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Comedic actor Danny McBride scored two major roles last year in the films Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express. Sunday night, he stars in the new HBO comedy series Eastbound and Down, about a washed-up, foul-mouthed Major League pitcher who takes a job coaching gym at his old middle school. McBride talks to host Jacki Lyden about the series, co-produced by Will Ferrell.

In 1959, Robert Frank's The Americans dramatically altered how photographers looked through viewfinders and how Americans saw themselves.

U.S. officials say Russia has about 70% of its military in place for a full invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, people in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv marched against Russian aggression on Sunday.

Lata Mangeshkar recorded more than 25,000 songs for Indian movie musicals. She died in Mumbai, where she had been hospitalized with pneumonia and COVID-19.

The five-piece band known as The National — which toured as the opening act for The Arcade Fire, a Montreal band with a thundering orchestral sound --uses lush strings, clunky old pianos and assorted brass instruments to create odd, image-rich nighttime music on its fifth album, Boxer.

Spindle, a sculpture that features eight cars impaled on a 50-foot spike, gained worldwide exposure in Wayne's World. It is slated for removal in order to make way for a Walgreens in Berwyn, Ill. Dustin Shuler, the sculptor, talks about his work and the controversy.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men, AMC's new show that centers on the high-powered world of Madison Avenue advertising agencies in the 1960's.

An actor in Shakespeare's Julius Caeser got a little too realistic on a stage in Aspen, Col. The character Brutus, played by Ken Hudson Reed, was using a real knife and cut himself in the leg. He nearly passed out before he excused himself from the stage.

Radamus, an alpine skier, is competing in Beijing for the U.S. during Tuesday's men's super-G race. His crazy hair is a standout.

Years ago, both Bravo and A&E served up opera, ballet and more fine-arts programming. But the divas and dancers have long since ceded airtime to reality shows and Law and Order reruns. So what makes the new owners of Ovation TV think they can make a go of an arts-focused cable channel?