May 04, 2001

Issue #594

Cover Story

Hollywood High

May 04, 2001
Whether they are recovering or relapsing, substance-abusing celebs have never had more support--maybe that's the problem. Just ask Robert Downey Jr. Read Article
Magazine Cover (May 04, 2001)

Best-sellers

Cybertalk

Cybertalk

May 04, 2001

Encore

Dead In The Water

by Brian M. Raftery | May 04, 2001
It was sink or swim for Steven Spielberg when he set sail on the troubled filming of Jaws. Read Article

Flashes

Black Out?

May 04, 2001

Gimme Shelter

by Tricia Johnson | May 04, 2001

Go Figure: Crazy 'Town'

by Y. Peter Kang | May 04, 2001

Random Quote

May 04, 2001

All-Star Game

by Caroline Kepnes | May 04, 2001

Between the Lines

Between The Lines

May 04, 2001
The inside scoop on the book world Read Article

Book Capsule Review

PIN-UPS

by Chris Nashawaty | May 04, 2001
(Taschen, $9.99) Read Article

MARTYRS' CROSSING

by Gillian Flynn | May 04, 2001
Amy Wilentz (Simon & Schuster, $24) Read Article

A FEW CORRECTIONS

by Megan Harlan | May 04, 2001
Brad Leithauser (Knopf, $24) Read Article

SON OF A GRIFTER

by Karen Valby | May 04, 2001
Kent Walker with Mark Schone (Morrow, $25) Read Article

WAS THIS MAN A GENIUS?: TALKS WITH ANDY KAUFMAN

by Brian M. Raftery | May 04, 2001
Julie Hecht (Random House, $23.95) Read Article

THE GEOMETRY OF LOVE

by Megan Harlan | May 04, 2001
Margaret Visser (North Point Press, $27) Read Article

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR. KURTZ: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

by Daniel Fierman | May 04, 2001
Michela Wrong (HarperCollins, $26) Read Article

Book Commentary

Book News

DOUBLE TAKE

by Troy Patterson | May 04, 2001

Box Office

Cover Story

Hollywood High

May 04, 2001
Whether they are recovering or relapsing, substance-abusing celebs have never had more support--maybe that's the problem. Just ask Robert Downey Jr. Read Article

DVD Capsule Review

Spartacus

by Steve Daly | May 04, 2001
(1960, Criterion, 196 mins., PG-13, $49.95) Read Article

DVD Review

The Complete Superman Collection

by Marc Bernardin | May 04, 2001

Hear & Now

Hear & Now

May 04, 2001
This week on the music beat Read Article

Internet Capsule Review

Moccu

by Y. Peter Kang | May 04, 2001
(moccu.com) Read Article

S--- On The Radio

by Y. Peter Kang | May 04, 2001
(shitontheradio.com) Read Article

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Ann Limpert | May 04, 2001
(bridgetjonesdiary.msn.com) Read Article

Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet

Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet

by Jim Mullen | May 04, 2001
What the country is talking about this week... Read Article

Movie Capsule Review

The Claim

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 04, 2001
(120 mins., R) Read Article

Freddy Got Fingered

by Owen Gleiberman | May 04, 2001
(100 mins., R) Read Article

The Low Down

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 04, 2001
(96 mins., unrated) Read Article

Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 04, 2001

The Center Of the World

by Owen Gleiberman | May 04, 2001
(86 mins., unrated) Read Article

Movie Commentary

Why can't ''The Believer'' find a distributor?

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 04, 2001
Crude blockbusters abound, but this thought-provoking drama will premiere on Showtime Read Article

Movie Review

Driven

by Owen Gleiberman | May 04, 2001
Sylvester Stallone tries to get back in the driver's seat in the zippy but formulaic racing pic Driven Read Article

The Golden Bowl

by Owen Gleiberman | May 04, 2001
The proverbial battle of love and money is so familar that Merchant Ivory's The Golden Bowl doesn't glitter Read Article

One Night At McCool's

by Owen Gleiberman | May 04, 2001
Flat as an old beer, One Night at McCool's can't even get a lift from Liv Tyler's lush troublemaker Read Article

The Visit

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 04, 2001
A dying young convict searches for redemption both in and outside his jail cell in The Visit Read Article

Music Capsule Review

Cousteau

by Laura Morgan | May 04, 2001
Cousteau (Palm) Read Article

Spike

by Brian M. Raftery | May 04, 2001
Spike (Epic) Read Article

BARDO POND

by David Browne | May 04, 2001
Dilate (Matador) Read Article

Popstars

by Jim Farber | May 04, 2001
Popstars (London/143) Read Article

You

by David Browne | May 04, 2001
"You" (Bad Boy) Read Article

Short Stories

by Steve Futterman | May 04, 2001
Short Stories (Spirit Nectar) Read Article

Last of My Kind

by Alanna Nash | May 04, 2001
Last of My Kind (Merge) Read Article

Carrying On

by Alanna Nash | May 04, 2001
Carrying On (Columbia) Read Article

Trouble in Shangri-La

by David Browne | May 04, 2001
Trouble in Shangri-La (Reprise) Read Article

Inspiration Information

by Josef Woodard | May 04, 2001
Inspiration Information (Luaka Bop) Read Article

Blood, Sweat and Years

by Soren Baker | May 04, 2001
Blood, Sweat and Years (Free World/Priority) Read Article

Freddy Got Fingered

by Evan Serpick | May 04, 2001
Freddy Got Fingered (Restless) Read Article

The Producers

by Chip Deffaa | May 04, 2001
The Producers (Sony Classical) Read Article

Music Commentary

Music News

Death Becomes Them?

by Evan Serpick | May 04, 2001
RAP'S POSTHUMOUS POSSE Read Article

Music Review

All for You

by Tom Sinclair | May 04, 2001
She's hung up the whips and chains, but on All for You, Janet Jackson is still as nasty as she wants to be. Read Article

The Optimist LP

by David Browne | May 04, 2001
First Coldplay, now Turin Brakes: The latest British bands make for an unusually sullen invasion Read Article

On the Air

On the Air

by Lynette Rice | May 04, 2001
The latest news from the TV beat Read Article

Pop Culture Commentary

Mail

May 04, 2001

Pop Culture News

Cyber Digest

by Noah Robischon | May 04, 2001
A weekly spin on the Web Read Article

Dark Lady

by Audrey Fan | May 04, 2001

Dear Diaries

by Alice M. Lee | May 04, 2001

Guest Western

by Daniel Fierman | May 04, 2001
Our reporter gets into scruffy character to check out the making of The Claim. Read Article

Tome Raiders

by Karen Valby | May 04, 2001
Reports of their demise are greatly exaggerated: How dead authors are "writing" new books. Read Article

Hollywood Slime

by William Keck | May 04, 2001
Tom and Drew head an all-star list of honorees at Nick's annual Kids' Choice Awards. Read Article

05/01

May 04, 2001
A CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO THE FLICKS, DISCS, BOOKS, VIDEOS, AND WEBSITES THAT MADE THE GRADE--B+ OR BETTER--IN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Read Article

Will The Real Janet Jackson Please Stand Up?

by Jeff Gordinier | May 04, 2001
IS THE SEDUCTIVE SUPERSTAR AN ENIGMA WRAPPED IN A RIDDLE? OR JUST YOUR AVERAGE NASTY GIRL WITH A TASTE FOR PLEASURE AND PAIN? Read Article

Speedy & Sylvester

by Chris Nashawaty | May 04, 2001
WITH THE RACING DRAMA DRIVEN, CAN STALLONE STEER HIS CAREER BACK ON TRACK? Read Article

Clued In

by Noah Robischon | May 04, 2001
Spielberg's A.I. gets the Blair Witch Net treatment Read Article

Monitor

by Nicholas Fonseca | May 04, 2001

NBC Ya Later!

by Brian M. Raftery | May 04, 2001

See Spray

by Megan Quitkin | May 04, 2001

S-s-steam Heat

by Bianca Perlman | May 04, 2001

Hello, Again

by Marion Hart | May 04, 2001

Unhappy ''Texas''

by Scott Brown | May 04, 2001

Reel World

Reel World

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | May 04, 2001
News from Hollywood Read Article

Shaw Report

The Shaw Report

by Jessica Shaw | May 04, 2001

Sound Bites

SOUND BITES

May 04, 2001

TV Capsule Review

Boot Camp

by Ann Limpert | May 04, 2001
(www.lmnotv.com/new/shows/bc/bc_master.htm) Read Article

TV Review

Carry Me Home; How Race Is Lived in America

by Troy Patterson | May 04, 2001
Two powerful new books exploring race and civil rights in America manage to go more than skin deep. Read Article

Steve Martini's The Judge; Law & Order; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

by Ken Tucker | May 04, 2001
Spin-off Special Victims Unit and miniseries The Judge find it's not so simple to copy Law & Order's winning formula. Read Article

Television Commentary

Television News

Vampire

May 04, 2001
Can a Buffy switch raise UPN from the grave? Read Article

Mr. Soprano's Neighborhood

by Caroline Kepnes | May 04, 2001
EW Takes a Guided Tour Through the New Jersey Haunts of the 'Sopranos' Gang Read Article

The Guest List

May 04, 2001
Look Who's on The Couch This Week (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Read Article

BOOSTER SHOT

May 04, 2001

The Charts

Video Capsule Review

Candy

by Steve Daly | May 04, 2001
Ewa Aulin, Walter Matthau Read Article

Eddie Izzard: Glorious

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 04, 2001
(1999, Universal, 99 mins., unrated) Read Article

The Emperor's New Groove

by Marc Bernardin | May 04, 2001
Voices by David Spade, John Goodman (2000, Walt Disney, 78 mins., G, also on DVD) Read Article

Video Commentary

Reunion of the Week

May 04, 2001
'The Goonies' Read Article

Video News

Language Barrier

by William Keck | May 04, 2001
With the Tongue-Twisted 'Incubus,' William Shatner Breaks the... Read Article

Coming Up

May 04, 2001

Video Review

Miss Congeniality

by Karen Valby | May 04, 2001

All The Pretty Horses

by Bruce Fretts | May 04, 2001
Billy Bob Thornton shoots for an epic Matt Damon Western with All the Pretty Horses. Read Article

What to Watch

What to Watch

May 04, 2001
A day-to-day guide to notable programs. Times are Eastern daylight and are subject to change. Read Article