A Christmas Carol

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Seeing Stars in Hollywood and New York

David Finkle | Posted 12.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim Carrey, Angela Lansbury, All About Steve, Bill Pullman, Oleanna, Hugh Jackman, A View From the Bridge, Kristin Stewart, Cate Blanchett, God of Carnage, James Cameron, Avatar, The Blind Side, A Little Night Music, The Proposal, Julia Stiles, Wicked, Sandra Bullock, Twilight, A Christmas Carol, Robert Pattinson, A Steady Rain, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Hangover, Arthur Miller, Jude Law, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tom Cruise, David Mamet, Daniel Craig, Entertainment News

Just as the Hollywood Powers That Be are beginning to consider the lessening impact of box-office stars, the Broadway Powers That Be are concluding the only box-office sure-things are star names.

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The Inbox Stuffer: Five Articles To Read Over the Holidays

Delia Lloyd | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Inbox Stuffers, Anne Patchett, Pavel Somov, A Christmas Carol, Green, Naughties, Gordon Brown, Walter Kirn, Recommended Reading, British Politics, Decade Review, Druids, Winter Solstice, Living News

In an information age it's so much more useful (not to mention fun) to expand our loved one's minds - rather than their cupboards - by sending them a list of our favorite readings.

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Charles Dickens Biography Gives A Fascinating New Take On Author's Life

The Los Angeles Times | Tim Rutten | Posted 12.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Biographies, Great Expectations, Michael Slater, Authors, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens Biography, Books, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens Michael Slater, Books News

[I]f you're looking for just one literary life to give as a gift in this holiday season, you won't go wrong by choosing Michael Slater's " Charles Dic...

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"A Christmas Carol" Updated By Gerald Charles Dickens (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Gerald Charles Dickens, Dickens Descendent, Christmas 2009, Christmas, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Books, Dickens, Christmas Carol, Books News

The Associated Press -- Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, performs a one-man interpretation of 'A Christmas Carol' ...

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Love Thy Birther

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 12.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Abortion, Tiny Tim, The Bible, Astro-Turf-Groups, Arguing With Idiots, Single-Payer Health Insurance, The Free Choice Act, Shakespeare, Glenn Beck, A Christmas Carol, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News

Progressives have an admirable concern for those in dire circumstances. But what's our feeling when it comes to the stranger on the train - one in the crowd which is devoted to policies counter to their own welfare?

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Tiger Woods' Christmas Carol: The Ghosts Of Past, Present And Future

Kari Henley | Posted 12.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Kari Henley, Featured Contributor, Christmas, Tiger Woods, A Christmas Carol, Paul Newman, David Letterman, Living News

Let's leave Tiger with his ghosts, and turn away from stories that humiliate and celebrate infidelity. Let the ghosts of philanthropy, humor and possibility remind us of what is important.

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Is Blu-ray That Red-Hot?

John Farr | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

With time it was inevitable that the technological innovation called "Blu-ray" would impinge on my particular corner of the movie universe, and I would have to confront it, willingly or not.

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Ten Films For The Coming Weeks

John Farr | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Graduate, Fred MacMurray, Woody Allen, Thanksgiving, Paul Simon, The Thin Man, The Apartment, Animal House, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Don Cheadle, Ben Affleck, Father of the Bride Movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Grant, Burt Reynolds, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Stanwyck, Blake Edwards, Boogie Nights, Grace Kelly, Julianne Moore, Matthew McConaughey, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack Lemmon, Jeff Goldblum, Parker Posey, Preston Sturges, Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Taylor, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, William Powell, John C. Reilly, It's a Wonderful Life, Holiday Season Commentary, To Catch a Thief, Billy Wilder, Mark Wahlberg, A Christmas Carol, Dazed and Confused, Jon Voight, Parties, Henry Fonda, Mad Men, Midnight Cowboy, Shirley MacLaine, P.T. Anderson, Annie Hall, Richard Linklater, Myrna Loy, Heather Graham, The Love Boat, Entertainment News

Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.

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Are You Dickensian?

Matthew Pearl | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books

Read More: Charles Dickens, Dickensian, The Last Dickens, Reading, A Christmas Carol, Books, Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Books News

The world around us has become more Dickensian lately. At least that's how it seems by the way the word circulates.

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ReThink Review: Disney's A Christmas Carol (3D) -- Don't Get Scrooged

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol, Disney, Gary Oldman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Colin Firth, Animation, Entertainment News

I found parts of A Christmas Carol, which is being marketed exclusively to kids with Disney's promotional muscle, to be much more upsetting than anything in Where the Wild Things Are.

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McChrystal Method

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: 000 Troops, 40, Pentagon, Afghan War, Stanley McChrystal, A Christmas Carol, Improvisation, Disney, Gamechangers, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Politics News

A character like Stanley McChrystal cannot afford to show vulnerability to his enemies, and by enemies I mean anyone who would prevent The 40,000 from going into production with him as its star.

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Christmas In Cannes: 'Carol' Peek With Jim Carrey's Scrooge

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol, Film, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Entertainment News

CANNES, France — Jim Carrey has multiple personalities in his next movie. Carrey and director Robert Zemeckis brought a bit of holiday cheer to...

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Alastair Sim's Scrooge, and Apologies

Chris Durang | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: A Christmas Carol, Alastair Sim, Apologies, Million Dollar Movie, Holiday Movies, Dickens, Holiday Season Commentary, Entertainment News

It's easier to find nice apologies and resolution of differences in literature and movies than in life. But blessed are the peacemakers, eh? If only we can figure out how to make peace.

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"A Christmas Carol in Zimbabwe"

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mothers Losing Children to Cholera, Present and Yet to Come, Ghosts of Christmas, Mugabe, United Nations, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, President of Botswana, Pas, Holiday Season Commentary, World News

My husband and I have been reading the classic "A Christmas Carol" to our children.The book represents our countdown to Christmas. I can't help but get sidetracked in my mind to the situation in Zimbabwe.

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They Belong In Every Home: The Best Holiday Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Niven, Christmas Values, James Stewart, Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Fred Astaire, Jason Robards, Movies, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Holiday, Entertainment News

As we see the rampant consumerism of recent years yield to the fundamentals of the holiday, these films best capture the essence of Christmas, year in and year out.

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For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1

John Farr | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sidney Poitier, Family Stress Holidays, Family Values, Anne Bancroft, A Christmas Carol, Little Fugitive, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn, Dennis Quaid Meg Ryan, Steve McQueen, Classic Movies, The Red Shoes, Gary Cooper, Movies, Eric Holder, Holiday News, Entertainment News

Regardless of one's faith, at its core the holidays involve gatherings of extended family spanning all life-stages, so it makes sense to lay in a store of films that all generations can watch and enjoy together.

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Scrooge As Spiritual Teacher: Wake Up Or Miss Your Life

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, Happiness, Transformation, Big 3 Bailout, Big 3 Private Jets, The Big 3, Sarah Palin Makeover, Corporate Greed, Lee Scott CEO of Wal-Mart, Sarah Palin, Video, Living News

I think Ebenezer Scrooge has gotten a bad rap long enough. This poor guy has endured nearly 200 years of negative press and it's about time we took a...

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Black Friday At Wal-Mart: The Cost Of Crazed Consumerism

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Friday 2008, Consumer Spending Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Spirit, Christmas Shopping, Black Friday, Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Video, The Balanced Life, Black Friday at Wal Mart, Living News

Competition is so endemic to our culture, consumption has become a competitive sport. Am I the only one who thinks something is out of whack here? Remember the mortgage mess we're in?

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