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  • Actress FAYE DUNAWAY. She was nominated an Oscar as Best Actress three times, and won it for her role in "Network." DUNAWAY's films include "Bonnie and Clyde," "Chinatown," "Three Days of the Condor," "Mommie Dearest" and "Barfly." She's written her memoir (with Betsy Sharkey) "Looking for Gatsby: My Life" (Simon & Schuster). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND
  • Judge HAROLD J. ROTHWAX, author of "Guilty, The Collapse of Criminal Justice," (Random House). For twenty-five years he's been a judge on the New York State Supreme Court and has developed a reputation for tough rulings. He'll talk with Terry about his ideas for reform of the criminal justice system. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW
  • U.S. Poet Laureate ROBERT HASS. (Rhymes with "ass"). He's written several books of poetry including "Praise" and "Human Wishes." He also edited "The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson & Issa." (The Ecco Press). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF
  • Daniel speaks with playwright Emily Mann who's play 'Greensboro: A Requiem' tells the story of a massacre in 1979, where members of the Ku Klux Klan shot and killed 5 demonstrators who were protesting Klan activities. The play is based on interviews of survivors of the attack, as well as of Klansmen who took part in it. The play is being staged at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey.
  • SCOTT INTERVIEWS CELLIST JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER, BROTHER OF BROADWAY COMPOSER ANDREW. MR. LLOYD WEBBER HAS COME OUT WITH A CD OF CHILDREN'S LULLABIES. THE CD INCLUDES THE FIRST SONG HE'S EVER WRITTEN AND IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE BIRTH OF HIS SON. 10:00 (Lullaby: Sweet Dreams for Children of All Ages. On Philips Classics by Julian Lloyd W
  • Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai died Friday at the age of 76, and we feature a 1991 interview from the archives. Amichai was a celebrated poet whose subjects were love and loss, and more recently, aging and mortality. The New York Times wrote that he had a "gift for poeticizing the particular: the localized object or image in everyday life." (originally aired 2
  • French President Jaques Chirac is angrily denying charges that he was involved in unscrupulous fundraising for his party, and kickbacks to construction companies, while he was Mayor of Paris in the 1980's. The allegations come from a videotaped interview with a man who was an aide to Chirac during those years -- but has since died. Robert talks to John Henley, Correspondent for the Guardian newspaper in Paris about the story.
  • He is best known for his 11 James Bond scores, including Goldfinger and Thunderball. Barry has won five Oscars: best song and best score for Born Free, and best score for Lion in Winter, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves. A recent CD compilation of his work is called John Barry: The Hits & The Misses. This interview first aired March 23, 1999.
  • Robert Siegel interviews Scott Silliman, the executive director of the Center for Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke University, about whether the trial of Zaccarias Moussaoui could be moved to a military tribunal. Moussaoui is facing charges in federal court in Alexandria, Va. He's accused of conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers. But the case has been slow in getting to trial.
  • Joss Whedon, the creator of the movie and TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. He is executive producer of Buffy and co-executive producer of the Buffy spinoff Angel. Before working on Buffy, Whedon wrote for the TV series Roseanne. He has worked on the screenplays for such films as Alien Resurrection, Twister, Toy Story, Speed and X-Men. This interview first aired May 9, 2000.
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