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Demetri Martin is one of a new breed of comics who get laughs with acerbic, relaxed observational humor. He discusses his job as a writer -- for Conan O'Brien, the movies and his stand-up career.

Spider-Man 2 weaves its way into U.S. movie theaters Wednesday. Tobey Maguire returns as the title superhero, this time suffering a crisis of confidence. Alfred Molina joins the cast as his evil nemesis, Dr. Otto Octavius -- better known to Spidey fans as Doctor Octopus. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

Alan Cheuse reviews I, Robot, a collection of robot stories by the late science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. The book was first published more than 50 years ago.

TV critic David Bianculli has a report from the 25th Anniversary of the Banff Television Festival. About 1,300 television professionals from around the world came together from June 13-17 to award prizes to the best in international TV programming.

Schwartz has an appreciation of the music in the new five-DVD box set The Marx Brothers Collection.

One of their most beloved musicals -- Fiddler on the Roof -- is back on Broadway. The production, at the Minskoff Theatre, stars Alfred Molina as Tevye and includes a new song they wrote. There's a new cast recording of the show. Bock and Harnick collaborated on Fiorello (which won a Pulitzer Prize), She Loves Me and The Rothschilds.

What animal is black and white and controversial, all over the nation's capitol? Day to Day reporter Eric Niiler reports on an art project in Washington, D.C. to place panda statues throughout the city -- and the debate it's stirring up about public art.

Actor and singer Tab Hunter's new book, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, reveals his secret status as a homosexual in Hollywood. Hunter was a teen heartthrob in the 1950s and 1960s, starring in over 50 films including Damn Yankees, That Kind of Woman, and more recently, John Waters' Polyester.

The Pentagon and U.N. human rights investigators are in a standoff over access to the more than 500 people being held at the Guantanamo Bay military detention center. Last week, the Defense Department invited the United Nations to visit the base, but under conditions that the investigators say they cannot accept.

Anthony Swofford's memoir of his time as a Marine in the first Iraq war, Jarhead, has been adapted to the screen. Critic Kenneth Turan says the movie has brilliant parts and excellent co-stars, but the picture rarely makes the emotional connection it's after.