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In thousands of reviews, Mike Hale developed a reputation for being thoughtful yet brutally honest.

Perry's latest melodrama follows a romance between a prison inmate and the woman he saved during a riot.

The president told attendees celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the White House to watch their step while touring the unfinished ballroom: "Only a Hispanic could survive that fall."

This week in Newly Reviewed, Travis Diehl covers Celeste Dupuy-Spencer's visionary pictures, Marc Kokopeli's jewelry store, Michael Assiff's depictions of environmental spoilage, and Alfredo Jaar's riffs on American logos.

The rapper, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts, is accused of attacking a woman who was his girlfriend at the time at their home on Aug. 28, the authorities said.

Peck's choreography in "Grandes Études" for the Northern Ballet shows off qualities she is known for as a ballerina: speed, virtuosity, musicality.

An ad produced by the manufacturing company SKF Group featured a digital version of the Swedish American actress, who died in 1990. Not all viewers found the replica convincing.

The show, "a live radio play," will run during this year's holiday season. The cast includes Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.

"I'm so happy here. Honestly," Gustavo Dudamel, the superstar conductor, said at the New York Philharmonic's season-opening gala on Wednesday.

Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson vie for Josh Hartnett and the moral high ground in this batty melodrama.