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The welcome darkness of the new ‘Harry Potter’
Warner Brothers has squired along the "Harry Potter" films with mostly smart decisions, and the arrival of No. 6, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," does nothing to derail the series' momentum. David Yates, who ably directed 2007's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," returns for a second go-round; he’s currently also directing the two-film adaptation of the last of the books, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Dinner With the Family: It’s More Important Than You Might Think
When was the last time you had dinner with your family? It is the meal we often skip because we work late, the kids have sporting events or we get tired from daily activities. But, skipping dinner with the family is detrimental to the family dynamic.
Debbie Rowe does not want Michael Jackson’s kids, but is mulling bid for custody anyway
Debbie Rowe told a backstabbing pal "Hell no!" to the idea of raising the two kids she bore ex-hubby Michael Jackson, bombshell e-mails she reportedly wrote reveal.
"Do I want the kids? Hell no! Does it look good for me to ask for them? Absolutely," she wrote July 5 to friend Rebecca White, ExtraTV.com reported. "I don't want to look like the woman who gave away her kids."
Rowe, 50, is considering a custody bid for Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, as her lawyers discuss private settlement options with grandmother Katherine Jackson, sources told the Daily News.
Michael Jackson's youngest child, Blanket, 7, was born to a secret surrogate.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Review
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the latest big-screen iteration of the global phenomenon, is merely the sixth chapter in a now eight-part series that, much like its young hero, played by Daniel Radcliffe, has begun to show signs of stress around the edges, a bit of fatigue, or maybe that’s just my gnawing impatience.
Not that the director, David Yates, doesn’t keep things moving and flying and soaring, his cameras slashing through the gloom that has settled onto this epic endeavor like a damp, enveloping fog and at times threatened to snuff out its joy as terminally as a soul-sucking Dementor.
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