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Filed under: Reviews In reprising his role from ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ Russell Brand gets some surprisingly comic relief help from none other than Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs in the spin-off film, ‘ Get Him to the Greek .’ Outside of dating singer Katy Perry, Brand is not an American household name, but with P.Diddy on the scene, playing (what else) a music exec, the film is a very funny, often outrageously take on the music industry. Directed by Nicholas Stoller , Jonah Hill plays Aaron Green, a record company intern looking to raise his status in the company. When sales are down and suggestions are being tossed to by employees to head honcho Sergio Roma (played by Combs) as to what will bring the company fortunes, Aaron talks about doing a ten year anniversary of British rock singer Aldous Snow’s live concert. Sounds like good idea, considering that Aldous could use this as comeback in society after falling from grace for releasing his worst album, including a song and video called ‘African Child’ that many felt was racist. Getting Aldous to leave from London to Los Angeles for the concert is not an easy task that Aaron thought it would be. Aside from arguing with his doctor girlfriend (played by Elizabeth Moss) back home, problems continue to rise as Aldous drags Aaron around town at beck and call, subjecting him to women, booze and drugs. Taking his supporting role ‘Sarah Marshall’ to ‘Greek,’ Brand is just hilarious. In watching these two films, one never knows when Brand’s humor is off. Is his real life persona in this film the same because the guy just makes one laugh out loud? For once, Hill is the guy who tries to keep a straight face, and delivers some poignant scenes with TV’s Mad Men’s Elizabeth Moss , whose dry comedy is quite witty. Given the best lines in the film, the scene stealer and standout is Combs. In his first big screen role since 2001’s ‘Monster’s Ball,’ Diddy is having a ball playing a music exec. It’s almost as if the producers told him to be himself, but with some comedic flair. All told, ‘Greek’ is a buddy flick that works because never runs out of steam or humor.