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John Waters' Hairspray was a cult movie that became a hit Broadway musical. Now the stage musical returns to the big screen; we talk with director and choreographer Adam Shankman, whose earlier credits include the legendary musical episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.

Nancy Cartwright's work is widely heard and well loved, but not many people know it's her. She's the voice of Bart Simpson on TV's The Simpsons — and in the long-awaited feature film that hits theaters this week.

Filmmaker John Waters, a frequent Fresh Air guest, visited the show in 1988, the year the original, nonmusical Hairspray hit theaters. Another recent project is the CD A Date With John Waters, released in February 2007. This interview first aired Feb. 8, 1988.

The sun's bright candle is just about burnt out — will Cillian Murphy's team of squabbling space jockeys be able to relight it in time? Wait, this is science-fiction: Don't ask too many questions, or everything may blow up. Danny Boyle's movie is a flameout, but it sure is pretty.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan looks at what the critics are saying about this week's major movie releases, including Madagascar, The Longest Yard and The League of Ordinary Gentlemen.

Director Gregg Araki and novelist Scott Heim have collaborated on the new film Mysterious Skin, based on Heim's novel of the same name. It's the story of two young men who were sexually molested as boys, and the different ways in which trauma has shaped their lives.

The Bravo network series Ultimate Super Heroes, Ultimate Super Villains and Ultimate Super Vixens, which debuts Thursday night, ranks the best fictional characters in pop culture, drawing from movies, television, comic books and video games.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Cinderella Man, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ron Howard. Edelstein says he fell for the shmaltzy flick, "a three-hanky weeper."

A senior curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has been indicted in Italy on criminal charges related to the acquisition of several items in the museum's collection. Marion True, curator for antiquities, denies the charges. Michele Norris talks to Suzanne Muchnic of the Los Angeles Times about the case.

David Levy, director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has resigned and the museum's board has set aside plans to build a dramatic new wing designed by Frank Gehry. The moves come in the midst of a financial crisis that has raised questions about what kind of place the Corcoran should be.