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The best thing about the start of a new year, especially in media, is the excitement of fresh possibilities. TV critic Eric Deggans says some big stars are in exciting projects this spring.

We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner about his Grammy nomination for best spoken word poetry album and the inspiration behind it.

Host Melissa Block speaks with director Charles Ferguson about his latest film, "Inside Job," a documentary about the downfall of Wall Street. Ferguson says he underestimated the level of unethical and fraudulent behavior he would come across.

Rebecca Black was looking for something when she posted a video on YouTube. But it probably wasn't instant infamy. Surprisingly, she's chosen not to be all that bothered.

"What bothers me more than anything is that we lost four Americans," the former U.N. ambassador says of the controversy surrounding Benghazi in an interview about her new memoir Tough Love.

At his new venture, The Blaze, Beck has far fewer audience members soaking in his commentary than he did at Fox News. But the numbers don't tell the whole story. Fox helped amplify Beck's voice, whereas now, Beck projects his message on his own terms.

The new comedy series Shrinking shares some DNA with Ted Lasso. But it's a smaller-scale piece with one of the strongest across-the-board casts that's been assembled in recent memory.

The podcasts that spoke to me the most this year tended to be small and scrappy. The best was Dead Eyes, Connor Ratliff's quixotic quest to reconcile himself with the frustrations of life in show biz.

A game cast, solid jokes and a refreshingly light touch when it comes to adapting the deep lore of the beloved tabletop role-playing game make for a breezily fun film for Nerd and Normal alike.