Reuters - Oliver Stone's "W." -- his take on the life and legacy of George W. Bush -- might be the first movie ever to come with footnotes.

Reuters - If Ridley Scott gave us a new kind of war movie with "Black Hawk Down," where an army unit functioning in total chaos in a hostile city became a collective protagonist, he now engineers a new kind of spy thriller in "Body of Lies," which opens Friday (October 10).

Reuters - Arriving at least one election cycle too late, David Zucker's "An American Carol" uses the less-than-original tack of using Dickens' Yuletide classic to spoof left-wing politics and provocateur filmmaker Michael Moore in particular.

Reuters - "Life on Mars," a British cop show with a twist, has had two extreme makeovers.

AP - Michelle Williams "Unexpected" (Columbia Records)

AP - A feeling of intimacy settled over New York's City Center as choreographer Christopher Wheeldon presented the second season of his fledgling venture, "Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company," over five days last week.

AP - Bob Dylan, "Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8" (Columbia)

AP - Like its young hero, "13," suffers from uncertainty and more than a bit of awkwardness as it tries to a tell a tween tale about making mistakes, growing up and taking responsibility.

AP - In a show defined by throbbing dance music, tight choreography, spectacular stage sets and stunning visuals, perhaps the most stirring moment during the kickoff concert to Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour came when the Material Girl stood onstage with just her guitar and a few musicians for an acoustic set.

AP - "Lucia" lovers are in luck at the Metropolitan Opera these days.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Before 1997's "Time Out of Mind," Bob Dylan had by his own admission been musically adrift for more than a decade.