“Stranger Than Fiction” Director Marc Forster Columbia Pictures Harold Crick, the main character in “Stranger than Fiction,” is a very unremarkable man. He lives in an unremarkable home with unremarkable furniture and holds an unremarkable job. Read more...

"CITIZEN RUTH" "Making It: The First Feature" series Today, 7:30 p.m. James Bridges Theater Though they are big names in the hills of Hollywood, once upon a time they were small-time students trudging up Bruin Walk. Read more...

“Family Guy” “Whistle While Your Wife Works” Nov. 12 FOX As Chris, Meg, Lois, Brian, Stewie and Peter elegantly sing and dance down the famous cabaret-style steps of the opening credits of “Family Guy,” Peter stumbles, lands on the ground, and squashes one of the backup dancers. Read more...

NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Today-Nov. 18, various times 1340 Macgowan A hundred dollars can go quite a long way. If done correctly, a hundred bucks can be stretched to afford a weekend in Mammoth, a slightly used Moped or a really long night at Maloney’s. Read more...

Move over, Marquis de Sade: Tomorrow night, meet the original poster boy for sex and alcohol. John Wilmot, the second earl of Rochester, fornicated with the same fervor as his fellow sex addict almost 100 years before the Marquis’ time. Read more...

“Audition! The Musical” Sunday, Nov. 5 Santa Monica Playhouse A review of “Audition! The Musical” at the Santa Monica Playhouse would be incomplete without mentioning the play’s setting. Read more...

Kanye’s got to be stopped. Or, more specifically, his mouth does. I’m not talking about his little “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” bit, as hilarious as that was. Read more...