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World music critic Milo Miles. Review TBA.

2: From the new movie documentary "Hoop Dreams" (Fine Line Features), young basketball player ARTHUR AGEE and film director STEVE JAMES The film traces the lives of AGEE and his friend William Gates for five years as they try to follow their dreams of rising from inner city Chicago to play in the NBA. James is the director, producer and co-editor of the film.

From the Metropolitan Opera, soprano DAWN UPSHAW. She has a new recording of Broadway showtunes, called "I Wish It So" (Electra/Nonesuch). It includes lesser known works by Marc Blitzstein and Kurt Weill as well as songs by Sondheim and Bernstein. UPSHAW has played more then 20 roles at the Met, including the current "The Marriage of Figaro" (through November 5), and the recently completed "Idomeneo," both by Mozart.

JOHN HELYAR'S new book, "Lords of the Realm" (Villard Books) looks at the corporate world of baseball. Instead of tracing the history of the game through its players, HELYAR focuses on the behind the scenes people-- the agents,owners, and general managers-- who shaped baseball. HELYAR is a reporter for "The Wall Street Journal," and co-author of the "New York Times" bestseller, "Barbarians at the Gate.

2: DAVID RUSSELL is the writer and director of movie "Spanking the Monkey," (Fine Line Features). The film is about Raymond, who returns after his freshman year at MIT to find he has to spend the summer caring for his mother, who's broken her leg. His loneliness combined with his mother's depression results in a dark comedy about mother-son incest. "Spanking the Monkey" won the Audience Award for the most popular dramatic film at the Sundance Film Festival in January. DAVID RUSSELL has also written and directed two short narrative films, "Bingo Inferno" and "Hairway to the Stars," which were also shown at the Sundance Film Festival.

Actor David Caruso left "NYPD Blue" on last night's episode, to pursue a film career. The show's co-creator, DAVID MILCH, will talk about writing out Caruso, who played one of the main characters. MILCH was also co-creator of "Hill Street Blues," with "NYPD Blue" collaborator Steven Bochco.

The new film, "Heavenly Creatures" tells the story of two teenage girls, so caught up in an intense friendship that they murder the mother of one of them, when she tries to seperate the two. It's set in New Zealand during the 1950s and based on a true story. We feature a previous interview Terry did with writer ANNE PERRY. It was recently revealed that PERRY was one of those young girls, was convicted of murder, and spent time in prison. She's now a popular mystery writer in Britian. (ORIGINAL Broadcast from 9/21/94). In the second half of the show we feature interviews with two individuals involved in the film.

2: We feature interviews with two individuals involved in the film, "Heavenly Creatures." New Zealand film director and writer PETER JACKSON and co-screenwriter FRANCES WALSH. They have collaborated on two other films, "Dead Alive" a horror-movie spoof which developed a cult following in New Zealand, and "Meet The Feebles," a zombie film which was also a hit in that country.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Vs" (Versus) the new album by the Seattle rock band Pearl Jam. (Epic).

1) Songwriter STEPHEN SONDHEIM. (rebroadcast from 11/10/88).2) Writer, producer, and director ARTHUR LAURENTS. Laurents wrote the stories for the plays "Gypsy" and "West Side Story" and the screenplays for the movies "The Way We Were" and "The Turning Point." Laurents is currently directing the Broadway revival of "Gypsy," starring Tyne Daily. (rebroadcast from 1