In the musical theater cannon, there are shows, there are big shows and there are monsters — musicals so broad in scope and requiring such musical prowess, they're rarely done.

Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.

Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories.

Since "Mad Men" premiered in the summer of 2007, critics have pretty much fallen all over themselves about the show.

Jude Law and his fellow cast mates in Broadway's production of "Hamlet" have no reason to be melancholy: They are an official hit.

"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement," wrote environmentalist Rachel Carson. "It is our own misfortune that for most of us, that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood."