Oct 24, 1997

Issue #402

Cover Story

ORDINARY PEOPLE

by Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 24, 1997
THE 'TRAINSPOTTING' TRIO SELL OUT--SORT OF--WITH THE ODD ROMANCE 'A LIFE LESS ORDINARY' Read Article
Magazine Cover (Oct 24, 1997)

Best-sellers

Biz

CENTER' OF ATTENTION

by Dan Snierson | Oct 24, 1997
WITH ASSISTS FROM ATHLETES AND CELEBS, ESPN IS SCORING BIG POINTS WITH ITS CLEVER SPORTSCENTER COMMERCIALS. Read Article

Cybertalk

Encore

CYCLE CRASH KILLS DUANE ALLMAN

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 24, 1997
ONE OF ROCK'S MOST CELEBRATED YOUNG ARTISTS DIED SUDDENLY 26 YEARS AGO. Read Article

Obituary

TAKE ME HOME

by Alanna Nash | Oct 24, 1997
JOHN DENVER 1943-1997 HE CALLED HIMSELF A COUNTRY BOY, BUT JOHN DENVER'S FEEL-GOOD MUSIC SENT HIM AROUND THE WORLD--AND DOWN SOME ROCKY ROADS Read Article

Scene

PEEP SHOWS

by Tricia Laine | Oct 24, 1997
AT THE PREMIERE OF BOOGIE NIGHTS, CELEBS THINK BIG. MEANWHILE, SEVEN YEARS TIBET IS NO SMALL FEAT. Read Article

Book Commentary

Book News

BETWEEN THE LINES

by Alexandra Jacobs | Oct 24, 1997
THE INSIDE SCOOP ON THE BOOK WORLD Read Article

Book Review

CRAZY FROM THE HEAT.

by Dan Snierson | Oct 24, 1997
WHETHER HE'S BRAGGING ABOUT HIS OFFSTAGE CONQUESTS OR RELIVING HIS SPLIT(S) WITH VAN HALEN, DAVID LEE ROTH JUMPS INTO THE HOT SEAT WITH THE RAMBLIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY CRAZY FROM THE HEAT. Read Article

Box Office

Cover Story

ORDINARY PEOPLE

by Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 24, 1997
THE 'TRAINSPOTTING' TRIO SELL OUT--SORT OF--WITH THE ODD ROMANCE 'A LIFE LESS ORDINARY' Read Article

Digital News

SITES OF THE LIVING DEAD

Oct 24, 1997
IN THE CYBERWORLD, GHOSTS, GHOULS, AND GORE ARE HORRIBLY PLENTIFUL. Read Article

ONLINE EVENTS

Oct 24, 1997
ALL LISTINGS ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Read Article

THE ICE STORM

Oct 24, 1997
'TITANIC' ON THE WEB Read Article

FROM THE PAST

Meet Charlize Theron, ''Devil's Advocate'' starlet (1997)

by Chris Nashawaty | Oct 21, 2005
TATTOOED, TITILLATING, AND TASTY AS HELL, 22-YEAR-OLD NEWCOMER CHARLIZE THERON BURNS UP THE SCREEN IN THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE Read Article

Hear & Now

HEAR AND NOW

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 24, 1997
THIS WEEK ON THE MUSIC BEAT Read Article

Movie Capsule Review

WASHINGTON SQUARE

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 24, 1997

THE HOUSE OF YES

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 24, 1997

MOST WANTED

by Ty Burr | Oct 24, 1997

THE MATCHMAKER

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 24, 1997

ROCKETMAN

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 24, 1997

BOOGIE NIGHTS

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 24, 1997

PARADISE ROAD

by Denise Lanctot | Oct 24, 1997

TRAVELLER

Oct 24, 1997

Movie Commentary

Movie News

MANHATTAN ROCKS

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 24, 1997
WANT SKIING? GO TO SUNDANCE. WANT STARLETS? HIT CANNES. WANT POLITENESS? TRY TORONTO. BUT FOR A SELECT BLEND OF PRESTIGE CINEMA, DRINK IN THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL. Read Article

REEL WORLD

Oct 24, 1997
THIS WEEK IN HOLLYWOOD Read Article

Movie Review

Playing God

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 24, 1997
WHY DAVID DUCHOVNY CHOSE THE BLOODY AWFUL PLAYING GOD AS HIS FIRST POST-X-FILES MOVIE Read Article

The Devil's Advocate

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 24, 1997
JUNIOR LAWYER KEANU REEVES CONFRONTS VICE, GREED, AND A SINFULLY OVER-THE-TOP AL PACINO IN THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. Read Article

I Know What You Did Last Summer

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 24, 1997
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS SCREAM AND POUT IN I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER Read Article

