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'My Best Friend's Girl' may be Cook's worst yet

Hollywood hurl Dane Cook, the most divisive comic since – who? Andrew Dice Clay? Carrot Top? – at the screen, time and again, hoping something will stick.

The nerd-next-door voted most likely to succeed

By Ellen McCarthy | Washington Post | 1:56PM

Michael Cera is the best actor under 30, according to Entertainment Weekly. The New York Times has deemed him “excellent.” He's the “funniest actor alive,” according to the Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minn.

Royalty and facts are fast and loose in 'The Duchess'

By Lawrence Toppman | Movie Critic | October 9, 2008

Here's where green doesn't mean ‘go' Green film should get the red light

By Lawrence Toppman | Movie Critic | October 9, 2008

3 Muslims laugh at themselves, the world

By Lawrence Toppman | Movie Critic | October 8, 2008

How many photographs of laughing Muslims have you seen in American media?

New on DVD | 'Munsters,' Simpsons,' Zohan' and '30 Rock'

By David Germain | Associated Press | October 7, 2008

Year two arrives for the comedy starring Buddy Ebsen as patriarch of a clan of hayseeds who strike it rich in oil and move to a California mansion. The season's 36 episodes are packed in a four-disc set.

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Film capsules are written by Lawrence Toppman. If there's no star rating, he hasn't seen the movie.