AP - How does Uwe Boll keep getting work?

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Is there anything more heartbreaking than what might have been? Recollections of regret are the soul of "Port Authority," a series of three superb, interlocking monologues by Conor McPherson that offers ample evidence why the Irish playwright is one of the finest writers for the stage today.

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.