AP - "Black Out" (Crown Publishers. 368 pages. $23), by Lisa Unger: Anybody who has cracked open a mystery novel in the last 25 years knows by now there are two Floridas. There's the sunny, pastel-hued, happy Walt Disney Florida. And then there's the Florida teeming with lunatics in trailer parks and bodies in the saw grass.

AP - Last year, John Cusack starred in the small, moving drama "Grace Is Gone," about a father struggling to explain to his daughters that their mother has been killed while serving in Iraq.

Reuters - For only the second time in his filmmaking career, Clint Eastwood settles on a heroine for his latest celebration of the loner who bucks the system.

AP - 3 Doors Down, "3 Doors Down" (Universal Republic): Fist-pumping arena rock is a favorite target for critics, who remain somewhat baffled as to why these bands continue to fill major venues and play upward of 300 shows a year.

AP - Scarlett Johansson, "Anywhere I Lay My Head" (Atco): Memo to lovely, young actresses: Just because you're a performer who looks beautiful on camera does not mean you can sing. Do not be fooled into releasing a record. Seriously, don't.

Reuters - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" seems to be more of a sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" than to the last film in the adventure series 19 years ago.

AP - You see the hat before the hero — that famous fedora, the one that stays put through every tricky situation, or at least at arm's length for a hasty getaway. And of course he still has the whip, the paralyzing fear of snakes and the catchy John Williams theme song that will surely gnaw at your brain for hours afterward.

Reuters - With established acts dominating the lineup of southern California's annual KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta Saturday, the fans knew what to expect and the bands knew exactly what to deliver.