For all intents and purposes, Judd Apatow is in the DVD business just as much as he's in the movie business.

Originally printed 11/19/2009 James Franco visits 'The Broken Tower' Here's how heterosexual James Franco is: He's played gay three and half times.

Just at the time when an "Apatonian Film" began to take on certain connotations - gross-out humour, pot smoke, full-frontal male nudity - writer-director Judd Apatow changed the formula with Funny People , his autobiographical third feature out this weekend on DVD.

Cinematic labors of love are difficult to assess - on one hand, they tend to manifest a singular passion and vision on a filmmaker's part, yet more often than not, when a director has free reign to mine the dramatic and emotional territories in her/his mind, the end result is a hard nut to crack.

The television season has its first major casualty: Eastwick. For the fans, go on and cry.

Seth Rogen has revealed that his girlfriend makes him wear "lame" costumes. The Knocked Up star, who dates director Lauren Miller, said that she insists on him dressing up to celebrate Halloween.

FUNNY MAN: Comedic genius Seth Rogen supports seasoned actor Adam Sandler in the comedy "Funny People." Rogen has recently begun dabbling in the area of voice acting, in such child-friendly movies as "Kung Fu Panda" and "Monsters Vs.

'Monsters Vs. Aliens' actor Seth Rogen doesn't believe in aliens but claims monsters live under his bed.

For Seth Rogen, coming up with and playing the gelatinous blue B.O.B. in the animated film "Monsters vs.

There are just so many reasons why now is the perfect time to review your Judd Apatow history.

Pineapple Express . Freaks and Geeks remains the greatest work to ever come out of the Judd Apatow universe.

'Knocked Up' Scores Big on E! TVWeek For the week of Oct. 12, the premiere broadcast of the Seth Rogen/Katherine Heigl film "Knocked Out" led to E! achieving the most-watched week in the network's history, averaging 467,000 total viewers, up 34% over the benchmark of a year ago.

When a shaggy-haired James Franco runs into a tree in Pineapple Express, it's for real.

Watching Emerson Valentine Lyon work a crowd is a bit like watching Seth Rogen "roll the dice" on the dance floor in "Knocked Up." It's funny, awkward and strangely magnetic.

The latest entry into Judd Apatow's 'new comedy crowd' canon features Seth Rogen as Dale Denton, a pothead who witnesses a brutal murder.

Minutes into his press conference, Seth Rogen is asked about Porky's, the notorious 1981 film comedy about randy teenagers.

Vancouver-born Seth Rogen, known for starring in films like Knocked Up, Superbad and Pineapple Express , won the Canadian Comedy Award for Canadian Comedy Person of the Year at a gala Friday heldA at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, N.B., reports CBC.

LOS ANGELES By LYNN ELBERAP Television WriterSeth Rogen has fulfilled a dream, and he's not talking about starring in the box-office hit "Knocked Up" or playing a superhero in the upcoming "The Green Hornet."Rogen co-wrote an episode of "The Simpsons" and lends his voice to a character .

He is used to playing the funny fat man, but now Seth Rogen has turned into the super hero.

James Franco, left, and Seth Rogen in "Pineapple Express" He may be a movie star but James Franco is making a return to television - on a soap opera.