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Rock critic Ed Ward on the troubles of shopping in Berlin.

DR. DEAN ORNISH. He, along with other researchers, has developed a "lifestyle" program for reversing heart disease. Working with a group of heart patients, ORNISH, has reversed the disease, thru diet, moderate exercise, and stress reduction. He recommends the program for everyone, not just those at risk for heart disease. ORNISH relies on data from seven years of study on this group of patients. Recently the "lifestyle" program qualified for reimbursement by a major insurance company. It's the first time such a program has qualified. ORNISH also has a new book, "Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly." (HarperCo

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD pays tribute to Ella Fitzgerald who turns 75 this Sunday. He uses music from: "The Harold Arlen Songbook," (Verve), "75th Birthday Celebration," (Decca/GRP), "First Lady of Song," (Verve). The Decca and Verve recordings are both new.

JAMES FALLOWS is the Washington editor of "The Atlantic Monthly." He has a new book, "Looking at the Sun," (Pantheon) to be published in February about the Asian economy. He's written a three part series of articles drawn from the book in the Atlantic (the last one appears in the Jan 94 issue).

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the premiere of TNT''s screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad''s "Heart of Darkness."REV. 2: Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new release by singer/songwriter Sam Phillips, "Martinis & Bikinis." (Virgin Records).

First-time film-maker TIANA (the Americanization of the name THI THANH NGA) has made a personal documentary tracing her 1988 journey back to Vietnam, where she was born: "From Hollywood to Hanoi." Her father was the head of press relations for the South Vietnamese government, and she enjoyed a priviledged childhood. But her father moved the family to the United States just before the fall of Saigon. TIANA was raised in California from the age of three and became an actress in low-budget exploitation films. One reviewer writes about the film that TIANIA's "puckish humor and eye for incongruity are editorially lethal."

Musician and record producer, RON LEVY. He was asked to played in B.B. King's band, when he was just out of high school. He went on to form "Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom, and recorded with the "luminaries" of the late seventies blue wave revival: Kim Wilson and Jimmie Vaughan and others. He started producing for Rounder Records and ended up working with old blues legends on Rounder's Blues label. LEVY has long championed the Hammond B-3 organ which has come back into vogue. And he has a new Wild Kingdom release, "B-3, Blues and Grooves." (Ro

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Two archive interviews with singer-songwriter ELVIS COSTELLO. First, we present a conversation from 1989, then we fast forward to an interview recorded earlier this year (1/27/94). In the late 1970s COSTELLO burst out of Britain's pop-music scene as the angry young man with a fresh sound. He's known for making connections between different musical communities. He's collaborated with Paul McCartney, Ruben Blades, Aimee Mann of "'til Tuesday," David Was of "Was (Not Was)," and T. Bone Burnett. Now COSTELLO is back with his original band, "The Attractions," and with producer Nick Lowe. Their latest release is "Brutal Youth," (Warner Bros).

DR. SUSAN WICKLUND. She provides abortions services to women in Montana and South Dakota, traveling 4 hours each way. Without WICKLUND's services, abortions would not be available to women in North Dakota. In the past she has worked in up to five clinics in three states while living in Montana with her teenage daughter. WICKLUND has been featured on "60 Minutes." She will recieve the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for her outstanding dedication to women's health care on October 29th