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The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced this morning. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the pack with 13 nominations, including Best Picture. Critic Kenneth Turan has some thoughts on the nominees list.

Thirteen nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but no Best Picture nod for The Dark Knight: NPR's Bob Mondello talks to Michele Norris about today's Oscar surprises, disappointments and don't-misses.

Maureen Corrigan reviews Brothers, Yu Hua's epic, 600-plus-page comedy that details life in a Chinese village from the early days of the Cultural Revolution to the giddy capitalist present.

After appearing in supporting roles in more than 50 films, actor Richard Jenkins takes the lead in The Visitor, Tom McCarthy's film about a solitary economics professor whose world opens up when he discovers an apartment he rented in New York is already occupied.

Dustin Lance Black's original screenplay for Milk has been nominated for an Oscar. In Nov. 2008, Black talked with Terry Gross about Harvey Milk's inspirational influence.

The top grossing films of 2008 were The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Hancock, and WALL-E. But the 2009 Oscar nominees for best picture are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire. So what do you think? Do Academy members have the best taste, or are they out of touch?

The Joker character in the Batman series has had many interpretations. He was an absurd prankster in the 1960s TV show, but Heath Ledger played him as a twisted villain in the recent film The Dark Knight. This segment first aired July 16, 2008.

As senior black correspondent for The Daily Show, Larry Wilmore's used to being politically incorrect for the sake of humor. In his new book, I'd Rather We Got Casinos, he mines black culture — beyond politics — for comedy.

Bollywood churns out more films than Hollywood each year, and Bollywood films are drawing huge new audiences in other parts of Asia and across Africa. Though they have historically been fairly formulaic love stories, some filmmakers are now breaking out of that mold.

Architect Wayne McAllister shaped the landscape of 20th Century America with swank hotels and funky drive-in restaurants. Chris Nichols, who wrote a book exploring the architect's work, took Laugh-In legend Gary Owens and Alex Cohen on an L.A. tour in 2007.