Dec 26, 1997

Issue #411-412

Cover Story

8 JAMES CAMERON

Dec 26, 1997
JAMES CAMERON AFTER SURVIVING THE LAUNCH OF TITANIC, THIS SHIP'S CAPTAIN MAY BE SAILING INTO OSCAR TERRITORY. Read Article
Magazine Cover (Dec 26, 1997)

Obituary

BOWING OUT

Dec 26, 1997
WHERE WE SAY A FINAL FAREWELL TO SOME OLD FRIENDS Read Article

Book News

BEST & WORST 1997/BOOKS

by Alexandra Jacobs | Dec 26, 1997

Cover Story

8 JAMES CAMERON

Dec 26, 1997
JAMES CAMERON AFTER SURVIVING THE LAUNCH OF TITANIC, THIS SHIP'S CAPTAIN MAY BE SAILING INTO OSCAR TERRITORY. Read Article

1 ELLEN DEGENERES

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Dec 26, 1997
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR BY COMING OUT ON TELEVISION--AND IN LIFE--THIS COMIC RELIEVER FREED HER SITCOM ALTER EGO TO FIND HER TRUE VOICE AND GIVE HER SHOW A REAL KICK. Read Article

PRINCESS DIANA

by Suna Chang, Anna Holmes | Dec 26, 1997
LET US COUNT THE WAYS Read Article

5 BOB & JAKOB DYLAN

by Jeff Gordinier | Dec 26, 1997
IT'S IN WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW AS THIS FATHER-SON POWERHOUSE--A TENACIOUS TROUBADOUR AND HIS HIP, HANDSOME OFFSPRING--BOTH MAKE SOUND DECISIONS, EACH IN HIS OWN TIMELESS WAY Read Article

12 HARRISON FORD

by David Hochman | Dec 26, 1997
STILL A MAJOR FORCE AFTER 25 YEARS, THIS UNASSUMING HERO IS INDY JONES, THE PRESIDENT, AND A HUMBLE CRAFTSMAN--ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. Read Article

9 ELTON JOHN

by Jess Cagle | Dec 26, 1997
THE ROYAL SHOWMAN, WHO SO PUBLICLY AND POIGNANTLY GRIEVED FOR PRINCESS DIANA, SHOWED US THAT BENEATH THE GLITTER HE WAS MADE OF PURE GOLD. Read Article

4 THE CAST OF PARTY OF FIVE

by Dan Snierson | Dec 26, 1997
SIBLING REVELRY, ALCOHOLIC INTERVENTIONS, LOVING AND LOSING--IT'S ALL IN A WEEK'S WORK FOR TV'S FAVORITE CALAMITY CLAN. Read Article

6 SEAN "PUFFY" COMBS

Dec 26, 1997
WHEN THE RAP MIX MASTER STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT, IT'S MUSIC TO EVERYONE'S EARS. Read Article

11 LEANN RIMES

by David Hochman | Dec 26, 1997
MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY IN AN AGE OF ROCK & ROLL, THIS SOUTHERN SONGBIRD SHOWS AMAZING GRACE BEYOND HER TENDER YEARS. Read Article

2 CHRIS ROCK

by Bruce Fretts | Dec 26, 1997
WITH A FISTFUL OF TV AWARDS AND A PLATEFUL OF MOVIE PROJECTS, THE FUTURE FOR THIS JOKER OF ALL TRADES LOOKS SOLID AS A... Read Article

THE ROOKIES

Dec 26, 1997
THIS YEAR'S PROMISING NEWCOMERS INCLUDE A HIPPIE CHICK, ROCKING BROTHERS, AND A GUY IN A FUNNY HAT Read Article

3 THE SPICE GIRLS

by Benjamin Svetkey | Dec 26, 1997
WHAT A SHORT, STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN: IN THE SPACE OF ONE YEAR, THE CAREERS OF THIS FATUOUS FIVE WENT FROM WHITE-HOT TO PROBABLY NOT Read Article

7 SIGOURNEY WEAVER

by Ken Tucker | Dec 26, 1997
A SUBURBAN TEEN, A SLIME-SOAKED ALIEN, SNOW WHITE--IN '97, SHE WAS THE WITTY, WICKED, AND VERY WEIRD MOTHER OF 'EM ALL. Read Article

10 KEVIN WILLIAMSON

by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 26, 1997
WITH SCREAM AND ITS EVIL SPAWN, THIS SCREENWRITING SCARE GIVER SINGLE-HANDEDLY SAVED THE CHOKING HORROR-FILM GENRE. Read Article

ENTERTAINERS

by Benjamin Svetkey | Dec 26, 1997

GREAT PERFORMANCES

Dec 26, 1997
MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM STAGE & SCREEN Read Article

Digital News

BEST & WORST 1997/MULTIMEDIA

by Ty Burr | Dec 26, 1997

Movie News

CRITICAL MASS

Dec 26, 1997
A SAMPLING OF 50 NOTABLE MOVIES FROM 1997--HITS, FLOPS, CRITICS' FAVES, AND A FEW SLEEPERS--AS GRADED BY AUDIENCES AND SELECTED REVIEWERS Read Article

