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His house stands atop a hill in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, at the end of a gated, guarded driveway, nestled among citrus trees and bougainvillea and caressed [...]

The success of Oprah Winfrey show in helping to capture most wanted rapists in the United States is also creating some controversies over rewards and other issues. A focus on this stirs is presented.

The article presents an interview with multi-instrumentalist David West. When asked about how he converts a popular song into a "Pickin' On" track, he states that he made the bluegrass instruments fit the song rather than make the song fit the instruments. He reveals that he got involved in music when he was nine years old.

This article provides a biography of American musician Quincy Jones, Jr. The author provides information on Jones's background and childhood as well as what his life is like at the age of 75, which he turns in March 2008. Jones was born March 14, 1933. He grew up around music and violence. His mother was said to have suffered from schizophrenia and was committed to a state hospital when Jones was seven. At age 11, Jones encountered his first piano and knew that music was going to be his life. Jones studied music with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and has written several film scores, produced albums for Michael Jackson, and worked closely with Frank Sinatra.

The article features television producer Norman Milton Lear. Lear has focused on family as a theme of most of his work. Some of the television sitcoms he created, wrote and produced include "All in the Family," "Sanford and Son," and "Maude." According to film historian and author Donald Bogle, the complexity of the American family were never explored on sitcoms until Lear came along.

Features Rod Serling, writer of the science-fiction television program "The Twilight Zone." Background on Serling; Reason of the writer for creating "The Twilight Zone"; Episode of the program which commented on Vietnam war.

The article deals with the growing backlash against aging writers in the U.S. entertainment industry. It details the experiences of Anne Beatts, a former writer for "Saturday Night Live" television program, with ageism. An overview of the class-action lawsuit filed by writers against television networks, film studios and talent agencies is presented. It describes the age discrimination being experienced by writers in show business.

Features the shows on cable TV network FX. Issues tackled in "The Shield"; Theme of "Rescue Me"; Success of "Nip/Tuck."

This article reports on the sentence decided upon by the jury in murder trial of Laci and Conner Peterson. Hunkered down over the past six months in the news-free zones of their homes, or the sequestered sanctity of their hotel rooms, and, ultimately, the privacy of their deliberation room, the Scott Peterson jurors managed to do something remarkable: calmly weigh the evidence in an extraordinary case with a full-blown media storm howling just outside their windows. Assuming his sentence is formally accepted by Judge Delucchi on Feb. 25, he will be sent to the state's death row at San Quentin, where--if the court history of other California death row inmates is a guide--he is more likely to die of other causes than by lethal injection as he waits for his appeals to wend their way through the system. INSETS: THE VIEW FROM DEATH ROW;THE JURY NEVER RESTS: THE TRIALS AFTER THE TRIAL.

This article looks at the guilty verdict in the trial of Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife, Laci and their unborn son, Conner. On Nov. 22, 2004 the jury is scheduled to begin hearing several days of what is expected to be wrenching testimony from both sides on whether Peterson will be sentenced to death or get life in prison without parole. Behind the scenes, the verdict was a huge relief for Laci's family, especially her mother, Sharon Rocha, who until the very last minute worried that Scott would beat the rap. If Scott Peterson is sentenced to be executed, he would be sent to San Quentin, just north of San Francisco, where the state holds all of its more than 600 male Death Row inmates. INSETS: KEYS TO THE CASE AGAINST SCOTT PETERSON;WHAT WILL SCOTT'S LIFE IN PRISON BE LIKE?.

This article profiles several people who saved the lives of others. David Robertson who saved 2-year-old Rylee Deese after she was in a car accident. Tyler Russell who saved Andrew Sullivan from drowning. Ryan Jensen who saved the life of co-worker Jim Rolland.

This article follows the murder trial of Scott Peterson who is accused of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son Conner. Called to bolster the defense theory that Laci Peterson's unborn son had lived until well after his mother had been reported missing, March, a fertility expert, instead melted down under cross-examination. By abruptly resting the defense two court sessions later, on Oct. 26, Mark Geragos gave himself little chance to repair the damage and to tie up a host of other loose ends before the jury in the Redwood City courtroom begins to weigh the fate of Scott Peterson--a fate that is beginning to look increasingly ominous. After a prosecution case that sometimes sputtered but ultimately managed to focus a harsh light on Peterson's suspicious behavior, Geragos's hotly anticipated rejoinder--which he promised in his opening statement would show" beyond any doubt" that his client was" stone-cold innocent"--amounted to a good deal less.

