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The creators of South Park have something new to insult the sensibilities of just about everyone — an R-rated satire of big-budget action movies, the politics of Hollywood, Michael Moore, jingoistic patriotism and racial profiling gone awry. NPR's Bob Mondello says Team America: World Police, populated entirely by puppets, gives creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker a chance to blow up some of the most elaborate miniature sets ever built.

The lights will apparently continue to light up Broadway's theater district. Contract talks between Actor's Equity and the League of American Theatres and Producers have produced a tentative agreement, averting threats of a strike. Jeff Lunden reports.

It's fall again, and everybody knows what that means: a new TV season. Believe it or not, the networks are promising the best lineups ever, with more reality shows, more crime dramas and plenty of hype.

The 2004 New Yorker Festival begins next weekend -- NPR's Scott Simon talks to actors Stanley Tucci and Cynthia Nixon, both panelists on a festival session entitled "The Method: Acting Onstage and Onscreen."

Alan Cheuse reviews Country of Origin by Don Lee, a mystery whose main character is a young American woman who was born in Japan under mysterious circumstances and returns to the country of her birth to find out her true origins.

Andrew Wallenstein of The Hollywood Reporter reviews Kevin Hill, the new UPN drama starring Taye Diggs as a self-involved lawyer whose life is changed when he's compelled to care for a baby.

Legendary comedian Groucho Marx's TV game show You Bet Your Life is celebrated in a new DVD. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and DVD co-producer Robert Bader.

As part of our weeklong motivational check-up series, NPR's Tavis Smiley checks in with public relations guru Terri Williams, who explains how to bring balance to our lives.

Woodie King Jr., one of black theater's most respected voices and author of the new book The Impact of Race: Theatre and Culture, talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about the politics of black theater. [Editor's note: This report contains language that some may find offensive.]

Anthony Holborne was an English composer during the Elizabethan age. While his music is fairly popular, little is known about his life. A group of musicians has created an imaginary biography of the composer's life, using the titles of Holborne's songs. This whimsical biography is performed by the Kings Noyse on a CD called My Selfe. Tom Manoff has a review.