Nov 26, 1999

Issue #514

Cover Story

1999: The Year That Changed Movies

by Jeff Gordinier | Nov 26, 1999
Magazine Cover (Nov 26, 1999)

Best-sellers

WILD 'THING'

Nov 26, 1999

Biz

Saving Grace

by Jeff Jensen | Nov 26, 1999
With the controversial Dogma, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Lions Gate pulls off a marketing miracle. Read Article

Encore

The Heidi Chronicles

by Will Lee | Nov 26, 1999
A high-profile Hollywood scandal came to an end five years ago when Heidi Fleiss was found guilty of pandering. Read Article

Scene

Toying Around

by Dan Snierson | Nov 26, 1999

Between the Lines

Between The Lines

Nov 26, 1999
The inside scoop on the book world Read Article

Book Capsule Review

SIDEWALK

by Megan Harlan | Nov 26, 1999
Mitchell Duneier (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27) Read Article

THE FAN-MAKER'S INQUISITION

by Megan Harlan | Nov 26, 1999
Rikki Ducornet (Holt, $22) Read Article

SECRETS OF THE FLESH: A LIFE OF COLETTE

by Gay Daly | Nov 26, 1999
Judith Thurman (Knopf, $30) Read Article

GIRL SINGER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

by Charles Winecoff | Nov 26, 1999
Rosemary Clooney, with Joan Barthel (Doubleday, $24.95) Read Article

THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 1999

by Daneet Steffens | Nov 26, 1999
Ed McBain, ed. (Houghton Mifflin, $27.50) Read Article

GARDEN OF EVIL

by Daneet Steffens | Nov 26, 1999
Edna Buchanan (Avon/Twilight, $24) Read Article

PERV--A LOVE STORY

by Rhonda Johnson | Nov 26, 1999
Jerry Stahl (Morrow, $24) Read Article

MY CAT SPIT McGEE

by Charles Winecoff | Nov 26, 1999
Willie Morris (Random House, $18.95) Read Article

OF TIME AND MEMORY: A MOTHER'S STORY

by Clarissa Cruz | Nov 26, 1999
Don J. Snyder (Knopf, $25) Read Article

Book Commentary

HOT SPOT OF THE WEEK

Nov 26, 1999
Las Vegas Read Article

Book News

THE BROWSER

Nov 26, 1999
Opening lines from recently published books Read Article

Book Review

Timeline

by Tom De Haven | Nov 26, 1999
In a twist on his usual science-and-action thrillers, Michael Crichton treks to the Middle Ages in search of excitement. Read Article

Box Office

Nov 26, 1999
'POKEMON' VIBRATION Read Article

Cover Story

1999: The Year That Changed Movies

by Jeff Gordinier | Nov 26, 1999

EW Recommends

Gimme Shelter

Hear & Now

Hear And Now

by Laura Morgan | Nov 26, 1999
This week on the music beat Read Article

Internet News

A Real Mess

by Ann Limpert | Nov 26, 1999
AN MP3 PLAYER IS BUSTED Read Article

Young Turk

by Daniel Fierman | Nov 26, 1999
A WEB STAR IS BORN Read Article

Internet Review

Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue; Disney/Pixar's Action Game, Toy Story 2

by Noah Robischon | Nov 26, 1999
To infinity and beyond! Disney's latest videogame has great Buzz. Read Article

Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet

Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet

by Jim Mullen | Nov 26, 1999
What the country is talking about this week... Read Article

Letter From The President & The Editor

GLAAD Tiding

Nov 26, 1999
For the second time in four years, we take the prize for our coverage of gay and lesbian issues in entertainment Read Article

Movie Capsule Review

MANSFIELD PARK

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
(112 mins., PG-13) Read Article

LIGHT IT UP

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
(98 mins., R) Read Article

ANYWHERE BUT HERE

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999
(113 mins., PG-13) Read Article

POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
(75 mins., G) Read Article

THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
(141 mins., R) Read Article

WHERE'S MARLOWE?

