A conversation with Hugh Hefner By Chris Colin
"A whole generation has grown up that was waiting for me to come out and play."
(12/28/99)

Storm of the century By Frank Houston
"Hurricane" Carter spent 10 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Twice
(12/24/99)

Let us praise our lamest men (and token woman) By Carina Chocano and Jesusito Lavaquemada
Enough with the overachievers. Who was the least influential person of the century?
(12/22/99)

A special hell called dating By Steve Burgess
What philanthropic urge did she think was motivating my dinner invitations? Concern that anyone so dense is surely unable to boil water and must be fed?
(12/20/99)

Bill Belew, the man who dressed The King By Mike Thomas
The creator of the glorious "Burning Flame of Love" and other sartorial extravaganzas recalls what it was like to design costumes for the messiah of Memphis.
(12/18/99)

Hollywood Parasite By David Goodmanb
Megamorphosis: I now know what it feels like to be hated by every guy in a bar because the four hottest girls there are dancing intently around you. And yet, I am not all that distracted.
(12/17/99)

Have yourself a merry Jimmy Buffettmas By Gentry Lane
Pour yourself a drink and forget the presents. December 25 offers plenty of other reasons to celebrate.
(12/15/99)

Y2K: The Vatican fix By Eugene Finerman
An open letter to the Holy See offers a simple, levelheaded solution for saving civilization from collapse.
(12/13/99)

Love in the time of spam By Harmon Leon
For just $2.99 a minute you too can learn how to score with bad party girls from the privacy of your own home!
(12/10/99)

It's all right! By Eugene Finerman
The game show for everyone, where no contestant is ever wrong!
(12/06/99)

¡DMViva! By Jayson Gallaway
All I ever needed to know about the system, I learned in Spanish-language traffic school.
(12/06/99)

Ali of Mali: Guitar king of the Sahara By Damien Cave
He reigns over the Timbuktu Social Club, but his distinctive, bluesy sound is reaching all around the world.
(12/04/99)

'Tis one reason to be jolly By David Goodman
The strippers who came in from the cold: A heartwarming tale of Christmas.
(12/03/99)

Geoffrey Marcy, master of the universe By William Speed Weed
With the existence of six new planets announced just this week, the California astronomer is racking up "extrasolar" discoveries like Mark McGwire racks up homers.
(12/02/99)

Bernie Brillstein: Alive and dishing By Jon B. Rhine
A key figure in the careers of John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Lorne Michaels talks about being a Jew in Nashville, the girl who got away and bad-mouthing Michael Ovitz.
(12/01/99)

What dreams may bomb By Matt Himes
For years, Richard Simmons has made people earn their dreams the hard way. Now he can't give them away.
(12/01/99)

Elliott Erwitt By Joe Gioia
Observing art with an artful observer.
(11/29/99)

Diary of a Viagra fiend By Jayson Gallaway
In which a randy, modern day Thomas De Quincey confesses: "Hi Ho Silver!
(11/24/99)

I, Anakin By Matthew Sullivan
George Lucas is seeking an "extremely intelligent" 19-year-old actor to play Anakin Skywalker in "Episode II." He need look no further than here.
(11/23/99)

Rupert Sheldrake By David Bowman
The delightful crackpot: Put your paws together for the master of morphic resonance.
(11/23/99)

The bald facts By John F. Murphy
An informal survey of toupees, transplants, weaves and dye-jobs reveals that ten to twenty-two percent of United States Senators are engaged in a cover-up.
(11/22/99)

What's luck got to do with it? By Jon B. Rhine
Is good fortune happenstance or the cosmos' great equalizer? Ask Nicholas Rescher. Better yet, ask Denise Rossi.
(11/22/99)

Nose Job Hut By Harmon Leon
Come on down to the Surgery Shack for a brand-new face at used-car prices ... in easy monthly payments!
(11/20/99)

Hollyween meltdown By David Goodman
The party's costume-mandatory: John Cusack comes as a werewolf, James Woods comes and leaves, Neve Campbell comes as herself -- and no one gets it.
(11/19/99)

I sold commie posters to a future Supreme Court justice By Jock O'Connell
Long ago His Honor paid 10 bucks for a Bolshevik broadsheet. I wonder where it's hanging now.
(11/18/99)

He don't love you By Lance Gould
It's the talk of the T.O.W.N.! Tony Orlando and Wayne Newton square off in the Show-Me (the money) State.
(11/17/99)