BEST & WORST 1997/MOVIES

by Owen Gleiberman | Dec 26, 1997

A SECOND OPINION

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Dec 26, 1997
BULLETS, A BEEKEEPER, AND THE BAYOU MAKE THE GRADE ON LISA SCHWARZBAUM'S LIST OF THE YEAR'S BEST FILMS Read Article

Music News

BEST & WORST 1997/MUSIC

by David Browne | Dec 26, 1997

HONOR ROLL

Dec 26, 1997

A SECOND OPINION

by Chris Willman | Dec 26, 1997
IN THE WHIRL ACCORDING TO CHRIS WILLMAN, POP WAS NO LEMON, DYLAN PROVED TIMELESS AND BEN FOLDS FINE Read Article

Pop Culture News

PET PEEVES

Dec 26, 1997
WHEN IT CAME TO CRITTER CAUSES, SOME STARS REALLY HAD A COW Read Article

PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE

Dec 26, 1997
WITH HEADLINES AND MAKEOVERS, AN AGING BARBIE DOLLED UP HER OLD IMAGE Read Article

'BOYS' WILL BE BOYS

Dec 26, 1997
DID TODAY'S GAY CHARACTERS COME OUT 30 YEARS AGO? Read Article

PARTING GLANCES

by Anna Holmes | Dec 26, 1997
THESE STAR-CROSSED COUPLES FINALLY GOT THEIR BIG BREAK Read Article

REBOUND FOR GLORY

by Kristen Baldwin | Dec 26, 1997
IT'S HOTSHOTS, PART DEUX, AS THESE STARS MAKE SNAPPY COMEBACKS Read Article

LOOSELY LAWLESS

by A.J. Jacobs | Dec 26, 1997
WARRIOR PRINCES ALL, A FISTFUL OF CELEBS PUT UP THEIR DUKES THIS YEAR Read Article

CROSSES TO BEAR

by Alexandra Jacobs | Dec 26, 1997
"WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS WRITE CHILDREN'S BOOKS" Read Article

MOORE'S THE PITY

by Anna Holmes | Dec 26, 1997
PLAGUED BY DOMESTIC STRIFE, DUDLEY FOUND IT HARD TO DO RIGHT Read Article

D'OH! IS ME

by Kristen Baldwin | Dec 26, 1997
FOR THESE LESS-THAN-BRIGHT HIGHLIGHTS, DUMB'S THE WORD Read Article

SCENES FROM A MAUL

by Dave Karger | Dec 26, 1997
THESE FIERCE CREATURES DECLARED OPEN SEASON ON HUMANS Read Article

HITS & PITS

Dec 26, 1997
THE STARS RAP UP 1997 Read Article

JIM MULLEN'S HOT SHEET

by Jim Mullen | Dec 26, 1997
WHAT THE COUNTRY WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR Read Article

DEATH METTLE

by Andrew Essex | Dec 26, 1997
ON HIS FIRST CD, DR. KEVORKIAN OFFERED SOME KILLER JAZZ TUNES Read Article

BAR FIGHTS

Dec 26, 1997
A BRIEF LOOK AT HOW SHOWBIZ SHARPIES COURTED TROUBLE Read Article

Mail

Dec 26, 1997

MEMBERS ONLY

Dec 26, 1997
TO GET NOTICED, SOME MOVIES WENT TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS Read Article

PUFF TRADE

by Chris Willman | Dec 26, 1997
HIP-HOP POP PUFF DADDY MUST BE THE HARDEST-WORKING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS Read Article

KEEPING IT REAL

by Dan Snierson | Dec 26, 1997
THE SUCCESS OF SHOCK TV PROVED AUDIENCES CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH Read Article

TALK ON THE WILD SIDE

by Anna Holmes | Dec 26, 1997
WHETHER ODD OR JUST UNEVEN, THESE GUESTS HAD FEW EQUALS Read Article

BEST & WORST 1997

by Jess Cagle | Dec 26, 1997

Tom Hanks

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

Mike Judge

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

Wyclef Jean

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

Kim Delaney

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

Cameron Diaz

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

Michelle Yeoh

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

Craig Kilborn

Dec 26, 1997
My Year That Was Read Article

THE YEAR THAT WAS 1997

by Ty Burr | Dec 26, 1997

Sound Bites

SOUND BITES

Dec 26, 1997
A ROUNDUP OF THE YEAR'S MOST QUOTABLE Read Article

Television News

BEST & WORST 1997/TELEVISION

by Ken Tucker | Dec 26, 1997

A SECOND OPINION

by Bruce Fretts | Dec 26, 1997
STRAIGHT-UP COPS, LOCKED-UP CONS, AND STAND-UP COMICS TOP BRUCE FRETTS' CAN'T-MISS TV LIST Read Article

Video News

BEST & WORST 1997/VIDEO

by Ty Burr | Dec 26, 1997