ON THE COVER 26
Here's our annual sizing-up of the chic (Raquel, Di), the sleek (Michael, Grace Jones), the meek (sorry, Bill Murray)—and the best and worst dressed couples, kids and mothers-to-be
SPLIT 41
Est's Werner Erhard faces a rocky divorce, a disaffected cult and unwanted notices from the IRS
PARTY 45
Who's Hollywood's hot musician? Cher, Jane Fonda and Streisand say it's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MEDICS 49
As AIDS continues to spread, Dr. Robert Gallo races against time to find a cure
HOST 54
Folks like Meryl Streep and Joan Collins are tickled by the brut force of the new champagne bars called Nipper's
ON THE JOB 56
Kittynapper Anna Briggs lures Grand Central's cats out of the tunnels
HEIRS 61
A new generation of Laura Ashley's clan has designs on the family fashion empire
IN HIS OWN WORDS 75
Rancher-writer Orville Schell warns of chemicals in the meat we eat
TOP 89
Lifelong movie extra Arthur Tovey is Hollywood's face in the crowd
MOVE 95
Lexicographer Paul Beale compiles the words you won't find in Webster's
HAPPY 99
Gondoliers Mike O'Toole and David Black are a crafty pair in Naples (California, not Italy)
SEQUEL 100
Ex-Bosox pitcher Jim Lonborg finds home palate as a dentist
SCENE 110
Santa Barbara, home of the reclusive rich, doesn't much like being the subject of NBC's new soap—and its star, Dame Judith Anderson, still prefers General Hospital
BODY 118
Toddlers get a jump on self-esteem at Joan Barnes' rollicking Gymboree
TRENDS 125
Move over, Samuel Morse: Muscle-Grams, Buddha-Grams and Preppy-Grams are the new medium
WINNERS 129
The world's best hairstylists make waves and win raves at a gala coif-off in Las Vegas
MAIL 2
PICKS & PANS 4
Bill Cosby steals the new season with his own NBC sitcom, and Tony Franciosa returns to the tube to find lost lovers on ABC
Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin team up in the film comedy All of Me
Actor Dirk Bogarde writes about a fictional Hollywood in his novel West of Sunset
Primitive is Neil Diamond's LP but is Neil Diamond primitive?
TAKE ONE 25
STAR TRACKS 104
Queen's Freddie Mercury takes the cake
Ilie Nastase weds
Cheryl Tiegs' beau is Gregory Peck's son Tony
Ryan rings Farrah
PEOPLE PUZZLE 122
CHATTER 132
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