AP - The fanboys will probably be happy with the latest incarnation of "The Incredible Hulk." At least we can say that much for it — and that's something we most assuredly could not say about Ang Lee and James Schamus' somber, introspective and largely derided take in 2003 on the beloved Marvel Comics hero.

AP - For a movie called "The Happening," not much happens.

AP - The Infamous Stringdusters, "The Infamous Stringdusters" (Sugar Hill)

AP - "Made in the U.S.A." (Grand Central Publishing. 355 pages. $24.99), by Billie Letts: Billie Letts returns to Wal-Mart in the opening scenes of her fourth novel, which feature a shoplifting gymnastics star and her younger brother.

AP - "The Monster of Florence" (Grand Central Publishing. 317 pages. $25.99), by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi: This gripping collaboration between a best-selling American author and an Italian journalist is a most unconventional thriller, a real-life murder mystery in which the authors become suspects.

Reuters - M. Night Shyamalan's breakout hit, "The Sixth Sense," achieved just the right balance of creepiness, horror, supernatural thrills and pop psychology. The writer-director has been chasing those elusive qualities ever since, sometimes down intriguing sci-fi backstreets ("Signs") but more often down blind alleys ("Lady in the Water").

AP - N.E.R.D., "Seeing Sounds" (Interscope)

AP - Sloan, "Parallel Play" (Yep Roc Records)

AP - "Off The Deep End" (Algonquin Books. 224 Pages. $21.95), by W. Hodding Carter: Dreams die hard, especially athletic ones. The difference is today you can do something about it.