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Deep Thoughts on Wedding Survival (Jewish World Review) - http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | After an earlier column on "Wedding Psychosis"(A New Diagnosis is Born, Nov. 19, 2004) some readers wanted to know if I had any deep after-thoughts on weddings and wedding survival.

Review: The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Stuff) - You may remember American comedian Steve Carell from such movies as Anchorman, Melinda and Melinda, and Bewitched. Carell is also the star of the American remake of the UK sitcom The Office.

REVIEW / 'Butchers' isn't author O'Brien's prime cutlet (San Francisco Chronicle) - RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Family Butchers: Drama. By Edna O&

The Occasion Cannery Hours (Pitchfork) - The Occasion make languid and unpushful music, cloaked in fussy textures and not particularly eager to please. This means two things: That their New York City provenance will raise eyebrows, and that this review will be full of awkward synesthetic similes (A.S.S. in future mentions).

MOVIE REVIEW - LITTLE MANHATTAN (The Jamaica Observer) - NEW YORK, USA (AP) - Nearly every romantic comedy shot in New York since Woody Allen's Manhattan has purported itself to be a love letter to the city.

Constantine gets a TV gig; Jim Morrison's ex speaks (USA Today) - Each weekday I post entertainment-related updates about things you want to know, should know and may feel like sharing with everyone you know. E-mail me at wmatheson@usatoday.com. All times are ET.

Observer review: Ashes 2005 and others (Guardian Unlimited) - A momentous, magical summer of cricket is celebrated in a glut of Ashes-related books.

Out There: Mr. Buck's Wild Ride (Fox News) - Mental patient steals ambulance, attempts to treat dead deer; pig prevents cops from evicting owner; 'marry your baby daddy day' successful.

'Phantom' still captivates (Miami Herald) - The Phantom and his musical are still haunting after all these years. Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, the '80s megamusical that launched the new Broward Center for the Performing Arts on a dark and stormy night in 1991, has returned for another five-week run. It's the third Fort Lauderdale visit by the musical that on Jan. 9 will become the longest-running show in Broadway

'Raunch' and the mysteries of back-formation (International Herald Tribune) - The increasing use of ''raunch'' shows that nouns - especially the short, punchy ones - can define an era.