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Steve Carell Best Original Screenplay. Carell played Uncle Arthur, imitating the camp mannerisms of Paul Lynde's original character, in "Bewitched", a TV adaptation co-starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. He also voiced Hammy the Squirrel in the 2006 computer-animated film, "Over the Hedge" and Ned McDodd, the mayor of Whoville, in the 2008 animated film "Horton Hears a Who!". He starred in "Little Miss Sunshine" during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films "Anchorman", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", and "Bewitched" established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack", a group of actors who often appear in films together, that