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Actor, producer, writer, director George Clooney directed and co-wrote the new film Good Night, and Good Luck, about the showdown between legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow and Sen. Joseph McCarthy that took place in 1954.

A new documentary airing on HBO puts a human face on the statistics coming from Iraq. Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill and Maj. Merritt Pember, an orthopedic surgeon featured in the documentary, talk with Debbie Elliott about Baghdad ER. Filmmakersspent two months in Iraq in 2006. Maj. Merritt Pember is an orthopedic surgeon who was featured in the film, and has returned to Fort Hood in Texas. They talk with Debbie Elliott about the documentary.

CBS and NBC refuse to air a TV commercial for the United Church of Christ, saying the ad is too controversial. The commercial shows two bouncers standing in front of a church refusing to let some people in, including a gay couple. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

Mick Jones, former lead guitarist of The Clash, and Tony James, once of the Billy Idol-fronted Generation X, promoted their latest project by giving music away on the Web. They released their first CD in January.

The Godfather of Punk has released a new album called Preliminaires, featuring standards like "Autumn Leaves" and "How Insensitive," as well as an original song inspired by Louis Armstrong.

Marianne Faithfull recently released her album Easy Come, Easy Go. In 2005, Faithfull talked with Terry Gross about her early career, her struggle with drugs, and her evolution as an artist.

The smoldering "The Air is Thin" functions as a simmering, beautiful lament, evoking the feeling of sitting at the end of the bar in a lonely, dimly lit dive.

Home Before Dark, the 46th album from singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, is No. 1 on the pop charts. It's the first time Diamond has claimed that spot in a career that's spanned nearly five decades. He talked to Terry Gross in 2005.

Fresh Air jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Present Tense, the new album by saxophonist James Carter. On tenor, baritone and soprano sax, Carter touches on influences as diverse as vaudeville and hip-hop.

The keyboard player for The Faces and The Small Faces talks about playing snooker and skittle, making deals with Mick Jagger and how a broken-down van helped jump start his career.