Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert and Amanda Peet stand in the Manhattan apartment that Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt's characters plan to take over — once Guilbert's character passes away. Piotr Redlinski/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
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Bill Moyers began his career in journalism as a junior reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas. Sixty years later, he's retiring from his weekly show, Bill Moyers Journal. wnet.org hide caption
Running For Profit: Enron tells the story of how the company's chief executive officer, Jeffrey Skilling (Norbert Leo Butz, left), and chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow (Stephen Kunken, right), brought about the corporation's downfall. Joan Marcus hide caption
Thursday
Hardcore Harry: Enraged by the murder of his best friend, an English pensioner (Michael Caine) uses the combat skills he learned fighting the IRA in Ulster to hunt his friend's killer. Samuel Goldwyn Films hide caption
One More Cup Of Coffee For The Road: Just as misanthropic bar owner Jacques (Brian Cox) is beginning to feel the weight of mortality, he meets Lucas (Paul Dano), a young social misfit whom Jacques takes on as his heir and protege. Among the things Jacques teaches Lucas are hostility, arrogance and how to brew the perfect cup of coffee. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
Cheap Shills: Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt play Kate and Alex, two New York antiques dealers with a knack for estate-sale finds that turn a pretty penny — and a marriage that's lost some of its shine. Piotr Redlinski/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
The All-Natural Hotbox: Dan Sanders (Brendan Fraser) endures the wrath of woodland creatures — including a pack of angry skunks in his car — when he agrees to oversee the construction of a housing development on their woodland home. Summit Entertainment hide caption
Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in a new Broadway revival of Promises, Promises. Hayes says that he's had to overcome "a little added pressure and a little added fear" on stage because of his singing role. Joan Marcus hide caption
Song of Myself was included in Walt Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass. Whitman paid for the publication of the first edition himself. Three Lions/Getty Images hide caption
A chef inserts a stalk of rosemary into a serving of pasta. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Wednesday
James Wilkinson rose to the rank of brigadier general during the Revolutionary War, and after a break from military service was commissioned a major general in the War of 1812. Walker & Company hide caption
Lange's "Migrant Mother" is one of her most famous photographs. Dorothea Lange/Courtesy of the Library of Congress hide caption