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ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILMS THE OSCAR COMMITTEE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IN THEIR NOMINATIONS.

SIMON/OLLIE THE COW: SCOTT SIMON AND BARRY LEVENSON COMMEMORATE TODAY'S 65TH UNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "FLYING" COW NAMED "ELM FARM OLLIE" AT THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIR EXPOSITION OF 1930. MR. LEVENSON IS THE CURATOR OF THE MOUNT HOREB MUSTARD MUSEUM AND FOUNDER OF ELM FARM OLLIE DAY, AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN MOUNT HOREB, WISCONSIN.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews two collections by country singer George Jones, plus a new release by Jones. The albums are "Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years" (Mercury), "The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country" (Epic) and "The Bradley''s Barn Sessions" (MCA).

This first half hour consists of three interview segments. One long one before the FLOATER, and then two shorter interviews:Writer and humanitarian ELIE WEISEL. WEISEL won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his message of "peace and atonement and human dignity." A concentration camp survivor, he has been the most impassioned and poetic supporter of efforts to memorialize the six million Jews who died in Hitler's death camps. He is author of many works, including "Night," "Dawn".and "Twilight." His most recent book is "The Forgotten," published in 1992 (Summit Books). WEISEL also has a new book that has been published in France, and will be published n the U.S. later this year. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/8/88)Documentary filmmaker MARCEL OPHULS. He is best known for his 1970 work "The Sorrow and the Pity," about the conduct of the French people during the Holocaust. He also made the film "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie." His 1992 film "November Days," is about life behind the iron curtain and the changes underway in Europe since the fall of the Berlin wall. It was described as "the runaway hit of the 1991 Berlin Film Festival." (REBROADCAST FROM 5/7/92)Minimalist composer STEVE REICH. He talks about his 1989 piece "Different Trains." (Electra Nonesuch) It was comissioned by the Kronos Quartet and inspired by Reich's childhood memories of traveling across the country by train during the late 30s and early 40s. Reich says those memories have mingled with his later realization that at the same time Jews in Europe were traveling on trains to their deaths. REICH recently released a new version of his "Tehillim." (Electra Nonesuch). "The Cave," a multimedia piece composed with his wife, is due out later this year. (REBROADCAST FROM 3

NPR'S DEAN OLSHER LOOKS AT THE REASONS BEHIND THE GENDER GAP IN JAZZ.

2: Interview with SALMAN RUSHDIE continued.

2: Then, playwright and screenwriter PAUL RUDNIK, author of "Jeffrey," and "Addams Family Values." His alter-ego is Libby Gelman-Waxner, "Premiere" magazine's film critic, who "The New York Times" described as "a guerrilla movie fan, happily throwing brickbats and valentines at the screen." RUDNIK has published a new book of Libby's best columns, called "If You Ask Me" (St. Martin's Press).

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

THE BUFFALO JILLS, CHEERLEADERS FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS FOOTBALL TEAM, HAVE VOTED TO FORM A UNION.

NPR's Tom Cole reports on the debate over continued funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. Congressional hearings on NEA funding are due to begin next week