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Dec 31, 1999 Vol. 52 No. 25

The 25 Most Intriguing People '99

December 31, 1999

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The 25 Most Intriguing People '99

Julia Makes A Comeback, J.K. Rowling Creates Magic And The U.S. Women's Soccer Team Gets The Gold As 1999 Comes To An End

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Table of Contents

Articles

Celeb Picks

Famous Names—and Our Critics—pick Their Favorite Tv Series, Movies, Cds and Books

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Best of Tube

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Worst of Tube

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Best of Screen

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Worst of Screen

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Best of Song

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Worst of Song

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Best of Pages

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Worst of Pages

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John F. Kennedy Jr.

His Death Left Unbearable Pain, Unfulfilled Promise

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Ashley Judd

Thanks to Pluck and Pulchritude, She Became Hollywood's Hottest New Property

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Ricky Martin

Pop Crowns a New King of the Sexy Swivel

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Serena Williams

She Claimed Center Court with Beads, Brilliance and Brawn

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Jesse Ventura

This Gutsy Governor's Got a Hold on the Country

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Julia Roberts

The Ever-Pretty Woman Is Hollywood's Runaway Hitmaker

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Dr. Robert Atkins

The Diet Doc Is in Again, and Bringing Home the Bacon

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George W. Bush

With a War Chest Bigger Than Dallas, He's the Son on the Run

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Sara Jane Olson

She Spent 19 Years as An Upstanding Homemaker—then the Past Caught Up with Her

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Tiger Woods

With a New Grip on His Game, He Blasted into the Record Books

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Bill Gates

Under Attack for Raking It In, He Excels at Giving It Away

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Judge Judy

Sweet She Ain't, but This Grandma Strikes It Rich with Tv's Golden Gavel

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Chris Spielman

He Left the Game He Loves for the Family He Cherishes

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Jennifer Lopez

Music, Movies, Modeling—she Does It All and Does It Her Way

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David E. Kelley

With a Creative Leap and An Emmy Sweep, He Rules Tv

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J. K. Rowling

With Harry Potter, She Cast a Spell That Turned Millions of Young Video-Game Addicts into Avid Readers

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Lance Armstrong

First He Beat Cancer, Then His Tour De France Tour De Force Made Him a National Hero

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Jonbenét Ramsey

Three Years After Her Murder: Questions, Not Closure

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Bruce Willis

Forsaking Action Films, He Delivers a One-Two Punch in the Sixth Sense and Proves He Has Nine Lives

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Mike Myers

He Put the 'see' in Sequel and Brought Austin Powers to the People

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Pokémon

Sorry, Mom and Dad, It's Strictly a Kid Thing; You Wouldn't Understand

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Brandi Chastain

Along with Her Teammates, She Gave Women's Sports a Grand Kick Start

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Regis Philbin

Tv's Crafty Quipster Finds There's Room at the Top for a Millionaire

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Dr. Martin Citron

He Found a Chemical Key That Could Lead to a Treatment for Alzheimer's

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Hillary Clinton

The First Lady Strikes Out on Her Own

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In His Own Words

Entering His Last Year in Office, President Clinton Looks Back on His Troubled Term—and Forward to the New Millennium

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Breakthroughs '99

These Super, Natural Talents Rose Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd

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People Poll of the Century

How Do You Compare Princess Diana to Princess Grace? Ricky Martin to Ricky Nelson? Michael Jordan to Muhammad Ali? the Moon Landing to Lindbergh's Flight? We Did It by Surveying 402 Men and 403 Women at Random by Phone. Their Median Age Was 38. Here's Their Take on the People of the Century...

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Sequels '99

They Came, They Coped, They Conquered. Here Are the Next Installments of Two Dozen of the Year's Most Memorable Stories

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Tributes '99

Friends Remember the Glamor and the Glory That Made These Stars So Special

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The 9 Most Intriguing People of 999

Philandering Statesmen, Gossipy Authors, Wacky Eccentrics. Sound Familiar? a Thousand Years Ago, These Folks Were Anything but Yesterday's News

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It Happened This Year!

Unbelievable, Weird Occurrences of the Final Months of the Millennium!

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Mailbag

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Inside People

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