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The British director speaks with Fresh Air's Dave Davies about his new film, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, based on the graphic comic series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Wright also directed the parody romantic zombie film Shaun of the Dead and the British TV sit-com, Spaced.

In 1989, Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing captured the racial tensions of urban America. Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice explores to what extent the film still portrays the racial divide 20 years after its debut.

The day of observation for Nathan Bedford Forrest follows a decades-long tradition of honoring him and other Confederate leaders, as mandated by state law.

The disastrous tsunami that struck Indian Ocean coastlines in South Asia in December 2004 has inspired a new television mini-series. Tsunami is about to make its first of many appearances on the cable-channel HBO.

For the first time in recent history, the White House is hosting a state dinner that's entirely vegetarian. Plant-based chef Nina Curtis came in to help curate the menu.

Margaret Drabble's short stories reveal the contours of her life over the past 50 years, while Leslie Daniels explores a woman's life after divorce, and mystery writer Donna Leon looks into the death of a widow. Plus two new biographies explore the lives of Gypsy Rose Lee and Nashville songwriter Rodney Crowell.

Syed was serving a life sentence in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend before a judge ordered his release but he may go on trial once again.

Controversy is on the menu for Friday's historic inter-Korean summit. The planned dessert features a map of the Korean peninsula, including a group of disputed islands that Japan also claims.

The show must not go on, Broadway producer Scott Rudin says. Lawyers claim his production of To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Aaron Sorkin, is the only one that can be performed near a major city.

Though he said he was retiring in 2012, the actor is back in The Foreigner, his first American action movie in seven years. But what he really wants is to "make a drama film without one punch."

If you visit the fourth floor of the Baltimore City Chief Medical Examiner’s office, you’ll see a series of what appear to be dollhouses. They feature…

AIDS has been around for long enough that some people have lived for decades with the HIV virus. But as they age, survivors face new challenges as complicated medication regimens have their own impact on health.

The surge in Florida's coronavirus cases is straining the health care system that's trying to save as many people as possible and protect doctors and nurses from getting sick.

In this adaptation of Burroughs' autobiographical novel, Craig plays an American who falls hard for a younger man in 1950s Mexico City. It's a singular performance, but also a deeply human one.

Hanson also directed The River Wild, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, 8 Mile and the TV movie Too Big to Fail. He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 71. Originally broadcast in 1997.

In 2015, Japan signed an agreement giving $8.3 million to the few surviving comfort women. But South Korea's new president, Moon Jae-in, now says it's something his people "cannot emotionally accept."

Though the trumpeter Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, his legacy was well maintained. At least it seemed so, until one fan discovered last year that Morgan's gravesite seemed to have vanished.

The ultraviolent scenario is made up, but there are economic themes in the hit Netflix survival drama that are all too real in South Korea.

Scientific advances in immunotherapy and new targeted therapies have increased survival rates. But screening among former and current smokers still needs to improve to save more lives.

An audio file has divided the internet as people debate whether the voice says "Yanny" or "Laurel." Lee Miller, an associate professor in neurobiology, physiology and behavior at the University of California, Davis, explains why some people hear different words.