Danny Glover on Playing Nelson Mandela.
Actor Danny Glover. He stared with Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon," and appeared in "Places in the Heart" and "The Color Purple." He stared over the summer in the Broadway presentation of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold and the Boys." He can been seen on television this Sunday night in "Mandela," an HBO presentation.
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Archibald Cox Discusses the Supreme Court.
Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor who was fired under orders from President Richard Nixon when he asked for the release of secret White House tapes.
Tom Verlaine's Flash Light.
Rock Critic Ken Tucker on American guitarist Tom Verlaine, better known throughout Europe than his native country.
"Fatal Attraction's" Fatal Flaws.
Film Critic Stephen Schiff will review "Fatal Attraction," staring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas. It's about a one-night stand that evolves into a fatal obsession.
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