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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.

For nearly 60 years, Doris Lessing has been writing some of the most daring and important fiction in English. In her new novel, she takes a long look back over her shoulder to try to fathom the origins of human life.

Appealingly preposterous biopic purports to explain what happened during a few lost months in the life of France's answer to Shakespeare; according to this sumptuously costumed comedy, his adventures inspired his best characters and plays.

There's a groundbreaking new magazine that celebrates African style. Called "Karama Umuntu," the publication is dedicated to African hairstyles and fashion and will launch this fall in the United Kingdom. Florence Abwoyo, its creator and publisher, explains the magazine's significance.

Fresh Air's TV critic reviews the new Showtime dramedy Californication. It stars X-Files veteran David Duchovny as a charming, jaded rogue of a writer trapped in a Hollywood fame-and-identity crisis; he's still hung up on his ex, so much so that he's sleeping with every woman who'll let him.

Newsweek entertainment writer Allison Samuels talks about the cost of famous black women going public with their personal lives, rapper 50 Cent's challenge to Kanye West, and the search for someone to play Biggie Smalls in a new biopic about the late rap star.

Iconic series loses something when it's padded and ironed out to conform to Hollywood's templates; the film rarely captures the magic of the show, with its lunatic free-associations and its manic highs.

A hit-man tells his A.A. group that he needs their help or he'll never work again; they do try to help, and of such moral gray areas, John Dahl's offbeat comedy makes much laughter. (Recommended)

Ryan Cochran-Siegle's Vermont family has sent six athletes to the Winter Olympics. His mom, Barbara Cochran, won gold in Sapporo, Japan, as an alpine ski racer in 1972.

Wichita, Kansas' African American Museum has just secured a large tract of land to help the small museum grow. Eric Key, the museum's executive director, talks about their next challenge: fundraising.