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A British artist named Banksy has been able to sneak his work into some of New York's top museums over the past month. He tells Michele Norris what he does and why.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the re-release of Major Dundee. The 40-year-old Western has been re-edited to more closely reflect director Sam Peckinpah's vision.

He's been a mad scientist, a gun-slinging cowboy, a twisted chocolate maker and other zanily hilarious characters. But actor Gene Wilder still doesn't consider himself a funny man. He speaks about his career and his new autobiography Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art.

Robinson's first novel, Housekeeping, won a PEN/Hemingway Award. Now, 23 years later, her second novel, Gilead, has won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The book is written as a letter from a 76-year-old Congregationalist preacher to his 7-year-old son. This interview originally aired Feb. 8, 2005.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan says director Rebecca Miller's life with her famous father, the late playwright Arthur Miller, has given her a deft hand for the story she tells in her latest film. The Ballad of Jack and Rose centers on an enigmatic father, a precocious daughter and an island retreat.

Generations of children have grown up singing the music and lyrics of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. Their hugely popular film musicals, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang have now been adapted for the stage.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Old Boy, a South Korean film that won the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

English playwright Harold Pinter is awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of plays such as The Birthday Party and The Caretaker. Pinter has earned his own adjective, "Pinteresque," which refers to his use of spare dialogue and banal settings to create a sense of dread and implied violence in everyday relationships.

Scores of buildings, paintings and sculptures throughout Italy are deteriorating, as state funds to preserve them lag. A nonprofit foundation is trying to shock Italians into taking responsibility for their unique art heritage.

From 1950 to 1956, the team of Martin and Lewis were America's favorite entertainers. A new memoir from Jerry Lewis details how their 10-year partnership was destroyed. Dean and Me: A Love Story details life behind the scenes of 16 films and numerous TV and club shows.