May 12, 1997

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The Always Tasty Tom

Tom Cruise Had Us at 'Hello' in Jerry Maguire and He Tops This Year's Most Beautiful People List

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Late Boomer

At 51, Maude's Daughter Adrienne Barbeau Has Twin Boys—and Another Crack at 4 a.m. Feedings

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Girls' Night Out

Ellen Degeneres and Her Lover Anne Heche Create a Stir in Staid D.c.

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The Gift of Garb

Jean Louis Dressed Hollywood's Great Ladies

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A Betrayal in the Family

Police Probe Reports That Michael Kennedy Bedded a Teenage Babysitter

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Blue-Collar Hero

Chicago Newspaper Columnist Mike Royko Became the Uncommon Voice of the Common Man

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The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World

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Beautiful Through the Years

Seven Years Ago, We Produced the First 50 Most Beautiful People in the World Special Issue. Looking Back Through the Years from Michelle (1990) to Mel (1996), It's Clear That We Have the Subject Covered

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Our Fabulous 50 in 1997

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Marie-Chantal of Greece

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Hollywood's clamoring over Bronx-born beauty Jennifer Lopez

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All-American NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon gets fans revved up in no time

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The free-spirited Barrymore dishes on what keeps her glowing

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Mothers and Daughters

Stars and Their Offspring Spill the Family Secrets About Good Genes and Bad Haircuts

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Disorderly Conduct

Sitcom Comic Martin Lawrence Seems An Actor on the Brink—of Film Stardom and Self-Destruction

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Mountain of Mystery

Puzzled Friends Say Capt. Craig Button Lived to Fly

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Lonely Too Long

After 26 Years of Estrangement, the Not-So-Young Rascals Harmonize for a Night at Rock's Hall of Fame

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Novel Debut

Jenn Crowell, 19, Sells Her First for Six Figures

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Epic Effort

Greta Scacchi, Actress and Wanderer, Stars in a Made-for-TV Odyssey and Finds Her Own Ithaca in England

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Minority Rule

How Hard Can It Be to Run a Government? in Claypool, Okla., It's Child's Play

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A House Divided

Caught in An Embrace with Caroline, Prince Ernst of Hanover Faces Divorce

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Running Joke

Smothers Brothers Sidekick Pat Paulsen Made Campaigning for President His Primary Shtick

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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The Always Tasty Tom

Tom Cruise Had Us at 'Hello' in Jerry Maguire and He Tops This Year's Most Beautiful People List

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

Brad's Tokyo Drift

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Usher Has a Sing-A-Long

V's Morris Chestnut & Elizabeth Morris: It's a Geek Debate!