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Why are historic places threatened, why do preservationists think they are worth saving and how can we do it? A look at the 11 most endangered historic sites in America, including Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Actor, director, producer and comedian Mel Brooks talks about his new Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, the movie and potential stage production of Blazing Saddles, and his long and successful career.

After Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's secret wedding, could there be a little one on the way? Plus, what do Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and Herbie Hancock have in common? For more, NPR's Tony Cox talks with entertainment contributor Tanya Hart.

Hard-boiled is the phrase most often used to describe Raymond Chandler's quintessential private eye, Philip Marlowe. The truth is: It isn't Marlowe who is hard-boiled, it's the world he lives in. For "In Character," our series exploring famous American fictional characters, NPR's Mike Shuster examines the PI who was created in the 1930s and has gone through several incarnations in radio, film and television.

A gender-reversed take on My Best Friend's Wedding, only markedly less inspired; this dud might be merely annoying, except that director and leading man compete to see who can be more mean-spirited.

Saturday Night Live's DNA is all over this surrogate-pregnancy comedy, in which a sophisticated single businesswoman recruits a South Philly dim-bulb to bear the child she can't carry herself.

The scuzzballs — usually front and center in David Mamet movies — play supporting roles to the principled guy at the core of this quasi-inspirational martial-arts drama. Inspiration? From Mamet? Well, sorta.

An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI's art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk about the growing trend of art fraud online.

Oscar-winning actress stepped behind the camera to direct the new dramedy Then She Found Me. She helped adapt the script as well, from the novel by Elinor Lipman. And Hunt stars in the film alongside Bette Midler — who plays her birth mother.

Last year, actor Casey Affleck starred in two major Hollywood films: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Gone Baby Gone. Affleck discusses his most recent films, his famous older brother, and his early entrance to the world of acting.