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Writer Mark Jordan Legan offers this round-up of what movie critics are saying about the weekend's releases: Nanny McPhee Big Momma's House 2 and Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.

Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon is a singer-songwriter with a lilting, folk-rock style. His band's new releasw, Tiny Cities, covers the songs of another, very different singer-songwriter: Isaac Brock, of the alternative rock band Modest Mouse.

The Producers began as a 1968 film and became a Broadway hit in 2001. This Christmas, a new film version opens. Stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane talk about the move from stage to screen.

Slate columnist Seth Stevenson profiles a new ad campaign from the venerable Charles Schwab financial services firm. The new campaign features a hybrid live action/animation look focusing on the stories of middle-class investors.

Members of one of the top string quartets in the world are ordered to pay more than $500,000 to a former colleague. The violinist claimed other members mistreated him when they tried to fire him. WHYY's Joel Rose reports.

Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Going Hollywood, a new reality television series premiering Wednesday on the TLC cable TV network. The show follows the misadventures of three interns trying to make it in showbiz, doing the grunt work for the production companies of some well-known Hollywood players.

Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are starting to receive their ballots for Oscar nominations. Aside from clear support for Brokeback Mountain, the field still seems relatively open.

Brian Walker, son of Hi and Lois creator Mort Walker, has co-edited a new book that traces the history of America's funny pages in the 20th century. Walker now writes the Hi and Lois strip with his brother, editor Greg Walker, and illustrator Chance Browne.

Director Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain is winning acclaim as a dramatic success, and buzz for a love scene between stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Lee tells Alex Chadwick about the making of the modern Western tale.

Actress LaChanze portrays the central character Celie in the Broadway production of The Color Purple. Like Celie, LaChanze has overcome hardship and challenges in her own life, as she tells Ed Gordon.