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]

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]

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]

Recent violence has given the country a reputation it doesn't deserve. [read more]

Three local job seekers tell The Beacon-News about the trials and triumphs of networking and self-promotion in this ongoing series. With confidence and the support of family and friends, these two quality businessmen and a young woman looking to jump-start her career keep pushing through the worst recession in recent history until they get an offer. [read more]

Heidi Klum has revealed she and husband Seal will ask their guests to dress as brides and grooms for the forthcoming renewal of their wedding vows. [read more]

Ever since he wowed the country with a 25-point performance against Gonzaga in the 2009 NCAA tournament, Orlando Mendez-Valdez might have Western fans wondering where former Topper guard went. For at least a few days, the now-professional Mexican basketball player returned to Bowling Green for the first time as an alumnus — an experience he said [...] [read more]

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Starting tomorrow, diners can support 1013's UNICEF Tap Project at participating restaurants for World Water Week. Through March 27, restaurants will accept $1 donations for tap water normally given for free to raise money to provide clean water for children around the world, with an emphasis on Haiti. [read more]

SPELLBOUND — Finding an HMO to foot the bill would be tough today, but cost is not an issue in this 1945 Alfred Hitchcock thriller set at a private European psychiatric institution. [read more]