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ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILM "DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS," A WALTER MOSLEY DETECTIVE NOVEL ADAPTED TO THE SCREEN AND STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON AS EZEKIEL "EASY" RAWLINS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH POET, TEACHER AND ONE OF NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED COMMENTATORS...ANDRE CODRESCU, ABOUT HIS NEW NOVEL "THE BLOOD COUNTESS," WHICH DEALS WITH THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COUNTESS ELIZABETH BATHORY IN 16TH CENTURY HUNGARY. (PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER)

Daniel talks with Dr. Tom Widgely, a climatologist based in Boulder Colorado. Scientists are now saying that Global Warming does exist and blame the cause on humans. They hadn't said so officially in the past because scientific proof remained elusive. Now they're sure and are predicting that among other things the Earth's average temperature will continue to rise - and with it, ocean levels.

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AS THE UNITED NATIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, TREVOR ROWE ASSESSES THE U.N.'S ROLE IN ABATING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC AID TO POOR COUNTRIES.

ALEX TALKS WITH WRITER JON MARGOLIS ABOUT HIS VISIT TO NORTH DAKOTA, A STATE THAT IS RAPIDLY DE-POPULATING AND WHICH MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE AUTHOR, THINK SHOULD PERHAPS DISAPPEAR. ALEX ALSO SPEAKS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA, WHO DISAGREES WITH THESE SENTIMENTS.

N-P-R Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr is watching General olin Powell's apparent transformation from soldier to politician.

Liane Hansen speaks with Russell Means, one of the founders of he American Indian Movement about his new biography "Where White Men Fear to read." Means has mellowed somewhat since the l973 seige at Wounded Knee, and xplains his involvement in several recent Hollywood projects.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.

This coming Wednesday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of uster Keaton, one of the all-time great silent film comedians. Known as the Great Stone Face," Keaton's unflappable demeanor worked as brilliant ounterpoint to his phsyical comedy. Keaton made the transition to talking films nd eventually television, but it was not an easy road. Neal Rauch prepared this ppreciation.