AJAX previous/next links to update entry

i have single <div id="featured"> that loads a single entry...im trying to refresh that <div> via "Previous" and "Next" links with a AJAX calls...i am using link_to_remote as seen here...:

<%= link_to_remote "previous", :update => 'featured',   :url => { :page => @entry_pages.current.next } if @entry_pages.current.next %>

my controller has...:

def list   @entry_pages, @entries = paginate :entries, :per_page => 1 end

am i on the right track?..this seems to be working, although the <div> updates with the whole new page layout, not just the snippet of the entry code...i suspect this has to do with "render(:layout => false)", but i dont know where/how to add this in my controller...how can this be done, am i going about this in the right way?..any help is appreciated....!