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
(Paramount Classics, 97 mins., R) Read Article

ROSETTA

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999
(95 mins., subtitled, R) Read Article

HOME PAGE

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999
(Copacetic, 102 mins., unrated) Read Article

FELICIA'S JOURNEY

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999
(114 mins., PG-13) Read Article

THE HAUNTING

Nov 26, 1999
Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones (1999, DreamWorks, 113 mins., PG-13, also on DVD) Read Article

ENTRAPMENT

by Doug Brod | Nov 26, 1999
Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones (1999, Fox, 113 mins., PG-13, also on DVD) Read Article

Movie Commentary

Movie Review

42 Up

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
With 42 Up, Michael Apted's epic documentary look at growing up on camera settles into middle age Read Article

Liberty Heights

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999
Lisa Schwarzbaum goes to Liberty Heights, the movie Barry Levinson says is all her fault Read Article

All About My Mother

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999
After too long on the verge, Pedro Almodovar breaks through to grand passion in All About My Mother Read Article

Sleepy Hollow

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
The legend of Ichabod Crane gets the full goth treatment in Sleepy Hollow. But does Tim Burton's thriller cut it? Read Article

Tumbleweeds

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 26, 1999
As the rambling rose of Tumbleweeds, the exquisite Janet McTeer springs maternal Read Article

Pokémon: The First Movie

by Owen Gleiberman | Nov 12, 1999

The World Is Not Enough

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 26, 1999

Music Capsule Review

Aphrodite

by Elisabeth Vincentelli | Nov 26, 1999
Aphrodite (V2/Gee Street) Read Article

Love and the Russian Winter

by Laura Morgan | Nov 26, 1999
Love and the Russian Winter (EastWest/Elektra) Read Article

Man on the Moon

by Scott Schinder | Nov 26, 1999
Man on the Moon (Warner Bros./Jersey) Read Article

Light It Up

by Matt Diehl | Nov 26, 1999
Light It Up (Yab Yum/Elektra) Read Article

Nastradamus

by Matt Diehl | Nov 26, 1999
Nastradamus (Columbia) Read Article

All the Way...A Decade of Song

by Chip Deffaa | Nov 26, 1999
All the Way...A Decade of Song (Epic/550 Music) Read Article

more...

by Alanna Nash | Nov 26, 1999
more... (Capitol Nashville) Read Article

"You Know What's Up"

by Matt Diehl | Nov 26, 1999
"You Know What's Up" (LaFace) Read Article

Live in Middleheim

by Steve Futterman | Nov 26, 1999
Live in Middleheim (Tzadik) Read Article

So Good Together

by Alanna Nash | Nov 26, 1999
So Good Together (MCA Nashville) Read Article

Rock Art and the X-Ray Style

by Tom Sinclair | Nov 26, 1999
Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (Hellcat) Read Article

Sweet Kisses

by Tom Lanham | Nov 22, 1999

Music Commentary

Bob Marley: Chant Down Babylon; Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom

by Rob Brunner | Nov 26, 1999
Bob Marley: Chant Down Babylon; Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom Read Article

HOLY ROCK & ROLLER OF THE WEEK

Nov 26, 1999
Louis Farrakhan Read Article

Music News

All You Need Is Hate

by Rob Brunner | Nov 26, 1999
WHO THE #@%! IS...KELIS Read Article

Music Review

Midnite Vultures

by Chris Willman | Nov 26, 1999
On his willfully funky Midnite Vultures, cerebral rocker Beck reinvents himself again--as the postmod father of soul. Read Article

MTV Unplugged

by Beth Johnson | Nov 22, 1999

Blue

by Elysa Gardner | Nov 22, 1999

On the Air

On The Air

by Lynette Rice | Nov 26, 1999
The latest news from the TV beat Read Article

Pop Culture Commentary

Mail

Nov 26, 1999

Pop Culture News

NO WAY TO PICK A PRESIDENT: HOW MONEY & HIRED GUNS HAVE DEBASED AMERICAN ELECTIONS

by Megan Harlan | Nov 26, 1999
Jules Witcover (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26) Read Article

Burning Question

by Will Lee | Nov 26, 1999

Date Book

Nov 26, 1999
A guide to notable parties, premieres, and happenings November 22 to December 5 Read Article

