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• Jesse Eisenberg gives voice to Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Network'
• Jason Schwartzman is thrilled to be 'Bored to Death'
• Harrison Ford, John Stamos honored by Operation Smile in Beverly Hills
• No Age turns up the noise
• The Sunday Conversation: Jason Alexander
• 'The Social Network's' Andrew Garfield has a way with emotion
• Hollywood Backlot: In the middle with John Stamos
• A Second Look: Terrence Malick's 'The Thin Red Line'
• New on DVD: 'Iron Man 2'
• Indie Focus: Katie Aselton scores much more than 'The Freebie'

Jesse Eisenberg gives voice to Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Network' Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT The actor didn't meet the Facebook founder but studied recordings of him, and in the process 'developed a great affection' for him. The actor didn't meet the Facebook founder but studied recordings of him, and in the process 'developed a great affection' for him.

Jason Schwartzman is thrilled to be 'Bored to Death' Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:47 AM PDT The actor gets a kick out of working with Jonathan Ames, whom he plays. I drove out to the Valley recently to have coffee with Jason Schwartzman, who stars alongside Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis in " Bored to Death ," the delightful unlicensed-detective comedy that begins its second season Sunday on HBO. Its premise is this: A young man at loose ends -- who shares a name and profession with the show's creator, novelist Jonathan Ames -- whimsically advertises himself online as a private investigator. Things happen. It's a show about love and friendship, adventure and responsibility, set in a hazardous Looking-Glass New York -- a farce with heart.

Harrison Ford, John Stamos honored by Operation Smile in Beverly Hills Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:57 PM PDT The Ministry loves a good hero, and on the life-imitating-art-imitating-life front, Harrison Ford is proving to be quite a tasty treat.

No Age turns up the noise Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT Randy Randall and Dean Spunt's most ambitious album yet, 'Everything In Between,' finds the artsy L.A. duo on heavy ground. Randy Randall and Dean Spunt's most ambitious album yet, 'Everything In Between,' finds the artsy L.A. duo on heavy ground.

The Sunday Conversation: Jason Alexander Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT The Reprise Theatre Company artistic director will star in 'They're Playing Our Song' at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Even before Jason Alexander, 51, became a household name playing George Costanza on "Seinfeld" in the '90s, he was an accomplished song-and-dance man in New York, scoring a 1989 Tony for best actor in a musical for " Jerome Robbins' Broadway." An occasional stage presence in Los Angeles, Reprise Theatre Company's artistic director stars in its revival of "They're Playing Our Song" at UCLA's Freud Playhouse from Sept. 28 through Oct. 10.

'The Social Network's' Andrew Garfield has a way with emotion Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT The actor's popularity is on the rise with sensitive turns in David Fincher's Facebook drama and 'Never Let Me Go.' And as for his upcoming role as Spider-Man, it's 'a childhood fantasy,' he says. Andrew Garfield doesn't do Facebook. But if he did, the 27-year-old British actor would no doubt be fending off lots of requests right now from people wanting to be his cyber friend. With two Oscar-potential films about to be sharing theater screens and an outing as Spider-Man up next, Garfield in his short film career has suddenly become a hot property.

Hollywood Backlot: In the middle with John Stamos Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT 'Full House' made him a heartthrob in the '80s. After that came years of highs and lows. Now he's happy to enter the glossy world of 'Glee,' calling it a 'golden ticket.' It's just another day on the set of "Glee" and Lea Michele, who plays spirited songstress Rachel Berry, is in her schoolgirl attire, roaming around with a salad in hand and a female companion by her side.

A Second Look: Terrence Malick's 'The Thin Red Line' Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT The lyrical 1998 war film marked the reclusive filmmaker's comeback. It's out in a Criterion edition, but don't look for a Malick commentary track. It's easy to see why Terrence Malick, more than just about any working American filmmaker, inspires a reverence bordering on the cultish. There's the scarcity of output (four features in nearly four decades), the Pynchonesque reticence (no interviews and almost no public appearances) and above all the overwhelming nature of his films, which are defined by their sensory intensity and a sense of spiritual questing.

New on DVD: 'Iron Man 2' Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT Also 'Babies,' 'Get Him to the Greek,' 'The Killer Inside Me' and the complete 'Rich Man, Poor Man.' Also "Babies," "Get Him to the Greek," "The Killer Inside Me" and the complete "Rich Man, Poor Man."

Indie Focus: Katie Aselton scores much more than 'The Freebie' Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT Aselton created the relationship dramedy as a way to showcase her acting skills. But that's snowballed into something more since 'Freebie' premiered at Sundance. A young couple, seemingly committed and secure, become anxious that their relationship is falling into a rut. So they decide to give each other one night to have sex with someone else with no complications, bad feelings or questions asked. As explored with sly humor and at times painfully direct candor in "The Freebie," opening Friday in Los Angeles, the idea is simple in conception and extremely complicated in execution.

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