Oct 07, 1994

Issue #243

Cover Story

THE PERILS OF MERYL

Oct 07, 1994
WITH 'THE RIVER WILD' (AND 'THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY' UPCOMING), AMERICA'S TONIEST ACTRESS PLUNGES HEADLONG INTO THE MOVIE MAINSTREAM Read Article
Magazine Cover (Oct 07, 1994)

Best-sellers

Credits

THE 'WOOLF' MAN STRIKES AGAIN

by Jess Cagle | Oct 07, 1994
HIS 'THREE TALL WOMEN' IS SELLING OUT-BUT EDWARD ALBEE ISN'T Read Article

Encore

MONTY PYTHON'S FIRST FLIGHT

Oct 07, 1994
THE 'FLYING CIRCUS' CAME TO TOWN WITH SILLY WALKS AND A DEAD PARROT Read Article

Filmography

BEYOND THE PAL

by Chris Nashawaty | Oct 07, 1994
ANOTHER 'HAPPY DAYS' STAR DIRECTS Read Article

Legacy

Trends

THE LAND OF 'MYST' OPPORTUNITY

by Steve Daly | Oct 07, 1994
WILL A HIT CD-ROM'S FLIGHTS OF FANTASY CLICK IN BOOKSTORES AND THEATERS? Read Article

Book Commentary

SHOOT-OUT OF THE WEEK

Oct 07, 1994
LARRY MCMURTRY Read Article

Book Review

Saturday Night Live

by Bruce Fretts | Oct 07, 1994
A REVISIONIST HISTORY OF 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' IS FULL OF TRIVIA, TOO MANY FACTS, AND NOT ENOUGH OF THE GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM'S FUNNINESS Read Article

My Life

by Gene Lyons | Oct 07, 1994
REYNOLDS GETS SEMI-TOUGH ON MARRIAGE AND FAME Read Article

NOW

by L.S. Klepp | Oct 07, 1994
BACALL TALKS ABOUT LIFE ALONE AND HER FAMOUS FRIENDS Read Article

Box Office

Cover Story

THE PERILS OF MERYL

Oct 07, 1994
WITH 'THE RIVER WILD' (AND 'THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY' UPCOMING), AMERICA'S TONIEST ACTRESS PLUNGES HEADLONG INTO THE MOVIE MAINSTREAM Read Article

Movie Capsule Review

PRINCESS CARABOO

by Lois Alter Mark | Oct 07, 1994

THE NEW AGE

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 07, 1994

BLUE SKY

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 07, 1994

ED WOOD

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 07, 1994

THE NEXT KARATE KID

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 07, 1994

Movie Commentary

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Oct 07, 1994
Michael Stipe Read Article

Movie News

THE KINSKI REPORT

Oct 07, 1994
'TERMINAL VELOCITY' COSTAR Read Article

Movie Review

Only You

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 07, 1994
MARISA TOMEI CHASES HER IMAGINARY MR. RIGHT TO ITALY AND FINDS ROBERT DOWNEY JR. IN THE GOOEY ROMANCE 'ONLY YOU.' BUT IT'S ALL TOO SWEET TO SWALLOW. Read Article

Terminal Velocity

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 07, 1994
FOR ALL OF SHEEN'S HIGH JINKS, 'TERMINAL VELOCITY' FALLS FLAT Read Article

Jason's Lyric

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 07, 1994

Sleep With Me

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 07, 1994

Music Capsule Review

No Need to Argue

by Jeremy Helligar | Oct 07, 1994

Haywire

by Alanna Nash | Oct 07, 1994

Relationships

by Dimitri Ehrlich | Oct 07, 1994

Pisces Iscariot

by David Browne | Oct 07, 1994

Are You Hep to the Jive?

by Chuck Eddy | Oct 07, 1994

Creepin' On Ah Come Up

by James Bernard | Oct 07, 1994

Question the Answers

by Chuck Eddy | Oct 07, 1994

One Emotion

by Alanna Nash | Oct 07, 1994

Wild Pitch Classics

by James Bernard | Oct 07, 1994

Night Music

by Josef Woodard | Oct 07, 1994

BROTHERS

by Chuck Eddy | Oct 07, 1994

Don't Ask Don't Tell

by Evelyn McDonnell | Oct 07, 1994

Bust a Nut

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 07, 1994

Music for The Native Americans

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 07, 1994

Fun

by Steven Mirkin | Oct 07, 1994

After the Beginning Again

by Josef Woodard | Oct 07, 1994

Music Commentary

WINNER OF THE WEEK

Oct 07, 1994
McDonald's Read Article

Music News

WALKING AWAY A WINNER

Oct 07, 1994
BETTING ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS Read Article

