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In Trinidad, Diwali Lights Up Like Christmas

Hindus, Jains and Sikhs worldwide are celebrating the annual festival of lights today. Diwali is also a national holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, where the massive festival at the capital, Port of Spain, attracts more than 50,000 people each year. Michel Martin learns more from Ravi Maharaj, a Hindu spiritual leader and an organizer of the Trinidadian festival.

Brothers Ivan and Neil McCormick (Robert Sheehan, left, and Ben Barnes) are bandmates in '80s Dublin — and early rivals of a little outfit called U2.

'Killing Bono': Rock 'N' Rivalry, Down Dublin Way

Two would-be rock-star brothers struggle to make it in the music business, while a high-school rival outpaces them — in a little outfit called U2.

<p>Soprano Anna Netrebko, right, portrays Anne Boleyn in the Metropolitan Opera's production of <em>Anna Bolena</em> in New York. The Met raised $182 million in in donations in its last fundraising year.</p>

Arts Giving Is Up, But Hold The Applause

While the overall U.S. economy seems to be stuck in neutral, one bright spot is that charitable giving to the arts is up 5 percent more than last year. It's good news, but a new study cautions that much of that support serves audiences that are wealthier and whiter than the country as a whole.

Residents Tout Detroit As City Of Ideas, Arts

Member station WDET asked listeners to share what they want the world to know about their city. Tell Me More ends its Motown-based broadcast with comments from some of Detroit's biggest fans.

Throwing An Oscar Bash? Here Are Some Ideas

If you're rolling out your own red carpet tonight, we have tips on how to keep your guests full of Oscar-themed food, drinks and challenging trivia.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his Impossible Mission Force go to great heights to combat the threat of a nuclear confrontation in<em> Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol</em>.

An 'Impossible' Mission Full Of Fun And Wonder

Director Brad Bird makes his live-action debut with Ghost Protocol, the latest film in the Mission: Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise. Critic David Edelstein says the movie is "wonderful fun" and "in a different league than its predecessors."

IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team race to counter a nuclear threat in <em>Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol</em>.

From A Pixar Director, A 'Mission' Incredible

Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) puts his animator's eye to work in the latest action flick about agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his gang — who've gone rogue just as the threat of nuclear warfare between Russia and the U.S. rears its head again.

<strong>In From The Cold:</strong> George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is a career spy who's been forced out at Britain's MI6 — only to be called in to investigate when there's news of a traitor in the ranks.

'Tinker, Tailor': Spy Vs. Spy (Vs. Spy)

A big-screen adaptation of John le Carre's classic espionage novel casts Gary Oldman as George Smiley, the spy called back from retirement to unearth a traitor in his own agency. (Recommended)

<strong>Just Say Noah:</strong> Jonah Hill and his three young charges (Landry Bender, left, Kevin Hernandez and Max Records) stumble into trouble when a drug buy goes sideways.

With This Sitter, The Kids Are Better Off Alone

A selfish slacker (Jonah Hill) finds himself baby-sitting some nightmare kids — on a night where he'd rather be out with a girl. Andrew Lapin says comedy, like baby-sitting, is clearly harder than it looks.

<p><strong>Against the clock</strong>: Will and Sylvia (Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried) live in a world where time literally is money — and it's running rapidly out for most.</p>

'Time' Bandits: Timberlake, Seyfried Clock Some Sci-Fi

A dystopian thriller imagines a world where the rich can buy immortality, and the poor perish if they can't find a way to put more minutes on their life clocks.

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