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Director Jake Kasdan woke up one night knowing suddenly that his next film would be a fake music biopic called Walk Hard. He cast John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox, the putative legend who has trouble with women and drugs — and who tries on a multitude of musical personalities.

The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City opens a new building Saturday. Before the opening, the art has to get inside. One of the features of the new building is a loading dock in the front, where passers-by can watch the paintings and sculptures get transferred from trucks to the building.

In actor Richard Gere's latest film, The Hoax, he plays a scam artist who gets a major book publisher to pay him a seven-figure publishing deal. It's based on the true story of Clifford Irving, who claimed to be a Howard Hughes biographer. It's now out on DVD.

Eddie and Heather Gist discuss the idea behind their company, Modest By Design, specializing in conservative fashion for women. They offer listeners tips on how to be both subtle and stylish.

The film American Gangster topped the box office this weekend. Americans love to watch gangsters — men who buck the system and whack the competition. Producer Mark Rowland talks about the popularity of the gangster in American culture, and the anti-hero's resonance in hip-hop culture.

The Sotheby's auctioneer had estimated that the statuette could fetch $1.2 million. A 1940 copy of Orson Welles's 156-page 'Citizen Kane'' script, replete with blue markings, fetched $97,000. We talk to director Peter Bogdanovich, a close friend of Welles.

Designer Erin Fetherston is just 26 years old, but already her clothes have graced the runways of Paris and New York. This week, she joins the ranks of Thomas O'Brien and Isaac Mizrahi as a featured designer for Target.

In Tamara Jenkins' new film, two 40-something siblings learn to deal with their elderly father's dementia. The film — it's a comedy — stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney. Jenkins' previous film work includes The Slums of Beverly Hills.

The film, about an animated princess thrust unprepared into the gritty reality of New York City, is what happens when wised-up meets happily-ever-after. Amy Adams is the indispensable star.

Writer and producer Ed Burns draws on his experience as a former Baltimore detective to create the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, now in its fifth and final season. It's a crime drama with a central theme of surveillance technology used to capture drug dealers.