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Slate contributor Ben Williams presents a round-up of what movie critics are saying about this weekend's major new film premieres, including The Princess Diaries 2, We Don't Live Here Anymore and Alien vs. Predator.

The winner of round seven of the Three-Minute Fiction contest will be announced in a few weeks. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rebecca Roberts introduces Darius Kroger by William Sirson from Laramie, Wyoming. More stories from the contest can be found at npr.org/threeminutefiction.

The striking Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri stars as Marguerite in Houston Grand Opera's production of Gounod's Faust, alongside celebrated bass Samuel Ramey in one of his trademark roles as Mephistopheles, and tenor William Burden in the title role.

The acclaimed music-video director transitioned to the big screen with One Hour Photo, a dark psychological drama starring Robin Williams. Now Romanek has tackled Never Let Me Go, the futurtistic thriller based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel.

"When you get married in Hell," Rev. Yvonne Williams says, "there's nowhere for your marriage to go but up." Twenty-nine couples are expected to tie the knot.

http://66.225.205.104/LM20100611.mp3Duke Energy wants to know how much it would cost to stop fueling its plants with coal harvested from mountaintops.…

The roots-folk singer plays songs from her latest album. DeMent's voice sounds as if it comes from the previous century, but her songwriting has as much in common with Joni Mitchell as Hank Williams.

In his new book Intelligence Matters, Florida Democrat Sen. Bob Graham — a former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee — accuses the Bush administration of hiding evidence linking Saudi Arabia's government to the Sept. 11 hijackers. Graham speaks with NPR's Juan Williams.

The battle of Waterloo stopped Napoleon and made a hero of the Duke of Wellington. But historian Peter Hofschroer tells Liane Hansen that a scale model of the battle made by one Lt. William Siborne shows how Wellington supressed key details, including the key role of Prussian forces.

Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is best known for eating hot dogs. He once ate 69 in 10 minutes. Now he's on to a different food. TV host Wendy Williams invited Kobayashi on her show to set the Guiness record for most Twinkies consumed in a minute. There was no previous record for Twinkie eating.

Author William T. Vollmann took a deep dive into the culture of "catching out." Vollmann hopped freight trains around the United States, meeting hobos, tramps and prostitutes. He writes about his travels in Riding Toward Everywhere.

All Things Considered ends its April poetry series with poet William Stafford, a pacifist who came of age between the two world wars. NPR contributor Henry Lyman, the longtime host of the public radio program Poems to a Listener, sat down with Stafford in 1990.

From the Library of Congress, Recording Sound Specialist, SAMUEL BRYLAWSKI and Acquisition Specialist COOPER GRAHAM. The two have just compiled a collection of presidential speeches dating back 85 years. The collection is "Historic Presidential Speeches (1908-1993)" (on Rhino/World Beat label) and begins with William Howard Taft's recorded during the presidential campaign of 1908. (REBROADCAST from 11

FRED & KIM GOLDMAN, father and daughter. The Goldman family experienced the death of their son and brother, Ron Goldman, in June 1994. They were present throughout the criminal trial against O.J. Simpson and recently won their case against him at the civil trial. In a new book "His Name is Ron: Our Search for Justice," (William Morrow & Co.) the family recounts their experiences at the criminal trial and shares their memories of Ron Goldman. 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Veteran crime novelist LAWRENCE BLOCK. He's written 13 novels featuring Manhattan private eye Matt Scudder. His novels have followed Scudder through alcoholism and into recovery through an Alcoholics Anonymous program. His newest Scudder novel, "Even The Wicked" has just been published (William Morrow & Company) (REBROADCAST from 12/20/95) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

An update on the investigation of mass graves in Srebrenica. On July 8, a six-member forensic team, coordinated and sponsored by Physicians for Human Rights, began exhuming the graves. Terry Gross talks to DR. WILLIAM HAGLUND, who is in the Bosnia. As the lead forensic anthropologist for PHR, he and the other members of his team are working to identify bodies. HAGLUND is the former Chief Medical Investigator for King County, Washington and an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Washington, University of Alberta and the University of New Mexico.

Defense Secretary William Perry told a Senate committee today that American intelligence on Mideast terrorism was "spotty and inconclusive" before the bombing of a U.S. airbase in Saudi Arabia last month. Perry also said local military commanders did not fully carry out planned security improvements in time to prevent the bombing, which killed 19 American servicemen. Perry said the bombers were probably getting support from some international terrorist organization, and that as a counter-terrorist measure, American forces should be moved out of Riyadh, because it is so difficult to keep troops secure in a city. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports.

President Bush readies executive orders implementing much-debated elements of his "faith-based initiatives." One permits charities to use religious affiliation in hiring decisions. Another gives some charity food programs a better shot at federal money. Jim Towey, who directs the White House's faith-based efforts, speaks with NPR's Juan Williams.

Defense secretary William Cohen's last day on the job today was saddened by reports on two tragedies from last year. The Pentagon released evidence that led to the resignation of the chief training officer for the Osprey aircraft program. Two of the tilt-rotor aircraft crashed last year, taking a total of 23 lives. The training officer has admitted to asking crews to falsify maintenance reports. Also released today was a report on responsibility for the bombing of the USS Cole, the high-tech destroyer badly damaged while at anchor in Yemen. Seventeen sailors died in that attack. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

After two years as Vice President Dick Cheney's closest aide, Mary Matalin prepares to leave the White House. Matalin, who has a long history in Republican politics says she hopes to spend more time with her family -- including her husband, is Democratic political strategist and TV personality James Carville. NPR's Juan Williams talks with Matalin.