This article focuses on the trial of Scott Peterson, who is charged with murdering his pregnant wife. He walks into court each morning wearing his familiar nonchalant grin, as seemingly carefree as a man strolling to the first tee for a round of golf. But whether Scott Peterson is simply confident in the outcome of his murder trial--or perhaps just disconnected from the possible death sentence that hangs over him--is unclear. After four months of the prosecution presenting its case, defense attorney Mark Geragos is about to get his turn to sow more reasonable doubt that Scott murdered his wife, Laci, and their unborn son. The prosecution--which has been widely criticized for being lackluster and meandering--got a badly needed boost in the final weeks of its presentation with the arrival of the crisp and forceful chief deputy D.A. Birgit Fladager. Grogan conceded as well that, for all the supposed thoroughness of their investigation, the police had not even dusted the Peterson home for fingerprints. As Geragos begins his defense, the one thing that seems virtually certain is that the jury won't be hearing from Peterson himself. Meanwhile, for the two families at the center of the case, the Petersons and the Rochas, the grief over Laci and the months of legal maneuvering have created an emotional tinderbox. INSET: THE LACI DOZEN.

This article provides an update on Scott Peterson's murder trial. While high-profile murder trials are notoriously tough to predict, it's never a good sign when jurors laugh at a defendant. Yet that's exactly what happened--twice--August 12 in Redwood City, Calif., where Scott Peterson is on trial for murdering his wife, Laci. Through three months of testimony, the prosecution team apparently failed to connect the dots for jurors, while antagonizing the judge by bungling basic procedural matters. INSETS: BEFORE LACI MET SCOTT;POINT/COUNTERPOINT: THE CRUCIAL ISSUES.

The article presents an obituary for actor Marlon Brando. INSETS: DiCaprio on Brando;Brando: Essential Viewing.

This article focuses on religion in Hollywood and its presence in the lives of actors and celebrities. Despite high ratings for Joan of Arcadia on TV, numerous shout-outs to God on awards shows and stars such as Madonna and Mel Gibson speaking up about their religious beliefs, many Americans still feel alienated by the Hollywood studios' menu of coarse language, rampant sex, gay characters and certain Super Bowl halftime shows. Still, it's not as if Hollywood execs haven't noticed the power of religious-themed projects, thanks to the monumental success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which has earned an astounding $300 million at the box office so far, defying all expectations. Fortunately, Heaton, who says grace before meals and takes her four sons to church weekly, found a home on Raymond--one of the few shows to depict church-going as a matter of course. Governor Schwarzenegger and wife Shriver frequently bring their four kids to the folk-music mass at St. Monica Catholic church in Santa Monica. When asked to do an interview about Hollywood and religion, actor Kirk Douglas, who is Jewish, wrote a heartfelt letter recalling the anti-Semitism he endured as a child and his response to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. INSETS: STARS IN THE PEWS: THE WEST ANGELES CHURCH;KIRK SPEAKS OUT;WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?;HOLY-WOOD: AN ALTERNATIVE

The 45-year-old superstar, Michael Jackson, had flown in from Las Vegas and surrendered after Santa Barbara County District Attorney Thomas W. Sneddon issued an arrest warrant for him tied to accusations of sexual molestation of a 12-year-old boy who had been a visitor to Jackson's Neverland Ranch. The formal charges, expected to be filed in mid-December, have the potential not only to land the singer in prison for more than 10 years, but also to put the final nail into his already flagging career. When he saw Jackson again at a New York hotel after a concert, he handed the singer a picture of himself dressed as Jackson, with his name and phone number written on the back. In the three years in the early '90s that he worked for Jackson on his security staff, Robert Wegner estimates that Jackson had boys in for sleepovers at least 100 times. he boy, now 14 and in remission, was sometimes joined by his parents and two siblings at Neverland, and spent time riding all-terrain vehicles and admiring Jackson's boa constrictor. "We were surprised at how much it seemed like he trusted Michael, and Michael trusted them," says Mandel. In the three years in the early '90s that he worked for Jackson on his security staff, Robert Wegner estimates that Jackson had boys in for sleepovers at least 100 times. Some stayed in Jackson's own bedroom, which is outfitted with a grand piano, arcade games and an 80-in. plasma screen TV. Over the years, charges of Jackson's misbehavior have come out of Neverland but little has stuck. Melanie Bagnall, 41, who worked as an unarmed security guard at Neverland from 1991 to 1994, joined two other security guards, a maid and an office manager in a 1995 suit against Jackson alleging that they were wrongfully terminated because of potentially damaging information they had. INSET: Neverland: An Inside Tour.

