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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.

In his latest film, Dan in Real Life, the actor stars as a single father who falls for a woman who turns out to be his brother's girlfriend. Carell, who starred in The 40 Year Old Virgin and Little Miss Sunshine, is a former correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show.

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.

Stephen Colbert's late-night comedy news show, The Colbert Report, tackles prominent issues with a decidedly irreverent spin. This interview originally aired Oct. 9, 2007.

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.

We Own the Night is a crime drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg. They play two brothers — one a cop, the other a nightclub owner — who find themselves on opposite sides of the law.

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 copy of the Magna Carta was sold at auction Tuesday for $21.3 million to David Rubenstein, who plans to keep it at the National Archives where it's been on display for years. Originally written in 1215, the handwritten English charter limited the power of King John and confirmed the rights of the people under common law.