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Bob Cratchit carries Tiny Tim, both characters voiced by Gary Oldman, in a scene from A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol Wins — And Loses — the Weekend

Jim Carrey's Scrooge leads the pack, but with a relatively miserly start. Meanwhile Precious opens big on just 18 screens

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Debate: What's the Best Comedy on TV?

That TV-critics' Twitter debate I mentioned in my Modern Family post this morning was kicked off by a simple but tough question: what's the best comedy on TV right now?

Looking Around

The Dia Comes Back to New York

The unique art foundation, which helped create SoHo and Chelsea (for better or worse) is finally returning to Manhattan

The Short List

Weekend Critic Picks

TIME critics break down the hottest movies, TV shows, books and albums

Photos

Dallas' New Performing Arts Center

Starchitects Create Two New Homes for the Arts

Special Report

Top 10 Concert Movies

With Michael Jackson's This Is It hitting theaters, TIME takes a look at some of the greatest concert films ever

Photos

A Brief History of Disney Teen Stars

From Annette to Miley, Disney has made a specialty of minting young talent

Special Report

Top 10 Celeb-Inspired Halloween Costumes

In the fame game, you're nobody till somebody makes a Halloween costume in your image. TIME takes a look at some of 2009's best straight-from-the headlines outfits

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HANS MONDROW, East Germany's last communist prime minister, on the East German soldiers who ignored orders to shoot to kill those crossing into West Germany and made the decision to open the border on Nov. 9, 1989
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