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Terry Gross talks with Danny Boyle about 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Kim Masters on the three endings for 'Australia' shot by Baz Luhrmann (with comments from Bill Mechanic and Anne Thompson).

Shark Fighter!

John C. Reilly, Adam McKay, and Will Ferrell talk 'Step Brothers' and other stuff with Terry Gross. Turns out Reilly played in a rock band called Shark Fighter -- Terry gets him to sing 'South Side Boy', which he co-wrote. Classic as usual. (34 minutes).

Christopher Plummer On Fresh Air

The inimitable Terry Gross with the incomparable Christopher Plummer on Fresh Air. Good stuff, including Plummer's favorite hangover cure.

The Ten

I'm not sure why but I really like 'The Ten'. Movie is ten vignettes each somehow related to the Ten Commandments (does that get capitalized?). Trailer looks very good, but it's not the kind of thing that usually has wide appeal (one can hope though).

Terry Gross talks with Paul Rudd, who introduces each story and stars in one of them. Rudd is yet another actor who was involved with 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and (or) 'Knocked Up'. He talks about how he got Judd Apatow's email address, how old he was when his horrendous acne finally cleared up, why they sang Afternoon Delight in 'Anchorman', and how old he was when he finally figured out what the song Afternoon Delight is really about.

Terry Gross' interviews are the best.

The Simpsons

D'oh!

Steve Inskeep talks with Matt Groening. (7m) Terry Gross with Nancy Cartwright. (great stuff -- 24m)

Hairspray On Fresh Air

Terry Gross with Adam Shankman, director of the remake of 'Hairspray'. Gross also replays part of the 1988 interview with John Waters about writing and directing the orignal 'Hairspray'. (31 min.) David Edelstein reviews 'Hairspray'.

Bird And Oswalt

Terry Gross talks with Brad Bird and Patton Oswalt on Fresh Air.

Away From Her

'Away From Her' is the directorial debut by Sarah Polley, and is shaping up to be one of the most interesting movies of the year. The previews I've seen promise a thoughtful story.

The movie, based on the writing of Alice Munro, is about a man who must put his wife in a nursing home. As Alzheimer's progressively diminishes her memory she forgets that the man is her husband, and starts a relationship with another patient at the home. Sarah Polley talks with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air.

The picture stars Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, and Olympia Dukakis. Dukakis, whose mother had Alzheimer's, talks with Scott Simon.

Gere On Fresh Air

Terry Gross talks with Richard Gere about his career, his politics, and his new flick 'The Hoax', about Clifford Irving's attempt to pass off a fake biography of Howard Hughes (28 min).