Top Picks: Cat Stevens' 'The Laughing Apple,' 'The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,' and more top picks
Cat comes back
In 1978, singer/songwriter Cat Stevens changed his name to Yusuf Islam; he retired from a lucrative career as a multiplatinum-selling pop star to devote his life to Islamic philanthropy. In 2006, he reemerged with a new album of pop songs, some with theological themes. Now, Cat is back with his brand-new album, . He sounds just like the same singer who brought us 鈥淢orning Has Broken鈥� and 鈥淔ather and Son,鈥� with appealing and only slightly less catchy songs this time around. Welcome back, Cat. We鈥檝e missed you.
You鈥檒l love it
A Broadway musical comes to TV with PBS鈥檚 broadcast of Oct. 20 at 9 p.m. The latest adaptation of the play 鈥淧arfumerie鈥� (familiar to fans of the movie 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Got Mail鈥�) netted actors Zachary Levi, Laura Benanti, and Jane Krakowski Tony nominations for their roles as co-workers at Budapest鈥檚 Maraczek鈥檚 Parfumerie in the 1930s.
Religion and F.D.R.
F.D.R.: Man of faith? Religion journalist Christine Wicker makes a convincing and inspiring case in her examination of his deeply held and deeply influential beliefs in . As she puts it, 鈥渁ll the ways he failed to be a good 海角大神 didn鈥檛 keep him from being an effective 海角大神鈥� 鈥� a lesson for all of us about how we can be far from perfect yet still change the world.聽聽
Podcast binging
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Cox as Churchill
Another actor takes on the role of British statesman Winston Churchill in , which is available on DVD and Blu-ray. This time, Brian Cox portrays the former prime minister, with the film focusing on Churchill鈥檚 personal struggles.聽
