ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

MOVIES

An Action Actor Takes Action

As Congress bears down on Hollywood for peddling violent fare to children, Jet Li, star of “Kiss of the Dragon,” has issued a cautionary word about the 20th Century Fox film opening July 6. “ ‘Kiss of the Dragon’ is an adult movie and deals with adult themes . . . [and] utilizes very realistic, hard-core, action-packed fight sequences,” Li cautioned on his Web site, https://www.jetli.com. “The movie is rated R. I ask that you please do not take your young children to see [it].” The 38-year-old Chinese actor wasn’t above hyping his next film, however. “The One” opens Nov. 2, he said, and is rated PG-13.

Second Thoughts Kick In

Sharon Stone is taking aim at the Los Angeles Zoo, where a Komodo dragon crushed the toe of her husband, San Francisco Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein, on June 9. Having initially said the zoo was blameless, she’s now criticizing the lack of response. “The zookeeper who was there with us was paralyzed and unable to do anything to help in any way,” Stone told Associated Press Radio. “I made a tourniquet out of his socks. . . . He had such a severe injury and we were alone and I was screaming for help and no one was there to hear us.” Bronstein was asked by the zookeeper to remove his white tennis shoes to keep the reptile from mistaking them from the white rats it eats. According to a Chronicle spokesman, the editor is still in Los Angeles on heavy antibiotics and not expected back to work until next week. Stone said it will take Bronstein about four months to walk again. A zoo spokeswoman declined to comment.

He’s 95 . . . and Going Strong

Film director and writer Billy Wilder is celebrating his 95th birthday today with a new book on his work and a prestigious honor from the French government. Taschen, a German art book publisher, has issued an illustrated book on “Some Like It Hot,” Wilder’s 1959 comedic masterpiece, just in time for the big day. And he’s been named grand officer of the Legion of Honor, the highest accolade given by the French except for heads of state. “It’s a good beginning,” the director said of the festivities ushering in his 96th year.

TELEVISION

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

In 1999, CBS and NBC joined other broadcast networks running condom ads, first aired by Fox a decade ago. But, according to a study issued Tuesday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, those commercials are still a rare commodity, shown infrequently or late at night. Although TV ads for other contraceptives and Viagra have proliferated, ABC, WB and UPN still refrain from showing condom ads. (WB says it incorporates pro-condom messages into some programming, and ABC and UPN have aired public service announcements promoting condom use.) Cable has a better track record: MTV, Comedy Central, BET, CNN, TNT, USA and TBS are among those promoting safe sex.

Showtime, CNN Receive Emmys

Showtime and CNN will each receive a Governors’ Award Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with the pay channel being honored for its commitment to diversity and the news network for its impact on television news. Recent Showtime series include “Resurrection Blvd.” (which focuses on Latinos), “Soul Food” (about an African American family) and “Queer as Folk” (a look at an aspect of gay culture). The academy noted that Showtime has “done more in one season to represent the current face of America than many of the other networks combined.” The awards will be presented Sept. 8.

QUICK TAKES

Lars Nittve, director of London’s hugely successful new Tate Modern art museum, stunned the art world Wednesday by announcing his resignation, effective late July. He will return to his native Sweden to direct Stockholm’s Museum of Modern Art. . . . Both gold medal winners from the recent 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will appear with the Pacific Symphony at Irvine’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Stanislav Ioudenitch will be soloist July 21 and Olga Kern on Aug. 25.