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Writer Mark Jordan Legan rounds up what the critics are saying about this week's major film premieres, including Hostage, Robots and The Upside of Anger.

Body Worlds, a popular exhibit of preserved human corpses, was recently robbed of a 13-week-old preserved fetus while on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. NPR's Luke Burbank reports on the theft.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate contributor Seth Stevenson about a new series of ads for the Steve Madden shoe company. The ads promote company founder Steve Madden's upcoming release from federal penitentiary, where he's been imprisoned for almost three years for tax fraud.

There's a new incentive for Cleveland residents to patron the city's art scene during the work week: more sleep. To help reinvigorate local arts, Cleveland tourism officials are touting a program called "Late Out, Late In." Employees can arrive at work two hours late if they attend an arts event the night before.

A Maryland man is encouraging strangers to send him postcards containing messages with their deepest secrets. Frank Warren tells Michele Norris about Postsecret.com.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Diary of a Mad Black Woman, starring Tyler Perry and Cicely Tyson.

McDaniel played Lt. James Fancy, Andy Sipowicz' boss, on NYPD Blue. McDaniel has been in many films, including Malcolm X and Sunshine State, and has appeared on a number of TV shows, including Stargate SG-1, All My Children and Hill Street Blues. This interview was originally broadcast on Dec. 10, 1996.

Bill Clark is a consultant to the show NYPD Blue. Clark is a former New York City homicide detective. Clark and producer David Milch discuss how many of the story lines for the show come from cases Clark worked on. This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 1, 1995.

As part of an occasional series, former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove reads her poem Parsley, and then explains what the words mean to her.

Producer Shonda Rhimes and star Isaiah Washington talk about the new ABC drama Grey's Anatomy. Rhimes tells Ed Gordon that having an ethnically diverse cast was important to the series.