STAR TRACKS 6
Wesley Snipes stops traffic in Manhattan. Brandy goes to the prom. Christian Slater takes Mom on a Mission, and more
UP FRONT
50 For kids like Heidi Frazier and the three Olavarria sisters, being reared in a gay household has required plenty of adjustments—but caused surprisingly few misgivings
58 Kathie Lee Gifford's clothing line dresses up her bottom line but raises troubling questions about the existence of sweatshops in America
SPLIT 68
Liz Taylor's soon-to-be-ex hubby, Larry Fortensky, goes to court to get the spousal support he promised in a prenuptial agreement not to seek
BOO! 72
When London's Royal Albert Hall got that haunted feeling, exorcist Andrew Green got the call
CRIME 75
While conducting a research project on prostitutes, honors student Tina Biggar turned call girl—with deadly consequences
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 82
One year after retiring from the NFL, William "Refrigerator" Perry still cuts a wide swath through opposing linemen—in London
TRENDS 91
Celebs like Jamie Lee Curtis and Rosie Perez help California moms Kathy Scutchfield and Dana Cappiello promote their AIDS bracelets
SCREEN 93
Her Twister gig was a blast. But Jami Gertz prefers the role she played helping her husband through a possibly lethal brain disorder
ON THE MOVE 97
High school teacher Victor Morales challenges Phil Gramm for his U.S. Senate seat
ON THE JOB 101
Federal agent Bart Fitzgerald has no patience—but plenty of prison space—for thieves who loot artifacts from Native American burial grounds
ATLANTA '96 107
Ponytail, earring and all, Jason Huish wears the heavy-metal look, but to the U.S. archery team he's pure gold
OUT OF THE PAST 111
Sacrificed to her gods a half-millennium ago, a 13-year-old Incan is, temporarily, Washington's mummy dearest
COVER 114
To team the Impossible team, Tom Cruise now creates the movies he stars in, while producing a family with his wife, actress Nicole Kidman
INTRODUCING 125
First novelist Sheneska Jackson switches from secretary to literary hotshot overnight
COUPLES 127
A year after exchanging I do's, U.S. Sen. John Kerry and heiress Teresa Heinz are still reveling in their midlife romance
MONEY 133
She's only 10, but Picasso-esque painter Alexandra Nechita is fetching up to $80,000 a canvas
SONG 137
Up-from-the-underground rockers Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore tour the world with their own Sonic Youth, baby girl Coco
UPDATE 141
Out of the limelight—and off drugs—former flamboyant Olympian Christopher Bowman finds smooth skating as a coach
SPIRIT 145
False accusations of sexual abuse behind him, Chicago's Joseph Cardinal Bernardin encounters a new foe: pancreatic cancer
CONTROVERSY 153
William Pierce sets off a storm of protest when a mainstream publisher goes to press with his hate-filled novel, The Turner Diaries
STYLE 156
Eighth-grader Ivanka Trump, the leggy daughter of Donald and Ivana, is getting some public exposure of her own—as a model
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 15
THE INSIDER 49
PASSAGES 113
ROYAL WATCH 122
PUZZLER 150
CHATTER 160
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