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Prolific diarist Robert Shields died on Oct. 15 at his home in Dayton, Wash., at 89. His journal is estimated to contain more than 37 million words.

Ben Karlin, former executive producer of both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is also an alumnus of the satirical newsweekly The Onion. He left the Comedy Central shows in December 2006 to focus on his family. This interview originally aired on April 4, 2006.

Fresh Air's classical music critic reviews several vintage Hollywood musicals that have recently been released on DVD. Titles include The Pirate, Words and Music, Royal Wedding and The Gang's All Here.

Rob Corddry left his Daily Show correspondent's gig in 2006 to star in his own short-lived sitcom, The Winner. He's also had roles in recent movie comedies, including The Heartbreak Kid, Failure to Launch and Blades of Glory. This interview was originally broadcast on March 8, 2007.

Dan in Real Life is a rare romantic comedy aimed at adults. The Dan of the title is a newspaper advice columnist stumped by his own life. He's mourning the death of his wife and raising three rambunctious daughters who are growing up faster than he'd like.

Fresh Air film critic David Edelstein reviews the clunky but stirring melodrama Rendition, about an Egypt-born U.S. resident who gets detained by the CIA and shipped off to be tortured in an unnamed North African country. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally and Meryl Streep.

The elite engineering school is suing one of America's biggest architects over work he did on the university's Stata Center. Frank Gehry's project initially won praise for its daring and whimsy, but today school officials say the complex is plagued by mold and cracked walls.

My Kid Could Paint That follows the painting and controversy over four-year-old Marla Olmstead's abstract works. Some critics believe her parents encouraged, if not altered, her work.

A man hopped over a security barrier in the British Museum this week and tied surgical masks on the faces of two of China's ancient terra-cotta warriors. The man was protesting against China's pollution problems.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in New York is trying to decide whether to adopt an outer coat of off-gray, or one of very pale yellow. The debate over the color differences is subtle, but the debate over the two colors is very robust.