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Guest film critic Henry Sheehan reviews Nurse Betty. Actor Morgan Freeman. He's currently starring in the new film Nurse Betty. He's one of stage and screen's most acclaimed actors, for his ability to emerse himself in different roles. He's originated the role of the chauffeur in the Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy. Later he revived the role in the movie version, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Freeman's other movies include, Glory, Clean and Sober, Lean on Me, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and The Shawshank Redemption. Freeman made his directing debut with the film, Bopha, based on a South African play. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 9

Playwright, female impersonator, and novelist Charles Busch. His play, Psycho Beach Party has been made into a new film. His play, the camp classic, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, was the longest-running play in Off-Broadway history. His other plays include, Red Scare on Sunset and a show which parodied the variety shows of the 60s, The Charles Busch Revue, in which he made seven costume changes in an hour and 15 minutes. Busch's also wrote a novel, Whores of Lost Atlantis. (REBROADCAST from 7

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator on Rapoport about the impact of minority athletes Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Tiger Woods.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Thelonious Monk: The Complete Prestige Recordings (Pre

A Columbus, Ohio band called Evolution Control Committee is in a legal battle with CBS, Inc. because of the group's single now on the web called Rocked By Rape which slices and splices Dan Rather's words to heavy metal music.

Madeleine Brand reports on a newly confident Al Gore, who campaigned in few battlefield states.

Scott talks with Father Bryan Hehir, Chief of the Executive Committee at Harvard Divinity School, about the role of religion in American politics. Father Hehir says the discussion of religion and politics in America is complicated, but that each can help inform the other.

Gerry Hadden that the only school for guide dogs in Mexico is at risk of closing. The school has trained and donated nineteen guide dogs since it was created, but it is not getting the support it needs from the government and private organizations.

The federal govenrment is creating a database on cats. Scott speaks with Dr. Marilyn Menotti Raymond from the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, MD where she's in charge of the project.

Scott talks to film historian James Chapman about the enduring popularity of James Bond movies. The first Bond movie, Dr. No debuted in l962, and 19 sequels later, the series shows no sign of dying off, even if five different actors have played the part of 007. James Chapman is the author of a new book., License to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. (Columbia University Press).