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Members of the Children of the Light Dancers, from Fairfax, including Sarah Runyon, Naomi Nero, Zoe Walker and Nathalie Vadnais (top, from left) perform Sunday for an audience gathered near the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Christine Hays (kneeling) directs the Children of the Light Dancers from a spot in front of the audience while performing near the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Ronald Reagan historian Craig Shirley's book "December 1942: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World" has made The New York Times bestseller list. (Image from Thomas Nelson)
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"It used to be that a team like San Antonio would come in for the weekend, play the Clippers and the Lakers, and I would sell my Clippers tickets and just go to the Lakers game. Now, I'm not so sure. Now, you want to keep the Clippers tickets." - Penny Marshall, longtime actress and film director (Associated Press)
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Members of the Los Angeles Lakers on the bench celebrate a play as actress Dyan Cannon (left) celebrates as well. The Lakers have had a higher profile, and better record, than "the other" pro basketball team in Los Angeles, the Clippers. The latter's acquisition of star player Chris Paul could change things. (Associated Press)
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Actor Billy Crystal shakes the hand of a Los Angeles Clipper player after a game. The Clippers play in the same arena as the Los Angeles Lakers. Mr. Crystal is a courtside regular at Clippers' games as is actress-director Penny Marshall. (Associated Press)
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Newly acquired Los Angeles Clippers basketball point guard Chris Paul holds up his jersey during a news conference on Thursday, in Los Angeles. The city loves "new faces and stars. That's Chris Paul right now," says Laura Lane, a sports and pop culture writer. (Associated Press)
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A man who survived the sinking of a ship carrying asylum seekers to Australia is taken into an ambulance in Trenggalek, Indonesia, on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo)
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A demonstration is seen in front of a Lowes store Allen Park, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Protesters descended on a Lowe’s store in one of the country’s largest Arab-American communities on Saturday, calling for a boycott after the home improvement chain pulled its ads from a reality television show about Muslim families living in the U.S. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Todd McInturf)
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Washington Wizards point guard John Wall disappointed in the team's 2011-12 preseason debut, turning the ball over six times, while scoring eight points and recording three assists. The Wizards lost 103-78 to the Philadelphia 76ers. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Robert Champion, a drum major in Florida A&M University's Marching 100 band, performs during halftime of a football game in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/The Tampa Tribune, Joseph Brown III)
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Newly acquired Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul (right) holds up his jersey Dec. 15, 2011, as he stands with Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro during a news conference in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)
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Store manager Joseph Sublett changes gasoline prices to reflect a three-cent drop at a Little Rock, Ark., Conoco-Phillips station on Dec 1, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Just in time for the remaining presidential debates and upcoming primaries: the lives of Republican hopefuls, as told in graphic-style comic books. (images from Bluewater Productions)
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Just in time for the remaining presidential debates and upcoming primaries: the lives of Republican hopefuls, as told in graphic-style comic books. (images from Bluewater Productions)
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HOMEWARD BOUND: Soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division show appreciation for the band Filter as they relax Thursday at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, where they await deployment home after leaving Iraq. (Associated Press)
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Scott Weiland's take on traditional Christmas music is either awful, or it's awfully advanced. You can decide Dec. 19 at the 9:30 Club.
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Patrick Wilson plays the love interest of Charlize Theron's character in "Young Adult," which overturns screenplay conventions. (Paramount Pictures via Associated Press)
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Patton Oswalt (left) portrays Matt Freehauf and Collette Wolfe portrays Sandra Freehauf in a scene from "Young Adult." (Paramount Pictures via Associated Press)
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"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" stars Robert Downey Jr. (left) as Holmes, Jude Law (right) as Dr. Watson and Noomi Rapace in director Guy Ritchie's stylized reimagining of Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved sleuth. (Warner Bros. Pictures via Associated Press)
