By David Kronke Richard Zoglin's new book, "Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America," pretty much confirms Steve Martin's famous declaration: "Comedy is not pretty." Zoglin, a Time magazine entertainment reporter, interviewed the surviving members of the anarchic comedy movement during the Vietnam and Watergate years.

By Elizabeth Drachman DUBAI (Hollywood Reporter) - Premiering your film at an obscure festival some 8,000 miles away from home might seem an odd choice for a veteran Hollywood player.

Corrects spelling of name in ninth paragraph to "Mahatma Gandhi" By Heba Kandil DUBAI (Reuters) - It may seem odd for an American to go to Asia, and not the Middle East, to learn about Islam after the September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda. But U.S.

By Heba Kandil DUBAI (Reuters) - It may seem odd for an American to go to Asia, and not the Middle East, to learn about Islam after the September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda. But U.S.

By Arthur Spiegelman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Albert Brooks says a very unfunny thing happened on his way to making a new film called "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" -- the studio panicked over the title.