STAR TRACKS 6
Julia Sweeney's Pat character meets its twins. Kim Basinger earns Brown-ie points. Rick Schroder is a proud papa, and more
UP FRONT
40 In a bizarre outbreak of arson in Pennsylvania's Big Valley, Sam I. Yoder and five other Amish farmers lose their barns
44 Shaken by the death of her father, the Earl Spencer, Princess Diana faces personal grief and a history of family turmoil
48 They didn't win any Oscars, but Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone and Madonna found something to celebrate on Hollywood's biggest night
PAGES 55
In a gritty new book, Mob Girl, Teresa Carpenter details the sordid life of Arlyne Brickman, who turned informant when she learned that life with the wise guys was more guns than roses
WINNERS 61
It would have been a ho-hum Academy Awards ceremony without Jack Palance, 72, who won the night with his first Oscar and a pumped-up acceptance stunt
HAPPY 65
Shaw College was good to Willie Gary, so 25 years later he sent a $10 million thank-you note
ON THE MOVE 70
Donald Who? A year after her humiliating divorce from The Donald, Ivana Trump bounces back with a new book and a sexy new man—Italian businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli
TRIBUTE 80
After a Bounty-ful, 51-year show business career, tart-tongued comedian Nancy Walker dies of cancer
ON THE JOB 84
For a guy with one good hand, Dale Jones keeps a lot of balls in the air
TO THE TOP 87
The Studs may get the babes, but Mark DeCarlo, wiseacre host of the kiss-and-quip game show, at least gets the last laugh
INTRODUCING 91
From Brooklyn prosecutor to NBC legal correspondent, Star Jones shines
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 95
For Bonnie Sheridan, the bluesy singer of rock's Delaney & Bonnie, happiness is being sober, in love and costarring on Roseanne
TROUBLE 101
Once the queen of a hotel empire, Leona Helmsley, 71, will be seeing a lot of the "little people" when she reports to jail in April
POLITICIANS 105
He has called being President of the United States "the toughest, dirtiest, most thankless job in the world," but now billionaire businessman Boss Perot thinks he may like to try it on for size
MAIL 8
PICKS & PANS 13
THE INSIDER 39
PASSAGES 69
PUZZLER 103
CHATTER 108
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