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In Finding Neverland, his latest film, Johnny Depp plays Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie. NPR's Elizabeth Blair speaks with Depp about Barrie and some of the other eccentric characters he's inhabited.

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson grades the latest television advertising campaign by CNN.com, the Web site for Cable News Network.

Writer Augusten Burroughs has two best-selling, often funny memoirs to his credit. His first, Running With Scissors, portrayed his early years with his mentally ill mother and her equally mentally ill shrink. His second, Dry, was about getting sober. Now Burroughs has a book of stories, Magical Thinking.

This election season, the American Institute of Graphic Arts asked members to design posters encouraging people to vote. The organization is now displaying more than 200 "get out the vote" posters on its Web site. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with some of the designers.

Slate advertising critic Seth Stevenson gives his assessment of the new ad campaign by America Online, which tries to promote the company's responsive customer service.

Slate writer Mark Jordan Legan reviews what the critics are saying about this week's major new movie releases: Catwoman, The Bourne Supremacy and At Home at the End of the World.

Kathleen Bernhardt-Hidvegi, a Chicago art consultant, discovered an extensive art collection found within the Philadelphia Public Schools. The pieces were in closets, bicycle rooms, and on classroom walls. The 1,188 works are estimated to be worth $30 million. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Bernhardt-Hidvegi.

Slate contributor Ben Williams sums up what the nation's critics are saying about the weekend's major film premieres -- The Manchurian Candidate, The Village and Garden State.

Zach Braff, of Scrubs fame, wrote directed and stars (with Natalie Portman) in Garden State, a film about 20-somethings in 2004. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Braff, who wrote, directed and stars in the film. And NPR's Bob Mondello offers a review.

Stephanie Martin of member station WFDD in Winston Salem reports on an exhibition of 60 snapshots taken by local soldiers in Vietnam. Over 2,500 photos were submitted and those chosen reflect the wide experience of the troops there. The curator wanted to show the soldier's perspective on Vietnam.