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Review: 'The Family Stone' (AP via Yahoo! News) - As the war on Christmas rages across the nation — at least on Fox News Channel — the holiday remains firmly intact with "The Family Stone," your typical feel-good, feel-bad, feel-good-again family Christmas movie.

Review: The Guardian Year 2005 (Guardian Unlimited) - From sudoku and the tsunami to Katrina and Camilla, Jon Snow takes a look back at a year that many would prefer to forget with The Guardian Year 2005.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 10-16: Chita and Charity (Playbill) - Theatre folks love Chita Rivera. Even critics. They showed as much on Dec. 12, when they bowed down at the glory of her long career, talent, professionalism and general likability. They weren't as impressed with the vehicle through which she chose to communicate those admirable qualities, an autobiographical trip down memory lane penned by Terrence McNally called Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life,

Movie review: First-rate casting elevates 'The Family Stone' (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) seems to be the only member of his family who enjoys the company of his latest love, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker).

Review: The Family Stone (Cinematical) - Filed under: Theatrical Reviews , 20th Century Fox , Comedy , Drama , New Releases , Gay & Lesbian Thomas Bezucha’s big family drama-comedy The Family Stone sets its tone pretty early on, with eldest son Everett ( Dermot Mulroney ) bringing his long-time girlfriend Meredith ( Sarah Jessica Parker ) home for the holidays. She’s apprehensive about meeting his family en masse, but

Movie review: ‘The Family Stone' (Metromix.com) - With mid-December buzz focused squarely on gay cowboys and Israeli assassins, and Tim Allen on "Santa Clause" hiatus, there's room in the Hollywood holiday landscape for a warm and cozy, frothy and familiar Christmas weeper.

Review: Disney on Ice brings magic to Pepsi Arena (Saratogian) - ALBANY -- It was an enchanting evening at the Pepsi Arena Wednesday night as Disney on Ice brought its 'Princess Classics' to town. Little girls came in fancy dresses and sparkling crowns and little boys brandished lighted swords, ready to be the hero. It was definitely a show for everyone.

Family Stone, The (ReelViews) - It's a tough thing for a dysfunctional-family-at-Christmas movie to avoid doses of melodrama, and it's fair to say that The Family Stone contains its share. But the nice thing about the movie is that it avoids overt manipulation.

FADED SECURITY (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - When Carol Currier showed up at Chase bank last week to retrieve the contents of her flooded safe deposit box, she had one thing on her mind: a 40-year-old note from Elvis Presley.

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