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Carell, best known for his role in NBC's "The Office," talks about his recent film, Dan in Real Life. Carell also starred in The 40 Year Old Virgin and Little Miss Sunshine. He rose to fame on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." This interview originally aired on Oct. 24, 2007.

The dark comedy is based on real events in the life of Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson. Martin Frost, a former Texas congressman, says Hollywood didn't embellish the story of Wilson's efforts to help Afghan mujahedeen fight the Soviets in the 1980s — if anything, the filmmakers toned the story down.

A Narnian epoch has passed in the single year since the Pevensie siblings last went through the wardrobe. Now the land is ruled by an evil general, while the rightful heir lives in exile.

Sydney Pollack died Monday of cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was best known for directing The Way We Were, Out of Africa, Tootsie and Three Days of the Condor, among many other movies. But he began his career as an actor.

Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley died today at the age of 79. He created a guitar sound that helped turn rhythm and blues into rock. Farai Chideya reflects on the life of one of rock's founding fathers.

Emmanuel Jal was a child soldier in Sudan's brutal civil war. Now he is a rapper with a new album out called Warchild. Music journalist Christian Bordal has a review and profile of the artist.

Fresh Air's film critic says the set-up is smart — but the setups are wittier than the payoffs, and oh, what lackluster tasks await the aging adventurer and his spawn.

His given name is Jeffrey Lebowski — but the stoner hero of The Big Lebowski prefers to be called the Dude. As Guy Raz discovers, he's part fiction, part reality. But there's a little Dude in each of us.

Film director and actor Sydney Pollack died Monday. He was 73. Pollack is known for his many films including Out of Africa, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan reviews The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the second installment of the fantasy series by C.S. Lewis to be adapted into a film.