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Actor Steve Carell, star of The Office and this summer's big-screen adaptation Get Smart, talks about awkward moments on film — and about his unexpected rise to fame.

Broadway celebrated its best Sunday night at the 62nd annual Tony Awards. The honor for Best Musical went to In the Heights, a celebration of life in a Latino neighborhood in Manhattan. But the most awards went to South Pacific, a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.

Renowned graphic artist Art Spiegelman knows a thing or two about controversial New Yorker covers. Speaking with Farai Chideya, Spiegelman defended the latest cover, which the magazine says satirizes misconceptions about Barack and Michelle Obama.

A new anthology gives voice to a part of the gay community that is sometimes seldom heard. Thomas Glave takes listeners through his unique collection material, featured in "Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles."

Host Guy Raz shares a quote about art inspired by Esbjorn Svennson's approach to jazz.

Light, temperature, and air pollution can wreck works of art. How do museums protect and preserve artistic and historic artifacts for the ages? Experts from the Getty Conservation Institute discuss the finer points of paint makeup and how to optimize conditions in museum galleries.

For three years, Frank Warren has been on a mission to expose secrets through the mail.

European film aficionados are noting a resurgence in North Africa's film industry. But Algerian producers and critics say the war-battered and repressive country still has a long way to go to regain the form that produced such classics as The Battle of Algiers in the 1960s.

Why do powerful black men still have to hide their sexuality? According to Terrance Dean, author of the new book Hiding in Hip-Hop, being gay in the scene means a life of denial.

In conjunction with the Center for Book Arts exhibition "Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century," avant-garde artist Martha Wilson discusses why mail can be art.