On what would have been Jamandé and Geniene Jones’ wedding day, family and friends will gather today in the couple’s home to watch a video of their exotic wedding ceremony held last month in an African village. [read more]

Bill Gibron is a veteran film critic from Tampa, Florida. Sometimes, you wonder why a filmmaker even bothers. The new nuptials comedy, Our Family Wedding , is so bereft of ideas, so lacking in anything remotely fresh, humorous, interesting, or entertaining that you have to invent reasons for its existence. [read more]

In Rick Famuyiwa's rom-com, Lucia Ramirez (America Ferrera) and Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross) come home from college and spring their engagement on their families. They have just three weeks before Marcus heads to Laos to volunteer as a doctor, and Lucia's family doesn't yet know that she has dropped out of law school to go with him. As the mad dash to plan a wedding begins, the Mexican-American and ... [read more]

Silliness abounds in bland comedy Silliness abounds in this clash of cultures as a pair of blandly-in-love overachievers (America Ferrera and Lance Gross) seek to start off their marriage with a big family wedding that can't seem to blend African-American and Mexican-American traditions. No one involved in this production seems fated for true bliss as the film stumbles down the aisle. Grade: D-. [read more]

VAIL - The Colorado Film Institute has announced program details for the 2010 Vail Film Festival taking place from April 1-4 in Vail and Beaver Creek. The festival's expansion to Beaver Creek makes it the biggest Vail Film Festival to date, with over 90 film screenings and more panels, parties and industry talent present than ever before. Tribute Awards will be given this year to actors Jane ... [read more]

Mephedrone is spreading fast as the party drug of choice among the young and though legal it is being linked to deaths. Our correspondent describes its effect on him [read more]

Stonehenge, Africa. It's where Hyundai SA just launched its i30 GLS, the brand's first C-segment hatch, but no Druidic magic is going to be needed to help it sell. [read more]

Neither the Oscar- winning expertise of Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland") nor the charm of America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty") can save "Our Family Wedding," a cringeworthy, unfunny example of a culture-clash romantic comedy. African-American and Hispanic stereotypes assault the audience in this latest awful descendant of the ancient... [read more]

Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama , Health Care Debate Bob Johnson Hands Bobcats to Jordan On Wednesday, the rest of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcat owners approved Michael Jordan 's ownership of the team, making Jordan the first former-NBA player to own a basketball team. Jordan purchased the team for $275 million from Bob Johnson , the first African American to be majority owner of a ... [read more]

Scott GarfieldForest Whitaker and Regina King in "Our Family Wedding."From "Body Snatchers" to "Smoke," Forest Whitaker has played a dizzying mix of heroes and villains. In his most notable roles, he tackles the challenge of humanizing characters who do monstrous... [read more]