Moving Pictures

by David Hochman | Nov 26, 1999
Do the last holiday movie posters of the millennium make the grade? Read Article

The Director's Cut

by Troy Patterson | Nov 26, 1999

Enrique Suave

by Betty Cortina | Nov 26, 1999
For years, Latin-music lovers have waxed romantic about ENRIQUE IGLESIAS. Now he's ready to shine. Read Article

Doing Jane's Mansfield

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | Nov 26, 1999
Sexy Aussie import FRANCES O'CONNOR shakes her Fanny (Price, that is) in Jane Austen's MANSFIELD PARK. Will she be the next Nicole Kidman? Don't ask. Read Article

Now & Glenn

by Bruce Fretts | Nov 26, 1999
THE MOONLIGHTING GURU RETURNS Read Article

Three To Tangle

by Tom Sinclair | Nov 26, 1999
TLC's Left Eye fires the latest salvo in the bitter war dividing the girl group. Read Article

Flashes

by Allyssa Lee | Nov 26, 1999

Monitor

by Troy Patterson | Nov 26, 1999

Close Encounters

by Kristen Baldwin | Nov 26, 1999
AFTER SPENDING YEARS IN TV OBSCURITY, ERIC CLOSE IS GETTING A SUPERHERO'S WELCOME WITH CBS' SURPRISE SCI-FI HIT NOW AND AGAIN Read Article

Wait Till Next Year

by Daniel Fierman | Nov 26, 1999

Who's Got The Edge?

by Daniel Fierman | Nov 26, 1999

Reel World

Reel World

by Jeff Jensen | Nov 26, 1999
This week in Hollywood Read Article

Sound Bites

SOUND BITES

Nov 26, 1999

TV Review

ER; Third Watch

by Bruce Fretts | Nov 26, 1999
While ER has OD'd on new characters, John Wells' other rescue drama, Third Watch, benefits from a swell ensemble. Read Article

Television Commentary

What To Watch

by Mike Flaherty, Nicholas Fonseca, Clarissa Cruz, Dalton Ross, Kristen Baldwin | Nov 26, 1999
A day-to-day guide to notable programs. Times are Eastern standard and are subject to change. Read Article

WINNER OF THE WEEK

Nov 26, 1999
Jenny McCarthy Read Article

Television News

From 'Iceman' To 'Third' Man

by Josh Wolk | Nov 26, 1999
FOR SKIPP SUDDUTH, THE 'THIRD' TIME'S A CHARM Read Article

The Guest List

Nov 26, 1999
Look Who's On The Couch This Week (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Read Article

The Charts

THE CHARTS

Nov 26, 1999
HILL CRESTS Read Article

THE CHARTS

Nov 26, 1999
'NOTTING' BY NATURE Read Article

The Ratings

Video Capsule Review

AUTUMN TALE

by Mark Harris | Nov 26, 1999
Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand (1998, USA, 110 mins., subtitled, PG) Read Article

LIMBO

by Michael Sauter | Nov 26, 1999
In Limbo (1999, Columbia TriStar, 126 mins., R, also on DVD) Read Article

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

by Michael Sauter | Nov 26, 1999
Paul Sorvino, Gary Sinise (1999, MGM, 126 mins., R) Read Article

SHARK ATTACK

by Mike D'Angelo | Nov 26, 1999
Casper Van Dien, Jennifer McShane (1999, Trimark, 95 mins., R, also on DVD) Read Article

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

by Alice King | Nov 26, 1999
Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer (1999, Fox, 120 mins., PG-13, also on DVD) Read Article

THE LOVE LETTER

by Caren Weiner Campbell | Nov 26, 1999
Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres (1999, DreamWorks, 88 mins., PG-13, also on DVD) Read Article

Video Commentary

ODDITY OF THE WEEK

Nov 26, 1999
'Aquaria' Read Article

Video News

Bigger, Longer & Unkind

by Brian M. Raftery | Nov 26, 1999
'SOUTH PARK' SKEWERS CELEBS Read Article

COMING UP

Nov 26, 1999