Will Bowles

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to Cabaret. The winner of eight Academy Awards, it boasts a score by the legendary songwriting partnership behind another film that would energize the movie musical genre with equal razzle-dazzle 30 years later: Chicago's John Kander and Fred Ebb. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and an impish emcee (Joel Grey) sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. Cabaret caught lightning (and won Oscars) for Minnelli, Grey and director Bob Fosse, who shaped a triumph of style and substance. Come to this Cabaret, old chum. You'll never want to leave.

The creative team behind 1987's nine-time Oscar-winning 'The Last Emperor' -- director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas and screenwriter Mark Peloe -- reunite for this fascinating film starring Academy Award-nominees Debra Winger ('Shadowlands,' 'Terms of Endearment') and John Malkovich ('In the Line of Fire,' 'Dangerous Liaisons'), and rising star Campbell Scott ('Singles'). Based on the classic novel by Paul Bowles, this visually stunning, sensual film, rich in setting and storytelling, chronicles the relationships among three travelers through post-war North Africa.

Must-Read Op-Eds: The always incisive former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson railed against the California Alliance for Retired Americans for their recent criticisms of the Simpson-Bowles plan. Mika Brzezinski reads from Simpson's letter as well as a Sheila Bair article on breaking up JPMorgan Chase.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Rep. Paul Ryan’s, R-Wis., budget plan cuts taxes on the wealthiest and argued that the Bowles-Simpson principles need to be included in any budget going forward.