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Family Circle magazine makes a habit of publishing the signature cookie recipes of incumbent and aspiring first ladies. So far, the lady with the readers' favorite cookies has ended up in the White House. Two partisans, Republican Linda Tarplin and her Democrat husband Rich, compare Laura Bush's Oatmeal Chocolate Chunks with Teresa Heinz Kerry's Pumpkin Spices. NPR's Susan Stamberg officiates.

The latest MCU film is at its best when director Sam Raimi leans into its horror elements, and at its weakest when it coasts on cameos and callbacks from a now-diffuse network of Marvel properties.

California musician Skylar Tang, 16, is the winner of a Jazz at Lincoln Center contest. She'll accept the award in New York this weekend.

Unlike many American rappers, Biritsh hip-hop artist Mike Skinner, a.k.a. The Streets, does without the hype. His new CD A Grand Don't Come for Free is a self-deprecating, humorous song cycle.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with 23-year-old Catalina Sandino Moreno, star of the new independent film Maria Full of Grace. It's Sandino Moreno's first film, and she's won four awards for her performance so far. She explains how she came to embody the character of 17-year-old Maria.

Celebrations begin Monday in honor of the centennial of the birth of Pablo Neruda. The child of a railway worker, Neruda began writing poetry when he was 14, became a Communist in his 20s and won a Nobel Prize in 1971. NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Mark Eisner, editor of a new collection called The Essential Neruda.

Jazz tenor saxophonist-clarinetist-composer David Murray discusses Gwotet, his new CD with the Gwo-Ka Masters, and surprises us with an in-studio demonstration of his varied music legacy.

Legendary comedian Groucho Marx's TV game show You Bet Your Life is celebrated in a new DVD. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and DVD co-producer Robert Bader.

The CD Forever, For Always, For Luther is dedicated to vocal legend Luther Vandross. A number of smooth jazz artists take turns paying tribute to Vandross, who is recovering from a diabetes-related stroke he suffered in 2003. Singer Lalah Hathaway and Rex Rideout, one of the project's producers, join NPR's Tavis Smiley to talk about the CD project.

Art Chimes developed an enthusiasm for an obscure 1960s-era satire show called "That Was the Week that Was." He's kept his passion for four decades.