When the (literally) emasculated ex-womanizer Barry Munday (Patrick Wilson) hears that Ginger (Judy Greer) is expecting his impossible child, he sees fatherhood as a shot at recovering his manhood. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
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Together, Two: Kodi Smit-McPhee plays Owen, a lonely 12-year-old who forms a partnership with isolated vampire Abby, played by Chloe Grace Moretz, in the hopes of finding friendship and protection from bullies. Saeed Adyani/Overture Films hide caption
On a quest to find Tom's fifth-grade crush, the two brothers take several wrong turns — and the chance to work their own problems out. Paladin hide caption
The directors of Freakonomics mix things up by incorporating cartoons (above, of the book's co-author Steven Levitt, who argued that incentives are the key to understanding economics) and illustrative tableaux. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
Arthur Penn takes a look through the camera on November 27, 1985 during the filming of Target. The pioneering director died on Tuesday night. He was 88. AP Photo hide caption
Jason Middlebrook's Traveling Seeds can be found on the walls of Mount Sinai Hospital's Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in New York. Courtesy of Rx Art hide caption
Rob Sachs has been with Tell Me More since March 2007, and with NPR since July 2000. Courtesy Rob Sachs hide caption
Geeky Genius: Andrew Garfield, Joseph Mazzello, Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Mapel play computer nerds who create an incredibly successful social networking site. Merrick Morton/Sony Pictures hide caption
The members of Spanish heavy metal band Mägo de Oz gives the thumbs up to the idea of a children's album. Gianni Ferrari/Cover hide caption
Richard M. Nixon, then seeking the Republican presidential nomination, addresses an audience in Oregon in May 1968. AP hide caption
Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake performed their history of hip-hop last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Lloyd Bishop/NBC hide caption
Bright, preppy colors and rugby stripes are in this spring, says fashion expert Sally Singer. Above, a model shows a piece from the Prada Spring-Summer 2011 collection during fashion week in Milan, Italy. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Veteran director Arthur Penn (pictured at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007) died Sept. 28. He was the guiding hand on classic movies including The Miracle Worker and Bonnie and Clyde. John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images hide caption