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The new documentary The Corporation, which won an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival, takes a humorous approach to questioning the power multinational firms wield across the globe. The film analyzes corporations as if they were persons, and concludes most act like psychopaths. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the media have created an ideal of beauty for young girls that is dangerously unachievable. Kilbourne speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg in the second in a series of conversations on the nature of beauty.

Phil Nohl owns about 2,000 antique homemade recordings of various strangers singing, talking, and performing. He shares samples of some of his favorites in the latest edition of 'What Are You Listening To?' from All Things Considered.

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has a hot property with his latest film, Fahrenheit 9/11. It takes a penetrating look at the U.S. political response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Film industry watchers say attempts to censor the film may have improved its prospects at the box office. NPR's Kim Masters reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with actor Tom Hanks about his new film The Terminal. Hanks describes how he developed the character of Viktor Navorski, a traveler from a fictional Eastern European nation who gets stuck in a New York City airport for months after a military coup in his native land.

NPR's Andrea Seabrook interviews actor Willem Dafoe about his new movie The Clearing and his other roles on screen and stage.

Friends, family and fans of musician Ray Charles, who died last week after a long battle with liver disease, gather in Los Angeles Friday to remember his life and music with testimonies, sermons and performances by B.B. King, Stevie Wonder and other music legends. Hear NPR coverage.

Music commentator Alexandra Patsavas is a music supervisor in Los Angeles, and we let her listen to all the new albums so we don't have to. Today, she's got five song suggestions that you should consider including in your summer music rotation: "Float On" by Modest Mouse; "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers; "Spitting Games" by Snow Patrol; "Saturday Night" by Ozomatli; and "One Horse Town" by The Thrills.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to actor Kevin Kline, who stars as Cole Porter in the new motion picture about the man and his music, De-Lovely. Kline made a stunning dramatic film debut in Sophie's Choice, but he may be best known for his roles in the film comedies A Fish Called Wanda and In and Out. He's also won Tony Awards for his Broadway performances in On the 20th Century and Pirates of Penzance.

NPR's Mara Liasson reviews Bill Clinton's book, My Life. While the 900-plus pages deal with nearly every aspect of the former president's life and career, much of the interest in the book has centered on his relationship with Monica Lewinsky and the role of Kenneth Starr and Clinton's impeachment troubles.