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Mel Gibson's much-anticipated biblical drama The Passion of the Christ arrives in theaters. The film's release, on Ash Wednesday, follows months of controversy over its depiction of the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ. NPR's Bob Mondello has a review.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with David Evans, editor of Air Safety Week, about methods of investigating airline disasters, and NOVA's documentary Crash of Flight 111, which airs tonight on PBS. The program describes the events -- and investigation into -- the crash of an airliner off Nova Scotia that killed 229 people in 1998.

Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson has spent more than 20 years writing a cycle of plays that chronicle black life in 20th-century America, decade by decade. For Intersections, a Morning Edition series on artists and their inspirations, the playwright discusses how he first found the language of the black experience in blues legend Bessie Smith.

For 24 hours this weekend, Washington's Hirshhorn Museum screened Scottish artist Douglas Gordon's work 24 Hour Psycho. The project slows Hitchcock's classic 1960 film down to a glacial pace, stretching what was originally a 109-minute movie into a day-long art event. The museum stayed open all night for the curious and the dedicated. NPR's Susan Stone visited the museum at several points during the movie.

T.C. Boyle is the author of 15 books, including Drop City, nominated for a National Book Award last year. Boyle's fiction is known for its wit, biting satire, historical sweep and verbal pyrotechnics. For Intersections, a Morning Edition series on artists and their influences, Boyle says his literary reputation owes much to rock 'n' roll.

At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together.

Opening for the first time in three years, the festival brings memories of 2006 when the annual celebration of music and culture went on after Hurricane Katrina.

Sharon Osbourne, who revealed the diagnosis, said she is taking off time from work to care for her 73-year-old husband, a rock music legend. "I am very worried about Ozzy right now," she said.

A circus performer whose act is called "The Leap For Life" loses his nerve and gets a regular job as an elevator operator. Then a moment comes when The Great Zapfino must finally perform.

His ex allegedly found a listening device — which resembled a phone charger — under her futon, according to a warrant. Hardy faces a felony charge over the allegation.