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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.

Brightness has never seemed as menacing as it does in Sunshine, a sci-fi nail-biter about a future Earth's scramble to reignite a dying sun. It's the latest from 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle.

Complex is among a new, urbanized brand of men's magazines. Editor-in-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever talks about the hip hop-influenced glossy and an upcoming issue guest edited by Kanye West.

R&B singer Eddie Levert, founding member of The O'Jays, talks about his new book, "I Got Your Back." It's a collaboration with his son, singer Gerald Levert, who died soon after they finished the project.

Book reviews appear to be an endangered species, at least for standalone sections of the newspaper. Recently the San Diego Union Tribune merged its books section with the arts pages. That is spurring debate about how readers will learn about the books.

With July 4 falling on Wednesday, it's been an extended weekend for movies. Today we find out if any of the new releases will be bombs bursting in air, or just bombing at the box office. From the online magazine Slate, here is a roundup of what critics are saying about Transformers, Introducing the Dwights and License to Wed.

On the 40th anniversary of his first illustrated book, Eric Carle has come full circle.

The star-studded Essence Music Festival starts today at its home in New Orleans, after relocating because of Hurricane Katrina. Essence entertainment editor Cori Murray says attendees can expect appearances from Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and White House hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Critic Bob Mondello says Brad Bird's animated kitchen comedy, about a Paris rat who longs to be a haute-cuisine chef, "isn't just amusing, it's downright mouth-watering" — even as it's "engagingly down-to-earth" and temptingly funny about everything from critics to romantic mishaps.

Kasi Lemmons' film stars Don Cheadle as "Petey" Greene, the ex-con turned radio star who helped restore calm in Washington, D.C., when rioting exploded after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Chiwetel Ejiofor co-stars.