AP - Kellie Pickler, "Kellie Pickler" (19 Recordings/BNA Records)

AP - "The Forever War" (Alfred A Knopf. 384 pages. $25), by Dexter Filkins: For generations, war correspondence has been a hallowed art of journalism, a specialty craft in which even the most deft and skilled writers often fail — or for good reason never endeavor to try.

AP - Ani DiFranco, "Red Letter Year" (Righteous Babe)

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?