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A new documentary, Los Angeles Now, looks at the evolution of the city from largely Anglo to mostly one-time "minorities" that now make up the majority of the city's residents. Director Phillip Rodriguez talks to NPR's Tavis Smiley about the black, Latino, Asian and Caucasian hearts of the city.

The Grammy-nominated honky tonk band BR549 lost two founding members in 2001. Front man Chuck Mead and drummer Shaw Wilson tell NPR's Scott Simon how they set out to record and tour again.

Seinfeld is one of the best-loved television comedies of the past 20 years. Now it's coming out on DVD, to the pleasure of many fans. Michael Richards, who played frenetic, frizzy-haired Kramer, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the show that made nothing cool.

Day to Day book critic David Kipen reviews Tom Wolfe's new novel I Am Charlotte Simmons -- and finds Wolfe's once-revolutionary writing style is showing its age.

Arlen Escarpeta, co-star of NBC's American Dreams, talks about his passion for the arts, his acting career and how NPR's Tavis Smiley faired portraying Thurgood Marshall on a recent episode of the American Dreams series.

NPR writers and critics pick the best albums of 2004. Included is music by Modest Mouse, Tinariwen, The Hilliard Ensemble, Brian Wilson, Guy Davis and Wilco.

A collection of staged murder scene photos once used in the TV series Law and Order, are being featured in an exhibition at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. Brenda Tremblay of WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., reports.

People from Florida to Washington want a piece of Frank the Liberty Tree, a huge oak between 250 and 300 years old that was struck by lightning years ago and now must come down.

Georgetown University is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to the historical Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.

For artist Thomas McKean, the New York City MetroCard was anything but mundane. He used cut-up bits of the cards to create hundreds of sculptures and collages, and still has a stockpile to work with.