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Cat Stevens left the recording industry in 1978, after converting to Islam and changing his name to Yusuf Islam. Since then, he's occasionally found himself in the middle of controversies involving the Muslim world and the West. The former star has a new CD, An Other Cup.

Based loosely on the career of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dreamgirls is alive with the sound of music. It's a love song two times over, a tribute to both a vibrant period of American popular music and the big-budget Hollywood musical.

Who knows what violence lurks in the hearts of men? Mel Gibson knows. And like he did in The Passion of the Christ, Gibson just can't resist putting every last ounce of it on screen in Apocalypto.

Stan Lee reflects on a lifetime of creating comics, including some imperfect superheroes. Spiderman, one of Lee's best known characters, was human first and super second. Lee tells Renee Montagne how he brought realism to a fantasy world.

Film producer Christine Vachon's new book is A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond. She has produced more than 30 feature films, including Infamous, Far From Heaven, One Hour Photo and Boys Don't Cry. This book is a follow-up to Vachon's best-selling first book, Shooting to Kill.

In The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion chronicled her grief following the sudden death of her husband and the illness of their daughter. Vanessa Redgrave will star in a one-woman play based on the book.

Irish singer/songwriter Damien Rice won fans around the globe with his debut CD, simply titled O. In the four years since then, Rice has teased his adoring fans with a few small releases. But he has finally released a second studio album, 9.

Films from Mexico have been finding viewers in the United States and around the world. This year, directors of three films with Oscar buzz are Mexican: Children of Men, Pan's Labrynth and Babel.

'Sleepwalkers' is a new film that projects moving images onto the outdoor walls of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The interweaving narratives follow the lives of five characters as they awaken and make their way to work.

Actor and director Clint Eastwood's most recent films, Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers, examine the World War II battle for the island of Iwo Jima from competing perspectives. (This interview was first broadcast on Jan. 10, 2007.)