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'Ugly Betty': A 'Devil Wears Prada' for TV

The new ABC series Ugly Betty premieres Thursday. Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein says that, although the show is a remake of a popular Spanish-language telenovela, it feels more like a small-screen version of the recent feature film The Devil Wears Prada — a satiric send-up of the inner workings of a fashion magazine empire.

Summary Judgment: New Movies

In this installment of Summary Judgment, a roundup of critical response to new movie releases brought to you by online magazine Slate, we'll hear about Premonition, I Think I Love My Wife and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

Here's how the athletes did in the first weekend of the Winter Olympics

The 2022 Beijing Games are underway and already the drama is brewing from stellar performances on the ice rink — both figure skating and hockey — and on the slopes.

<p><strong>Covert Operations:</strong> A British social worker (Emily Watson) discovers a centuries-old shame: the forcible, secret deportation of children to Australia.</p>

'Oranges And Sunshine,' But Both Of Them Lies

This docudrama recounts a Nottingham social worker's shocking discovery — that tens of thousands of British children were deported to Australia over the years without their parents' consent — and her crusade to expose the scandal.

<strong>When A Plan Comes Together:</strong> Eddie Murphy (second from left) is a small-time hoodlum recruited by a gang of would-be thieves (Ben Stiller, left, Matthew Broderick, and Gabourey Sidibe) who aim to steal back their life savings from a Wall Street swindler.

At Center Of 'Heist,' A Scene-Stealing Old Favorite

In a little-guys-get-theirs-back caper, Eddie Murphy's fast-talking crook recalls the rough-edged '80s performances that made him a star.

<p><strong>Against the clock</strong>: Will and Sylvia (Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried) live in a world where time literally is money — and it's running rapidly out for most.</p>

'Time' Bandits: Timberlake, Seyfried Clock Some Sci-Fi

A dystopian thriller imagines a world where the rich can buy immortality, and the poor perish if they can't find a way to put more minutes on their life clocks.

<p>Kevin Spacey gives "a major performance, his best in a decade," as a Wall Street executive trying to do the right thing in the middle of a financial panic.</p>

'Margin Call': A Movie Occupied With Wall Street

This fiscal thriller, starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto and Demi Moore, is set during one day in 2008, as a group of brokers try to prevent their firm from going belly up. David Edelstein says that given the headlines, the film's timing couldn't be better. (Recommended)

A Critic Revisits '30 Rock'

When the sitcom 30 Rock debuted a few years back, critic Andrew Wallenstein wasn't impressed. Now he's rethinking his opinion. Wallenstein offers some thoughts about how a critic goes about changing his mind.

In Nigeria, Islamic Extremists Kidnap Close To 200 People

It happened not far from the town of Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April. Audie Cornish speaks with Tim Cocks, Reuters Nigeria bureau chief, based in Lagos.

Extreme Drama: The Life And Music Of Richard Wagner

Marking the 200th anniversary of the controversial composer's birth, conductor Marin Alsop and friends rethink Wagner in a series of multimedia concerts.

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