Terry Gross

Member of the Exile Tibetans' Parliament, the Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies, Tenzin Choegyal. He is the youngest brother of the His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Choegyal was featured in the documentary "Shadow Over Tibet: Stories in Exile." (Rebroadcast of 5/24/1995)

Independent filmmaker Joseph Vasquez. His movie, "Hangin' With The Homeboys," was a semi autobiographical movie about Vasquez' home neighborhood in the South Bronx. He won a 1991 Sundance Film Festival award for the screenplay, which he wrote in three days. Vasquez died earlier this week of complications related to the AIDS virus. He had recently finished work on a new film, "Manhattan Meringue." (REBROADCAST from 6/17/91)

Actor Nicolas Cage. He starred in the David Lynch film "Wild At Heart," which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Cage has also starred in the films "Birdy," "Moonstruck," "Raising Arizona," "Peggy Sue Got Married," and "Honeymoon in Vegas." This year he is getting rave reviews for his performance in the new film about an alcoholic who goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, "Leaving Las Vegas." (REBROADCAST from 7/27/90)

Comedian and film maker Mel Brooks. Brooks has made some of the funniest films in movie history, including "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein," and "Blazing Saddles." His latest film is a spoof on the vampire film genre, "Dracula: Dead and Loving It." (REBROADCAST from 7/30/91)

Film critic Stephen Schiff gives us his year's best.

A concert with jazz singer Rebecca Kilgore, accompanied by pianist David Frishberg. Kilgore is known as Portland's premier singer, and is just now emerging as a major talent. She and Frishberg comprise one of the longest running jazz duos in the country. Kilgore's latest CD is "I Saw Stars." "I Saw Stars" with Dan Barrett's Celestial Six, Arbors Records [ARCD 19136, 1994. Her first CD release was "Looking at You", with Dave Frishberg on piano, [PHD Music, 1994.] Includes a preview of tomorrow's concert with Dave Frishberg.

Actor Laurence Fishburne. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and at 15, he played a young G.I. in "Apocalypse Now." He also played the musician Ike Turner in the film biography of Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It," and portrayed a streetwise chess pro in "Searching for Bobby Fischer." He plays the title role in the new film adaptation of "Othello." (Rebroadcast from April 6, 1992)

Actor and director Kenneth Branagh. He stars as Lago in the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. We feature excerpts from two interviews with Branagh from our archives. Branagh's films include a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth, with himself in the title role, "Dead Again," a psychological thriller starring Branagh and Emma Thompson, and Much Ado About Nothing," also starring himself.

Actor Michael J. Fox. He got his big break on the hit TV show "Family Ties." He went on to star in a number of films, including the "Back to the Future" series. He's also starred in "Casualties of War" and "Doc Hollywood." Currently he plays a fictional character based on George Stephanopolous in the new movie "The American President." (Rebroadcast from September 28, 1993)

Writer Terry McMillan. Her novel, Waiting to Exhale (Viking) has been made into a movie. It opens this week in selected theaters. It's about four strong, urban, black women in their thirties, their successful careers, and their sometimes volatile relationships with black men. She says women -- both black and white -- are frustrated because they can't find a man who's willing to commit, and won't lie or cheat. Her previous novels are Mama and Disappearing Acts. (Rebroadcast from June 2, 1992)