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Actor James Woods on this edition of Fresh Air. He's currently starring in the new CBS drama Shark playing the ruthless super-lawyer Sebastian Stark. Woods' films include Salvador, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Onion Field, Once Upon a Time in America, Nixon, and Casino. Then, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new drama series Brothers & Sisters which airs on Sunday night in the time slot previously occupied by Grey's Anatomy.

Journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran and actor Ed Harris, on this edition of Fresh Air. Rajiv Chandrasekaran is the former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post. His new book about the Green Zone in Baghdad during the first year of the U.S. occupation is Imperial Life in the Emerald City. Then, Ed Harris, who plays Ludwig van Beethoven in the new film Copying Beethoven.

Freedom scholar Michael Ledeen and Foreign policy expert Joseph Cirincione on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael Ledeen, the conservative thinker, holds the Freedom Chair at the American Enterprise Institute. He prefers the term "democratic revolutionary" to neoconservative. Ledeen has written many books on U.S. foreign policy and has consulted for the Bush Administration.

Actress Maria Bello and journalist Adam Roberts on this edition of Fresh Air. Bello is currently starring in the new film World Trade Center. Her other films include A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking, and The Cooler. She also played Dr. Anna Del Amico on the TV show ER for one season (1997-98). Then, Roberts of The Economist in London is their former South Africa correspondent.

Actor John C. Reilly on this edition of Fresh Air. Reilly is currently co-starring in the new film Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby with Will Ferrell. He's probably best known for his association with writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson in the films Hard 8, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia. Reilly came out of the Chicago-based drama troupe The Steppenwolf Theatre. He made his film debut in Brian DePalma's Casualties of War.

New York Times reporter Steven Erlanger on this edition of Fresh Air. He's the paper's Jerusalem Bureau Chief. He joins us from Israel to talk about intensified fighting in the region. Erlanger has reported from all over the world, serving in Moscow, Bangkok, Prague, and other cities.

Reporter Jane Mayer on this edition of Fresh Air. Her recent article in The New Yorker looks at David S. Addington, Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff and longtime legal advisor. Mayer says current and former Bush administration officials credit him with helping form the administration's legal strategy in the war on terror. The article, entitled "The Hidden Power," is featured in the July 3rd issue of The New Yorker.

Actor Paul Reubens on this edition of Fresh Air. His classic TV series Pee-Wee's Playhouse will be broadcast as part of the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block starting July 10th. The series, which includes 45 episodes, aired from 1986 to 1990. In 1991, Reubens was arrested at a Florida movie theater and charged with indecent exposure. Reubens got his start with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, where he originated the Pee-Wee character.

The Most Reverend Frank Tracy Griswold III on this edition of Fresh Air. He is the 25th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He's ending his nine-year term later this year, and his replacement - a woman - has just been named. Additionally, the Episcopal Church has been divided in recent years over the ordination of gay bishops. The incoming bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, is known as a feminist pro-gay liberal.

Film makers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill and photographer David Douglas Duncan.

Journalist Charlie Savage and musician Romeo Stodart on this edition of Fresh Air. Charlie Savage's article in the April 30th edition of the The Boston Globe, "Bush challenges hundreds of laws: President cites powers of his office", has prompted Republican Senator Arlen Specter to call for June hearings to investigate the matter.

Psychologist and family therapist Dr. Dan Gottlieb and film director Paul Weitz on this edition of Fresh Air. Dr. Dan Gottlieb is a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and host of the public radio program Voices in the Family. Gottlieb has recently written a new book called Letters to Sam: A Grandfather's Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life. It's a collection of letters he wrote to his grandson.

Reporter Nicolas Wade and cartoonist Mike Luckovich on this edition of Fresh Air....

Beth Wictum is lab director of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) at the University of California at Davis. It's a forensics lab that helps investigators solve crimes using animal DNA. For instance: a key clue in a sexual-assault conviction was dog urine. The victim was unable to identify the suspect but her dog had relieved himself on his truck during the assault.

TV critic David Bianculli, actor Joseph Gannascoli, actress Lorraine Bracco, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air. First, David Bianculli talks about the conclusion of the final season of The Sopranos. It begins on Sunday night. Then, Joseph Gannascoli, who played mob captain Vito Spatafore on The Sopranos - that is until he got wacked.

Actors and comics Maz Jobrani, Ahmed Ahmed, and Aron Kader on this edition of Fresh Air. Jobrani, Ahmed, and Kader make up the Axis of Evil Comedy group. They are respectively of Iranian, Egyptian, and Palestinian descent. Their special premiered on Comedy Central last month. It's out on DVD this week. They are on tour now. Then, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new memoir The Mistress's Daughter by novelist A.M. Homes.

Journalist George Packer and Middle East policy expert Daniel Byman, on this edition of Fresh Air.

George Packer's article in the March 26, 2007 issue of the New Yorker magazine is called "Betrayed: The Iraqis Who Trusted America the Most".

Journalist Dan Gilgoff, on this edition of Fresh Air. Gilgoff is the author of the new book The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America Are Winning the Culture War.

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen, former FBI agent Eric O'Neill, and film director/screenwriter Billy Ray, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Film director Guillermo Del Toro, on this edition of Fresh Air. He grew up in Mexico. His current film (which he wrote and directed) Pan's Labyrinth is up for two Academy Awards: original screenplay and best foreign language film.