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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,

Jack Kelly: A great day in Iraq (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - The first person to vote in Babylon in the Iraqi parliamentary election was 65-year-old Jasim Hameed, who is wheelchair-bound.

WEEKLY (The Plain Dealer) - Munich - Steven Spielberg directs this look at the investigation after the tragedy at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when Palestinian terrorists killed Israeli athletes.

Riches to rags (East Liverpool Review) - EAST LIVERPOOL - An early-morning fire on Sept. 23 destroyed the Taylor Mansion at 894 Park Blvd., writing a sad final footnote to a story of a pottery fortune lost and an aristocratic pottery family humbled but not broken.

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.