Actors

Actor George Hearn, star of many Broadway hits, including "Follies," "Sweeney Todd" and "La Cage Aux Folles." He is now starring in a new theatrical production based on Chaim Potok's novel The Chosen. (INTERVIEW BY LIANE HANSEN)

Actor Josh Mostel. He's had supporting roles in the films "Radio Days," "Matewan" and "Compromising Positions." But now he's a headliner in the Off-Broadway comedy "The Boys Next Door." (INTERVIEW BY LIANE HANSEN)

Don Opper, writer of "Slam Dance," the new film directed by Wayne Wang. Opper, also an actor, appears in the film.

Actress Colleen Dewhurst. She is currently starring as Eugene O'Neill's widow in the one-woman show "My Gene."

Character actor Ned Beatty. He spent 15 years in theater before making his film debut in "Deliverance." Since then, he's played everything from a sinister executive in "Network" to a clownish sheriff in the Burt Reynolds film "Stroker Ace." In all, Beatty has acted in 37 feature films, and 44 television movies or series.

Actor Elliot Gould, best known for his roles in the films "M*a*s*h," "Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice" and "The Long Goodbye."

Mamie Van Doren, one of Hollywood's blond bombshells in the fifties and sixties. She starred in the cult classics "Untamed Youth," "High School Confidential," and "Born Reckless." She's written a kiss-and-tell memoir called Playing the Field.

Actor Stephen Furst, who played Flounder in the hit movie "Animal House." Television audiences will know him as Elliot Axelrod, the insecure doctor in "St. Elsewhere."

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.

Actress Shirley MacLaine. She'll discuss her varied career in entertainment and her recent spiritual explorations.