The article discusses the involvement of Amber Frey, Scott Peterson's girlfriend, in the investigation of the murder of Laci Peterson. As the preliminary hearing in Modesto, Calif., moves into its third week, the Fresno massage therapist has clearly assumed a key role in the prosecution's case against Peterson, 31. Not only is she the Other Woman, who may provide a motive for Laci's murder, she is also an intimate witness to the defendant's state of mind. Frey told Detective Al Brocchini that in the days after Laci's disappearance Peterson called her repeatedly, assuring her that they would soon be together. Frey's story wasn't the only development at the preliminary hearing. There was also the purchase of the boat that Peterson said he used for his Christmas Eve fishing expedition to San Francisco Bay, the same area where Laci's and Conner's bodies were later found. On the day Frey had confronted him about being married, Peterson plunked down $1,400 in cash for the 14-ft. craft, the timing of which, prosecutors seemed to be suggesting, was no coincidence. Based on the preliminary hearing, the defense clearly intends to try to impugn Brocchini's credibility. Depending on how damaging Frey's testimony proves to be, either at the preliminary hearing or a future trial, it is also possible that she will be subjected to similarly rough treatment. Frey has made no discernable effort to exploit her connection to the tragedy. She copes with her notoriety by attending the Northpark Community Church in Fresno. INSETS: HOW THE LOVE TRIANGLE PLAYED OUT;THE PROSECUTION'S KEY POINTS;THE DEFENSE'S REBUTTAL.

Pumped up by angry voters, his unflappable wife by his side, Arnold Schwarzenegger sweeps into office in California. Now what? Oddball Moment No. 4,567 from the oddest election campaign ever: Movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the stage as the crowd of rowdy Republicans bellows out the words to Twisted Sister's rock anthem "We're Not Gonna Take It." Suddenly, his mother-in-law, Eunice Shriver, 82, a demurely dressed Democrat with the unmistakable jawline of a Kennedy, emerges from the wings and plants a kiss on the candidate's cheek. For the next few weeks, while election officials verify the vote, Schwarzenegger will prepare for the most demanding role of his life. What's more, Governor Schwarzenegger promises a radical change in style from Davis, who admits to eating the same thing, a turkey sandwich, for lunch every day. Schwarzenegger, on the other hand, swept to victory in a heady mix of Hollywood glamor and Kennedy mystique. Just look at his acceptance speech--introduced by Jay Leno, delivered from a stage crowded with his Shriver inlaws and heavy with nods to his wife, Maria. INSETS: Arnold's WOMAN PROBLEM;BEEN THERE, DONE THAT;HOME FOR DINNER.

In a case rife with rumor and speculation, PEOPLE gets a first look at some of the hard evidence that may decide Scott Peterson's fate. On Aug. 21 the remains of Laci Peterson and the son she wanted to name Conner finally made it back to their hometown of Modesto, Calif. With the coroners and forensic scientists having completed examining them, the bodies were quietly returned for the burial they and their loved ones had been denied for months. as Scott Peterson's Sept. 9 preliminary hearing approaches, it's hard to imagine that Laci and Conner will find much peace. At the hearing, the prosecution will for the first time begin to lay out its case against Scott Peterson. And with that--and the vociferous defense rebuttals involving satanic rituals and adulterous affairs that are sure to follow--one of the most bewildering and transfixing murder cases in years will truly begin.

The article describes the political campaign of actor Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger an his plight to replace Gray Davis as governor of California in a recall election. The would-be governor of California is tough on fiscal issues, liberal on social issues and has a major soft spot for his wife, Maria Shriver, 47. Says Schwarzenegger's friend and former publicist Charlotte Parker: "Arnold and Maria are a great love story. They had an immediate attraction, and they still have a tremendous mutual respect for each other." California is burdened with a $38 billion deficit and the lingering aftershocks of a crippling energy crisis. Shriver, who has taken an indefinite leave from her job as a network correspondent to work on her husband's campaign, is also determined to make her marriage work. Introduced at a charity tennis tournament in New York in 1977, Schwarzenegger, a five-time Mr. Universe from Austria who had yet to make his first major movie, and Shriver, a fledgling television reporter, hit it off immediately. Schwarzenegger has also won the family's respect by providing so handsomely for his wife and the kids--not just out of his earnings as an actor but through shrewd real estate investments.

