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As an African-American Annie arrives on movie screens, critic Bob Mondello looks at other cross-cultural reinventions, from Pearl Bailey's Dolly to the Americanization of Carmen as Carmen Jones.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Jane Rosenberg about her career as a courtroom sketch artist. Rosenberg's new memoir is called "Drawn Testimony."

Climate change is a top issue for young voters across political parties, but most of the Republican presidential candidates avoided the question.

The focus on immigration in Washington and in the 2024 presidential race is driving a bipartisan negotiation and a House GOP push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Republican ticket is complete now that Mitt Romney chose Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. NPR's Ken Rudin and Sergio Bustos, of The Miami Herald, discuss what the Ryan pick means for the presidential race.

The Family Ties star was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease in 1991. He says that if he doesn't know if he can do something, he fakes it — a strategy that works 80 percent of the time.

The New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv spent years reporting stories about mothers and daughters searching for each other. When she became a mom, she saw everything she wrote differently.

Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale won eight Emmys on Sunday, including Best Actress for Elisabeth Moss. NPR's Audie Cornish talked to Moss and co-star Samira Wiley when the show premiered this year.

Matt Reeves' approach to the venerable hero is more emo than goth, and Robert Pattinson brings a haunted quality to the role.

In the new romantic comedy, "A Nice Indian Boy," a son brings home his new boyfriend to meet his Indian parents. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer-director Roshan Sethi.