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Kevin Bacon makes his directorial debut on the big screen with Loverboy. The film stars his real-life wife, Kyra Sedgwick, as an obsessed mother who refuses to allow her son exposure to the outside world.

Friday marks the release of a new documentary by filmmaker Ward Merrill called The Heart of the Game. The film follows the Roosevelt Roughriders, a high school girls' basketball team from Seattle, over a seven-year period.

The movie version of the controversial book The Yacoubian Building premiered this week in Cairo. The all-star production, the most expensive film ever in Egypt, touches on topics that are often taboo, such as Islamic extremism and homosexuality. It's opening at a time when the Egyptian government is taking a hard line on most expressions of dissent.

The moment when a young musician selects an instrument can feel make or break, with a lifetime of possibilities on the line.

Our TV critic and (guest host for this show) previews the third season premiere of the HBO series Deadwood. The show returns to the air this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET.

Tony Award nominee Corey Reynolds is also the co-star of the TNT crime drama The Closer. Reynolds talks with Farai Chideya about his TV role, and whether he misses the stage. He was nominated three years ago for his starring role as Seaweed J. Stubbs in the enduring Broadway smash Hairspray.

John Amatore Hughes brings design principles of chaos and disorder to home design in his new book Punk Shui: Home Design for Anarchists.

Novelist Terry McMillan has a new passion: textile design. Starting Tuesday, her works will be on display in New York's Central Park. The exhibit benefits Harlem Textile Works, a non-profit organization dedicated to exposing kids to textile design.

Few directors working in Hollywood hold as much industry sway as M. Night Shyamalan. From The Sixth Sense to The Village, his films have earned billions worldwide. Still, Shyamalan has a lot riding on his latest effort, Lady in the Water. Renee Montagne talks to Scott Foundas, film editor for LA Weekly about Shyamalan's career.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- A Scanner Darkly, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the documentary Once in a Lifetime.