INSIDE PEOPLE 6
PICKS & PANS 15
THE INSIDER 43
PASSAGES 87
PUZZLER 110
CHATTER 128
STAR TRACKS 8
Claudia Schiffer and David Copperfield head for the moon. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow are in for the clinch. David Bowie wigs out, and more
UP FRONT
44 The American Booksellers Association convention was a political pageant this year thanks to appearances by Newt Gingrich, Colin Powell, and Hillary Rodham Clinton
50 President Clinton's former press secretary Dee Dee Myers discovers life is more fun—and lucrative—outside the White House
52 Tom Hanks, Courteney Cox, Robin Williams and Drew Barrymore party hard for charity in memory of Elizabeth Glaser at the sixth annual Pediatric AIDS Foundation picnic
WINNERS 59
Was West Pointer Rebecca Elizabeth Marier as good as her male classmates? Nope, she was better—than every single one of them
TROUBLE 61
Thanks to art dealer Bruce Ferrini's suspicions, a Vatican treasure is discovered in Ohio
PAGES 65
When psychologist Martha Manning found herself as clinically depressed as her patients, she stayed afloat by writing Undercurrents
COLLECTORS 68
Farrah, Jaclyn, Kate, et al occupy a special place in the home of Charlie's Angels collector extraordinaire Jack Condon
COPING 73
Doing battle with multiple sclerosis, musician Alan Osmond draws strength from his devout faith—and his famous siblings
JOCKS 79
For defending U.S. Open champ Ernie Els, being a young and talented golf phenom is par for the course
ON THE MOVE 82
Melanie Griffith and new beau Antonio Banderas premiere as a Hollywood couple
INTRODUCING 85
South Central L.A.'s latest song-and-rap sensation, Montell Jordan, is a clean-cut gangsta of love
COVER 88
Haunted by a poor self-image and personal problems, Paula Abdul got caught in the binge-and-purge trap of bulimia. Back from treatment, she talks about coming to terms with her life
IN HIS WORDS 97
As the fighting in Bosnia flares ever stronger, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia Warren Zimmermann makes a case for U.S. action
SONG 101
Stock-car driver Kyle Petty hits the country charts with "Oh, King Richard," a tribute to his father, the racing monarch
BIO 105
Having plunked a cool half-billion into Hollywood's DreamWorks, eccentric computer genius Paul Allen is a step closer to a Wired World
SCREEN 113
French actress Sophie Marceau intends to conquer the States with her performance in Mel Gibson's Braveheart
TUBE 117
Ex-surfing-writer-turned-X-Files-executive-producer Chris Carter rides a wave of cult excitement over TV's eeriest hour
ANGELS 121
Undeterred by birth defects, Denver first-grader Michael Crisler becomes the youngest major contributor to Oklahoma City's relief fund
CONTROVERSY 124
The town of Silverton, Ore., thinks it has found an answer for the problem of kids who commit crimes: punish the parents
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’