POP HOOKS, LINE, AND SINKER

by Jeff Gordinier | Oct 07, 1994
FISHING WITH GENE AND DEAN WEEN Read Article

Music Review

Stones in the Road

by David Browne | Oct 07, 1994
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER'S LATEST LACKS THE EXUBERANCE OF HER LAST ALBUM, BUT IT'S STILL THE WORK OF COUNTRY'S MOST INTROSPECTIVE AND INDEPENDENT STAR. Read Article

Barbra-The Concert

by Jim Farber | Oct 07, 1994
A STUNNING STREISAND,THE WAY SHE SHOULD BE Read Article

Parents' Guide

PARENT'S GUIDE

by Lois Alter Mark | Oct 07, 1994

Pop Culture News

ON A KA-CHING & A PRAYER

by Jeff Gordinier | Oct 07, 1994
IN THE WAKE OF 'GUMP,' THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY GETS SPIRITUAL AND THE PROFITS ARE HEAVEN-SENT Read Article

Mail

Oct 07, 1994

MR. OCTOBER?

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | Oct 07, 1994
SORRY, 'SCOUT' STAR BRENDAN FRASER IS THE ONLY BASEBALL HERO TO SEE THIS MONTH Read Article

JIM MULLEN'S HOT SHEET

by Jim Mullen | Oct 07, 1994
What the country is talking about this week... Read Article

FLASHES

Oct 07, 1994

ABSOLUTELY NEBULOUS

Oct 07, 1994
EXPLORING THE 'GENERATIONS' FLAP Read Article

AS THE TRIAL TURNS

by A.J. Jacobs | Oct 07, 1994

BURT OFFERINGS

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | Oct 07, 1994
REYNOLDS RAPS ABOUT HIS DIVORCE, HIS FEW REGRETS, AND HIS JUST-OUT TELL-ALMOST-ALL AUTOBIOGRAPHY Read Article

MORE POWER TO HER

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 07, 1994
PLUGGED-IN COMEDIAN BRETT BUTLER BRINGS HER BRAND OF SLY, ACERBIC HUMOR TO HER SITCOM HIT, 'GRACE UNDER FIRE,' BUT STILL GETS CHARGED UP ABOUT HOLLYWOOD Read Article

Sound Bites

SOUND BITES

Oct 07, 1994

TV Review

All-American Girl

by Ken Tucker | Oct 07, 1994
MARGARET CHO'S 'ALL-AMERICAN GIRL' JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN, BUT HER STEREOTYPICALLY RESTRICTIVE KOREAN PARENTS-AND THE SITCOM'S STALE JOKES-KEEP HER GROUNDED. Read Article

Last Call

by Ken Tucker | Oct 07, 1994
TARTIKOFF'S LATE-NIGHT ROUND-TABLE IS FULL OF SQUARES Read Article

Television Commentary

WINNER OF THE WEEK

Oct 07, 1994
Sam Waterston Read Article

Television News

THE WEEK

by Bruce Fretts | Oct 07, 1994

SPEAKING IN TONGUES

by Albert Kim | Oct 07, 1994
ACCIDENTAL ACCENTS Read Article

A SIREN OF SUBSTANCE

by Dan Snierson | Oct 07, 1994
GAIL O'GRADY OF 'NYPD BLUE' Read Article

The Charts

The Ratings

The Soap Box

INTO THE NIGHT

by Alan Carter | Oct 07, 1994

Top Videos

Trailer Park

Video Capsule Review

BLUE SKIES;HOLIDAY INN

by Roy Hemming | Oct 07, 1994

GOLDEN GATE

by Lawrence O'Toole | Oct 07, 1994

THE INKWELL

by Ty Burr | Oct 07, 1994

Video Commentary

FITNESS GURU OF THE WEEK

Oct 07, 1994
Uncle Miltie Read Article

Celebrating the worst movie director of all time

by Glenn Kenny | Oct 07, 1994
Reviews of a new doc -- Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora -- and two of the awful auteur's own flicks on home video Read Article

Video Review

Dead On Sight

by J.R. Taylor | Oct 07, 1994

Past Tense

by J.R. Taylor | Oct 07, 1994

Holy Matrimony

by Glenn Kenny | Oct 07, 1994

Where the Rivers Flow North

by Melissa Pierson | Oct 07, 1994

The Accompanist

by Lawrence O'Toole | Oct 07, 1994

The Paper;THE FRONT PAGE;HIS GIRL FRIDAY;ABSENCE OF MALICE;

Oct 07, 1994
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RENTED OUT ALL OVER? EARLY-EDITION NEWSROOM MOVIES LIKE 'THE FRONT PAGE' THAT SET THE TYPE FOR RON HOWARD'S LATE-BREAKING 'THE PAPER.' Read Article