Aug 15, 1997

Issue #392

Cover Story

CONSPIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW...

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | Aug 15, 1997
HOW DID MEL AND JULIA HOOK UP ON SCREEN? WE HAVE OUR THEORIES Read Article
Magazine Cover (Aug 15, 1997)

Best-sellers

Biz

OF MALICE AND MEN

by Steve Daly | Aug 15, 1997
IN THE COMPANY OF MEN IS THIS SUMMER'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL--AND INFURIATINGLY PROVOCATIVE--INDIE FILM. Read Article

'MEN' ON THE STREET

by Steve Daly | Aug 15, 1997

Cybertalk

Encore

REMEMBERING THE KING

by Jason Cochran | Aug 15, 1997
EVEN TWENTY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, ELVIS PRESLEY IS HONORED IN WAYS BOTH OUTRAGEOUS AND SUBLIME. Read Article

Legacy

LAST OF THE BEATS

by L.S. Klepp | Aug 15, 1997

Book Capsule Review

MY AMERICAN CENTURY

by L.S. Klepp | Aug 15, 1997

TALK OF ANGELS

by Rhonda Johnson | Aug 15, 1997

EIGHT MONTHS ON GHAZZAH STREET

by Megan Harlan | Aug 15, 1997

THE ALBUM COVER ART OF SOUNDTRACKS

by A.J. Jacobs | Aug 15, 1997

THE BURGLAR IN THE LIBRARY

by Gene Lyons | Aug 15, 1997

SOUL KISS

by Daneet Steffens | Aug 15, 1997

ALREADY DEAD

by Margot Mifflin | Aug 15, 1997

Book Commentary

Book News

THE BROWSER

Aug 15, 1997

BETWEEN THE LINES

by Alexandra Jacobs, Alexandra Jacobs | Aug 15, 1997

Book Review

A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Life in Hollywood

by Steve Daly | Aug 15, 1997
PRODUCER-DIRECTOR STANLEY KRAMER GAVE US A DEFIANT MARLON BRANDO AND A SPARRING HEPBURN AND TRACY DURING HIS OSCAR-FILLED CAREER, BUT HIS COURTLY NEW MEMOIR BELIES THE PASSION OF HIS FILMS. Read Article

Cover Story

CONSPIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW...

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | Aug 15, 1997
HOW DID MEL AND JULIA HOOK UP ON SCREEN? WE HAVE OUR THEORIES Read Article

Digital Capsule Review

THE REPTILE

Aug 15, 1997

Digital News

PICTURE IMPERFECT

by Ty Burr | Aug 15, 1997
STREAMING VIDEO CLAIMS TO BRING NONSTOP--AND INSTANTANEOUS--IMAGES TO THE NET. FOR NOW, IT MAY JUST HAVE YOU SCREAMING. Read Article

'CONTACT' HIGH

Aug 15, 1997
ONLINE FILM FERVOR Read Article

PIRACY OF HIGH CS

Aug 15, 1997
MUSIC-THEFT DEFENSE Read Article

In the Works

Movie Capsule Review

CAREER GIRLS

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Aug 15, 1997

ALIVE AND KICKING

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Aug 15, 1997

LOVE SERENADE

by Owen Gleiberman | Aug 15, 1997

187

by Owen Gleiberman | Aug 15, 1997

LOST HIGHWAY

by Bruce Fretts | Aug 15, 1997

Movie Commentary

Movie News

Jay Mohr - Picture Perfect

by Dave Karger | Aug 15, 1997

TALE OF TWO TOWNS

by Dan Burkhart, Vanessa Ho | Aug 15, 1997
A PAIR OF MOVIES GO ON LOCATION -- TO VERY DIFFERENT RECEPTIONS Read Article

WAITING FOR MORE 'GUFFMAN'

by Jason Cochran | Aug 15, 1997
THE DIRECTOR'S CUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE Read Article

A PORNY ISSUE

by Benjamin Svetkey | Aug 15, 1997
X-RATED MOVIE MONIKERS Read Article

Albert Brooks' mother on Albert Brooks' ''Mother''

by Lois Alter Mark | Aug 15, 1997
Thelma Bernstein tells us how creative her youngest son really is Read Article

REEL WORLD

by Chris Nashawaty | Aug 15, 1997
THIS WEEK IN HOLLYWOOD Read Article

SCRIPT TEASE ARTIST

by David Hochman | Aug 15, 1997
EW OFFERS AN OPEN LETTER OF ADVICE TO TOM CRUISE, WHOSE JILLION-DOLLAR SMILE HAS HIM FACED WITH A JILLION CHOICES. Read Article

Movie Review

Cop Land

by Owen Gleiberman | Aug 15, 1997
SYLVESTER STALLONE SEEKS TO REDISCOVER HIMSELF AS AN ACTOR IN COP LAND, A SMALL-TOWN CRIME DRAMA WITH EPIC ASPIRATIONS. Read Article

Conspiracy Theory

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Aug 15, 1997
AS A NEW YORK CABBIE DRIVEN BY PARANOIA, MEL GIBSON GETS A LIFT FROM JULIA ROBERTS IN CONSPIRACY THEORY Read Article

Spawn

by Owen Gleiberman | Aug 15, 1997
DRAWING FROM EVERY SUPERHERO AROUND, SPAWN IS A COMIC-BOOK HODGEPODGE WITH VISUAL POW TO SPARE Read Article

Music Capsule Review

East West

by Bob Cannon | Aug 15, 1997

Barbie Girl

by Jeremy Helligar | Aug 15, 1997

Def Jam's How to Be a Player

by Matt Diehl | Aug 15, 1997

Maladjusted

by Rob O'Connor | Aug 15, 1997

The Fourth World

by Tom Lanham | Aug 15, 1997

Forever Alien

by Ethan Smith | Aug 15, 1997

Heavy Soul

by Tom Sinclair | Aug 15, 1997

Nothin' but the Taillights

by Alanna Nash | Aug 15, 1997

Hint of Mess

by Jeremy Helligar | Aug 15, 1997

Music Commentary

Music News

THE ORLANDO MAGIC

by Tom Sinclair | Aug 15, 1997
BACKSTREET BOYS: FLORIDA'S PREFAB SPROUTS TAKE ROOT Read Article

Music Review

PIECES OF YOU

by David Browne | Aug 15, 1997

All the King's Men

by Alanna Nash | Aug 15, 1997

Gun Shy Trigger Happy

by Chris Willman | Aug 15, 1997

On the Air

ON THE AIR

by Joe Flint | Aug 15, 1997
THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE TV BEAT Read Article

Pop Culture News

FLASHES

Aug 15, 1997

Mail

Aug 15, 1997

JIM MULLEN'S HOT SHEET

by Jim Mullen | Aug 15, 1997
WHAT THE COUNTRY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK... Read Article

BALL BOYS

Aug 15, 1997
WANNA SCORE SOME POINTS IN HOLLYWOOD THESE DAYS? TAKE IT TO THE HOOP! Read Article

BLOCKBUSTED!

by Ty Burr | Aug 15, 1997

CASTING CALL

Aug 15, 1997

STOLEN KISSES

by Kristen Baldwin | Aug 15, 1997

MONITOR

by Anna Holmes | Aug 15, 1997

IS SUMNER REDSTONE LOSING HIS GRIP?

by Joe Flint | Aug 15, 1997
BLOCKBUSTER, MTV, AND PARAMOUNT MADE VIACOM ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMEN COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. A FEW YEARS LATER, ITS STOCK IS PLUMMETING. CRITICS WONDER IF REDSTONE CAN JUGGLE HIS BRANDS BACK T HEALTH. Read Article

Sound Bites

SOUND BITES

Aug 15, 1997

TV Review

Rugrats; South Park

by Bruce Fretts | Aug 15, 1997
IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD, CHARLIE BROWN: THESE DAYS, CARTOON KIDS RANGE FROM NEUROTIC INNOCENTS TO PETULANT POTTY MOUTHS. BRUCE FRETTS TAKES ISSUE WITH ONE RAW UPSTART AND CELEBRATES A CLEVER FAVE. Read Article

Television Commentary

WHAT TO WATCH

by Mike Flaherty, Bruce Fretts | Aug 15, 1997
A DAY-TO-DAY GUIDE TO NOTABLE PROGRAMS. TIMES ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Read Article

Television News

REMOTE PATROL

by Bruce Fretts | Aug 15, 1997
KEEPING A WATCH ON TV Read Article

COME TO 'UN-CABARET'

by Chris Willman | Aug 15, 1997
COMEDY CENTRAL'S CLUB CATCH Read Article

THE GUEST LIST

Aug 15, 1997
Look Who's on The Couch This Week (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Read Article

DUDE...THIS SUCKS

by A.J. Jacobs | Aug 15, 1997
WE MOURN THE LOSS OF FRESH BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD EPISODES Read Article

CHOICE RERUNS

by Bruce Fretts | Aug 15, 1997

The Ratings

Time Capsule

AUG. 16, 1977

by Jason Cochran | Aug 15, 1997

Top Videos

Video Capsule Review

BACK IN BUSINESS

by Michael Sauter | Aug 15, 1997

VAMPIRELLA

by Marc Bernardin | Aug 15, 1997

POLTERGEIST: THE LEGACY

by Michael Sauter | Aug 15, 1997

TWO FRIENDS

by Ty Burr | Aug 15, 1997

Video Commentary

Video News

by Steve Daly | Aug 15, 1997

Video Review

Farrah Fawcett: All of Me

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Aug 15, 1997
AT 50, FARRAH FAWCETT REVEALS HER TONED SELF IN ALL OF ME, BUT FANS WILL WISH SHE'D HELD ONTO HER CLOTHES--AND SELF-RESPECT. Read Article

La Ceremonie

by Ty Burr | Aug 15, 1997