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In Dexter, the new Showtime series starring Michael C. Hall of Six Feet Under fame, a forensics expert investigates serial killers by day and turns into one at night, stalking and murdering criminals.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan summarizes what critics are saying about the week's new major movie releases -- Beerfest, Idlewild and Invincible.

Diggins snared a hard-won bronze medal in the grueling event after Swedish skiers took an early lead. The only other time a U.S. athlete has won an individual medal in cross country came in 1976.

The new reality television series Tabloid Wars peers over the shoulders of the hard-working reporters at the New York Daily News in the dog-eat-dog media market of New York City. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the show, which debuts Monday on the Bravo cable network.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan offers a roundup of what movie critics are saying about the weekend's releases -- Accepted, The Illusionist and Snakes on a Plane.

For many, summer is a time of transition: weddings, graduations, job interviews. And that means it's also a season for thank-you notes. Despite the ubiquity of e-mail, experts tell Michele Norris that a handwritten note remains the best way to express your gratitude.

As Jerri Blank, a former "user, boozer, and loser," Amy Sedaris contorts her face into a sad-sack overbite and wears both garish makeup and padding that gives her an over-sized midsection. But at home, Sedaris is a pleasant hostess, and an expert baker.

Oliver Stone's movie World Trade Center feels like an attempt to craft a feel-good movie out of a ghastly situation. That makes the film unconvincing. Reviewed by Kenneth Turan.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- Click, Waist Deep and the documentary Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.

A new documentary called This Film is Not Yet Rated takes aim at the MPAA rating system, and the mysterious workings of the anonymous ratings board. The film has been a hit at film festivals. But it's final rating should be "B" for boring.