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I think I see Waldo in the back. MovieWeb photo 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' is the first movie of 2009 to fail my clock test.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" translates its roots in action figures and animated series into TV and other pop-culture references.

Where's the mustard-colored shirt and wrist calculator? We caught up with Rainn Wilson, as in 'the guy who plays Dwight Schrute on The Office,' last week to talk about the part-time Central Oregonian's upcoming philosophical lecture at the Old Stone Church on Thursday.

Question: What does it take to pull off some of the greatest pranks of all time on one Dwight K. Schrute ? Let's see... Mustard-colored shirt, glasses and a calculator watch for under $11? Check.

With comedies taking their time to find an audience in TV's fragmented landscape, what helps keep a show alive during the incubation period? Creating characters that click, even when a show's sense of humor is still seeking the right alchemy, is key.

Well, at least the older famous people populating the Twitterverse are in mourning .

Okay, all you Twitter haters, to pique your interest in the microblogging site, and to bring a smile to your faces, Mashable has created an exhaustive list of over 80 comedians who provide tweeting hilarity.

Insurance agency managers could learn a lot from a beet-farming, volunteer sheriff and paper salesman like Dwight Schrute.

First there was Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN. Then Aziz Ansari took on the forces at IMAX.

It's finale week and a lot of shows have geared up to bring something different on the forefront.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 5:14 p.m. Working on a few action scenes for her latest project, Natalie Portman was spotted on the "Hesher" film set in Los Angeles on Wednesday .

For the second year in a row, NBC separated itself from its competitors by announcing the programs that will be on its schedule in the 2009-10 season two weeks before the rest of the broadcast networks present their schedules to advertisers in Manhattan.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson have joined Natalie Portman for the indie dramedy "Hesher". THR describes the plot as "a loser twentysomething who invades the life of an awkward 13-year-old who is living with a pill-popping father and grandmother.

Published: Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. On April 10, 2008, a University of California-Berkeley journalism student and his interpreter were detained by Egyptian police while covering an anti-government protest in Mahalla.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson have joined Natalie Portman in "Hesher," an indie comedy-drama that begins shooting next week in Los Angeles.

Last week's "Heavy Competition" provided a lot of laughs as Dwight's loyalty to Michael is tested when he finds a hero in new boss Charles .

In "Broke" - a masterful episode directed by Steve Carell - the upstart Michael Scott Paper Company is siphoning off business from Dunder Mifflin but losing money in the process because their prices are way too low.

Dwight had to show Michael he wasn't wearing a wire in tonight's "The Office." Spoilers for tonight's "The Office" coming up just as soon as I change shirts in the parking lot... "You respect dibs, don't you?" -Michael "I'm not a barbarian." -Dwight This was just an awful lot of fun.

From NBC's official press release: Michael and Dwight in a high-stakes battle. Idris Elba guest stars.

So, the AC on the show Heroes , Greg Cohen , decided to have a huge star-studded fundraiser for autism.