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Fresh Air's rock critic reviews Revival, the new solo album from the onetime Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman. It's out Oct. 2, with 12 new originals from the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer.

Vera Wang is the latest in a stream of high-end designers — including Isaac Mizrahi, Karl Largerfeld and Stella McCartney — to partner with a discount store chain and design a far less expensive line.

Planning to watch a movie this weekend? Mark Jordan Legan with the online magazine Slate tells us what the critics are saying about The Kingdom, The Game Plan and Lust, Caution.

A troupe of thespians goes undercover in Hong Kong and Shanghai during the Japanese occupation, hoping their ingenue (Tang Wei) can get close enough to a collaborator (Tony Leung) to let them attempt an assassination.

Actor Ray Wise (Good Night and Good Luck) portrays the devil in Reaper, a new series from Clerks writer-director Kevin Smith. The show centers on a 21-year-old slacker, Sam, who discovers that his parents sold his soul to the devil when he was born.

Critic Milo Miles reviews the new four-DVD set, Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938. The animated series features the classic Popeye cartoons by the Fleischer Brothers studios. Miles calls the set a first-rate reissue.

Leo and Diane Dillon have been collaborating and creating award-winning art for 50 years. Together they have illustrated more than 25 books.

Philip Roth's newest novel, Exit Ghost, is his ninth and final Nathan Zuckerman book. The series began in 1979 with The Ghost Writer; a compendium, Zuckerman Bound, is now available. Roth, author of 28 novels, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for American Pastoral.

Massive, scientifically accurate "dinosaurs" have begun stomping around U.S. sports arenas, thanks to the wizardry of 21st century puppetry techniques and robotics. The $20 million theatrical spectacle Walking With Dinosaurs, based on a BBC television series, travels to New York from Washington this weekend.

The multi-dimensional writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie offers a novel for young adults. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian follows a 14-year-old from a reservation in the Northwest.