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Ah, another movie, another attempt to get back home to New York City.

In this trailer for the third installment of the popular Madagascar series, our fearless (OK, a little fearful) friends Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) once again have their work cut out for them. This time, however, the action takes place in and around Monte Carlo as the foursome try to evade animal control. (Trust us, it'll make more sense after you watch the clip above.)

Oh my! What to do? How can they possibly get through Europe without attracting attention? Well, how about joining a traveling circus? Um, yeah, good luck with that.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is scheduled to hit theaters on June 8, 2012.

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If it were up to Ben Stiller, the Oscars would have a better sense of humor.

Addressing the lack of official respect accorded his fellow funnymen over the years, the Tropic Thunder star is letting the folks behind the Academy Awards know he feels about the suggestion of adding a comedy category to Hollywood's Big Night.

Here's what he had to say.

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Grab your little fockers and check out this exclusive first look at Ben Stiller chatting it up on Disney Channel's Take Two With Phineas and Ferb.

In addition to sharing pictures of his "sister" Amy and impressing the adventurous stepbrothers with a sweet dodgeball move called the Stiller Ricochet Thriller, the Tower Heist star also reveals a passion for planking!

But unlike a certain magazine mogul, Ben takes this particular art form to a whole new level. Without the aid of penguins.

Watch the clip and you'll see what we mean!

Ben's program appearance premieres Friday, Nov. 11 at 9:30 p.m. on Disney Channel.

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There may not have been any Frank the Tank-style streaking going on last night, but there was certainly plenty of laughs.

That's because several funny folks came out on Sunday to honor Will Ferrell, who was presented with the 14th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, D.C. (A fitting place to be celebrated, obviously, considering his popular impression of President George W. Bush.)

So, who all was there, and what did they say and do to celebrate the man who makes us smile?

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The world is full of problems—war, famine, drought, poverty, fellow celebrities stealing Sean Penn's brown bag lunch. The injustices just don't stop!

Enter the Clinton Foundation's Celebrity Division, which has come up with some, uh, creative, actionable initiatives to stop the global inequities…or at least the one about Penn's missing sandwiches.

The hilarious video, first shown Saturday night at the Decade of Difference concert honoring President Bill Clinton's charitable works, was released this morning on FunnyorDie.com. Presumably because the ideas Ben Stiller, Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Jack Black, Ted Danson and Kevin Spacey float around on totally inappropriate softball league mascots, how to ban breathing, and, of course, the importance of theme songs, aren't the kind of gems that should be kept from the public.

Of course, the biggest laugh is saved for the big man himself—but we won't spoil it for you. Check out the clip, and sit tight—the payoff is worth it.

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So much for squashing the feud.

The rumored Eddie Murphy appearance on this week's Saturday Night Live proved to be just that, a rumor, as Ben Stiller kicked off this week's show without his Tower Heist costar (this was particularly evident when Murphy was absent from the Tower Heist preview skit). It was Stiller's first return to the late-night laugher since 1998.

But despite the glaring Murphy void, all was not lost. 

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Apparently, not all jokes are funny.

A scene in the trailer for Brett Ratner's Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller and soon-to-be Oscar host Eddie Murphy, showed a jailbird (Murphy) talking to his childhood classmate, (Stiller) whom he calls, "little seizure boy."

Greg Grunberg, who has a 15-year-old son with epilepsy, didn't find the line amusing, and turned to Twitter to voice his disappointment.

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Hollywood is constantly looking for ways to identify with the general moviegoer. If that means saying a new action movie is based on a beloved board game from childhood, despite a few alien liberties, to tap into the existing sentiment, then so be it.

Now it seems that enough time has passed from the financial crisis for it to get its own big time comedy with a star-studded cast that includes Ben Stiller, Alan Alda, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick and Eddie Murphy.

Check out the new trailer for Tower Heist:

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Forget Garbo. Robert De Niro speaks!

If you've ever seen the acting legend being interviewed, then you know he's not exactly the most talkative guy around. But in this exclusive first look at a bonus feature from the upcoming Blu-ray/DVD release (April 5) of Little Fockers, the Oscar winner lets more than just a few words fly while discussing his role alongside Ben Stiller. And he actually looks pretty comfortable doing it, too.

"With this character, I can try things that I normally wouldn't try with another character because it would seem crazy to do it," De Niro says. "So that, in itself, is more freeing in a way and you can have more fun doing things."

Sure, he's still no Chatty Kathy, but, hey, we'll take what we can get!

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