ON THE COVER 76
Going golden hasn't been easy, but Eddie Murphy is learning to cope with the pressures of wealth and fame and the misunderstandings that both help create
UP FRONT 40
Furious fundamentalists seek the help of God and man to block the release of The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese's movie vision of a troubled Jesus with too-human feelings
Investigators aiming to expose Pentagon corruption have former assistant Navy secretary Melvyn Paisley lined up in their sights
The Sonoma County Fair pricks the thin skins of California couch potatoes, but they take the insult—as always—lying down
Founders of a pop dynasty, Katherine and Joe Jackson find themselves out of touch—and often at odds—with most of their remarkable brood
INTRODUCING... 58
Italian sex tigress Valeria Golino, who goes lip-to-lip with Pee-wee Herman under the Big Top
CONTROVERSY 59
Casey Jesson, 9, thinks school is great without a fourth R—the drug Ritalin, prescribed to control his hyperactivity
ADVENTURE 63
Since sinking his teeth into inner-city bridgeworks two years ago, Chicago artist Keith Alexander has made a career out of taking tours under overpasses
SONG 64
The Pogues brew up two-fisted Celtic rock with a punk chaser and a stiff shot of the Ould Sod
OLYMPICS 71
Less than a year after a devastating vault that nearly cost him a leg, gymnast Tim Daggett struggles to regain his '84 gold-medal form
FOOD 82
For California fruit growers Doug Richardson and Paul Turner, going totally bananas has made them big business
SEQUEL 88
The true story of French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and his Chinese "mistress," Shi Peipu, turns out to be even stranger than M. Butterfly, the Broadway hit their bizarre tale inspired
LOOKOUT 101
Slugging his way out of a slump, 20-year-old Gregg Jefferies, baseball star of the future, continues his inexorable climb toward the Mets
SCREEN 105
License to Drive's Corey Haim, who hasn't got one—a license, that is—does have a place of his own, even if it's just downstairs from Mom
PAGES 111
Onetime radical turned California assemblyman, Tom Hayden mellows into middle age with wife Jane Fonda and a new memoir of life on the barricades
KIN 117
Prince's sister Tyka Nelson goes on record to make a name for herself
WEDDING 120
The presence of their co-workers—clowns, acrobats and elephants—turns the marriage of Mary Jane Schmidt and Rick Percy into a two-ring circus
MAIL 6
PICKS & PANS 11
TAKE ONE 39
STAR TRACKS 109
CHATTER 122
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