Actor-director Robert Redford, second from left, Grammy Award-winning singer John Legend, second from right, and actress Kerry Washington, right, listen to a congressional hearing after they asked lawmakers to restore funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and cultural programs, in Washington on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Actor Robert Redford addresses a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, to urge lawmakers to restore funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and cultural programs. President Bush has proposed a $16 million cut to the arts endowment budget for the 2009 fiscal year to $128 million from about $145 million in 2008.
Actress Kerry Washington asks a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, to restore funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and cultural programs. President Bush has proposed a $16 million cut to the arts endowment budget for the 2009 fiscal year.
Grammy Award-winning singer John Legend testifies before a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, to urge lawmakers to restore funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and cultural programs.
Congressman Christopher Shays, R-Conn., left, greets actor Robert Redford during an appearance at Congress in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2008, to urge lawmakers to restore funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and cultural programs.
On TV
Singer Kylie Minogue makes an appearance on NBC's "The Today Show" at Rockefeller Plaza, Monday, March 31, 2008, in New York.
In Court
R&B singer R. Kelly arrives at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago Tuesday, April 1, 1008, for a status hearing in his upcoming trial. Kelly faces charges that he videotaped himself having sex with an underage girl. The trial is scheduled to begin May 9.
London Frenzy
Singer Mariah Carey poses for photographers as she arrives at a department store in central London, for a signing, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Carey attended the only planned signing in Britain for her latest single "Touch My Body." With this 18th hit, Carey has passed Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
Mariah Carey looks up over her sunglasses at the crowd of media awaiting her at a department store in central London, for a signing, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Frenzied crowds greet singer Mariah Carey, waving at right, on Tuesday April 1, 2008, at a department store in central London, where she had the only planned signing in Britain for her latest single "Touch My Body."
Mariah Carey poses for photographers at a department store in central London Tuesday April 1, 2008. It was her only planned signing in Britain for her latest single "Touch My Body."
"The Visitor" Debuts
Award-winning actor Ryan Gosling arrives at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York. The movie opens April 18.
Actress Blythe Danner arrives at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York. The movie is written and directed by Thomas McCarthy, whose first effort, "The Station Agent," won critical praise.
Actress Patricia Clarkson arrives at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York.
Actress Bebe Neuwirth arrives at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York.
Actors Bobby Cannavale and Allison Pill arrive at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York.
Actors Stanley Tucci, left, and Steve Buscemi pose together at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York.
Actor Richard Jenkins and wife, Sharon R. Frederick, arrive at the Museum of Modern Art for the screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York.
Actors Haaz Sleiman, left, and Danai Gurira pose together at the Museum of Modern Art screening of "The Visitor" on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York. Both have roles in the movie about a college professor who returns from a conference to find someone else living in his apartment.
Campaign Role
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, tours the Hope Village with actress Sela Ward during his "Service to America" tour, Monday, March 31, 2008, in Meridian, Miss.