MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 11
TAKE ONE 35
STAR TRACKS 96
CHATTER 104
ON THE COVER 64
PEOPLE'S early-warning system alerts you to the next wave of books, films, records and TV shows
MOVIES: Dennis Quaid is Jerry Lee Lewis; Steven Spielberg wraps another Indiana Jones; Jane Fonda co-stars with Gregory Peck and Robert De Niro; Marlon Brando returns
TELEVISION: Family Ties ends; PBS launches an ancient news show; Oprah Winfrey opts for prime-time drama; Burt Reynolds signs for six two-hour TV movies
BOOKS: Roseanne Barr and Frank Zappa on life; Gilda Radner on surviving cancer; Fergie on the kids' book beat; David Halberstam on baseball; Alice Walker and Shirley MacLaine on matters cosmic
MUSIC: New albums by Boy George, Lacy J. Dalton; debuts by Mica Paris and Apollonia; Carole King's comeback; Roy Orbison's poignant farewell
ETC.: Anniversaries for Beverly Hills, Charlie Chaplin, Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz; retirement for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; promotion for George Bush
UP FRONT 36
The searing power of Mississippi Burning turns a harsh spotlight on Philadelphia, Miss., where three young civil rights crusaders were murdered in 1964; townsfolk find the movie an unwelcome reminder of the case that still shadows their lives
In the House of Windsor, B stands for Baby Bea's baptism and bubbly back at Buckingham Palace
Once married and divorced, Miami Vice's Don Johnson and Working Girl Melanie Griffith are planning a matrimonial rerun
ROYALS 51
All the king's money and all the king's friends couldn't save Prince Ludwig and Princess Isabelle from themselves
STAGE 54
Leaving his tough-guy act behind, Sean Penn stars in friend and playwright David Rabe's Los Angeles production of Hurlyburly
COUPLES 56
With a little help from his wife, writer Ellen Schwamm, Harold Brodkey may finally finish the novel he has worked on for 30 years
CONTROVERSY 85
Medical writer John Pekkanen takes the pulse of an ailing medical profession and finds reason for worry
IN HIS OWN WORDS 91
Psychologist Donald Norman explains why man is so befuddled by machines
HOST 98
Business has heated up at Mystic Pizza, the place, thanks to Mystic Pizza, the movie
JOCKS 102
Dribbling maestro Bob Nickerson can keep more basketballs in play than any man alive
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