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The New Orleans Police Department's traffic division will conduct a sobriety checkpoint tonight in the "Uptown area," the department said in a news…

For decades, San Francisco DJ Cheb i Sabbah has explored numerous fusions and reconfigurations of North African, Middle Eastern and Indian music styles. He's now in the midst of a health crisis, and many of his musician friends are lending support through a benefit album.

Three-year-old thoroughbred I'll Have Another has a shot to become the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Washington Post horse racing columnist Andy Beyer talks about why the feat is so difficult and his predictions for the 2012 Belmont Stakes.

Frontman Jason Pierce explains the process of recording his new album while battling liver disease.

A lush costume drama based on the Guy de Maupassant novel chronicles the adventures of a broodingly beautiful young man (Robert Pattinson) who uses the women of Paris to climb to the pinnacle of power.

Two of Earth's most unspoiled rivers are targeted for a hydroelectric project in Chile's fabled Patagonia region. Brian Lilla's documentary interrogates whether the project's upside is worth the risks — and illustrates the stakes for the gauchos who live and work in the rivers' valleys.

Paul Williams Still Alive tracks the '70s songwriter and celebrity who wrote hits for Barbra Streisand, The Carpenters and Kermit the Frog. Critic Scott Tobias says Williams is a remarkable subject but overshadowed by the film's obtrusive director.

Todd Solondz returns with a story about a 35-year-old spoiled brat (Jordan Gelber) and his depressive beloved (Selma Blair). Critic Ian Buckwalter says this gentler effort from the normally shock-happy Solondz is another successful film about horrible people from the writer-director.

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding stars Catherine Keener as a big-city lawyer who flees to her mother's (Jane Fonda) hippie commune when her husband asks for a divorce. Critic Andrew Lapin says Fonda shines, but the movie's paean to a bygone era feels lackluster and out of touch.

Natasha Trethewey, 46, is among the youngest U.S. poet laureates and only the second to hail from the South. Trethewey's work explores issues of mixed race, history and memory. "She's taking us into history that was never written," says Librarian of Congress James Billington.