Magazine Archive
Dec 27, 1996
Issue #359-360
Cover Story
2 MEL GIBSON
Dec 27, 1996
HE'S IN THE FAST LANE, THANKS TO
TWIN OSCARS FOR 'BRAVEHEART' AND A BOUNTIFUL
'RANSOM'
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Book Commentary
Cover Story
2 MEL GIBSON
Dec 27, 1996
HE'S IN THE FAST LANE, THANKS TO
TWIN OSCARS FOR 'BRAVEHEART' AND A BOUNTIFUL
'RANSOM' Read Article
3 ALANIS MORISSETTE
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Dec 27, 1996
BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES?
THE COUNTRY GOES MAD FOR AN ANGRY YOUNG
WOMAN. Read Article
8 THE CAST OF 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN
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Dec 27, 1996
CLUELESS?
SURE. BUT THESE KOOKY ALIENS SENT US
EARTHLINGS INTO ORBIT. Read Article
5 OASIS
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Dec 27, 1996
BRITAIN'S FAB FIVE ROCKED ON THE WILD
SIDE--AND SWEPT AMERICA OFF ITS FEET Read Article
9 JONATHAN LARSON
Dec 27, 1996
THE LATE COMPOSER'S ROCK
OPERA 'RENT' GAVE MUSICAL THEATER A NEW
LEASE ON LIFE Read Article
11 JOHN SAYLES
Dec 27, 1996
WHO NEEDS BIG STUDIOS? IN THE
INDIE FILM BIZ, THIS LONE STAR SHINES BRIGHTEST. Read Article
7 TOM CRUISE
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Dec 27, 1996
THE MAN BEHIND THAT FAMOUS SMILE
HAS A CAREER WITH REAL TEETH Read Article
12 HELEN HUNT
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Dec 27, 1996
'TWISTER' SISTER. SPUNKY SPOUSE.
SHE'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, WEATHER OR NOT. Read Article
6 STEPHEN KING
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Dec 27, 1996
HE'S A 'MILE' HIGH AFTER SCORING
EIGHT NEW BEST-SELLERS IN 12 MONTHS Read Article
10 OPRAH WINFREY
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Dec 27, 1996
THE TV QUEEN TAKES A NOVEL
APPROACH TO BOOKS--AND BECOMES A LITERARY
KINGMAKER Read Article
1 ROSIE O'DONNELL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Dec 27, 1996
THE COMIC ACTRESS LANDS A TALK SHOW AND PROVES
THAT A NICE GUISE FINISHES FIRST Read Article
4 WILL SMITH
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Dec 27, 1996
TELEVISION'S COMIC PRINCE
DECLARED HIS INDEPENDENCE-- AND EXPLODED OFF
THE SCREEN Read Article
THE PEOPLE VS. WOODY HARRELSON
Dec 27, 1996
PERHAPS THE
ACTIVIST ACTOR DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH Read Article
Digital Commentary
Movie Commentary
A SECOND OPINION
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Dec 27, 1996
IN LISA SCHWARZBAUM'S ROSTER
OF THE YEAR'S BEST FILMS, THE COENS' CRACKED
CRYSTAL FARGO GOES FARTHEST Read Article
CRITICAL MASS
Dec 27, 1996
A SAMPLING OF 50 NOTABLE MOVIES
FROM 1996--HITS, FLOPS, CRITICS' FAVES, AND A FEW
SLEEPERS--AS GRADED BY AUDIENCES AND
SELECTED REVIEWERS Read Article
Music Commentary
Pop Culture News
THE TUBE BOOBS
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Dec 27, 1996
AS FOOLISH BEHAVIOR GOES, TV
OFFERED AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES Read Article
POUND FOR GLORY
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Dec 27, 1996
HEFTY ACTORS, WHETHER REAL
OR ENHANCED, WORE THEIR WEIGHT ON THEIR
SLEEVES--AND GOBBLED UP SOME OF THE YEAR'S
MEATIEST ROLES Read Article
THE TRUTH HOLE
Dec 27, 1996
TALK ABOUT A CREDIBILITY
GAP. THE MEDIA HAVE TURNED FIBBING INTO AN
ART FORM Read Article
THE GREAT WHITE HYPE
Dec 27, 1996
MATTHEW MCCONA-WHO?
A STAR IS MADE WITH A BLITZ BIG AS TEXAS Read Article
STAGGERED LEE
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Dec 27, 1996
THE BUSTY BAYWATCH BABE
FOUND 1996 PRODUCTIVE, REPRODUCTIVE--AND
ROUGHER THAN A RIPTIDE Read Article
DRY IDEA
Dec 27, 1996
BATTLING THEIR ADDICTIONS IN
PUBLIC, STARS JUMPED ON THE REHAB
BANDWAGON Read Article
NUTHIN' BUT A G-STRING
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Dec 27, 1996
STRIPPED OF PRETENSE,
ACTRESSES REVEALED THEIR RIGHT TO BARE
ARMS (AND BREASTS AND...) Read Article
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Dec 27, 1996
FROM MUSIC VIDS TO CELEB
BIOS, POP CULTURE THIS YEAR WAS FLUSH WITH
RESTROOM REFERENCES Read Article
Sound Bites
Television Commentary
A SECOND OPINION
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Dec 27, 1996
HOW DOES BRUCE FRETTS DIFFER
FROM KEN TUCKER? A ROSIE OUTLOOK AND A TASTE
FOR SOUTHERN FARE. Read Article


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