Our three picks for the best entertainment of the week include one TV show, one movie, and one new DVD. We can vouch for the quality of the DVD, and the movie looks promising, but with the TV show ... who knows? Charlie Sheen has proven he can be funny, but will he recapture the "Two and a Half Men" magic with his latest (and final, he says) sitcom? Time will tell.

TUESDAY: 'The Artist' on DVD
Who knew an almost-silent, black-and-white movie would be the big winner at the Oscars? If you didn't get to see this year's best picture winner in theaters, now's your chance to check it out on home video. The film tells a sweet and sad tale of two actors on opposite career trajectories (cue "A Star is Born") just as Hollywood is switching from silents to talkies. It's touching and happy, and cute little dog Uggie is the best cinematic canine since Benji or Lassie. (On DVD and Blu-ray June 26.)

THURSDAY: 'Anger Management'
For a while there, it seemed as if Charlie Sheen was making entertainment headlines every day. In 2011, the longtime actor was fired from "Two and a Half Men" over a much-publicized dispute with show creator Chuck Lorre, and after that, his girlfriend goddesses, "tiger blood," and "winning!" catchphrase were everywhere. Now Sheen's quieted down a bit -- he even apologized to former co-star Jon Cryer, whom he once called a "troll." He'll  try and capture audiences again with his new comedy, "Anger Management," loosely based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson-Adam Sandler movie. No one at FX will be angry, though, if the show captures even a part of the "Two and a Half Men" fanbase. (Premieres June 28, 9 p.m., FX.)

FRIDAY: 'Magic Mike'
Get your girls' night out group together now for "Magic Mike," the film version of a stripper-packed bachelorette party. Channing Tatum plays the experienced stripper who teaches the trade to Alex Pettyfer, but Matthew McConaughey steals the trailer as a charismatic former stripper who owns their dance club. Warning: The film's not in 3-D, so leave your dollar bills at home. (Opens June 29.)

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Uggie.

Uggie, the limelight-courting Jack Russell terrier who became a fixture on the Hollywood scene during last year’s awards-season campaign on behalf of best picture Oscar winner "The Artist," has added another date to his farewell tour as he approaches his impending retirement.

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Although his trainer Omar Von Muller had said that the perky pooch’s appearance on February's Oscar show would be his last hurrah, Uggie will make one more curtain call at 10 a.m. June 25 at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to plant his paws in its fabled cement.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which is releasing "The Artist" on Blu-ray and DVD on June 26, is hosting the event billed as a retirement party, at which the canine celebrity is scheduled to arrive by fire engine. Duff Goldman, the pastry chef featured on Food Network’s "Ace of Cakes," also will be on hand, bringing with him a cake in the shape of a fire hydrant.

Of course, showbiz performers are notorious for announcing their retirements only to then stage inevitable comeback appearances, so it’s a safe bet Uggie's career is only playing dead.

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The bad news about winning five Oscars (including Best Picture) is that you just don't get to sleep that night -- the good news is you just don't want to, as the folks behind "The Artist" proved first thing Monday morning on TODAY. Ten members of the international cast and crew of the film all showed up smiling (and still clutching their Academy Awards) for a chat with TODAY's Ann Curry (despite the very early hour in California) and had nothing but happy thoughts to share.

"I was over the moon," said Best Actor recipient Jean Dujardin about his win. "I was ... out of my body. It's a new experience."

Producer Thomas Langmann also said their Best Picture win was "amazing." "Sometimes he (director Michel Hazanavicius) calls me the most stupid producer in the world, but now with this (Oscar) in my hand, I don't feel stupid at all."

Executive producer Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co. distributes the film, called "The Artist" "the million-to-one movie." He then added that they would be expanding the film's distribution to 2,000 theaters as of Friday.

"It says to every young filmmaker to do what you dream," he said.

And if Weinstein looked even more pleased than the actors, director and producer around him, he had particular reason: His company's film "The King's Speech" also took home the Best Picture Oscar last year, and also distributed "The Iron Lady," which earned Meryl Streep her third Oscar Sunday night.

"I like to choose interesting subjects," he said dryly. "A stuttering king and a black-and-white silent movie. I should have my head analyzed."

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Uggie at the Golden Globes

Uggie, who's soared to fame as Jean Dujardin's canine co-star in the Oscar-nominated film "The Artist," might soon go into retirement for an unknown illness.

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The Jack Russell's trainer, Omar Von Muller, was quoted as telling the British newspaper The Daily Mail that he suffers from a "mysterious shaking syndrome. It is a neurological disorder and we've spent thousands on vets' bills trying to figure out what is causing it but the experts don't really know."

'The Artist' dog star Uggie retiring from films, brother Dash ready to jump in

Calling the situation "very sad," Muller said Uggie's problems started prior to November 2010, when production began on "The Artist," for which Uggie is nominated for one of two Golden Collar awards in addition to his performance opposite Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in "Water for Elephants."

