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May 12, 1997 Vol. 47 No. 18

The Always Tasty Tom

May 12, 1997

Cover Story

The Always Tasty Tom

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

Pg. 89

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Table of Contents

Articles

Late Boomer

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

Pg. 38

Girls' Night Out

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

Pg. 42

The Gift of Garb

Jean Louis Dressed Hollywood's Great Ladies

Pg. 44

A Betrayal in the Family

Police Probe Reports That Michael Kennedy Bedded a Teenage Babysitter

Pg. 46

Blue-Collar Hero

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

Pg. 52

The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World

Pg. 57

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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Toni Braxton

Pg. 66

Brad Pitt

Pg. 68

Claire Danes

Pg. 70

Michael Flatley

Pg. 72

Roma Downey

Pg. 74

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Pg. 76

Spice Girls

Pg. 80

Oscar De La Hoya

Pg. 82

Marie-Chantal of Greece

Pg. 87

Mia Hamm

Pg. 90

Jared Leto

Pg. 94

Juliette Binoche

Pg. 99

David Chokachi

Pg. 100

Gwen Stefani

Pg. 103

Garrett Wang

Pg. 104

Lauren Bacall

Pg. 107

Vivica A. Fox

Pg. 108

Tom Ford

Pg. 110

Lisa Kudrow

Pg. 112

Oprah Winfrey

Pg. 115

Rebecca Romijn

Pg. 118

Matt Lauer

Pg. 121

Leonardo Di Caprio

Pg. 122

Jennifer Lopez

Hollywood's clamoring over Bronx-born beauty Jennifer Lopez

Pg. 124

Andre Braugher

Pg. 131

Winona Ryder

Pg. 133

David Baldacci

Pg. 135

Kristin Scott Thomas

Pg. 137

Harrison Ford

Pg. 138

Gillian Anderson

Pg. 141

Paul Sereno

Pg. 143

Jacinda Barrett

Pg. 144

Derek Jeter

Pg. 146

Michelle Yeoh

Pg. 148

Deana Carter

Pg. 150

Jeff Gordon

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

Pg. 152

Liv Tyler

Pg. 154

Kamar De Los Reyes

Pg. 156

Lucy Law Less

Pg. 158

Jeanine Pirro

Pg. 160

Drew Barrymore

The free-spirited Barrymore dishes on what keeps her glowing

Pg. 164

Christopher Cuomo

Pg. 166

Gavin Rossdale

Pg. 169

Pattie Maes

Pg. 170

Jim Carrey

Pg. 172

Mothers and Daughters

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

Pg. 174

Disorderly Conduct

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

Pg. 194

Mountain of Mystery

Puzzled Friends Say Capt. Craig Button Lived to Fly

Pg. 199

Lonely Too Long

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

Pg. 202

Novel Debut

Jenn Crowell, 19, Sells Her First for Six Figures

Pg. 206

Epic Effort

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

Pg. 211

Minority Rule

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

Pg. 216

A House Divided

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

Pg. 218

Running Joke

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

Pg. 220

Also In This Issue

Inside People

Pg. 4

Mailbag

Pg. 6

Tube Reviews

Pg. 15

Screen Reviews

Pg. 23

Song Reviews

Pg. 25

Page Reviews

Pg. 28

Insider

Pg. 37

Passages

Pg. 215

Chatter

Pg. 222

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