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• 'The Fighter': Sparring partners Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell learn together
• Critic's Notebook: Stanley Tucci, the leading man of supporting players
• Photo booth: VH1 Divas Salute the Troops
• Hollywood will always have Paris (and is being offered the rest of France)
• A stutter concerns kings and commoners alike
• Critic's notebook: With so much good TV, youngsters have no time for oldies but goodies
• Recovering South Korea's lost treasures
• New This Week: 'Inception'
• The Sunday Conversation: 'Glory Daze's' Tim Meadows
• Martha Stewart's stock is sinking

'The Fighter': Sparring partners Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell learn together Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg team up again, with 'The Fighter.' The director and the actor are, to put it mildly, a case of the artiste and the bad boy. The fussy auteur and the former teenybopper sensation.

Critic's Notebook: Stanley Tucci, the leading man of supporting players Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Whether it's as a villain — Adolf Eichmann, anyone? — or as Julia Child's devoted husband, the empathetic actor has made an art out of paying attention onscreen. Actor Stanley Tucci is a stealth-bombing mischief-maker, an eye-twinkling scene-stealer. Often flying under the radar, he is precision in action and deadly — or deadly funny if that's the mission — when you least expect it. At the moment, he's the best thing about the disappointing bump and grind of "Burlesque," but then he's made a habit of being really good in really bad movies. Fortunately, he's also made a habit of being terrific in the great ones, a quality that Hollywood hasn't, in my mind, appreciated nearly enough.

Photo booth: VH1 Divas Salute the Troops Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:36 PM PST Nicki Minaj, Snooki, Brandy and more pay tribute to the service men and women of America at VH1 Divas Salute to the Troops.

Hollywood will always have Paris (and is being offered the rest of France) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Free annual trips to different regions of the country aim to inspire the writers in their work as France tries to lure more movie production away from other European countries. Reporting from Paris

A stutter concerns kings and commoners alike Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST 'The King's Speech' gives voice to a mature view of the affliction and those who struggle with it. 'The King's Speech' gives voice to a mature view of the affliction and those who struggle with it.

Critic's notebook: With so much good TV, youngsters have no time for oldies but goodies Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Abbott and Costello? Charlie Chan? Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart? Sorry, but Disney, HBO Family and Nickelodeon beckon. My 12-year-old son recently informed me that he didn't much see the point of black-and-white movies, and I realized this horrifying state of affairs could be blamed only on television. The fact that there's so much good television, that is.

Recovering South Korea's lost treasures Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Historical texts and artifacts have been plundered and are kept all over the world. Officials are trying to bring them back. Reporting from Seoul

New This Week: 'Inception' Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Also available on DVD this week; "ESPN 30 for 30: Volume 1" and "Restrepo."

The Sunday Conversation: 'Glory Daze's' Tim Meadows Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST The former 'Saturday Night Live' stalwart is now starring in the new TBS comedy. For most of the '90s, Tim Meadows, 49, was a familiar face on "Saturday Night Live." He's back on the small screen as the nutty professor in TBS' new hourlong frat-house comedy.

Martha Stewart's stock is sinking Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST She appears to be at a make-or-break point. Her company lost $14 million in 2009 and her TV ratings on the Hallmark Channel are abysmal. But she's pushing herself to try to attract younger fans. She appears to be at a make-or-break point. Her company lost $14 million in 2009 and her TV ratings on the Hallmark Channel are abysmal. But she's pushing herself to try to attract younger fans.

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