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Books: Hazards of the wedding night laid bare (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Say what one will about the sexual revolution, one thing it's probably improved is the wedding night. Writing in "The Second Sex," published in 1953, Simone de Beauvoir described how the sanctity of a woman's virginity meant that a woman "was supposed to accomplish in a few hours -- or minutes -- her entire sexual initiation." In Ian McEwan's elegant, unflinching new novella, "On Chesil Beach," ...

After the Wedding (***) | How life can take change of direction (Miami Herald) - This review ran previously as part of coverage of the Miami International Film Festival.

Look Here! Summer Means Great American Wedding (The Morning News) - Most summers, visitors to the Hawkins House at the Rogers Historical Museum get to experience a great American ritual -- the wedding. This year will be no different.

Review: New 'Fantastic Four' better, still bad (CNN.com) - LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The filmmakers behind all these comic-book adaptations always insist they won't come back for more unless the sequels can top the originals. The "Fantastic Four" gang has managed to outdo itself the second time around -- and still make a bad movie.

Fast-Paised review: 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' (Metromix.com) - Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd) and Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba) put their wedding plans on hold to take on the Silver Surfer, a CGI blob voiced by Laurence Fishburne that specializes in destroying planets.

Review: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Stuff) - Calm down, lads. Jessica Alba gets married in the Fantastic Four sequel, something that's sure to cause grief among the legions of fans that worship at the Hollywood hottie's feet.

Review: Cool Silver Surfer keeps 'Fantastic Four' sequel from sinking (The Salt Lake Tribune) - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer * WHERE: Theaters everywhere.

REVIEW: ‘Fantastic Four’ (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Silver Surfer amps up the fun.

'Silver Surfer' is dead flat (Orange County Register) - Review: Turns out the villain is the most human character here – and he's an alien.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Fantastic Four' sequel better than first film (Centre Daily Times) - Short, cheesy and to the point, "Fantastic Five," er, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" has the same goofy tone, the same light touch as its predecessor.