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Writer Susan Sontag died Wednesday at age 71 of leukemia. We listen back to two interviews with her: a 1989 conversation about her book AIDS and Its Metaphors; and 1993 interview conducted shortly after Sontag returned from Sarajevo, where she directed a performance of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in Serbo-Croatian.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the new solo effort Happiness in Magazines, from Graham Coxon who was the lead guitarist for the British band Blur.

Weekend Edition entertainment commentator Elvis Mitchell tells NPR's Scott Simon what new release he recommends seeing on Christmas Day, after the gifts have been opened and the meal has been eaten. Mitchell also suggests a few of his favorite movies to rent at Christmas time, including Die Hard.

Alan Cheuse reviews Serafina's Stories, a new work of fiction by Rudolfo Anaya. The book's main character is an imprisoned Pueblo Indian girl who tells stories in exchange for the release of her fellow prisoners.

Ed Ward reviews Goodbye, Babylon, a six-CD anthology that culls strange, rare and fiery finds of American gospel and other religious music from the early 20th century. The box set is produced by maverick label Dust-to-Digital.

The Fox television network has a new, controversial reality show premiering this week -- Who's Your Daddy, where an adopted woman tries to pick out her biological father. Variety critic Brian Lowry says Fox doesn't shy away from shows bordering on the tasteless. In fact it encourages them.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Melinda and Melinda the new Woody Allen film, starring Will Ferrell.

Michele Norris talks with British actress Emily Mortimer, who stars in the film Dear Frankie. Mortimer plays a single mother who manufactures an invented correspondence with her deaf son as his absentee father.

World of Warcraft, a new multi-player online game, has participants including reviewer Robert Holt captivated. He says the highly stylized fantasy world may be the best role-playing game yet.

Downfall, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, is among the Oscar nominees for best foreign film. The German-made effort details the last days of Adolf Hitler, played by Bruno Ganz. Hirschbiegel and Ganz talk about the film in a wide-ranging interview.