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Actor Eric Stoltz.

Actor Eric Stoltz. He's gotten a reputation playing parts in films like "Killing Zoe," "Pulp Fiction," and "The Waterdance," "Some Kind of Wonderful," and many other films. As a child he played the disfigured boy in "Mask," and was a Sean Penn's surfing high school pal in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." He's played Helen Hunt's ex-boyfriend in the TV show "Mad About You." Currently he's starring in "Kicking and Screaming." Soon he'll be playing the insect in the upcoming film, "Fly II."

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 9, 1995: Interview with Amy Tan; Review of The Smashing Pumpkins' album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness; Interview with Eric Stoltz; Review of Christopher…
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Novelist Amy Tan Discusses Ghosts and Her Latest Novel.

Novelist Amy Tan. Her best-selling books include The Joy Luck Club, and The Kitchen God's Wife. Her newest novel is The Hundred Secret Senses (Putnam's), about two half-sisters. One is Chinese-American, the other is Chinese, and has the ability to see ghosts.

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Film Director Noah Baumbach on Young Adulthood and Jealous Love

Baumbach's latest film is "Mr. Jealousy," about an irrationally jealous young man who is obsessed with his girlfriend's ex-lovers. He joins the therapy group of his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in order to learn more about him. Baumbach wrote and directed the film, as well as his previous debut film "Kicking and Screaming." "Mr. Jealousy stars Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, and Chris Eigeman who we hear from later in the show.

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