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The Notorious Bettie Page is a movie based on the life of the pinup girl whose legendary poses transformed her into an icon. Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan calls it an "empty film."

Night Watch is Russia's highest grossing film ever, taking in more money in three weeks than the Lord of the Rings finale did in two months. The movie takes a Hollywood-style fantasy thriller about the battle between supernatural forces of good and evil and infuses it with a homegrown Russian soul.

The film Syriana depicts the inner workings of the global oil industry, weaving together stories of Arab royalty, CIA agents, ruthless businessmen and terrorists. Madeleine Brand speaks with Syriana writer and director Stephen Gaghan about his complicated expose, which opens in theaters across the nation on Friday.

The latest directorial effort from actor Steve Buscemi presents Casey Affleck -- Ben's brother -- as a depressed man who returns home to nowheresville and life with his parents after striking out in New York City as a dogwalker.

A scene depicting a teenage sex party on the CBS program Without a Trace has prompted the Federal Communications Commission to levy more than $3 million in fines against the television network. Madeleine Brand talks with Lawrence O'Donnell, writer and producer for the NBC series The West Wing, about how FCC fines are affecting the creative community in Hollywood.

Sisters Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave have a new film The White Countess -- the first feature film they've ever appeared in together. They discuss how their relationship as sisters has helped them through years of performing on stage and screen.

A new show that has opened in South Korea, Yodok Story, takes on an unlikely topic for a musical: prison camps in Stalinist North Korea. The director and choreographer are North Korean -- and both were once prisoners in the vast gulag system that holds an estimated 200,000 people.

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans dates back to the 8th century, with a storied past featuring medieval pigeons, Oliver Cromwell and tunnels once traversed by monks. Now its future is uncertain.

Farai Chideya talks with Kimberlee Acquaro about her Oscar-nominated short documentary God Sleeps in Rwanda. The film focuses on how Rwanda's young women are coping with the aftermath of genocide.

Drew Carey's sitcom about an everyday blue-collar guy stuck in the same job for 10 years remains popular in reruns. Now there's a new DVD collection of ABC's The Drew Carey Show. Aside from his work in comedy, Carey is the author of the book Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined.