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An American Idol-style contest to choose the stars of Broadway's latest Grease revival wasn't exactly a ratings smash. But hefty advance ticket sales means that the NBC series may have been a success in a different way: as a marketing gimmick.

This star-studded, big-budget, musicalized Hollywood take on Hairspray retains the original's funky sweetness — and ramps up the subversive social-consciousness stuff. Hugely enjoyable summer fun. (Recommended)

The 19th annual National Black Artist Festival begins this week in Atlanta. The program's executive producer Stephanie Hughley gives the lowdown on what's in store for attendees.

Actor and writer Ricky Gervais is best known as creator and star of the British TV comedy The Office, which was adapted into a U.S. hit starring Steve Carrell. Gervais also stars in Extras, which airs in the U.S. on HBO, and writes the Flanimals children's books.

Fresh Air's film critic reviews 3:10 to Yuma, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. It's a remake of the 1957 movie of the same title — which was, in turn, based on an Elmore Leonard short story.

Celebrated salsa musician is the subject of the film El Cantante. Our music critic takes a look at his career, marked by dazzling musical highs and personal lows including heroin addiction and a suicide attempt.

A father's death brings a family together — physically, at least — in a brightly funereal farce that mixes last rites with comic wrongs. Director Frank Oz fills the screen with Muppetlike faces and stages comic catastrophes with Monty Pythonish excess.

By day, women from the group Girls Drawin' Girls are animators for shows such as Futurama and South Park. But in their spare time they draw pin-up girls. They're bringing a different perspective to this sexy genre.

Michael Harvey created the A&E cable show Cold Case Files, a documentary series that follows forensic experts and detectives as they investigate long-unsolved murder cases. Harvey has also written a novel, The Chicago Way.

The Body Snatchers remake, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, proves the pulp classic is still startlingly in tune with the U.S. zeitgeist.