8 From the President
11 Celebrity Picks
And the winners include...The Bonfire of the Vanities, Jaws and Three's Company, as stars look back on their favorite diversions since '74
22 Images
Celebrities caught in the act—Dolly Parton in a bathtub, Arnold Schwarzenegger in his pool, Jane Fonda shopping for groceries—became a PEOPLE trademark
50 Famous Firsts
Once there were no women on the Supreme Court or music videos, and infomercials were just a crazy dream
68 Angels
Former President Jimmy Carter, washerwoman Oseola McCarty and organ donor Daniel Huffman gave lessons in giving
90 Sex, Soaps...Spelling!
It's show time! Stars from Melrose Place, Dynasty and Charlie's Angels celebrate the godfather of glitz, Aaron Spelling
99 Bad Career Moves
David Caruso, Shelley Long and more had it all—and let it slip
104 Profiles in Courage
To help others, Magic Johnson, James Brady and Candy Lightner made their own pain public
118 Bochco's Beat
The casts of Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and NYPD Blue charge boss Steven Bochco with gleefully endangering TV's status quo
224 Survivors
Karen Silk-wood's children, "Texas cheer-leader" murder target Verna Heath and others reflect on the events that altered their lives
241 Recycled Style
Ancient garb—okay, stuff Diane Keaton and Joan Collins wore in the '70s and '80s—probably draped Julia, Gwyneth or Drew, like, just last week
255 Notorious
What's life like after those bizarro headlines? Let Lorena Bobbitt, Kato Kaelin et al explain
262 Coping
Slashed model Maria Hanson, sex-change pioneer Renée Richards and more keep on dealing with the hand they've been dealt
284 They Said It Would Never Last...
Some celeb couples (like Warren Beatty and Annette Bening) beat the odds—and some (like Donald Trump and Maria Maples) didn't
286 King Lear
The casts of All in the Family, Maude and The Jeffersons toast their radical ringleader, Norman Lear
295 L.L. Been There Catalog
A compendium of toe socks, Pet Rocks and other items that had their day
304 Tributes
Remembering the famous—from John Lennon and River Phoenix to Audrey Hepburn and Frank Sinatra—who defined our time
326 All Grown Up
Fifteen ex-child stars—including Lance Kerwin and Ari Meyers—look at life from the far side of 20
336 Our First Cover
The image that started it all
25 Legends of the Past 25 Years
130 Tom Cruise
134 Diana
138 Steven Spielberg
142 Jodie Foster
143 Oprah Winfrey
147 Jim Henson
149 Jerry Seinfeld
155 Harrison Ford
158 Goldie Hawn
163 Christopher Reeve
167 Michael Jordan
169 Betty Ford
171 Stephen King
177 Gilda Radner
183 Bill Gates
187 Ryan White
190 Cher
195 Ted Tamer
198 Elizabeth Taylor
203 Bruce Springsteen
205 Bill Cosby
207 Madonna
210 John Travolta
215 Johnny Carson
220 Brooke Shields
CELINE’S INFERTILITY STRUGGLE: MY PRIVATE HEARTBREAK
Daily injections, painful tests and four failed IVF attempts: The singer, 41, reveal her dreams for a second baby. ‘I’ll try until it works’
