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Review: Wilson not strong enough to elevate clich-driven 'Drillbit' (The Salt Lake Tribune) - Owen Wilson has built a surprisingly sturdy career playing amiable rascals in such buddy comedies as "Wedding Crashers" and "Starsky and Hutch." In those movies, his shaggy charm was an effective counterpart to the comic intensity of Vince Vaughn or Ben Stiller.

Price of Gold Not Worth Its Weight for Shoppers (Washington Post) - Not many people have come in to buy gold jewelry at Chas Schwartz & Son lately. But plenty of customers have arrived with gold baubles to sell -- class rings, wedding bands, even gold teeth.

Your Big Fat Foolish Wedding (Washington Post) - In several recent online discussions, I've gotten into a debate about the cost of a wedding.

Movie Review: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Box Office Prophets) - If you've seen Meet the Parents, Sweet Home Alabama or The Family Stone, then you've pretty much already seen Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, only slightly more superior forms of it.

Review: You know the drill (St. Joseph News-Press) - If Owen Wilson had a business card, it would read “comic wingman.” The surfer dude/everyman has helped amp up the level of laughs, most memorably in comedies with Vince Vaughn (“Wedding Crashers”) and Ben Stiller (in both “Starsky and Hutch” and “Zoolander”).

Movie Review: Horton Hears a Who (Blogcritics.org) - Excellent animation in this excellent Dr. Seuss film adaptation backed by an all-star comedy cast. "A person's a person, no matter how small."This Dr. Seuss film adaptation fills the screen with amazing animation backed by an all-star cast of eclectic comedians who make the most of their roles. Jim Carrey voices Horton the elephant with great comic timing. Horton's great hearing abilities help ...

Book Review: Jennifer Cody Epstein's 'The Painter From Shanghai' (International Herald Tribune) - The Painter From Shanghai By Jennifer Cody Epstein. 416 pages. $24.95. W.W. Norton & Company.

Wesley Hills sewage backup claim still under review (The Journal News) - WESLEY HILLS - More than seven months have passed since sewage overflowed into Raphael Ziegler's basement. He said this week that despite assurances by county officials that he would be fully compensated for his family's losses, he has yet to receive a check.

State sues caterers over 'nightmare' wedding receptions (Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian) - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state is suing the operators of a Columbus catering business that Attorney General Marc Dann says turned wedding receptions into "total nightmares."

Review: Teatro’s ‘Butterfly’ has wings (Naples Daily News) - “Madama Butterfly” was the first opera I ever saw. I was 11 years old and told myself afterward, “I never want to see THAT again.” Five Butterflies later, an outstanding production will send me out of the theater muttering the same thing. So the Teatro Lirico d’Europa performance at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts Monday night earned my highest praise: “Ugh. I never want to see this opera ...