original post by By BEN BRANTLEY

Roger Friedman, an entertainment columnist for FoxNews.com, was terminated after writing about “X-Men Origins: Wolverine, ” which was leaked on the Web last week.

Original post by By BROOKS BARNES

L. J. Davis’s 1971 novel “A Meaningful Life,” was reissued last month, after enjoying, if that’s the right word, 38 years with some level of cult-classic status.

Original post by By ERIC KONIGSBERG

Two Off Broadway theater companies, Voice & Vision and Crossing Jamaica Avenue, will team up to present “The Hiroshima Project.”

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The New Victory Theater will present the Imaginate Festival this fall, with financing from the Scottish government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund.

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“Passchendaele,” a World War I drama written and directed by Paul Gross, won six awards including best film at the 29th annual Genie Awards.

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