Reuters - Funny thing: Bob Ritchie avoided the family business of auto sales in Detroit, but as Kid Rock he's a super-salesman who'll get you into all sorts of musical vehicles -- and he'll throw in those extras at no charge.

AP - Let's get to the reason you folks bought tickets: Daniel Radcliffe in the nude. And yes, he can act on stage — quite well, it turns out.

AP - In Spike Lee's long and eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is easily his most technically ambitious film.

AP - "Downtown Owl" (Scribner. $24. 271 pages), by Chuck Klosterman: The best thing about "Downtown Owl," Chuck Klosterman's first stab at fiction, is this: Every key character sounds suspiciously like Chuck Klosterman.

AP - Who knew that in ancient Rome, the gladiators were really b-boys?

AP - Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera: The costumes! The singing! The costumes. The costumes.

AP - Soldiers might be clamoring to re-enlist if they all saw as much action in their homecoming as the threesome in "The Lucky Ones." Returning to combat could seem like a picnic in comparison with the tumult these three endure once back on U.S. soil.

AP - Plain White T's, "Big Bad World" (Hollywood)

AP - Buckcherry, "Black Butterfly" (Atlantic)