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"Marmaduke" Joe Lederer, Twentieth Century Fox The American Kennel Club asked the public to vote for the most popular canine movie of the year, and the results are in -- "Marmaduke" ran away with 49 percent of the vote! Other animals in the running for this dog version of the Oscars were the French bulldog from "Due Date" and the German shepherd and beagle from "Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore." The AKC also collected votes on dog movies deserving a Lifetime Achievement Award, with top honors going to "Lassie Come Home" with 31 percent of vote, followed by "Benji." Others in consideration were "Lady and the Tramp," "Man From Hell's River" and "The Wizard of Oz." Did your favorite ...

"Marmaduke" Joe Lederer, Twentieth Century Fox The movie "Marmaduke" hits the big screen this weekend and pet experts and Great Dane breeders are bracing for a "101 Dalmatians" style run on the pony-sized dogs. The live-action movie tells the story of Marmaduke as an awkward teenager who has trouble fitting in when the family moves from the Midwest to Southern California. (One of the plot points naturally involves a surfing competition.) Actor Owen Wilson voices the dog and Lee Pace, Judy Greer and William H. Macy star as several of the humans. Even though the original comic strip and the new movie show the trouble the big dog gets into, breeders and rescuers expect that the film will ...