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Based on a true story, the new film The Terminal stars Tom Hanks as a tourist to the United States whose country undergoes a coup while he is airborne. Officials won't let him leave the airport while he remains in a stateless existence. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the latest offering from director Steven Spielberg.

On this date in 1846, the first baseball game with set rules was played in Hoboken, N.J., at Elysian Field, a park that shared names with the paradise of ancient myth. Is Hoboken really like heaven? Hear NPR's Scott Simon and classics commentator Elaine Fantham.

A new documentary from filmmakers Lorca Shepperd and Cabot Philbrick follows nine people who collect lost and discarded photographs of strangers. From beefcake to family snapshots, these abandoned photos can sometimes bring in hundreds of dollars a piece.

One man's trash is another man's treasure. NPR's Ben Gilbert reports on a New York City art gallery that's displaying photos of celebrity trash.

Commentator Michael Eric Dyson talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about issues addressed at this year's second annual media and entertainment panel discussion entitled "Examining the Portrayal of People of Color in Television and Film." The panel was hosted by MTV Networks and the Black Entertainment and the Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA).

Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt goes to a driving range with golf writer and professional musician David Was to try out a new $600 driver. They discover that a high-tech club might be great for professional golfers, but it's not a lot of help for the average weekend duffer.

NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses this week's Los Angeles Film Festival with Kasi Lemmons, actress, writer and director of Eve's Bayou, and Rachel Rosen, director of programming for the festival.

The National Endowment for the Arts has launched a new initiative called "Shakespeare in American Communities." It's the largest American tour of Shakespeare, bringing live, professional theater to more than a hundred cities and towns across the country. But not everyone is pleased with the federal agency's ambitious program. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

Every spring break, a group of college students compete at a special debate tournament: The students deliver their arguments at seemingly hypersonic speeds. But this year, two schools unveiled a different style -- rapping. TV critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews a documentary on this literally breathtaking competition.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow tells the story of a reporter and a hotshot pilot trying to save the world. The film's digitally created universe is both a nostalgic nod to the sci-fi serials of the 1930s and a stunning modernist vision. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.