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CBS is crossing over its sitcom Two and a Half Men with the procedural crime drama CSI. The shows aren't just going to share actors and storylines: Comedy writers are working on CSI, and Two and a Half Men is being written by CSI vets.
Charles Ardai discusses his publishing group Hard Case Crime, which prints pulp crime novels.
A preservation group is pushing to get the landmark Miami Marine Stadium restored.
May 4, 2008 · Marvel Studios estimates that Iron Man — which stars Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire arms maker-turned-superhero Tony Stark — pulled in more than $100 million in its first few days of release. That's far more than Marvel expected for its first release as an independent studio.
May 5, 2008 · Hard-boiled is the phrase most often used to describe Raymond Chandler's quintessential private eye, Philip Marlowe. The truth is: It isn't Marlowe who is hard-boiled, it's the world he lives in. For "In Character," our series exploring famous American fictional characters, NPR's Mike Shuster examines the PI who was created in the 1930s and has gone through several incarnations in radio, film and television.
May 4, 2008 · An ongoing archaeological project in Annapolis, Md., is revealing what life was like for African-Americans before and after slavery. Many of the finds detail how Africans were able to preserve their various religious beliefs while assimilating to American society.
May 3, 2008 · This week the health minister of India called on the Bollywood film industry to quit showing stars drinking on screen.
May 4, 2008 · An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI's art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk about the growing trend of art fraud online.
May 2, 2008 · Brilliant arms-merchant playboy dons advanced battle armor to save the world from evil plot. Latest Marvel Comics adaptation wants to be this summer's first blockbuster, but it's too overloaded for takeoff.Web Extra: Watch Clips
May 1, 2008 · David Mamet hates NPR. Well, he loves it, too. It's a complicated relationship, not unlike those he writes about in his plays, books and movies. Mamet, perhaps best known for the play and movie Glengarry Glen Ross, discusses radio, art and politics.
April 30, 2008 · The nationwide contest Poetry Out Loud draws 200,000 high school students who recite — by heart — classic and contemporary poems. This year's winner was Shawntay Henry from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Henry read "Frederick Douglass" by Robert E. Hayden.Web Extra: Listen to the Winning Recitation
April 30, 2008 · Yang Tongyan is serving a 12-year sentence in a Chinese prison for publishing anti-government articles on the Internet. Larry Siems, director of the PEN American Center, explains why Yang is being honored with the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.
April 28, 2008 · As National Poetry Month draws to a close, we recognize five new volumes that celebrate the form, including verse probing the darkness at the edge of everyday life from U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic and hard questions posed in comic fashion from Jane Shore.
April 27, 2008 · The poet discusses how his new book, Special Orders, is one long poem in and of itself. He also discusses memory and loss.
April 27, 2008 · Big oil, big buildings, big hair — the TV series Dallas made its glittering debut 30 years ago this month. Neither its namesake city nor TV has been the same since. Longtime Dallas TV critic Ed Bark discusses the show, the city and "Who Shot J.R.?"
In the 1970s, Clifford Irving got a million-dollar advance for an "autobiography" of Howard Hughes.
In this week's installment of Summary Judgment from online magazine Slate, we'll hear about the critics' verdicts on this week's new movies: Meet the Robinsons, The Lookout and Blades of Glory.
A question over the film's music rights has kept it out of theaters, despite its legions of fans.
New York University professor Randy Martin parses the shocking, the controversial and the profound.
Benson has spent the past five decades capturing famous faces — from the Beatles to the Clintons.
Formerly half of the comedy duo "Cheech and Chong," Marin is now making his mark in the art world.