Magazine Archive
Sep 04, 1998
Issue #448

Best-sellers
Encore
Oprah Mania
Sep 04, 1998
When The Oprah Winfrey Show went national in
1986, it spawned scores of imitators and a media empire. Read it
Scene
Book Article
Novel Approaches
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Sep 04, 1998
A spate of steamy E-mail sagas try to make conventional fiction look stodgy, but are they just the same old stories? Read it
Book Review
Book Review: 'No Safe Place'
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Sep 04, 1998
Scandal Power: In Richard North Patterson's latest thriller, a politician's sexual misconduct jeopardizes his
career. Yes, it does sound a tad familiar, but provocative
characters add muscle. Read it
Box Office
Cover Story
So Shoot Me ... I can't help being a Backstreet Boys fan
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Sep 04, 1998
PLUS EW's second-annual roll call of loathe-to-admit-it pop-culture
passions. Read it
Guiltiest Slasher Series Even Kevin Williamson Would Be Ashamed to Love: 'Child's Play'
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Sep 04, 1998
Digital Review
Internet Review
What to Surf
Sep 04, 1998
Webbed Feats: More than 30 sites for foodies, families, entertainment junkies, and internet newbies Read it
Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet
Movie Article
Damme Straight
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Sep 04, 1998
For the first time, Jean-Claude Van Damme talks about the
cocaine addiction that shattered his life and wrecked his career.
Now that he has our attention, can he make a good movie? Read it
Movie Review
Movie Review: 'Blade'
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Sep 04, 1998
Pain in the Neck: As a stolid vampire killer, Wesley Snipes falls
prey to comic-book incoherence in this anemic adaptation Read it
Movie Review: 'Dance With Me'
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Sep 04, 1998
Club Feat: Vanessa Williams puts the moves
on a young mambo king Read it
Movie Review: 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'
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Sep 04, 1998
Chart Breaker: In this gimmicky movie, the
wives of pop star Frankie Lymon get dissed and shout Read it
Movie Review: '54'
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Sep 04, 1998
The Velvet Mope: This glitzy flick hustles to re-create the feverish era of
disco's debauchery, but the best it can muster is Saturday-night
sniffles Read it
Movie Review: 'The Avengers'
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Sep 04, 1998
Twitish Invasion: Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman don't get
mod in their newest movie, they get uneven Read it
Movie Review: 'Wrongfully Accused'
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Sep 04, 1998
Lam, a Ding-Dong: Perennial goof Leslie Nielsen plays a fugitive too bad the laughs escape us Read it
Music Article
Music Review
Music Review: 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'
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Sep 04, 1998
Love Lauryn: The student turns out to be the master on the Fugees singer's grade-A solo
dispatch Read it
Music Review: 'XO'
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Sep 04, 1998
Mister Misery: Elliott Smith wraps his barbed
sentiments in a dreamy, lushly produced major-label debut Read it
Music Review: 'Teatro'
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Sep 04, 1998
Cowboy Wonder: With producer Daniel Lanois at the reins,
Willie Nelson trots out his best album in years Read it
News Article
Beverly Hills Billy
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Sep 04, 1998
Sex scandals! Ruthless enemies! Cruel critics!
Now he's set for Hollywood. Read it
Monitor
Sep 04, 1998
Victoria Beckham's baby rumor and Sean Penn's fight with a paparazzo made news the week of Sept. 4 Read it
Special 'Delivery'
Sep 04, 1998
A Disney package deal brings the first of nine
animated national treasures from Japan to video Read it
Random Quote
Sound Bites
TV Article
Guinness Stout
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Sep 04, 1998
People can't get enough of the 'Guinness World Records: Primetime' Read it
What To Watch
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Sep 04, 1998
A day-to-day guide to notable programs.
Times are Eastern daylight and are subject to change. Read it
Keri Russell: The Girl Most Likely
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Sep 04, 1998
Talk about teacher's pet: The WB's
angsty college drama 'Felicity' and its main star already at the head of their class. Quite an
accomplishment considering the fall TV season hasn't even
begun! Read it
TV Review
TV Show Reviews: 'Any Day Now'; 'Maggie'; 'Oh Baby'
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Sep 04, 1998
Lifetime Achievement: The network for women gives birth to
Tuesday-night triplets a Southern-friends drama and two midlife-crisis comedies Read it
The Biz
The 411 On '54'
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Sep 04, 1998
Thanks to a tumultuous postproduction period,
the film that was made is not the one you'll see. Read it
The Charts
The Ratings
Top Software
Video Article
Giving Hell To The Chief
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Sep 04, 1998
Where's Monica when we need her?
Without her, Travolta's Clinton spoof, Primary Colors, lacks a
certain bite. Read it
Bob's Your Daddy
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Sep 04, 1998
In 'An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn,' Robert Evans asks, "who's your daddy?" Read it
Video Review
What to Watch
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