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From the United States Catholic Conference's Film and Broadcasting office, HENRY HERX. He's is office director. They provide reviews of current films, evaluating them for plot, entertainment value, and moral content. Their number is 1-800-311-4222. The office has five ratings, A-1 (for general audiences) to 0 (morally offensive). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE REV. SEG

Actor/director/writer SEAN PENN. The "reluctant actor" is starring in the new film "Dead Man Walking" directed by Tim Robbins, co-starring Susan Sarandon. (It's based on the book, of the same title, by Sister Helen Prejean). PENN has moved away from acting in favor of writing/directing: the 1991 film "The Indian Runner" which he wrote based on a Bruce Springsteen song, and last year's "The Crossing Guard" starring Angelica Huston and Jack Nicholson. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Writer KAREN ARMSTRONG is the author of the best-seller "A History of God." Her new book examines how the city of Jerusalem became the holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims. ARMSTRONG's new book is "Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths," (Knopf) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Daniel talks with photographer Thomas Roma who took pictures at 52 African-American Christian churches in Brooklyn - many of them storefront churches. The photographs depict congregants and pastors during sunday morning worship services. Some of these photographs are in the book, "Come Sunday:Photographs by Thomas Roma" (published by The Museum of Modern Art). The photographs are currently on dispay at The Museum of Modern Art in New York through June 18th, 1996. Included in this interview is music from two churches: Reverend Jerry Burns and the Open Door Singers (of the Open Door Outreach Ministry/Brooklyn) and The Mo Gbeke Mi Le O Choir Band (of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Olutunu/Brooklyn).

2: Singer/guitarist BOB MOULD. In the 1980's, he pioneered "alternative rock" with the band "Husker Du," making "angry, self-hating music." MOULD went solo for a while after the band fell apart. Now he's with the band "Sugar" and they've released their third album, "File Under: Easy Listening," (Ryko). One reviewer writes of the new release that it "shows Mould near the peak of his power-pop form and harbors a few prominently catchy songs." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE ATC PROMO).

2: Author and Jungian analyst, CHRISTINA MIDDLEBROOK. Her new book, "Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying" (Basic Books) describes how she and her family came to terms with her breast cancer diagnosis. In 1991, Middlebrook had a mastectomy and doctors told her she had a fifty percent chance of living two years. Her book honestly details the physical and emotional rigors of cancer treatment, as well as the changes it has caused in relationships with her family and friends. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE

2: From Australia, writer and adventurer ROBYN DAVIDSON. Her book "Tracks" (paperback, Vintage) was the account of her 1,700 mile journey across Australia with four camels and a dog. It won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. Her next adventure was a trip across the Indian desert with nomads, which she chronicled in the new book "Desert Places." (Viking). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE 1:00 FL

French actress CATHERINE DENEUVE talks about her movie "Les Voleures" (Thieves). The film opens on Christmas Day in New York and Los Angeles and will hit selected theaters around the nation early next year. Some of her best known films include: "Belle De Jour," "Repulsion," "Indochine," and "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." This interview originally aired Oct 3, 1996.

Late-night talk show host CONAN O'BRIEN. He took over David Letterman's spot in 1993, and his "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" has just celebrated it's third birthday. Previous to that, O'BRIEN was a writer for Saturday Night Live. His sketches included "Mr. Short Tery Memory" and "The Girl Watchers." He was also a writer/producer for "The Simpsons." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Actress GENA ROWLANDS (jen-ah...roe-lenz). She won acclaim for her performance in "A Woman Under the Influence" and "Gloria." ROWLANDS collaborated with her late husband, actor/screenwriter/and director, John Cassavetes for thirty years. ROWLANDS is starring in the new film "Unhook the Stars"(Miramax Films) in which she plays Mildred, a middle-aged woman who finds herself at a crucial turning point in her life. The film was written and directed by ROWLAND'S son, Nick Cassavetes. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW