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OutKast's Antwan "Big Boi" Patton is working on an unusual collaboration with the Atlanta Ballet. Initially, some patrons were freaked out by the idea of mixing hip hop and their sacred dance form. Through the rehearsal process, however, the project is gathering fans.

The movie Speed Racer opens Thursday. It's based on the Japanese animated series that was a hit with American kids in the late 1960s. The movie is directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, who directed The Matrix.

Author Charles Ardai is founder of Hard Case Crime, a publishing group that reprints classic crime fiction and publishes new pulp fiction in paperback editions. Ardai, who writes under the pen name Richard Aleas, has won the Edgar Award for mystery writing.

Errol Morris presents a disturbing documentary look at the prisoner-abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. With photographs and reenactments, the film shows where the military draws the line on abuse — which isn't where you might think.

What do Iron Man, Super Man, Spider Man, assorted Jedi and Eva Mendes have in common? They all have a strange power over 13 year old boys — and they all were all in Manhattan this weekend for Comic-Con.

Costa Rican artist Guillermo Vargas tied up an emaciated dog and reportedly left it to starve. In considering whether such projects constitute art, New York University professor Randy Martin discusses the shocking, the controversial and the profound.

A museum touring Eastern Europe makes use of old love letters and gifts from relationships gone wrong. The Museum of Broken Relationships gives new life to the leftovers from break-ups, one-night stands and ugly divorces. Scott Simon talks to the museum founders.

Hollywood's favorite stoners just want to get to Amsterdam, but a misheard comment puts them on the wrong side of homeland security. From there, it's one scrape after another as the two undertake a quest to prove their innocence.

A University of Alabama building will share the names of a Klan leader and its first Black student

Kyle Chandler plays Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights, the NBC-TV series about the big drama of small-town Texas high-school football. The third season of the series will be shown on DirecTV before airing on NBC in 2009.