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The Golden Globe-winning actress talks about racism, her fear of bees and playing the oldest sister in The Secret Life of Bees. The new film is adapted from Sue Monk Kidd's best-selling novel.

The first retrospective exhibit of controversial artist Jeff Koons is on display at Versailles, just outside Paris. In recent years, only a few select works of contemporary artists have been displayed there. Now, Koon's giant red aluminum lobster, vacuum cleaners and floor polishers display and giant balloon dog adorn the palace. Critics are calling it a sullying of French culture and identity.

The American Film Institute named 10 ten best American movies in 10 different genres. Today's Fresh Air presents interviews with Eva Marie Saint, Robert Towne, Faye Dunaway, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Peter O'Toole — all of whom have work on the list.

Two filmmakers blow the world of balloon twisters wide open in a new documentary.

Film director Spike Lee has publicly criticized director Clint Eastwood for not in including African-Americans in his World War II movies "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima." Thomas McPhatter, an African-American veteran of World War II who served at Iwo Jima, explains why he share's Lee's frustration.

A new art exhibit, titled Flow, showcases pieces by 20 artists within the African Diaspora, who are under the age of 40. The Studio Museum in Harlem, which is known for showcasing up-and-coming artists, is hosting the show.

The television show Weeds returns for a new season, and creator Jenji Kohan has major changes in store for its drug-dealing soccer mom protagonist.

TV's beloved secret-agent spoof gets a big-screen update — but like its bumbling hero, the film is constantly trying to be something it's not. The result: an unfunny comedy spliced with an unexciting spy caper.

Mikki Taylor is beauty editor of Essence magazine. She's also the new host of the TV reality show, Makeover Manor. Farai Chideya talks with Taylor about her philosophy on fashion and how to make the most of your makeover.

Photographers descended on the historic city of Charlottesville, Va., last weekend for the second annual "Festival of the Photograph," a three-day celebration of photography, the medium and the community.