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NPR's Neda Ulaby compares the two very different versions of Swept Away -- a politcally charged tale of a rich, haughty socialite and a working-class fisherman stranded together alone on a deserted island. The 1974 version had sass and a message -- the Madonna re-make just falls flat.

Mel Brooks' 1968 movie classic The Producers became a Broadway smash. Now comes a new big-screen version that preserves the original's humor and adds the stage show's musical elements.

Director Charles Evans Jr. delivers an animated documentary about a researcher's quest for an addictive ingredient as potent as nicotine — but less prone to causing heart attacks.

Officials warn that an attack could result in the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, while millions of Ukrainian refugees would be left to flee, likely to nearby Poland.

Two would-be rock-star brothers struggle to make it in the music business, while a high-school rival outpaces them — in a little outfit called U2.

Coaches regularly pace the sidelines of football fields and push vocalists to do their best. But surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande says that professionals in all fields — not just sports and music — could benefit from regular coaching.

Perhaps best known as Johnny Carson's straight man, whose bellowing "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" opened NBC's Tonight Show, Ed McMahon had dreamed of being a radio announcer ever since he was a child.

Third-generation jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz has adorned Beyonce, Barbra Streisand and Elizabeth Taylor.

The move comes after a federal judge wrote in a court document that the "charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney … must come to an end."

Hungary is sending all people seeking asylum to a camp on its border with Serbia to temporarily live in converted shipping containers. Hungary's government says it's to keep out terrorists.