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This week, NBC announced that comedian Jay Leno would stay at the network past his 2009 contract deadline and host a new prime-time show five days a week. Anthony E. Zuiker, co-creator of the CSI franchise, talks about how that will affect scripted television.

They look just like telephone booths, but they are decorated with hands folded in prayer, and there's a place to kneel. The prayer booths are an art installation designed to spark dialogue on prayer in the public sphere. There are prayer booths in Jackson, Tennessee, in Ceder Rapids Iowa — and now on a bustling Manhattan street in New York City.

Songwriting brothers Richard and Robert Sherman were honored at the White House Monday for all the songs they've written for family movies, including the theme for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The brothers, who also wrote "It's a Small World (After All)," received the National Medal of Arts from President Bush.

Sol LeWitt was one of the pioneers of conceptual art. He saw it in his mind, then communicated it to others to complete. Dozens of people have done just that with his ideas for his famous Wall Drawings, which are now at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Recent art auctions in New York and London have resulted in weak bids and withdrawn pieces. A commodity once thought to be recession-proof is showing signs of vulnerability. But some insiders say that may not be altogether bad.

Thanksgiving traditionally kicks off Broadway's most lucrative season. Last year, most shows were closed for the holiday because of a strike by stagehands. The theaters are open for business this year. However, with the economic downturn, will people buy tickets?

The screenwriter is best known for films that make the human mind the landscape of the story, like Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the new film Synecdoche, NY.

What's the appeal of watching another family's meltdown? For starters, it's knowing that your kids aren't the worst ones on the block.

This Thanksgiving, the National Day of Listening encourages you to sit down with a loved one and listen. Today we revisit a portion of Jonathan Schorr's conversation with his father, veteran reporter Dan Schorr, who died earlier this year.

Photographer Bruce Weber is best-known for his shots of models and celebrities. But his recent work is more personal: An exhibition showcases photographs of Haitians in Miami.