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The radio program Your Hit Parade, which began on NBC Radio 70 years ago and ended on television 24 years later. It featured a stock company of singers perform the week's most popular songs to an audience of millions.

With her 2003 debut album, Salt, singer Lizz Wright established herself as one of the brightest newcomers in jazz. Wright shifts course on her follow-up CD, Dreaming Wide Awake, adopting a folksy singer-songwriter sound.

Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews My Summer of Love, a teen film from director Pawel Pawlikowski. Turan says the film is not your usual Hollywood teen fare. Fore one thing, it was named best British film of 2004.

The new movie Yes was directed by Sally Potter, who also wrote it -- entirely in iambic pentameter. Bob Mondello says it's about love -- and politics, class, race and religion. Potter was previously best known for Orlando, another challenging film.

An amazing new nature film follows the epic journey of Emperor penguins across frozen landscapes as they migrate -- single-file -- to a familiar, yet mysterious destination. And at journey's end, life literally begins anew.

Among the many films shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Africa: Open for Business stands out. The documentary profiles 10 businesses throughout Africa, ranging from a tiny cafe to a major flower exporter. Farai Chideya talks with the writer-director-producer, Carol Pineau.

As May draws to a close, fans of some of television's biggest shows -- American Idol, CSI, Desperate Housewives, among others -- are being treated to season-ending finales. At the same time, TV is testing the waters for its fall season.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is often where the "next big thing" in computer games becomes clear. This year it's Sony and Microsoft battling for control of your living room with their new game consoles, the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Both will allow users to watch movies, show pictures and connect to the internet.

Marcus Miller's sixth CD, Silver Rain, takes its name from the Langston Hughes poem, "In Time of Silver Rain." NPR's Ed Gordon talks with the soul and smooth jazz bassist about his music and career.

News & Notes pays tribute to late composer and bandleader Duke Ellington on the anniversary of his 106th birthday.