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Slate ad critic Seth Stevenson gives his assessment of a new ad campaign by Internet service provider NetZero that mocks recent ads from America Online.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan looks at what the critics are saying about this week's major movie premieres, including Closer, The House of Flying Daggers and I Am David.

When European musical notation began in the 8th and 9th centuries, the Western world was already filled with music. Sacred chants and secular songs were rich with melody, rhythm and harmony. Richard Taruskin begins our chronicle with the early music of the church.

NPR'S Bob Mondello reviews the new film by Pedro Almodovar's new film, Bad Education Mondello says the film -- on its surface -- is about abuse and sexual transgression, but it is also a film about filmmaking.

John Fogerty, the creative force behind the '60s rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival, has released his sixth solo album. It's his first CD of new material in seven years. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Fogerty about his life and music.

James Cameron's new project combines two of his longstanding pursuits: deep-sea diving and alien life. The successful director says the fact that the animals in question live deep in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean doesn't make them any less foreign. Hear Cameron and NPR's Neal Conan.

The Tavis Smiley Show producer Roy Hurst talks with multiple award-winning playwright Tony Kushner about his new musical Caroline, or Change. Kushner, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his play cycle Angels in America, wrote the book and lyrics to the musical, based in large part on his childhood growing up in Lake Charles, La.

Actor Jerry Orbach, best known for his long-running role as Lennie Briscoe on TV's Law and Order, died Tuesday at age 69. Orbach also enjoyed a successful Broadway career, winning a Tony for his role in Promises, Promises, and appeared in films such as Crimes and Misdemeanors and Dirty Dancing. We listen to a Nov. 21, 1989, interview with Orbach.

Writer Jenny Bicks has been busy ever since she began working on Sex and the City in the show's first season. For our series Scenes I Wish I'd Written, Bicks chose to discuss a scene from a Woody Allen classic, Annie Hall. Hear NPR's Susan Stamberg.

Oscar Peterson learned piano from his father, beginning a career in which he became world famous for his strong technique and powerful sense of swing. He is best known for the trios he put together in the 1950s and 1960s. On this album, The Peterson Trio shows why it ranks with some of the best small groups in jazz.