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Initially known for his role on the short-lived but critically acclaimed TV series Freaks and Geeks, the actor stars alongside Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's newest film.

A landmark film about the lives of Native Americans in 1950s Los Angeles has been given a new life. Thanks to the efforts of filmmaker Charles Burnett and award-winning author Sherman Alexie, the 1961 film The Exiles has been restored. Burnett and Alexie speak about the film's significance and relevance more than 40 years after its release.

For nearly a quarter of his presidency, Abraham Lincoln lived not in the White House, but rather three miles away — in a large, airy summer home in Northwest Washington, D.C.

Everything may seem to go wrong for the villainous Dr. Horrible, but life's peachy for Neil Patrick Harris, the actor who plays the bumbling baddie in the eponymous Internet musical. He's moved on from life as Doogie Howser, M.D., and was recently nominated for an Emmy for his role in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

The new HBO mini-series Generation Kill focuses its lens on March 2003, when the U.S. first went to war in Iraq. Susanna White, one of the directors of the miniseries, talks with Linda Wertheimer about creating a realistic depiction of the start of war.

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is perhaps best known for Brown v. the Board of Education. Now, actor Laurence Fishburne is playing him on Broadway in Thurgood, which is playing to sold-out audiences and standing ovations on Broadway.

Lee Atwater, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, is remembered for being a ruthless political operative. But in a new documentary about Atwater's controversial life and legacy, filmmaker Stefan Forbes shows that despite his reputation as "Darth Vader," Atwater won the respect of many, including political enemies.

Brett Morgan's film, Chicago 10, uses a combination of archival footage, animation and music to tell the story of eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Alexander Calder is famous for large public art and delicate mobiles. But he also created deceptively simple and elegant jewelry that, for the first time, is the focus of an exhibition. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is its initial stop on an international tour.

Critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire came to its close earlier this year; its fifth and final season was released on DVD on August 12. Creator David Simon talks about the show, his career, and the city of Baltimore.