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Could a new super hero be on the horizon? Two comic book artists think so. Andre Campbell, who is legally blind, and Tyran Eades talk about the special challenges they face.

Sol LeWitt was one of the pioneers of conceptual art. He saw it in his mind, then communicated it to others to complete. Dozens of people have done just that with his ideas for his famous Wall Drawings, which are now at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers has made waves with a broader TV audience this election season, as the show expands its political parodies to Thursday prime time.

Thanksgiving traditionally kicks off Broadway's most lucrative season. Last year, most shows were closed for the holiday because of a strike by stagehands. The theaters are open for business this year. However, with the economic downturn, will people buy tickets?

British director Danny Boyle's newest film, Slumdog Millionaire, tells the story of an orphan boy who wins the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Boyle's previous credits include Trainspotting and 28 Days Later.

HBO's new miniseries, House of Saddam, chronicles the life of the former Iraqi dictator. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays Hussein's wife, and writer-director Alex Holmes discuss the challenges they faced in portraying the Hussein family.

What's the appeal of watching another family's meltdown? For starters, it's knowing that your kids aren't the worst ones on the block.

A tipping expert tells Morning Edition that the service workers you see regularly are indeed counting on that holiday tip, so don't forget to keep them in mind.

There's only one more day to submit entries for our Three-Minute Fiction contest. The deadline is Sunday, Jan. 23, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Host Guy Raz delivers a few of the jokes in stories received so far.

We look at the Academy's choices to host next year's Oscars: actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway. While they might seem like unconventional choices, they're both eminently qualified and should be able to put on a good show.

After nearly 100 years, a collection of antiquities from the Inca site of Machu Picchu is going home. The artifacts have been at the center of a long and bitter custody battle between the government of Peru and Yale University.

For the first time a major museum exhibition focuses on gay and lesbian portraiture. The National Portrait Gallery's expensive, expansive new show examines how modern art was influenced by GLBT painters, photographers and printmakers.

In a new biography, the author of Sin in the Second City peels back the veil of glamor surrounding the most famous stripper since Salome — Gypsy Rose Lee.

Current TV's documentary "Vanguard" is a three-part series that focuses on the people who are at the center of the debate over immigration -- Mexican migrants looking to cross into the U.S. and the agents looking to take drug traffickers at the border. Host Michel Martin talks with Adam Yamaguchi, executive producer and correspondent for the report "War on the Border."

Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards made for a good night for Glee and The Social Network, and a tough night for those who found themselves on the receiving end of a surprisingly acerbic performance from Ricky Gervais.

Steve Harvey is a sitcom star, an accomplished comedian and a best-selling author. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of people who have never heard of him.

This year's Cannes Film Festival is being called the year of the director. The film festival on the French Riviera opened Wednesday. Xan Brooks, film correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, offers his insight.

The film Kodachrome is known for its unique color and long-lasting durability — and for an iconic mention in a Paul Simon song. Today, Kodak announced that it will no longer manufacture the film.

Brothers Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand are captains of the Time Bandit on Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch. They battle the frigid Bering Sea fishing for opilio and Alaska king crab, doing one of the world's deadliest jobs.

After 16 years as the host of the Late Night show, Conan O'Brien moves his act an hour earlier. TV critic David Bianculli reviews O'Brien's premiere as host of The Tonight Show.

Conan O'Brien takes over Monday The Tonight Show on NBC; a look back at the opening nights of the show's previous four hosts: Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and Jay Leno.

Is Stuart Davis is a musician who makes jokes — or a comedian who makes music? Or, is he a religious man who also appreciates the life of the flesh, and rock and roll? He says his three favorite things in life are sex, God, and rock and roll — so his new show is about just that. Host Scott Simon talks to Stuart Davis, who writes, directs, and stars in the show.

After creating the HBO series Six Feet Under, about a family who runs a funeral home, writer Alan Ball moved on to the undead in his latest series, True Blood.

The legendary woodworker is known for his minimalist, handmade furniture. The son of immigrants from Lebanon, he has won a MacArthur "genius grant," and his work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rob Riggle is best known as one of the comedy "news" correspondents on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. But he recently earned a promotion in his other job: as a Marine reservist. Riggle says the role, which has taken him into combat zones, "has definitely served my comedy."