The Edge

by Michael Sauter | Oct 24, 1997
KODIAK KILLER OF 'THE EDGE' Read Article

Music Capsule Review

Sunday Morning to Saturday Night

by Bob Cannon | Oct 24, 1997

Porgy and Bess

by Steve Futterman | Oct 24, 1997

South Mouth

by Alanna Nash | Oct 24, 1997

Brand New

by David Browne | Oct 24, 1997

Lounge-A-Palooza

by Steven Mirkin | Oct 24, 1997

Urban Rapsody

by Cheo Tyehimba | Oct 24, 1997

Lets Get Killed

by David Browne | Oct 24, 1997

Casanova

by Mike Flaherty | Oct 24, 1997

The Ice Opinion

by Matt Diehl | Oct 24, 1997

Ballad of Cleo & Joe

by Bob Cannon | Oct 24, 1997

Big Time

by Alanna Nash | Oct 24, 1997

I'm Not Following You

by Scott Schinder | Oct 24, 1997

The Ice Storm

by Steven Mirkin | Oct 24, 1997

Music Commentary

Music News

1900TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

by Chris Willman | Oct 24, 1997

AKE THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW

Oct 24, 1997
A U.K. TEEN IDOL DROPS A FEW POUNDS--AND HIS MATES Read Article

THE THRILL IS GONE

by David Browne | Oct 24, 1997
THEY ONCE SEEMED INVINCIBLE. BUT LET'S FACE IT--MANY OF OUR '80S POP HEROES HAVE STOPPED MAKING SENSE. EW EXPLORES WHY. Read Article

New Releases

FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 24, 1997

Pop Culture News

Mail

Oct 24, 1997

MAD ABOUT JUDAISM

by Kristen Baldwin, Jessica Shaw | Oct 24, 1997
FROM THE MATERIAL GIRL TO LIZ TAYLOR, MORE STARS ARE EXPLORING THE MYSTICAL KABBALAH. Read Article

JIM MULLEN'S HOT SHEET

by Jim Mullen | Oct 24, 1997
WHAT THE COUNTRY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK... Read Article

MONITOR

by Anna Holmes | Oct 24, 1997

HEAD TRIP

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 24, 1997
LOOKING TO BUILD ON THE STATESIDE SUCCESS OF THEIR 1993 HIT "CREEP," RADIOHEAD DID THE ONLY THING THEY COULD: MAKE A GREAT--AND INACCESSIBLE--NEW LP Read Article

EXTRA! EXTRA!

Oct 24, 1997
HUNGRY FOR STARDOM, A STARVING ACTOR GOES TO HOLLYWOOD BUT FINDS ONLY GRIT AND GRISTLE Read Article

ADMIT TWO

by Dave Karger | Oct 24, 1997

BURNING QUESTION

by Dave Karger | Oct 24, 1997

POWERS' THAT BE

by Kristen Baldwin, Jessica Shaw | Oct 24, 1997

TV Review

ELLEN

by Ken Tucker | Oct 24, 1997
NOW THAT SHE'S NO LONGER IN THE SITCOM CLOSET, ELLEN DEGENERES IS HAVING A GAY OLD TIME. BUT WILL A NERVOUS ABC RAIN ON HER PARADE? Read Article

by Joe Flint | Oct 24, 1997
THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE TV BEAT Read Article

Television Commentary

WHAT TO WATCH

by Mike Flaherty | Oct 24, 1997
A DAY-TO-DAY GUIDE TO NOTABLE PROGRAMS. TIMES ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Read Article

Television News

THE GUEST LIST

Oct 24, 1997
Look Who's on The Couch This Week (subject to change) Read Article

CREDITS CHECK: PRESHOW HITS AND MISSES

by Bruce Fretts | Oct 24, 1997
GRADING THIS SEASON'S NEW OPENING SEQUENCES Read Article

CHOICE RERUNS

by Bruce Fretts | Oct 24, 1997

The Charts

Time Capsule

Video News

PARENTS' GUIDE

by Lois Alter Mark | Oct 24, 1997

COMING SOON

Oct 24, 1997

THEY'D DO NO WRONG

Oct 24, 1997
SCI-FI HEROINES WE'D LIKE TO SEE Read Article

Video Review

The Fifth Element; Batman & Robin; Alien3

by Stephen Whitty | Oct 24, 1997
SURE, THEY'RE SEXY--BUT IF ONLY THE FANTASY FEMALES IN THE FIFTH ELEMENT AND BATMAN & ROBIN HAD ELLEN RIPLEY'S ALIEN GRIT. Read Article

The Real World You Never Saw; The Making of Road Rules

by Jason Cochran | Oct 24, 1997
CAN TWO BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEOS GET PAST THE DISHY TEASE OF MTV'S VIRTUAL-VERITE SHOWS REAL WORLD ANDROAD RULES? GET REAL. Read Article

What Ever Happened To

Gregg Allman

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 24, 1997