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I am - " Hercules!! Kenneth Branagh has cast as "Thor's" second human the fabulous Kat Dennings .

Need a job? It's good to be friends with Natalie Portman . Okay, so Kat Dennings has the kind of pedigree that makes casting directors drool; we bet Portman's word was icing on the cake.

It was surprising, to say the least, when Natalie Portman broke the news yesterday that Kat Dennings was going to be in Thor , but the real story was that nobody had any idea as to what role she would play.

The third film by Judd Apatow is an ambitious comedy/drama about a famous comedian forced to dealt with his own mortality.

US actress Leslie Mann, US actor Adam Sandler and US Director Judd Apatow, from left, pose for photographers during a photocall for the movie 'Funny People' in Berlin, Wednesday, Aug.

When it was announced that Elizabeth Banks would guest star on ABC's new hit comedy "Modern Family," one assumed she would ham it up as she has in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Scrubs." Ham it up she did, as Mitchell and Cameron's wild, hard-partying friend.

We all know that Hollywood is run by a cabal of homosexuals , right? Well, apparently, it's not the homosexuals that you think, because it's not gay men a ' but gay women.

Just at the time when an "Apatonian Film" began to take on certain connotations - gross-out humour, pot smoke, full-frontal male nudity - writer-director Judd Apatow changed the formula with Funny People , his autobiographical third feature out this weekend on DVD.

Cinematic labors of love are difficult to assess - on one hand, they tend to manifest a singular passion and vision on a filmmaker's part, yet more often than not, when a director has free reign to mine the dramatic and emotional territories in her/his mind, the end result is a hard nut to crack.

Critically-acclaimed writer, director and producer Judd Apatow takes audiences on a hilarious and revealing look at the world of stand-up comedy with the story of George Simmons, a famous comedian who is given a second chance at life in Funny People, coming to two-disc Blu-Raya Hi-Def, two-disc Collector's Edition DVD, single-disc DVD and digital ...

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In A Mighty Wind, Lynch played a porn star turned folk singer who joined her husband in re-forming the 1960s "folk neuftet," The Main Street Singers.

The thinking director's actor ... Keener hit her peak at 46. Photo: Reuters Latest related coverage Trailer - Genova A family in the throes of finding new lives after the sudden death of their mother.

Steve Carell is on board to play the lead in "Missing Links," a golf comedy based on a 1997 Rick Reilly novel.

Some people seem to turn Halloween into a mega-experience - big parties, big costumes, big times.

What is it about golf that makes it so easy to parody? Is it the stereotypical, rich businessmen that play? Is it the incredible boredom that comes from watching it on television? Is it the pants? While other sports, like basketball and boxing, have films that include Hoosiers and Raging Bull , golf's most notable cinematic treatments are ...

There are just so many reasons why now is the perfect time to review your Judd Apatow history.

Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are , has been the buzz of critics and filmgoers alike since its opening last weekend.

By ROBERT PHILPOT Jane Lynch has gone from being one of television's most valuable utility players to being one of its most recognizable villains.The actress, who has had regular or recurring roles in such series as Two and a Half Men, the Starz comedy Party Down, The L Word and Criminal Minds, has been stealing scenes this season on Fox's ...

Max Records and Lauren Ambrose in "Where the Wild Things Are" Actress Catherine Keener used to think of Max in "Where the Wild Things Are" as just a boy.