“I remember opening up the L.A. Times, and there was this writer who wrote a letter: ‘Dear God, stop putting Ben Stiller in ...

"Yeah, so doing this movie was the opposite of that − it was do work with children as well as animals," says Ben Stiller of his new feel-good holiday movie, "Nutcrackers" (streaming Friday on Hulu).

"Keep going, please, keep going," Stiller deadpans. OK, so what's their favorite Ben Stiller movie? "Well, Homer watched 'Alex the Lion' like 15 times," Uli says, but Homer quickly corrects him ...