THE 25 MOST INTRIGUING PEOPLE OF THE YEAR
42 George and Barbara Bush, in their first joint Oval Office interview, talk politics, family and pocket change
48 Jack Nicholson, as Batman's Joker, romped in a role that fit him as closely as his white greasepaint
50 Arsenio Hall, hippest night owl of them all, hopped to the top of the talk show totem pole
52 Robert Fulghum's unlikely best-seller, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, went to the head of the class
54 Julio Berumen, the San Francisco Bay Area earthquake's pluckiest survivor, takes his first steps with a new leg
57 Princess Anne, once Britain's least-liked royal, became an object of desire
58 Mikhail Gorbachev shrugged when the Eastern bloc cracked—-and proved he's serious about perestroika
60 John Goodman, TV Barr-tender and newly minted movie star, is an extra-large hit in any medium
63 Gaia, the Greek earth goddess, lends her name to James Lovelock's daring theory that the planet itself is alive
69 Manuel Noriega gave American leaders fits, but the Panamanian dictator may be nearing his last hurrah
72 Michael Milken, junk bond entrepreneur, made $1.1 billion financing corporate takeovers—but his indictment brought an era to an end
75 Billy Crystal learned that orgasms can be faked and became a genuine sex symbol When Harry Met Sally...
76 Paula Abdul, no longer just Janet Jackson's footwork coach, stepped out as a song and dance sensation
78 Spike Lee, director, raised a ruckus—-and important questions—-with his film Do the Right Thing
80 Ellen Barkin is tough, vulnerable, smart, very sexy and doesn't quite add up—which may be why she's so riveting onscreen
83 Madonna, in another typical year, irked some Christians, split from Sean, dallied with Warren and got canned by Pepsi
84 Deborah Gore Dean saw government as a game show and helped her friends cash in and win valuable prizes
86 Pete Rose, who battled bad press, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti and his own demons, took a called strike three
88 Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord, markets death by the kilo while evading an outraged citizenry
93 Salman Rushdie published the controversial The Satanic Verses and now lives with the threat he'll perish
94 Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys added a dash of hot pepper to
a delicious dish
97 Elizabeth Morgan, jailed for shielding her daughter from alleged sexual
abuse, was freed at last
100 Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer, rattled the art world and Jesse Helms with a shocking retrospective
102 Capt. Al Haynes crash-landed a crippled DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa, saving lives with grit and cool
104 Donna Karan's DKNY collection secures the designer's position as high fashion's newest mogul
Publisher's Letter 3
Mail 6
Features:
Picks & Pans 8
The best, worst and weirdest of 1989
Courthouse Couture 106
We pass judgment on the trial garb of JimBakker, Leona Helmsley and John Gotti
Sequels 108
Updates on Grumpy, a shipwreck survivor and the curse of the angry prom date
Late Greats 123
A fond farewell to Olivier, Bette Davis and others
Click! 130
Garbo, Madonna, Ted Kennedy and Ivan Boesky get framed
Inspirations 136
A tribute to those who raised hopes, from Greg LeMond to the Central Park Jogger
Turn Back Time 147
Cher, Hef and Liz jump the generation gap for love
Grand Entrances & Graceful Exits 154
The Berlin Wall tumbles, Jane Pauley de-Gumbels
The Price Was Right 164
Celebs-turned-hucksters
Field of Bad Dreams 170
Spiked! Caught stealing! From Adnan Khashoggi to Zsa Zsa, few, it seemed, were safe in'89
Di Takes A Walk 172
Princess Diana did nothing this year, perfectly
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