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Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell reviews the movie "Set It Off."

Noah talks with Cheryl Wheeler about travelling as a singer-songwriter, listening to great songs on the radio like "Memphis" and "Kansas City," and the difficulties of being a professional musician when you're expected to sing at Thanksgiving gatherings. She sings for us "Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" and a new song, "Sylvia Hotel."

2: Inventor and the man called "the greatest marketer/salesman of the television era," RON POPEIL (Po-PEEL). He's sold everything from the Veg-O-Matic to the Pocket Fisherman on television, amassing over one billion dollars in sales. He's written a book about how he did it, "Ron Popeil: The Salesman of the Century" (DTP Trade paperbacks, with Jefferson Graham). (REBROADCAST from 2

Executive Director of the Twentieth Century Fund task force that recommended changes in the presidential appointment process.

the United States and France, old allies and long-time rivals.

. North Korea has arrested an American and charged him with spying for South Korea. Seoul denies the charge. This latest incident comes just a few weeks after a North Korean submarine was captured in South Korea's waters.

. Today, the Ford Motor Company will produce its two-hundred-and 50-millionth vehicle, AND this year marks the one hundredth birthday of automobile production in the U.S. We'll hear from Ralph NAder, New York City's traffic commissioner, a car loving poet, and from Tom and Ray, the hosts of Car Talk.

inside the British army's headquarters in Lisburn. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Commentator Elissa Ely is teaching her husband to play the piano-- his inspiration for practicing is keeping an eye on the Red Sox game. She wishes he could have the inspiration she had when she learned-- her teacher's houseful of Russian wolfhounds.