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REVIEW:Foreign film, "After the Wedding," has universal appeal (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - There's a lot of crying in "After the Wedding," the latest film from director Susanne Bier. But where some filmmakers would allow the proceedings to slip into soap opera, she approaches this tale of regret and redemption with graceful restraint.

TV Review: Boston Legal - "Tea and Sympathy" (Blogcritics.org) - When Paul Lewiston (Rene Auberjonois) enters the office of Denise Bauer (Julie Bowen), he notices something is amiss. She and Brad Chase (Mark Valley) are having a disagreement of some sort. Paul discreetly leaves, but Denise later tells him what happened. Brad, a former Marine, wants to have a military wedding. Even though Denise is proud of his service, she knows her family would not be keen ...

Review: 'Lucky You' Needs To Fold (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta) - The Drew Barrymore-Eric Bana gambling romance "Lucky You" is, well, short on luck. Find out why with our @ The Movies review.

Viewers should celebrate this `Wedding' (The Charlotte Observer) - After his brush with international fame as the evil Le Chiffre in "Casino Royale," Mads Mikkelsen has gone back to Denmark. He predicted he would in a September interview at the Toronto International Film Festival: "My base is back home. Those are my stories. What happens (in America) is icing on the cake."

TV Review: Grey's Anatomy Spins Off And Spins Out (Blogcritics.org) - I’ll admit it. I started watching Grey’s Anatomy because everyone else was doing it. Call it peer pressure. Call it curiosity. Whatever. I became a McSheep like the rest the planet. The characters are likeable. The dialogue is snappy even if the plotlines are too drawn out at times. It’s highly addictive and I usually don’t like hospital shows. The music is some of the best on television. ...

Review: Odds Not In Favor Of 'Lucky You' (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley) - If you think a gambling movie with a romance mixed in is a safe bet, you may want to reconsider seeing "Lucky You." Find out why with our @ The Movies interview.

Review: Uneven debut for "Grey's" spin-off (KATU Portland) - ABC folded the pilot for a spin-off series (starring Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Shepherd) into an extended episode of their hit show.

Movie review: SPIDER-MAN 3 **** (The Toledo Blade) - Oh, what a tangled web.

You're invited (Petoskey News-Register) - Mailing out hundreds of wedding invitations has gotten a whole lot easier.

Setting The Scene For A Backyard Bash (Hartford Courant) - If there is any time of year that rivals the December holidays for partygiving, it has to be May. Graduations, wedding showers, Mother's Day, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day weekend -- they all happen in the next few days and weeks and set a tone for a summer season of weddings, anniversaries, July Fourth celebrations and Labor Day wrap-ups.