I just ran to get the mail, and as I threw it all on the table, it stopped me in my tracks. There he was! He always has and still does take my breath away! Tom Cruise is everything I always knew he could be professionally, yet now it is his obviously happy personal life as a husband and daddy that makes him even more of a joy to adore!
Tami Novara, Sterling Heights, Mich.
Tom Cruise now commands $27 million per picture, but he can't afford to get a good haircut?
Carlene Rae Dater, via e-mail
Beverly Hills, 90210
Thank you for including a farewell tribute to Beverly Hills, 90210. Even though the show has run its course, I am still sad to say goodbye to characters I have grown up with. I started watching the show when I was 15 years old. I experienced my milestones right along with them: first love, prom, graduation, college, finding a job, getting engaged. My "Wednesday nights will never be the same, but 90210 will always have a special place in the Peach Pit of my heart.
Lizzie Barnhart, Chicago
Goodbye, good luck, good riddance—and good Lord, what took you so long?
Derrick Shirley, Chicago
Scoop
It is heartwarming that Sylvester Stallone is determined to raise awareness of congenital heart defects. But it is disheartening that Mr. Stallone did not "bang the drum loudly" to raise awareness of autism. Over half a million Americans, including a son from Stallone's first marriage, have been diagnosed with autism, yet it remains a very poorly understood disability. Families across the nation are desperate to enhance people's understanding of this disorder. If only Mr. Stallone had opened his heart and spoken out on behalf of these families, he would have been their shining star forever.
Kathy Deschenes, Toronto
I thought Darva Conger's 15 minutes of fame was over. Now she's telling us there is a whole side of her we haven't seen (and front and back and top and bottom)! I know a lot of people who wouldn't spend $3 to see her naked, much less a couple of million to marry her.
Vikki Ciardiello, Merritt Island, Fla.
There are starving children in this country, yet we can afford to pay six semitalented sitcom stars $750,000 per, week. What's wrong with this picture?
Shelley Greenwood, Charleston, Ill.
Russell Crowe
Last week I took my son to see Gladiator. This week I'm taking me! The screen isn't the only thing Mr. Crowe sets afire, let me tell you!
Susie Schmick, Milwaukie, Ore.
Style Watch
Although her toe ring is very lovely, Victoria Beckham's anorexia look is not. I think we should worry a little less about her ability to accessorize and worry a little more about getting her something to eat!
Tricia Beck, Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Elle Macpherson should be ashamed of herself for even looking twice at that ridiculous Christian Dior newsprint dress that supposedly paid "homage" to homeless people who cover themselves in newspaper. For S2,850 she could have bought a lot of blankets for the homeless. As for you, Mr. Galliano, the next time you decide to recognize the plight of the homeless, why not organize a fashion show and donate your obscene proceeds to these people.
Mark Peterson, Chadboun, N.C.
Ariel the Saint Bernard
While you would not celebrate the birth of another 16 children in an overpopulated country, your report of the birth of 16 Saint Bernards fails to mention the problem of pet overpopulation. Every year in the U.S., millions of pets are euthanatized by shelters unable to find homes for these animals. Purebred animals sold by breeders contribute to this surplus. I hope PEOPLE readers are caring enough to check out adoptions at their local shelter or humane society prior to spending $1,000 for a designer puppy.
Bob Chorush, Seattle
Picks & Pans
I don't know who's telling Leah Rozen what to write, but her shoddily biased diatribe of a "review" of the Battlefield Earth movie doesn't belong in any credible publication—unless PEOPLE has become a pathetic, gossipy, sensationalist mouthpiece of some nefarious new world order, now writhing in frustration over the fact that Scientology hasn't knuckled under to the would-be slave masters who are probably pulling your strings.
Dan Swanson, Clearwater, Fla.
Noah Wyle
Is it just me or are Noah Wyle and his bride twins who were separated at birth? Take a second look at the picture on your cover.
Stephanie Meeks, Dothan, Ala.
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
