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San Francisco's oldest black theater company, The Lorraine Hansberry Theater, is about to lose the lease on its downtown home. Hansberry executive director Quentin Easter explains the drama surrounding the troupe's ouster.

Fresh Air's film critic says Adam Shankman's candy-colored teeny-bopper parable feels fatuously energized, with the songs all blaring at one manic pitch and a heroine whose delusional optimism has peaked by the end of the opening number.

Newsweek entertainment reporter Allison Samuels discusses the latest showbiz buzz on Sean "Diddy" Combs and Prince's latest release.

Actor and director, Blair Underwood, along with award-winning writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes talk about their new novel Casanegra. The story chronicles the adventures of Tennyson Hardwick, a gorgeous actor and former gigolo living in Hollywood.

Fresh Air's critic-at-large reviews a new DVD set featuring two masterpieces by French filmmaker Chris Marker: 1962's La Jetee and 1984's Sans Soleil. The first is a science-fiction story set in a post-apocalyptic Paris; the narrator of the brilliantly perceptive Sans Soleiltells viewers about the letters she's received from a globe-trotting friend; her monologue is accompanied by footage from around the world.

Despite hip-hop's international popularity, it's a very personal music for many rap fans. We wrap up News & Notes' Hip-Hop Series with listener blog entries and rap artists' reflections about their favorite hip-hop memories.

Many of us know Paula Abdul as a former pop star who's now one of the judges on the TV show American Idol, but now Abdul has joined the club of celebrities who have their own reality shows. Hey Paula airs Thursday night on the Bravo Channel.

Despite some darkly inspired moments, the fifth of seven Harry Potter movies feels like — well, like the next to the next-to-last installment in a series that's taking its time.

Do you have a piece of American history in the attic? Wes Cowan, star of the public television series History Detectives, talks about how his team of experts separate fact from myth in their exploration of historical artifacts.

For centuries, Venice maintained strong economic and social ties with the Islamic world. The city's art and architecture bear the mark of this vibrant exchange.