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Walter Mosley tells NPR's Cheryl Corley about his latest novel, The Man in My Basement. The best-selling author examines race, freedom and power in a book that chronicles an unusual relationship between two men -- one black, one white.

Every Saturday night in a gritty YMCA in the South African city of Durban, men put on finely-pressed suits, drink cheap beer and compete in an a cappella Zulu choir competition called isicathamiya. They're sometimes called the "tip-toe guys". Isicathamiya means "in a stalking mood" and it refers to the slow deliberate dance moves the men do in unison while harmonizing. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

Day to Day and San Francisco Chronicle book critic David Kipen reviews The Art of the Interview: Lessons from a Master of the Craft by Lawrence Grobel.

Hero, China's biggest-ever box-office movie, opens in U.S. theaters Friday. The film, which stars Jet Li as a master swordsman, alternates gravity-defying swordplay with Chinese history. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

The comedy of Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy transcended the language barrier. But the duo didn't take any chances -- film historians have discovered a rare edition of a classic Laurel & Hardy film where the duo performs in German. Writer Mark Jordan Legan offers an appreciation.

We discuss the plans for rebuilding at ground zero in Lower Manhattan, and the debates surrounding those plans. Goldberger says idealism met cynicism at ground zero, and so far they have battled to a draw. His new book is Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York.

Slate contributor Ben Williams sums up what critics are saying about this weekend's major new film premieres. This week: Vanity Fair, starring Reese Witherspoon, and the mystery thriller Wicker Park.

Abandoned imaginary friends now have a place to call home. Craig McCracken, whose Powerpuff Girls took the nation by storm in the 1990s, has a new Cartoon Network series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Hear McCracken and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

There's a lot of speechifying going on these days, with President Bush and Sen. John Kerry traveling around making their stump speeches. Has it always been this way? NPR's Scott Simon asks Weekend Edition classics commentator Elaine Fantham what oratory was like in the days before teleprompters.

Slate contributor Ben Williams presents a round-up of what movie critics are saying about this weekend's major new film premieres, including The Princess Diaries 2, We Don't Live Here Anymore and Alien vs. Predator.