These are the nights when Conner Peterson, who would have been 3 months old now, should be keeping his father awake. Instead the din of other prisoners at the county jail in Modesto, Calif., leaves Scott Peterson sleeping fitfully. His life has been reduced to bare essentials--a 6-ft.-by-9-ft. cell and a 90-minute twice-a-week session of shuffling along in shackles on the jailhouse roof. Reminding the world of the bond that once existed between Laci and Scott has become a kind of mission for the Peterson clan. With a court appearance scheduled for May 27, 2003, the next step toward a preliminary hearing, Scott's family is launching a public relations campaign in the hope of dispelling the tsunami of negative news reports that has battered him almost from the moment the pregnant Laci, 27, went missing on December 24, 2002. In an interview with "PEOPLE", his parents, Lee and Jackie, along with several of his siblings and in-laws, sought to portray Scott, 30, as a favorite son and ideal husband who never would have harmed his wife and unborn son, whose bodies washed up in San Francisco Bay in April 2003. INSETS: Where's Amber?;The Satanic Scenario.

He had grown a goatee and dyed his brown hair an unlikely shade of reddish-blond. But there was no disguising the smug self-confidence that seemed such a large part of Scott Peterson's personality. Heading into the upscale Torrey Pines Golf Course near San Diego, California on Good Friday morning, Peterson paused to give a jaunty wave to the police officers he had spotted tailing him. Seconds later his smile vanished as a posse of a half dozen cops pounced and bundled him handcuffed into a waiting car. Throughout the 12-hour drive back to his hometown of Modesto, the normally affable Scott said nothing, staring off in the distance as the evening darkness closed in around him. A few hours after his arrest, authorities announced they had identified the bodies of a woman and child who had washed up near the Berkeley Marina in San Francisco Bay as those of Peterson's pregnant wife, Laci, 27, and their unborn child, who was to have been named Conner. That discovery, close to where Scott said he had gone fishing on Christmas Eve, the day Laci vanished, was only the crowning clue in a case that the authorities touted as virtually airtight. For Laci's family the sudden turn of events brought at least some relief after four months of uncertainty. For months investigators had gone out of their way to insist publicly that Scott had not been ruled in or out as a suspect. But by the time the remains of Laci and the baby were found, authorities had Peterson, a fertilizer salesman, under near continuous surveillance, using wiretaps, vehicle tracking devices and teams of agents. Investigators indicated that they finally arrested him out of fear he might flee. Aside from his altered appearance, at the time he was picked up he was also reportedly carrying $10,000 in cash and an ID belonging to one of his brothers and was within 30 miles of the Mexican border. INSETS: Woman in Red;Grounds for Suspicion;A Family's Defense;A Lawyer's Defense

Her hips don't swivel, her pelvis doesn't thrust, but even without the familiar gyrations, the singer onstage at Orlando's Marriott World Center has the audience's full attention. For the first time in a quarter of a century, a Presley is rocking the house. The hooded hazel eyes, high cheekbones and twitchy lips--it's easy to see Dad's legacy in Lisa Marie Presley. However uncanny the resemblance, Lisa Marie, at 35, is no mere Elvis impersonator. Her debut album, "To Whom It May Concern," opened at No. 5 on Billboard's Top 200 chart, while her first single, "Lights Out," called a "powerful, hauntingly personal work" by Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn, has received healthy radio play, thanks to smoky vocals that sound more like Cher than Dad. The real Lisa Marie--who, as Elvis's sole heir, has an estimated worth of more than $150 million--can be an enigma even to those who know her best. Presley is by all accounts a devoted mother to Danielle, 13, and Benjamin, 10, her children by her first husband, Danny Keough Over the years much of her privacy has been exposed by tabloids chronicling Presley's quirky, quickie marriages to Michael Jackson (20 months) and soon-to-be-ex-hubby Nicolas Cage (separated after three months.) A celebrity since her ballyhooed birth in 1968--nine months to the day after the fairy-tale wedding of Elvis and his bride, Priscilla Beaulieu, now 57--Lisa Marie grew up in Graceland, Presley's 13-acre Memphis estate.

