Sarah Polley earned wide acclaim for directing the drama Away from Her, about a woman fading into the twilight of Alzheimer's, as well as for her acting performances in an array of films including...
First things first: Can we talk about hair? Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a big knockout of a novel about immigration, American dreams, the power of first love, and the...
In the film Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig stars as the title character, a 27-year-old living a good but not particularly successful post-college life in New York City.Frances becomes unmoored, though,...
If you heard the Dawes song "Just Beneath the Surface" and said, "Somebody's been listening to their old Jackson Browne albums," you're not exactly insulting Dawes. The band has actually backed...
For the past 37 years, Robert Caro has devoted his life to writing the definitive biography of Lyndon Johnson. So far, The Years of Lyndon Johnson has four acclaimed volumes and has shown readers...
Bing Crosby was the biggest thing in pop singing in the 1930s, a star on radio and in the movies. He remained a top star in the '40s, when Frank Sinatra began giving him competition.Crosby often...
This interview was originally broadcast on Oct. 24, 2007.By the end of The-40-Year-Old Virgin, the title character had lost his virginity — and actor Steve Carell had become a star.The actor, who was...
This interview was originally broadcast on June 3, 2008.For nearly a decade, Jenna Fischer has played Pam, one of The Office's most recognizably real characters.If you've ever worked in a clerical...
This interview was originally broadcast on July 30, 2008.While his Office character always took himself seriously, actor Rainn Wilson seems to be all about the laughs. For the entirety of the series...
While I was watching Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge back in 2001, I had the oddest experience. Someone's cellphone rang, and instead of getting annoyed I was ... relieved. The movie's bombardment was so...
