July 26, 1993

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Here Come the Brides!

Weddings Are a Production - Especially When the Blushing Brides are Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry and Mariah Carey! See the All-Time Best & Worst Gowns and the Weddings of the Year!

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An AIDS Summit

Climbing to Raise Funds for a Cure, Nine Students Take on McKinley

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Trial by Deluge

Swollen by Weeks of Unrelenting Rain, the Mississippi and Its Tributaries Wreak Havoc on America's Heartland—but Not on Its Unbreakable Heart

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Head Cases

It Took Lots of Latex to Bring Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin and the Other Otherworldly Coneheads to the Big Screen

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Weddings of the Year

Blame It on the Bubbles in Their Bottled Water: Over the Past 12 Months, Julia, Eddie, Slash, Sting, Mariah—Even Morton Downey Jr.!—Have Gone to the Chapel of Love

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Married on the Tube

When You Race to Your Nuptials on a Flying Carpet, in a Subway or with a Fine-Feathered Friend—How Can Real Life Compare? Very Well, Thank You, Say These Stars

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Confession of a Much-Married Man

Mickey Rooney Shares What He's Learned on His Many Trips to the Altar

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Taking the Cake

At a Bridal Bake-Off, Chefs Set Out to Topple That Plastic Bride and Groom

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A Day in June

On June 5, 1993, Couples Across America Got Married—with the Help of a Scottish Bagpipe, Apache Blessings, Even An Elvis Impersonator

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Best & Worst Wedding Dresses of the Century

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Some Day My Prince Will Come

And Then What? Four of These Seven Marriages Fell Apart. One Has Just Begun. But All the Princess Brides Had Ceremonies That Made Them—and Us—Believe in Happily Ever After

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Decent Proposals

For Celebrities, Asking That Crucial Question Can Be a Full-Scale Production

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Our Wedding Album

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Mother of the Bride

Broadway Lead Chita Rivera Takes a Supporting Role

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Studs Who Wed

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Married in Malibu (Money No Object)

At First, Model Eloise Broady and Millionaire John Paul De Joria Considered a Low-Key Ceremony. Before Long, They'd Staged An Affair So Spectacular It Was the Talk of Hollywood

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With This Ring...

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The Late Show

Frequently Running Behind Schedule, Bill Clinton Has Dragged Washington into His Own Time Zone

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Grand by the Strand

Day and Night, It's Party Time at the Santa Monica Shore

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Jim Florio

Taxes Left Him for Dead, but the Governor Jersey Loves to Hate Is Up and Running Again

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Court-Ordered Comedy

For Bombarding June Allyson with Calls, Marty Ingels Must Do Stand-Up Time

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Rape: A Family's Nightmare

Sex Crimes Affect Everyone Who Loves the Victim, Says a Father Who Has Based a Novel on An Assault on His Daughter

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For Rupaul, Disguise's the Limit

With Two Sizzling Dance Hits, the Gender-Bending Singer Takes Cross-Dressing to Unexpected New Heights

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Ready for Combat

Outspoken Dr. Joycelyn Elders Won't Trim Her Opinions Just to Become Surgeon General

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Royal Watch

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Nyuks for Bucks

Jeffrey Scott—Moe's Grandson—Cashes in on Stoogemania

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Beyonce + Katy = Hot Awards Show

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Here Come the Brides!

Weddings Are a Production - Especially When the Blushing Brides are Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry and Mariah Carey! See the All-Time Best & Worst Gowns and the Weddings of the Year!

Table of Contents

Beyonce + Katy = Hot Awards Show

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

Brad's Tokyo Drift

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Kristin Cavallari Goes Clubbing

Meet Precious Actress Gabourey Sidibe