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Stevie Wonder's new album A Time To Love is his first in a decade. He collaborates with Prince, gospel singer Kim Burrell and his own daughter, Aisha Morris, last heard splashing in the tub on the 1976 hit "Isn't She Lovely."

Forty-six years after Frank Lloyd Wright's death, the architecture school and the fellowship that bear his name are fighting for their survival -- in part because of their unconventional nature. Ted Robbins visits Taliesin West -- Wright's home, school and studio in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ed Gordon talks with TV and film actor James McDaniel, who stars in the new off-Broadway performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Soldier's Story.

At the height of his popularity, silent film star Harold Lloyd was a bigger box-office draw than either Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, but his films are rarely seen today. A new DVD collection of the actor's best performances, The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, could revive his legacy as the funniest man of the silent-screen era.

Ed Gordon talks with Quincy Jones, who scored the music for new film Get Rich or Die Tryin, starring rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

If the Oklahoma-born singer Fern Jones is remembered at all, it's for co-writing the gospel hit "I Was There When it Happened," which has been covered by Johnny Cash and others. She died in 1996, at age 73. Now, Jones' one album and several singles have been re-released on a CD titled The Glory Road.

Following in the footsteps of Chicago, two other Broadway musicals come to the silver screen: Rent and The Producers. Cross-pollination isn't new, but it's becoming more common -- and more profitable.

John Sayles' 1977 novel, Union Dues, is reissued this month. It tells the story of a father and son from a West Virginia mining town in 1969. Sayles talks about his work in both celluloid and print.

A new documentary tells the story of two rival ballet companies: the original Ballet Russe and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. They were two of the most famous and influential ballet companies of the 20th century. Filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine shot many hours of interviews with surviving dancers, including Irina Baronova.

The epic film version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has some flaws, the reviewer says. But in general, he finds the movie true to the "sincerity" of the C.S. Lewis book.

Roni Zulu is a Los Angeles-based tattoo artist who's done work for stars including Janet Jackson, Queen Latifah and Debra Wilson. But he's not your typical tattoo artist. He sees all his art -- including the celebrity tattoos -- as sacred work.

A new survey shows that museum collections are deteriorating. More than 3,000 institutions participated in the study by ranking their own preservation practices, and the results were alarming.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones stars as a laconic Texas ranch foreman who sets off on an honor quest to bury his murdered friend in his hometown in Mexico. The film marks Jones' directorial debut and has garnered the Oscar-winning actor accolades for his work behind and in front of the camera.

The Producers began as a 1968 film and became a Broadway hit in 2001. This Christmas, a new film version opens. Stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane talk about the move from stage to screen.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opens Friday. Critic Kenneth Turan says that new director Mike Newell and his cast have finally done justice to J.K. Rowling's work.

Robert Siegel talks to writer Walter Isaacson about the legacy of Nelson Mandela and what makes a "great man" (with a nod to Thomas Carlyle's "great man theory" of the 19th century). Isaacson has written biographies of other great historical figures, including Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. He says history is made by individuals and Mandela was a person who changed the course of history.

The Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working across 38 states and Washington, D.C. to help with local vaccine outreach.

More than 30 holiday movies will open between now and the end of the year -- many of them Oscar hopefuls. Bob Mondello has a selective preview.

Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon is a singer-songwriter with a lilting, folk-rock style. His band's new releasw, Tiny Cities, covers the songs of another, very different singer-songwriter: Isaac Brock, of the alternative rock band Modest Mouse.

Members of one of the top string quartets in the world are ordered to pay more than $500,000 to a former colleague. The violinist claimed other members mistreated him when they tried to fire him. WHYY's Joel Rose reports.

Actress LaChanze portrays the central character Celie in the Broadway production of The Color Purple. Like Celie, LaChanze has overcome hardship and challenges in her own life, as she tells Ed Gordon.

Film critic Bob Mondello reviews director Peter Jackson's version of the classic 1933 movie, King Kong. This full-color, digitally generated Kong nearly doubles the length of the original -- and Mondello says it's worth nearly every minute.

Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are starting to receive their ballots for Oscar nominations. Aside from clear support for Brokeback Mountain, the field still seems relatively open.

Brian Walker, son of Hi and Lois creator Mort Walker, has co-edited a new book that traces the history of America's funny pages in the 20th century. Walker now writes the Hi and Lois strip with his brother, editor Greg Walker, and illustrator Chance Browne.

Two Manhattan couples discover the limits of civility after their sons come to blows in a city park. Roman Polanski's black comedy, based on Yasmina Reza's play, serves up a series of curve balls as the four discover their inner animals.