The most unfortunate event in "Unfortunate Events" was the decision to cast a comedian as the villain in this dark children's tale. A film that might have been a masterpiece ends up missing the mark — ...

"When you look at really old stories, when you look at really lasting literature, it tends to have a flavor of terrible things going on," author Lemony Snicket (also known as bestselling author Daniel ...

Later, when notified that Jim Carrey was interested in the plum role in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," Handler was stunned. "I couldn't believe that I hadn't thought of him before, ...

LOS ANGELES Jim Carrey loves scaring kids. He's played the Grinch in "Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the Riddler in "Batman Forever," the maniacal superhero in "The Mask" and now he's ...