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2: Actor RIP TORN, who now plays the Arty, the producer on the HBO comedy series, "The Larry Sanders Show". TORN has been a stage actor since the mid-1950's, when he left his native Texas (and his first name "Elmore") behind, for New York City and the Actors Studio. Described by one reviewer as "the good-looking no-talent with the ludicrously sinister name", Torn was often typcast as a heavy in television shows like "Dr. Kildare" and "Bonanza." (He also portrayed Henry Miller in an X-rated film version of "Tropic of Cancer."). His latest feature film is "Where the Rivers Flow North" (Caledonia Pictures), where he plays a rural hero who has to survive by his wits, and with a hook hand.

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Maureen Corrigan reviews "A Very Long Engagement," by French novelist Sebastien Japrisot.

2: Actor and playwright DAVID DRAKE. In 1985, DRAKE saw the play "The Normal Heart" by playwright Larry Kramer. It was a turning point for DRAKE. Kramer went on to become a founder of ACT UP--the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. DRAKE, a gay man, started on a path of self discovery and activism that has led to his writing a series of vignettes called "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me" (Anchor Books).

1: Actress LAUREN BACALL is a legend, though she doesn't like to think of herself as such. She's been a star of stage and screen for fifty years, was married to Humphrey Bogart, and won the National Book Award for her 1978 autobiography "By Myself." Her new book, "Now" (Alfred A. Knopf Inc.), tells the story of her last fifteen years and the experiences that have shaped her life.

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews "Judge on Trial," by Czech writer Ivan Klima.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Joni Mitchell''s new album, "Turbulent Indigo" (Warner Brothers).

Writer ALEXS PATE ("Alex Payt"). His first novel is called "Losing Absalom." It's a memoir, and tribute, to his father, Absalom Goodman. Pate's book chronicles the end of Absalom's life as his family has gathered around his hospital bed. Writer John Willimas wrote, "Losing Absalom is a powerful yet sensitive embrace with black America today." Pate lives in Minneapolis, where he works as a writer, poet and performance artist. (Coffee House Press

2: The man known as "the King of the Surf Guitar," DICK DALE. He launched surf rock in 1960 with his band, the Deltones. He described the surf sound in a 1963 article as "a heavy staccato sound on the lowkey guitar strings, with a heavy throbbing beat--like thunder, or waves breaking over you." DALE defined the California sound, and influenced The Ventures, The Beachboys, and Jan and Dean. He also influenced later groups like Sonic Youth. His music is now heard under the titles in the new movie, "Pulp Fiction." (REBROADCAST FROM 7

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the new movie "THIS BOY''S LIFE." It''s based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by Tobias Wolff. The movie stars Robert DeNiro and Ellen Barkin.