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News & Notes profiles a tap dance prodigy with a unique approach combining dance with music, a classical flute player and an athlete who's also a student leader.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein talks about two recent scandals regarding television personalities and the way the networks are handling them. Pat O'Brien, host of the gossip show The Insider, recently completed treatment for alcohol abuse, and Paula Abdul is accused of favoritism -- and maybe more -- in her role as judge on the hit show American Idol.

Last Night is James Salter's second story collection, 15 years after he published Dusk. Salter give us an America rich and lustrous and poor enough in spirit to break your heart three times over.

Ed Gordon talks with actor Morgan Freeman, who's been called one of the most respected figures in modern U.S. cinema. Freeman won his first Oscar earlier this year for best supporting actor for his role in Million Dollar Baby. The 67-year-old actor's latest film Unleashed opens in theaters around the country Friday.

Comic actor Anthony Anderson tells Ed Gordon about his starring role in the film King's Ransom, as well as his dramatic roles in the independent film Hustle and Flow and TV's crime drama The Shield.

Our regular Day to Day music critic reviews the self-titled debut album from the British blues band 22-20s. The band plays straight-ahead, upbeat, blues-based rock 'n' roll that hearkens back to early Rolling Stones -- and Bordal says the band doesn't need to apologize for being derivative, because it works.

Film critic David Edelstein has a review of the Batman installment, starring Christian Bale, Katie Holmes and Michael Caine. Is there room for one more film about the Caped Crusader? As the title suggests, this one goes back to the origins of a classic American character.

TV critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Love Is in the Heir, a new reality program on the entertainment channel E. The show follows an Iranian princess who comes to America, pursuing her dream of becoming a country-western singer.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Alexander, starring Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan presents an overview of what film critics are saying about this weekend's new movie releases, including the supernatural horror flick White Noise starring Michael Keaton.