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A new TV drama starting next month follows a Florida sugar-cane dynasty of Cuban-Americans. The cast of Cane went through extensive coaching to make sure their accents sounded Cuban, not Puerto Rican or Colombian — because audiences increasingly know the difference.

Director Frank Oz started his career as the voice of Miss Piggy, the Cookie Monster and other Muppets. As a director, he had made star-powered movies such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His latest film, Death at a Funeral, is a dark comedy with a cast not well known outside the U.K.

The King Tut exhibition has drawn millions. But some African-American scholars believe the exhibition makes King Tut look too white. The debate over King Tut's race led the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, where the show is currently on display, to sponsor a conference on the subject.

Nearly 500 protesters held a recent rally outside the Washington, D.C. home of Debra Lee, chairperson of cable network BET. The protesters expressed discontent with what they called the "derogatory images of black men and women" portrayed by the network. BET's most recent scrutiny stems from a controversial public service announcement (PSA). The creator of the ad, Bomani "D'Mite" Armah, responds to his critics.

Showtime's highest rated series, Weeds, features actress Mary-Louise Parker as a marijuana dealer in a California suburb, who gets her supply of pot from an offbeat black family living on the other side of the tracks. The actress Indigo and executive producer Roberto Benabib talk about the show's evolution.

Slings & Arrows, a highly regarded Canadian series, followed the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a Shakespeare troupe. Repeated on the Sundance Channel, the show is now available on DVD.

Paul Poiret, the self-described "King of Fashion," is largely credited for freeing women from corsets and introducing them to pantaloons. A major retrospective of the French designer's work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates his eclectic designs.

Steve Buscemi pays homage to Theo van Gogh, remaking his Dutch-language drama about a journalist and the sex-kitten starlet (Sienna Miller) he's assigned to interview. Drugs, booze and surprise revelations ensue.

Ellis Marsalis, III comes from a family with an illustrious jazz pedigree. But Marsalis chose to pursue his passion of photography. He reveals highlights of his current exhibition, "Voices and Visions of Tha Bloc."

This star-studded, big-budget, musicalized Hollywood take on Hairspray retains the original's funky sweetness, ramps up the subversive social-consciousness stuff — and it pretty much dares you not to love it.