Just a day after the abducted child Elizabeth Smart was returned to her home in Salt Lake City, her relatives threw a party to celebrate her 15th birthday, which came and went without her last Nov. 3, 2002. Nine months after Elizabeth was taken at knifepoint from her bedroom as she slept, she emerged as if from nowhere on a busy street in Sandy, Utah, on March 12, after four people recognized the man she was with: Brian David Mitchell, 49, profiled days earlier on the television show 'America's Most Wanted.' On her first night back at the Smarts' $1.2 million house in Salt Lake City's upscale Federal Heights section, Elizabeth watched her favorite movie, 'The Trouble with Angels', read scores of e-mails sent by well-wishers, met the family's two new dogs and played her harp. Perhaps the real miracle of the case was the breakthrough that came last October, when Elizabeth's sister Mary Katherine walked into her parents' bedroom and told her parents she remembered who took Elizabeth--the worker she knew as Immanuel. On March 18, 2003 prosecutors charged Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, 57, with aggravated kidnapping, burglary and sexual assault. INSETS: NINE MONTHS OF HELL;ANATOMY OF AN ARREST;HAVE YOU SEEN THESE KIDS?.

Profiles five former child prodigies Jacob Armen, Dika Newlin, Adragon De Mello, Josh Waitzin, and Misty Copeland. Plight of Jacob Arment to be the world's best drummer; How Newlin became a music professor at Virginia Commonwealth University; Consideration of De Mello, the youngest college graduate in history in 1989; Chess champion Waitzkin; How Copeland is a member of the American Ballet Theater.

Profiles the two suspects in the criminal sniper case in the Washington D.C. area, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Relationship between the two men; Views from criminologist James Alan Fox; How Muhammad needed control in his life; Consideration of how Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam; Evidence that Malvo entered the U.S. illegally.

Focuses on the grace displayed by Katy Soulas following the loss of her husband in the September 11, 2001 tragedy in the U.S.

Focuses on California kidnap victims Tamara Brooks and Jacqueline Marris. Details of how they joined forces to battle their abductors; Comments of Brooks, Marris, Frank Melero, Bonnie Hernandez, and Nadine Dyer on the ordeal; Involvement of career criminal Roy Ratliff. INSET: EMBRACING AMBER.

Focuses on the difficulties facing singer Michael Jackson. Discussion of his outburst against Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola; Weak sales of his album 'Invincible'; Plans of Sony not to renew his contract; Lawsuits and debt he faces; Significance of his Neverland Ranch; Reactions of others, including his longtime acquaintance Gary Pudney.

Reports on the death of three climbers on Oregon's Mount Hood, the highest peak in the state. Connection of the climbers to Tualatin Valley (Oregon) Fire & Rescue; Description of the two accidents that took place by climbers Cleve Joiner, Cole Joiner, and Dennis Butler.

Reports on a team of seven high school girls from Aniak, Alaska, known as the Dragon Slayers, who provide the only round-the-clock emergency medical care to a population of 3,000 people in 14 villages. Rescues they have performed, including of fellow teens who tried to kill themselves; Comments of members of the rescue crew; Creation of the Dragon Slayers by Pete Brown; Requirements for joining; Distinction of the Aniak Volunteer Fire Department as the most outstanding ambulance service in Alaska; Media attention they have received.

Remembers Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, a member of the music group TLC, who died in an automobile accident in April 2002. Circumstances of the accident, which occurred in Honduras; Highlights of her career; Mention of her personal qualities, including flamboyance and generosity.

Reports on the arrest of actor Robert Blake who was charged with murdering his wife Bonny Bakley. Allegations that Blake had approached several people to kill his wife for him; Exhaustive investigation by the Los Angeles, California police; Suggestion that Blake felt trapped in the marriage.

Focuses on the way that John Bryant has helped students in South Central Los Angeles learn financial skills. Way that the community was hurt by rioting and violence in 1992; Mention of the nonprofit organization Operation Hope, which attempts to bring chief executive officers and businesspeople in contact with the community.

Profiles Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock band U2. Success he has had both as a singer and policy activist, which includes causes such as Third World debt and aid for AIDS-ravaged Africa; Grammy nominations his band has received, including for the album 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'; History of the band; His contact with various politicians, including former United States President Bill Clinton; Details of his personal life.

Presents a profile of Lester Tenney, an American prisoner of war during World War II. His efforts to seek unpaid wages for being forced to work in a Japanese coal mine, as well as an apology for his enslavement; Background on the retired college professor who lives in the United States.

Focuses on the celebrity marriage of Brat Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Analysis of the couple's friends concerning the marriage; Plans for children; Aniston's relationship with her mother; Hobbies and California homes of the couple.

Profiles Katherine Sherwood, an artist who recovered from a stroke to continue her painting career.

Focuses on the married lives of actresses Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox Arquette, and Jennifer Aniston, who all appear on the television program 'Friends.'