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"It comes and goes and, ironically, it is worse when he's relaxed. When we were filming you could hardly notice it," said Muller, adding: "It is a shame this has happened when he is getting the biggest success of his career but we feel the best thing to do is to retire him after the Oscars."

In a recent interview with THR, Muller's co-trainer Sarah Clifford said Uggie, who's 10 years old, would retire from his feature film career this year after working 15-hour days on set, most recently for "The Artist."

"We don’t force our dogs to do this," she said "And it always has to be fun for them. Uggie's still enjoying it but he’s getting up there and he’s slowing down a little."

For his purportedly final hurrah, Uggie -- whose brother, Dash, is expected to step in his paws --  will open the Oscars telecast on Feb. 26 alongside host Billy Crystal, according to reports.

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"The Artist" surprised some moviegoers in the U.K.

"The Artist" is earning acclaim, including three Golden Globes. But not everyone appreciates the black-and-white, almost entirely silent film.

British newspapers are reporting that some moviegoers there demanded refunds after starting to watch the film and discovering it's silent (a few lines are spoken near the end).

The U.K. paper The Telegraph said that theater staff had issued a "small number of refunds" to patrons who complained. The article also noted that patrons buying tickets to "The Artist" at one Liverpool theater were now being asked if they understood that the film was silent to stave off any future confusion.

A spokesman for the Odeon theater chain told the paper that "the cinema is happy to offer guests a refund on their film choice is they raise concern with a member of staff within 10 minutes of the film starting."

In a similar incident from October of 2011, a Michigan woman actually sued the studio that released Ryan Gosling's "Drive," claiming, among other things, that the trailer billed the dark drama as an action film along the lines of the "Fast & Furious" series. The suit actually called out the movie for having "very little driving."

The "Drive" and "Artist" incidents raise the question: Why do people who don't bother to research a movie before paying money to see it think their ignorance is the moviemaker's problem?

We can imagine the future lawsuits this trend could produce. "I thought 'Easy A' was a guide to rocks-for-jocks college classes!" "I believed 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' was a rock concert movie filmed from the front row!" "I expected 'Friends With Benefits' to be an instructional dating film!" Or even: "War Horse" had too much "War," not enough "Horse!"

Perhaps the movie title that applies here is "Dumb and Dumber."

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If you still see movies at the theater despite the cost and despite your grumblings that Hollywood has no original ideas, perhaps you do so because there's nothing quite like seeing a film on the big screen. For that you can thank, in part, the folks below.

The American Society of Cinematographers announced its nominees for the 26th annual ASC Awards on Wednesday.

The nominated cinematographers are Guillaume Schiffman for "The Artist," Jeff Cronenweth for "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Robert Richardson for "Hugo," Hoyte van Hoytema for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and Emmanuel Lubezki for "The Tree of Life."

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Jean Dujardin plays George Valentin and Berenice Bejo is Peppy Miller, actors whose careers are going in different directions, in "The Artist."

It's odd to go to a theater and watch a black-and-white silent movie in 2011. You feel as if you should drive there in your horseless carriage with a stop at the speakeasy to don a "Votes for Women" sash.

Once the film in question, "The Artist," begins, you will occasionally become aware of how eerily quiet a room full of people can be. The film has music, but until the end, there are no lines spoken by the actors. When they finally speak, it's jarring, and you're reminded just how deep into its world "The Artist" has pulled you.

Jean Dujardin plays silent film star George Valentin, who has all the right moves in the mid-1920s. He's the George Clooney or Brad Pitt of his day, with agents and producers at his beck and call, and women flocking to his suave, tuxedoed form. One of those women is young Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), who uses a tabloid photo of herself getting a kiss on the cheek from Valentin to jumpstart her own Hollywood career. When talkies come in, French-accented George's star falls, and the aptly named Peppy rises. Watch for numerous scenes showing her running up the stairs while he trudges down, their very walking directions showing their career trajectories.

For a while,  George's adorable dog and co-star is the only one who sticks by him, but tides and trends naturally change again. After one scene so dramatic that a woman in our audience broke the silence by screaming out "JESUS!" things actually turn around, and the film's happy ending feels earned and uplifting.

The film makes a few jokes at its own expense -- the very first scene shows George, in a film, being tortured with sound for refusing to speak. And it provokes discussion too -- who doesn't know someone who's refused to or been unable to move with the times when a new innovation breaks up the career that's served them well? Newspaper journalists know what I'm talking about.

"Singin' in the Rain," "A Star Is Born," "Sunset Boulevard" and other films may pop into your head as you watch this tale of how fast a star can fall, but "The Artist" feels original and yes, a little magical. You may think you'll never enjoy a silent film, but give yourself the chance to try.

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