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Some new anti-drug public service commercials are using a subtle tone and message. Slate critic Seth Stevenson says the ads portray realistic tales of casual drug users, instead of using a "this is your brain on drugs" type of shock value.

The Lewis and Clark National Bicentennial Exhibition makes its final stop this summer at the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Museum. Author Landon Jones says Lewis gets the most attention, but Clark shaped the voyage... and the West.

There's rock music -- you know, the kind inaugurated by Chuck Berry in the 1950s -- and then there's the real rock music, which started out on actual rocks in England in the 1800s. Paul Collins has written about the phenomenon of early rock bands in The Believer magazine, and talks about his findings.

Director Ron Howard's adaptation of the book by Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code walks a careful line. On one side lies world-famous art and shadowy figures. On the other is Howard, attempting to bring a unique interpretation to light.

Our film critic reviews A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman's film adaptation of Garrison Keillor's long-running public radio show.

Kevin Bacon makes his directorial debut on the big screen with Loverboy. The film stars his real-life wife, Kyra Sedgwick, as an obsessed mother who refuses to allow her son exposure to the outside world.

Emmy Award winner Brian Cox will be appearing on the HBO series Deadwood this season. Cox has been in more than 100 films and TV shows over the past 40 years.

Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan gives his take on the new Superman movie, Superman Returns. Turan likes the action, but he says the characters and plot are not made of steel.

What are critics saying about this weekend's top movies? Notes on The Devil Wears Prada, Superman Returns and Strangers with Candy. Mark Jordan Legan reports.

It's been 25 years since Jacques Cousteau unveiled an undersea adventure on network TV. Now comes a bit of drama from the great adventurer's grandson: Shark: Mind of a Demon with Fabian Cousteau. It's a CBS special. Andrew Wallenstein has a review.