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Was Hamlet criminally responsible for killing his ex-girlfriend's father, Polonius? That is the question argued in a mock trial, part of a Shakespeare festival in Washington, D.C. Lawyers Abbe Lowell and Miles Ehrlich presented oral arguments before a jury.

Brothers Rob and Nate Corddry are both former correspondents on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Now Rob has a new Fox sitcom, The Winner, which airs on Sunday nights.

The heroic loner, battling incredible odds. That's the character Mark Wahlberg inherits in Shooter, a thriller about a former Marine set up as a patsy in a political killing. Wahlberg gives a Steve McQueen-style performance.

In the year 2000, a civilian employee of the U.S. military in Seoul, South Korea, ordered a Korean subordinate to dump a large amount of formaldehyde into a sewer pipe leading to the Han River. The incident aroused violent anti-American sentiment in Korea, and led to the birth of a monster — a monster movie, called The Host.

Washington Post film critic Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact has been made into Shooter, a film starring Mark Wahlberg. Hunter talks about what it's like to endure reviews.

The Lookout, a thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, invests more than the usual amount of effort in developing characters. It marks the directing debut of Scott Frank, known for his writing work.

Historic buildings in the Islamic world are often covered with breathtakingly intricate geometric designs. Both artists and mathematicians have long puzzled over them, wondering how the patterns were created. A new study suggests the artisans worked from templates that drew upon advanced math principles.

Years after he dropped out of law school to pursue comedy, Demetri Martin is a successful stand-up comedian and regular contributor on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. But what do Demetri's mother, Lillian, and grandmother, Dinah, think about that? Robert Siegel talks with Demetri, Lillian and Dinah.

Comedian Sarah Silverman has earned notice for her irreverence toward touchy topics. Her new Comedy Central show, The Sarah Silverman Program, debuts Thursday night.

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are the directing partners behind the Oscar-nominated dark comedy Little Miss Sunshine. But their favorite DVDs tend to be documentaries, including one about pet cemeteries.