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Actress Holly Hunter talks about starring in a new cable television series, Saving Grace, which runs Monday nights on TNT. Hunter also looks back on her Oscar-winning film career.

Samuel L. Jackson, often called one of Hollywood's hardest-working performers, earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as the philosophizing hit man in <em>Pulp Fiction.</em>

Samuel L. Jackson, Playing the 'Champ'

In the film Resurrecting the Champ, actor Samuel L. Jackson plays a homeless, broken-down former heavyweight contender. The movie is directed by Rob Lurie and set to open Aug. 24.

Another Century, Another Space 'Invasion'

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

'Penelopiad' Opens on Stage

A new play that reworks one of literature's great myths has had its world premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood is an adaptation of her book by the same name.

Looking Back at 'Sister Love': Lorraine Ellison on CD

Fresh Air's resident rock historian remembers soul singer Lorraine Ellison, who recorded a handful of albums and dozens of singles in the '60s and '70s; though she charted a few R&B hits, she never quite broke through to stardom. Her biggest success was with the string-saturated ballad "Stay With Me," which topped out at No. 11 on the R&B charts and has since been covered by everyone from Bette Midler to teenybopper idol Rex Smith.

Summary Judgment: New Movies

In this week's roundup of the latest releases from the online magazine Slate, we'll hear what critics are saying about The Bourne Ultimatum, Becoming Jane and Bratz.

Buscemi's 'Interview,' Fantastically Revealing

Fresh Air's critic says Steve Buscemi's film — a remake of a two-character psychodrama by murdered Dutch director Theo van Gogh — isn't politically incendiary, but it's powerfully dramatic.

1967's 'Summer of Soul' - Part II

In the second installment of the series on 1967's "Summer of Soul," pop culture expert Mark Anthony Neal discusses four soul and R&B hits from the historic summer. Among other things, the music helped mold a new identity for black men in America.

In just over a decade, Paul Rudd has gone from swoon bait (as the Mr. Knightley clone in <em>Clueless</em>) to deadpan scene-stealer in films like this summer's <em>Knocked Up.</em> He keeps up a theater career, as well — most recently starring opposite Julia Roberts in Broadway's <em>Three Days of Rain.</em>

Actor Paul Rudd, Rewriting the Commandments

Paul Rudd, who co-starred in Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin, produced and stars in the new independent film The Ten — a series of irreverent vignettes that reinterpret the Ten Commandments for a modern audience.

'The Hottest State'

The Hottest State sounds like the ultimate vanity project — it's based on director Ethan Hawke's semi-autobiographical novel — but the film turns out to be an affecting story of a young man's first love.

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