Everywhere apparently.

From animated kids movies, to suspense thrillers, to action blockbusters, and soon to be classic adventures, there seems to be nowhere that Shia “The Beef” Labeouf hasn’t been.

I should be ashamed to admit this, but I used to watch Even Stevens on The Disney Channel all the time.

No one knew who The Beef was back then, and Christy Carlson Romano got more attention than he did from the show.

Fast forward to 2007 and Labeouf is all the rage.

Not only did he headline one of the biggest reboots of a franchise in Transformers, he’s currently filming the next Indiana Jones movie.

What’s more, he’s rumored to have signed multi-picture deals with both the Indiana Jones and Transformers franchises.

I’m actually a pretty big fan of Labeouf. He has that rare (but valuable) quality of being able to turn any role into a comedic one, while maintaining the integrity and core of the character and story. As I’ve mentioned previously, every movie needs some humor.

Whether you hate The Beef or love him, there’s no denying that Shia “The Beef” Lebeouf is having the best year ever.

I’m tired. I don’t feel good. I don’t feel like writing so this is all you get today. Quit your crying.

That’s right. Denise Richards. If you asked a hot actress who can’t act to take you to her leader, she would take you to Denise Richards.

Remember: not only is Denise the president of Actresses Who Can’t Act, she’s also a client.

This weekend marks the release of one of the stranger sequels to ever be produced — Evan Almighty.

What’s so strange about it? It’s a sequel without any of the primary characters of the first (save Morgan Freeman), set in a different location, with the same God but a different directive from said deity.

The real interesting thing about this movie is that it plans to take the success of the first and place it in Steve Carell’s hands. It was a job that was squarely placed on Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty.

In Bruce, Carrey did some of his best comedic work since his days on In Living Color, channeling everything funny about Fletcher Reed from Liar Liar and adding a little more heart.

Can Steve Carell top Jim Carrey? It’s a tall order, but Carell has some pretty nice credentials on his resume as well. After a long stint on The Daily Show — possibly one of the funniest shows ever — Carell has starred in only a few movies, only some being well received.

Perhaps his most well-known work since The Daily Show would have to be his sitcom, The Office. Also to Carell’s credit, he was hilarious as a freakish weatherman in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

Carell has performed along side the greats of modern comedy, giving him some experience that should help him take on this role and differentiate it from Carrey’s performance.

On the other hand, Jim Carrey is Jim Carrey. Although he may not have invented slapstick, he perfected it and started a craze that defined comedy during his heyday.

The mid-90s were Jim Carrey’s playground, and he let us all swing on the swings by drawing us into comedies that were full of laughs.

So can Carell top Carrey? If he’s smart, he won’t try to.

Jim Carrey is a legend and trying to be him will only leave you with failure. Instead, let’s hope Carell brings his own brand of humor to the screen leaving Carrey’s slapstick use of the Almighty’s powers behind him.

Look for my review next week.

Oh, and because my friends make fun of me for using women to bring readers to my blog I should mention that this movie has one thing going for it above all else — Lauren Graham is hot.

Today’s topic is going to be embarassing for me and every guy who’s honest enough with himself to admit that man crushes are real — and completely heterosexual.

I hate to admit that I have man crushes, but my wife carefully catalogues them and can readily spout off a list of who my current man crushes are.

Although she could also do the same for a list of actresses, it’s the man crushes that are particularly painful to acknowledge.

But now it is time to come clean. Man crushes are real, and I have some.

It is important to understand that a man crush does not indicate any sexual overtones whatsoever. It is simply a list of actors who I am compelled to watch; probably because I want to be like them in some way.

So here’s my list (which is sure to elicit groans from my readership):

• Ben Affleck
• Paul Bettany
• Greg Grunberg

I doubt I can get people to admit their man crushes, but I invite anyone brave enough to do so by commenting right here on this very post — my own little meme if you will.

To continue my tradition of linking to EW retrospectives on bad (but hot) actresses, I give you:

Jessica Alba through the years

With Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer coming out this friday, at least it’s topical.

I find Alba to be more consistently hot, but a worse actress than Keira Knightley.

As one of the sole fans of the first F4 movie, even I have to admit that Alba kinda brought down the cast. They could have picked much better actresses for Sue Storm.

And she doesn’t even have a nice accent. /sigh