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  • In Jackie Chan's upcoming film, The Forbidden Kingdom, he collaborates for the first time with Jet Li, another martial arts superstar. Chan talks about the new movie, his martial arts training and how he learned his father was a spy.
  • Benson, 78, has spent the past five decades capturing famous faces from the Beatles to the Clintons. As he takes a stroll through a retrospective of his work, he shares the secret to making his subjects look natural.
  • The cannibal psychiatrist from The Silence of the Lambs is a murderous madman -- but he comes to be fond of FBI agent Clarice Starling. It's that evil-with-a-sweet-streak thing that's behind his appeal.
  • Doubly vaccinated travelers will be welcomed starting Feb. 21, nearly two years after it first closed its border. The move is seen as relief for its tourism industry.
  • With that bullwhip and fedora, he's not your typical archaeologist. Sometimes, in fact, Indy's more treasure hunter than scientist. In the real world of archeologists, Indy's adventure-addicted character doesn't quite match the facts.
  • Artist Justin Gignac began putting garbage into boxes and selling them for as much as $100 to poke fun at the notion of value. A second project involves selling paintings of objects for the price of the item depicted. It's gotten him fancy dinners, video games and more.
  • A brilliant, miserable professor of Victorian literature finds new life in love with a former student turned doctor. "Smart," however, may not be the best adjective for the film, which neither convinces nor entertains.
  • The Dutch art collective Antistrot — seven artists who create single works together — opened their first U.S. solo show at a gallery in New York. The BPP visited the group's studio last week to record the artists finishing their latest giant canvas.
  • 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.
  • Hilton Hollis, a native of Natchez, Miss., is a big name on the international fashion circuit. But he says he first became interested in style growing up in the south. Hollis explains how his southern heritage comes to life in his designs.
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