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More black faces are showing up in fashion magazines these days, and some are calling it the "Michelle Obama Effect." For the latest entertainment news, NPR's Tony Cox speaks with Allison Samuels, national correspondent for Newsweek magazine.

Rainn Wilson plays beet-farming, archery-loving middle-management kook Dwight Shrute on NBC's The Office.

This week, NBC announced that comedian Jay Leno would stay at the network past his 2009 contract deadline and host a new prime-time show five days a week. Anthony E. Zuiker, co-creator of the CSI franchise, talks about how that will affect scripted television.

Songwriting brothers Richard and Robert Sherman were honored at the White House Monday for all the songs they've written for family movies, including the theme for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The brothers, who also wrote "It's a Small World (After All)," received the National Medal of Arts from President Bush.

For art lovers, Miami Beach is the place to be. This weekend, the city is hosting the mega art fair known as Art Basel. NPR's Farai Chideya talks with NPR's Tony Cox about the annual gathering and the growing popularity of art by African Americans.

For actor Kahlil Ashanti, a screaming drill sergeant is ripe for laughs. His humorous portrayals of those he encountered while in the Air Force round out his Off-Broadway one-man show, Basic Training.

For 15 seasons, actor Sam Waterston has portrayed prosecutor Jack McCoy on NBC's Law & Order. He has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, three for his work on Law & Order. In his time off from the show, he has appeared in countless movies and theatrical productions.

They look just like telephone booths, but they are decorated with hands folded in prayer, and there's a place to kneel. The prayer booths are an art installation designed to spark dialogue on prayer in the public sphere. There are prayer booths in Jackson, Tennessee, in Ceder Rapids Iowa — and now on a bustling Manhattan street in New York City.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of "Julia," the show that made Diahann Carroll the first black woman ever to star in her own television series. NPR's Farai Chideya talks with Diahann Carroll about her career and what "Julia" means to her today as part of our ongoing series "Living Legends."

Since joining the Howard Stern Show in 2001, comic and actor Artie Lange has revealed his personal demons to millions of radio listeners.