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TV Review: CSI:NY - "One Wedding And A Funeral" (Blogcritics.org) - Stella has a bombshell for Drew while Mac closes in on the 333 caller. There's nothing like getting married in Central Park. Unless, of course, murder interrupts. When Brett Dohn (Bill Heck, The Closer) is discovered dead by his fiancee Emma Blackston (Emily Foxler), Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise), head of the NYPD crime lab, and homicide Det. Don Flack team up with Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill ...

Music review: Billy Joel's past pleasures (The Oregonian) - Billy Joel isn't trying to keep up with the Joneses -- or the White Stripes or the Hives or the Shins or whatever other band is drawing the latest critical gushes. He doesn't have to. He's Billy Joel.

Gotham Awards Chase Indie Spirit (The New York Sun) - Before the National Board of Review (December 5) and the New York Film Critics (December 10) kick the 2007 movie awards season into a frenzy, the independent film world will take center stage at Tuesday night's annual Gotham Awards ceremony at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn — the first prominent indicator of what art-house titles could make the leap to serious award contenders. Leading the bill ...

Review: 'Margot at the Wedding' (The Oregonian) - During the holiday movie season, there's usually something for every demographic, including bitter moviegoers aghast at the notion of enforced proximity to their dysfunctional families.

Review: Clueless 'Margot' spoils sister's wedding (San Francisco Chronicle) - RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Margot at the Wedding: Comedy-drama. Starring Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black. Directed by Noah Baumbach. (R. 91 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Writer-director Noah Baumbach likes to cast a wide net. He throws a...

Book Review: Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain by Scott Adams (Blogcritics.org) - The creator of "Dilbert" puts together a hefty helping of comic bloggish musings. In a recent episode of Corner Gas (recent to the U.S., that is), Hank Yarbo, the Canadian sitcom's chatty doofus, launched his own web log as a forum for his less-than-deep ruminations on topics like who would win in a fight between werewolves and robots. The rest of the show's characters encouraged Hank in his ...

Review: Short prep time doesn't hurt performance of 'Don Pasquale' (Norwalk Advocate) - In the spirit of "the show must go on," the Connecticut Grand Opera & Orchestra mounted a semistaged production of Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera, "Don Pasquale," at the Palace Theatre Saturday, Nov. 17. The originally scheduled opera, Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore," was scotched by technical and contractual difficulties two weeks before the performance date. It is a credit to the individual ...

Review: Short prep time doesn't hurt performance of 'Don Pasquale' (Greenwich Time) - In the spirit of "the show must go on," the Connecticut Grand Opera & Orchestra mounted a semistaged production of Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera, "Don Pasquale," at the Palace Theatre Saturday, Nov. 17. The originally scheduled opera, Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore," was scotched by technical and contractual difficulties two weeks before the performance date.

Maya challenges Noida 'jinx' to attend wedding (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News) - The Noida 'jinx' could not keep Mayawati away from a wedding feast. If the jinx comes true, Mayawati should be out of power within the next six months.

Review: The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam (Guardian Unlimited) - Jane Gardam's the People on Privilege Hill is a brilliant assortment of unusual tales, tragedies and the odd comedy