ON THE COVER 52
Dionne Warwick, Olivia Newton-John and others pay tribute to Karen Carpenter, whose tragic death at 32 ended a long struggle with career pressures, a failed marriage and anorexia nervosa
UP FRONT 24
Some of them may not be old enough to drive, but video whiz kids are making small fortunes in game designs
As '50s fever grows, teens remember Marilyn Monroe
Helene von Damm's career is skyrocketing—Ronald Reagan has named his one-time secretary the U.S. Ambassador to her native Austria D One year after John Belushi's death, his widow talks about his drug lifestyle and her loss
MOVE 37
Bernard Epton follows in dubious footsteps in his bid to be the Republican Mayor of Chicago
SCREEN 43
Teri Garr, Dustin's dizzy dame in Tootsie, is having a close encounter with an Oscar
COPING 47
College taught a lesson to basketball player Kevin Ross, who's now back in grade school learning to read
TROUBLE 51
Tom Selleck says the National Enquirer libeled him—and he's telling it to the judge
IN HIS OWN WORDS 60
What Cupid does with arrows, explains Dr. Michael Liebowitz, the brain does with chemicals
LOOKOUT 65
Filmmaker Susan Seidelman
TUBE 69
The Winds of War should waft co-stars Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Tennant and David Dukes into the prime times of their careers
ARTS 80
Detroit museum curator Audley Grossman pulls the strings on America's largest puppet collection
SEQUEL 82
Ex-Angel Cheryl Ladd, aided by husband Brian Russell, stakes out new territory with a controversial TV movie about the early life of Princess Grace
ON THE JOB 88
Who judges the jury? Psychologists Cathy Bennett and Margaret Covington help defense lawyers select those who will be most unbiased
HOST 93
In West Hollywood, Peter Morton's Hard Rock Cafe is the in place for rock 'n' ribs
SCENE 101
In a cataclysmic human tragedy, hundreds of thousands of refugees flee a Draconian deportation order from Nigeria
MAIL 4
PICKS AND PANS 8
Dom DeLuise cuts up with friends like Burt Reynolds and Mel Brooks on ABC, while Susan Blakely plays doomed 1930s actress Frances Farmer on CBS
Antonia Fraser brings back her detective heroine Jemima Shore in her novel Cool Repentance
The imaginative Lene Lovich exercises her haunting singing style and eccentric sense of humor in No-Man's Land
Jerry Lewis turns in an astonishing performance in his first serious film role, but neither he nor Robert De Niro can relieve the bitter cynicism of director Martin Scorsese's King of Comedy
Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster and company hunker down happily in a touring show, Sesame Jamboree
STAR TRACKS 79
John McEnroe is choked up by a win over archrival Ivan Lendl
Hats off to Debbie Reynolds as she preps for Broadway
PEOPLE PUZZLE 98
CHATTER 104
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