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By ROB THOMAS

I'll admit it. I'm not beyond being sucked in by a memorable movie title. And "Douchebag" is certainly memorable.

So, after still buzzing "The Runaways" on Monday morning, I thought I'd head over to the Racquet Club (where the theater is a converted gym, basketball hoops and all) to catch the new comedy from Drake Doremus.

The movie opens with a couple lying in bed --  they seem madly in love, and we learn that they're getting married in a few days. The guy, Sam, has a gigantic bushy beard. And right away, I thought "I think I know that guy." Not in a high-falutin', I-recognize-the-truth-in-this-character sort of way. I mean I actually knew him.

As it turns out, I did. Andrew Dickler, a graduate of the UW-Madison, plays Sam. It's actually his first acting role -- his main job is as a film editor, working on films like "Borat" and "Me and You And Everyone We Know." I met him last spring at the Wisconsin Film Festival, where he was there with "Anvil: The Story of Anvil." He didn't have the beard.

Jeff Richgels  —  7/11/2009 3:55 pm

Stoughton’s Ryan Beckwith was eliminated in the third day of the World Series of Poker Main Event, falling short of cashing, but Madison native and famed poker pro Phil Hellmuth made a big move that put him in position to threaten for his second Main Event title.

 Heading into Saturday’s play at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino there were 789 players remaining out of 6,494, with 648 to cash. First prize is more than $8.5 million. Play continues for five more days, plus the finale to be played in November. 

 Hellmuth ended the day with nearly 500,000 chips, in 89th place and well above the average after starting the day with 142,900. The leader, Bertrand Grospellier, has more than 1,380,500 chips.

 The other well known players still alive include Kenny Tran, Dennis Phillips, Mike Sexton, Justin Bonomo, David Benyamine, Blair Rodman and Phil Ivey.

 Friday’s play began with 2,044 players and Beckwith was eliminated relatively early after starting with a well-below average chip total of 36,000.

He was crippled when he went in for 23,500 with an Ace and a Queen of the same suit and lost to a player who started with a pair of 9s. He then went in for the rest of his chips on the next hand with a King and Queen and lost to a player with an Ace and a King.

 “I felt like I played well,” he said.

 Defending champion Peter Eastgate remains very much alive after being down to just 8,000 in chips late on day two but rallied and continued to survive on day three.