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English playwright Harold Pinter is awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of plays such as The Birthday Party and The Caretaker. Pinter has earned his own adjective, "Pinteresque," which refers to his use of spare dialogue and banal settings to create a sense of dread and implied violence in everyday relationships.

After a series of short films, beloved claymation characters Wallace and Gromit make their feature-film debut in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. NPR movie critic Bob Mondello says the stop-motion animated characters created by Nick Park are his favorite film heroes this year.

British playwright Harold Pinter, who juxtaposed the brutal and the banal in such works as The Caretaker and The Birthday Party and made an art form out of spare language and unbearable silence, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.

The 5 Browns, five piano-playing siblings, made history when all five -- Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody and Ryan -- attended Juilliard at the same time. They have released their first recording.

Music has played an important role in the Gulf region and the Mississippi delta, often elaborating on stories of natural and man-made disasters. The music has borne testament to upheaval over the centuries.

At Sunday night's Emmy awards, the retired sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond won for best comedy series and new hit Lost won for best drama.

This week, the Rolling Stones release a new album, their first studio effort in eight years. It's called A Bigger Bang. Reviewer Tom Moon says the spare, cohesive style of the songs demonstrate why the Stones are such a unique rock band.

We spotlight three more young people with promising futures: Jamail Larkins, one of the youngest U.S. pilots ever to fly solo; filmmaker Alrick Brown; and 14-year-old model Gerren Taylor.

Heard It on the X, the new album by Grammy winners Los Super 7, celebrates the golden age of radio along the U.S.-Mexico border.

As hospitalizations continue to drop, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker intends Wednesday to announce a lifting of a universal indoor masking order for most public places except for schools, a source familiar with the plan confirmed Tuesday.