Hoskins in one of his most memorable roles, detective Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Buena Vista/Getty Images hide caption
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Wednesday
Sheldon Harnick (right) with the late Jerry Bock, his long-time musical collaborator. Together they worked on musicals like Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello! Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images hide caption
Author Tess Gerritsen says Warner Bros. owes her 2.5 percent of the profits from the movie Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Warner Bros. hide caption
Tuesday
In 1910, Lithuanian artist Ben Zion Black painted the interior of Burlington's Chai Adam Synagogue. Much of the painting was destroyed when the building underwent renovations. Courtesy of the Ohavi Zedek Synagogue hide caption
Craig Ferguson set a very individual course for himself in a field with a lot of standard elements. Now, as David Letterman moves on from CBS late night, Ferguson does too. Lisette M. Azar/CBS hide caption
Audra McDonald just nabbed a Tony nominations for playing Billie Holiday in Lady Day At Emerson's Bar And Grill. Evgenia Eliseeva hide caption
To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee smiles before receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2007. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Putting Canada on top of America is both delicious and geographically accurate. NPR hide caption
This is the third time Alan Cumming has starred in Cabaret. Each of the productions with Cumming was directed by Sam Mendes. Rob Marshall choreographed both American productions and co-directed the new one. Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images hide caption
John Oliver's new show, Last Week Tonight, debuted Sunday on HBO. Eric Liebowitz/HBO hide caption
Technicians sweep an area of the Convent of las Trinitarias Descalzas using ground-penetrating radar to search for the remains of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes four centuries after his death. Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images hide caption