Terry Gross

His new novel is Screaming With the Cannibals. Maynard has been an assignment writer for Reader's Digest for over a decade. He's also written for many other magazines and newspapers. Screaming with the Cannibals is a sequel to his 1988 debut novel, Crum.

He's just received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at this year's National Book Award ceremony. The best-selling author is credited with ushering in a new era of horror with his first novel, Carrie, published in 1974. His newest novel is The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla.

Freeman was a favorite photographer of the Beatles. He shot the covers for five of their albums: With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles for Sale, Help! and Rubber Soul. He has a new collection of photos, The Beatles: A Private View.

Triumph, a regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, is a puppet and the creation of Robert Smigel. Smigel also created the animated short TV Funhouse on Saturday Night Live. Triumph has a new CD, Come Poop With Me, featuring such tracks as "Underage Bichon" and "Lick Myself." He's appeared on Hollywood Squares and on the MTV Video Music Awards, where he almost came to blows with rapper Eminem.

Sarsgaard portrays editor Chuck Lane in the new film Shattered Glass. Previously Sarsgaard played the sweet-faced killer in the film Boys Don’t Cry. His other films include K-19: The Widowmaker and The Man in the Iron Mask.

The two collaborated (along with journalist Liz Sly) on a three-part series in The Chicago Tribune about illegal Muslim immigrants living in the United States who were required to register with the government after the Sept. 11th attacks. Now many of them are facing deportation or have already been deported.

Sennott covered the war in Iraq, but not as an imbedded reporter. He talks about his recent return to Iraq and also discusses the relationship between President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, who are about to meet in London. Sennott is the London bureau chief for The Boston Globe. Sennott is also the author of the book The Body and The Blood: The Holy Land's Christians At the Turn of a New Millennium.

Peter Sarsgaard portrays editor Charles Lane in the film Shattered Glass. Lane fired journalist Stephen Glass from The New Republic in 1998 for fabricating stories.

Lane fired journalist Stephen Glass in 1998 for making up a story that ran in the magazine under the headline Hack Heaven. It was subsequently discovered that Glass fabricated other stories for The New Republic and other publications. The story of Stephen Glass is told in the new film Shattered Glass. Lane now covers the Supreme Court for The Washington Post.

Firth is co-starring in the new romantic comedy, (and holiday feel-good film), Love Actually. Firth is probably best known for his role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC/A&E production of Pride And Prejudice.The film turned him into a heart-throb. He also starred in Bridget Jones's Diary, based on the book of the same name, which borrowed from the storyline of Pride & Prejudice. He played hate/love-interest Mark Darcy. Colin Firth the actor shows up in the book sequel to Bridge Jones's Diary.