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The children's book Holes arrives in movie theaters. The Newbery Medal-winning author, Louis Sachar, also wrote the screenplay. Andrew Davis, who also directed The Fugitive, works with a young cast plus grown-up stars Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

Literature aimed at adolescents is difficult to translate to film. Yet, a buzz builds around the film version of a Newbery Award-winning novel. Like the book, the movie is called Holes. NPR's Bob Mondello says it has a shot at being as big a hit on screen as it is at bookstores.

The Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film is Germany's Nowhere in Africa, a fact-based story of refugees in a time of war. Now showing on U.S. screens, the movie follows a German-Jewish family that fled to Kenya in 1938 to escape the Nazis. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.

Host Bob Edwards talks with radio producer Larry Josephson, about the classic comedy skits of radio personalities Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. Josephson has reissued a CD with a sampling of the pair's sketches, in honor of Bob Elliott's 80th birthday.

Poor CD sales and Internet theft of song files spell tough times for the mainstream music business, but it's a different story for musicians who reject the conventional "record label" business model. For these artists, the same trends that hurt the conventional recorded-music industry prove to be a boon for independent musicians and producers. Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers reports.

Over a century ago, William Howard Taft teed off a long tradition of presidential golf. Despite the power of his 350-pound frame, a wild swing made Taft a terrible golfer. In an interview with NPR's Bob Edwards, author Don Van Natta Jr. says their behavior on the golf course offers an insight into the character of America's presidents.

The Pentagon's practice of embedding reporters with U.S.-led troops in Iraq has an unexpected consequence. Many military families can keep better track of their loved ones through the news media than through infrequent e-mails and phone calls. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports.

A new book of photography features people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit -- and later freed. Many of Taryn Simon's images show the accused with victims and their families, and at the crime scenes. Hear extended interviews and see photos from The Innocents.

This year's Pulitzer Prizes are announced Monday. Among the winners: Samantha Powers for her book on genocide called A Problem from Hell, Jeffrey Eugenides for his novel Middlesex about a hermaphrodite, and composer John Adams for his Sept. 11th-inspired music On The Transmigration of Souls. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

The British electronic duo Death in Vegas scores in British dance clubs by mixing rock and techno. The duo's latest CD is called Scorpio Rising. Charles de Ledesma offers a review.

Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji dies Sunday at age 76. Olatunji recorded an album in 1959 called Drums of Passion, and it was for many Americans their first exposure to African drumming. While studying at Atlanta's Morehouse College, Olatunji learned about Africa, colonialism, slavery, and about being dark skinned in America in the '50s, and he became an ambassador for African Culture in America. We remember his music.

Salman Rushdie's novel of war and religious intolerance, Midnight's Children, finds new life on the stage. The adaptation by the Royal Shakespeare Company makes its American premiere at the University of Michigan. Celeste Headlee reports.

Director Neil Jordan brings a smoky, jazzy sensibility -- and some new twists -- to his remake of the classic 1955 French film, Bob Le Flambeur. But The Good Thief's best asset may be its star Nick Nolte, who portrays a "glorious wreck." NPR's Bob Mondello reports.

The documentary film Rivers and Tides focuses on the "wilderness art" of Andy Goldsworthy -- enhanced dramatically by the big screen. Goldsworthy uses natural elements to create work that is often ephemeral in nature. Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan offers a review.

Contract negotiations between Broadway producers and the musicians' union are stuck over how many musicians must be employed by each show. Producers are threatening virtual pit bands. Musicians are threatening to strike. Jeff Lunden reports.

As the nation celebrates National Poetry Month, NPR's Susan Stamberg interviews poet Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. They discuss the NEA's comeback from controversies and the outlook for arts funding. Hear Gioia read his poem, "Unsaid," at npr.org.

Fred Rogers, the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, dies of cancer at the age of 74. Rogers hosted the popular children's program on public television for more than 30 years. NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

Margaret Bourke-White was one of the most famous -- and fearless -- photojournalists of the 20th century. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports on an exhibition that focuses on Bourke-White's earliest works, which revealed the hidden beauty in industrial America.

Walter Mosley is best known for his entertaining Easy Rawlins mysteries, but with his latest title the author decided to turn his sights on heavier stuff. His new book, a non-fiction essay on America and its role in the world, is called What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace. In a talk with NPR's Juan Williams, Mosley discusses his views on the war on terrorism and the looming conflict with Iraq. Hear an extended version of the interview and read an excerpt of the book.

What might sound like a nightmare for many became a reality for exes Neil Kramer and Sophia Lansky when COVID hit New York. And somehow, they made it work. Kramer photographed their chaotic ordeal.

President Biden warned Americans residing in Ukraine to leave, due to an increased threat from potential Russian military actions. There are around 30,000 Americans still in the country.

In a world that wants everyone partnered up, this comic by Meghan Keane and LA Johnson offers tips from the experts on how to find peace with singleness and live a full life on your own terms.

A small club of fans have attended every Super Bowl since the first championship game 55 years ago. Only three members are left, and they say this is likely to be the last one that they all attend.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michelle Krebs, executive analyst at Cox Automotive, about how the Canadian trucker protests could impact the auto industry — in addition to previous supply chain issues.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Dr. Tanya Royster, the director of Washington, D.C.'s Department of Behavioral Health about the surge in opioid deaths in the city.