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Cookbook author and food writer Jack Bishop. His latest book is called Vegetables Everyday (Harper Collins). BISHOP writes about food for the New York Times, and Cooks Illustrated and Natural Health Magazines. His other cookbooks include Pasta e Verdura, The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook, and Lasagna.

Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain. Her newest book is her first novel called My Dream of You. Her critically acclaimed 1998 memoir, Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman was on the New York Times bestseller list. She is also a columnist for The Irish Times; she has been at the paper for over 12 years.

Film critic HNERY SHEEHAN reviews the new film "The Tailor of Panama," starring Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Tropical Brainstorm the final album by the late British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl.

Actress Michelle Yeow. Shes been called Asias foremost female action star. Shes the lead in Crouching Tiger, Killing Dragon. Yeow has starred in many films including Supercop with Jackie Chan and the 007 thriller Tomorrow Never Dies. Yeow is also a film producer. She is a native of Ipoh, Malaysia, and in fact was once Miss Malaysia. (REBROADCAST from 12/5

Actress Kate Winslet, 24, became a star with her role in the blockbuster Titanic. Her breakthrough role came earlier, in Heavenly Creatures, a film based on a true story of two young girls who murder one of their mothers. Her other films include Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, and Jane Campion's Holy Smoke. She's currently starring in the film Quills.

Hes been writing about the criminal-justice system for about a decade. For his new book, Going Up the River: Travels in Prison Nation he looks at the consequences of our countrys prison boom. The prison-industrial complex is our nations biggest growth industry. Hallinan currently writes for The Wall Street Journal.

Former Chicago policewoman Gina Gallo. While she was part of the force, she also wrote about her work in columns for NYCop online magazine and Blue Murders online magazine. They were collected in the book Crime Scenes (Blue Murder Press). She has a new memoir, Armed & Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman. (

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Gardens of Kyoto" (Scribner) the debut novel by Kate Walbert.

Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling work on the hit NBC series The Office, starring Steve Carrell. Kaling also plays Kelly on the show. Daniels has a history of TV comedy writing. He has worked on Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld and The Simpsons. Kaling had a role in Carrell's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and appeared on an episode of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.