MAIL 4
INSIDE PEOPLE 13
PICKS & PANS 15
THE INSIDER 33
PASSAGES 61
PUZZLER 73
CHATTER 96
STAR TRACKS 6
Cindy Crawford gets Unzipped in L.A. Kevin Costner's kids find their sea legs. Tom Cruise runs for cover, and more
UP FRONT
34 With the arrival of stars like Barbra Streisand, Uma Thurman and Steven Spielberg, the Hamptons—summer capital of the eastern Establishment—are now dining on glam chowder
42 When flames devoured the 125 Bridal Boutique in Plaistow, N.H., more than 400 wedding dresses were destroyed. Somehow, though, the brides kept marching down the aisles
CONTROVERSY 49
Maureen Faulkner, widow of a policeman, blasts a book by her husband's convicted killer, radical activist Mumia Abu-Jamal
BIO 55
After enduring depression, the death of his mother and the suicide of his brother, author Pat Conroy has emerged with a new novel and, at long last, a measure of happiness
COVER 62
While we were sleeping—or so it seems—The Net's Sandra Bullock sped to the top of the Hollywood heap
TROUBLE 71
First it was a liver transplant. Now the game of life has thrown former baseball great Mickey Mantle another blow: his cancer has spread to his lungs
KIN 75
Organic food exec Nell Newman inherited father Paul's penchant for giving away money
ANGELS 79
When Dawn Alexander died of a brain aneurysm, she left behind her heart—which is still beating in the chest of her priest, Father Dalton Downs
ROYALS 83
Defying a court order, Prince Charles's ex-housekeeper Wendy Berry publishes a tell-all that may turn her into a woman without a country
SCREEN 89
Jason James Richter, 15-year-old star of Free Willy 2, is Hollywood's favorite water boy
MEDICS 93
Since researchers, led by Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, discovered a protein hormone that melts off fat, their mice have adopted the waif look
TUBE 94
Where there's Hope, there's Gloria—played by the eminently sane Jessica Lundy on the hit NBC sitcom
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