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Review of `On Chesil Beach' (The Charlotte Observer) - "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan; Nan A. Talese/Doubleday ($22) Talk about minimalism: Ian McEwan's new novel, "On Chesil Beach," unfolds almost entirely over the course of a young couple's wedding night, and the plot hinges on a brief moment of sexual awkwardness. It's the book McEwan seems to have been building toward for years: His last novel, "Saturday," had a similarly compressed time frame, ...

Scarface: The World Is Yours Review [Wii] (GameSpot) - There's nothing else quite like Scarface on the Wii yet, but the gamepad-to-Wii Remote transition has made this lackluster game play even worse.

Charmed by Bach triple play (Orange County Register) - Review: At the Baroque Music Festival three cantatas by the master of the genre reveal his lighter side.

Movie Review - Cheeni Kum (HindiSong.com) - A bold attempt, which is ought to receive lot of praises along with criticism. The director has the guts to handle a love between a 64-year-old man, Buddhadev Gupta [Amitabh Bachchan] and a 34-year-old woman, Nina Verma [Tabu]. Director Balki's story telling and execution talents are commendable.

CD Review: Big & Rich (Tucson Citizen) - "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" (Warner Bros.) Grade: B Genre: Country

Review: Lord of the Rings (The Globe and Mail) - The eye is dazzled, the ear's not so sure

Play review (The Acorn) - The best way to experience "The Murder Room" at the Stage Door Theatre is to see it, because describing it would give too many spoilers and ruin the fun of this madcap mystery. The script by Jack Sharkey is a spoof of British mystery thrillers.

Theater Review: Frost/Nixon , Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, New York (Blogcritics.org) - Well, now that he's gone and won the Tony, you all may be in line to get your tickets to see Frank Langella. Oh, that I could dissuade you and point you to some other theatre. Langella's Nixon is one of the most overblown creations I have seen on the stage. He has created a caricature of Nixon that is so far off the charts you need the safety of third or fourth balcony to escape being clubbed ...

Wedding Party Arrested; NFL Player Among Them (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia) - A bride and groom spent their first night as a married couple behind bars. Police arrested members of their wedding party, which included a member of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Movie Review: Miss Potter (Blogcritics.org) - Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 and raised in a stuffy Victorian home. Her mother’s greatest ambition for her was that she would make a good marriage match. But Miss Potter was not going to settle down just to please her parents. In a time when women were expected to marry and keep house, she was an author and an artist; she fought for land conservation, worked on a farm, and was a first-rate ...