I wanted to be a millionaire By Steven Scott Smith
In which our hero braves technical difficulties, arctic temperatures and too many geography questions in his quest for a fast fortune.
(11/16/99)

Merle Haggard By Elizabeth Bukowski
For 35 years the country music legend's been kickin' ass and making God laugh -- he don't need no stinkin' sound check.
(11/15/99)

I want to be a millionaire! By Steven Scott Smith
In which our hero aces the telephone test, hears an actual voice recording of Regis, qualifies as a contestant and prepares to make his fortune.
(11/12/99)

A conversation with Holly Brubach By Janelle Brown
"Fashion is in fact architecture's feminine counterpart ... Buildings and clothes are the primary components of our everday landscape."
(11/11/99)

Freudians prefer blonds By Damion Matthews
The sale of Marilyn Monroe's personal belongings at Christie's last week generated $13.4 million. So why aren't any of her loved ones among the beneficiaries?
(11/10/99)

The Maharajah of poontang By David Segal
John Stagliano, the video mogul behind "Buttman," is a dirty movie powerhouse, and either the scourge or savior of an unabashedly sordid business.
(11/08/99)

A-list extravaganza! By David Goodman
A birthday bash with George Lucas, Mike Myers, Trey Parker and Jewel. Plus: the Algonquin it ain't ... Ron Japanese guest dine at Jerry's Famous.
(11/05/99)

Captured and hypnotized by aliens! By Joel Achenbach
You've got your Pleiadians, your reptilians, dolphinoids, serpent people, the Starseeds and a bunch coming back in silicon bodies. And every darn one has a different agenda.
(11/03/99)

The dearth of cool By Frank Houston
Are white hipsters an endangered species? Is sellout just another word for nothing left to lose?
(11/01/99)

Warm for Wendy By Dov J. Levine
More beautiful in person than on TV, Wendy Shalit is nonetheless just a modest woman -- with much to be modest about.
(11/01/99)

Tromatized! By Daniel Kraus
The Frank Capra of splatter films strikes again.
(10/30/99)

Model children By Carina Chocano
From beautiful eggs come little darlings who simply can't work under these conditions.
(10/29/99)

Artist's little helper By Susan Emerling
Fred Tomaselli's work offers the experience of taking drugs in the safest possible way -- through the eyes.
(10/29/99)

A conversation with Jane Goodall By Douglas Cruickshank
Two primates discuss children, animals, the bush meat trade, Dian Fossey, the chimplike behavior of humans and the future of nature.
(10/27/99)

Jane Goodall: The hopeful messenger By Susan McCarthy
Like Hawking, Goodall has been elevated to the status of sage, but does knowledge of the wild beast really imply knowledge of the human heart and soul?
(10/27/99)

Qualified to satisfy you By Steve Burgess
Barry White's got a new book. He's got a new album. The world population just surpassed 6 billion. You make the call.
(10/25/99)

Letter from occupied Bel-Air By David Goodman
Our fearless correspondent's second dispatch from the entertainment industry's demilitarized zone: Ass-kickings at Cirque du Soleil, silence and clanking silverware at the 7th Annual Diversity Awards and a ride in George Clooney's limo!
(10/22/99)

Russell, Aaron and me By Donna Minkowitz
What no one will admit about the Matthew Shepard killing is that it was about love as well as rage.
(10/20/99)

Swimming through the looking glass By Lorenzo W. Milam
In which onetime movie mermaid Esther Williams turns on, meets the man in the mirror, drops out.
(10/18/99)

The kid's alright By Daniel Kraus
Harmony Korine strikes a dissonant chord with grown-up America.
(10/16/99)

To hell with curfew By Carina Chocano
That's no gang of thugs terrorizing midnight's mean streets, it's a congregation of God's children reclaiming souls on the swing shift.
(10/15/99)

Give me an "oy!" By Lance Gould
Jewish athletes are on the rise -- mazel tov!
(10/14/99)

The real America gone mad By Joe Gioia
David LaChapelle constructs a colorful alternate universe of polymorphous perversity, buff dudes and bodacious ta-tas.
(10/13/99)

"29,000 people and a million butterflies" By Vin Scully
Vin Scully's radio call of the ninth inning of Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfect game against the Chicago Cubs is pure baseball literature.
(10/12/99)

How to get ahead in publishing By Keith Bashford
When I chose sleaze over substance, Rupert Murdoch yelled my ear off and threw an armload of papers at me.
(10/12/99)

A Dogg's life and Dixie Chickdom By Steve Burgess
Everything that rises must converge: These days black Snoop and the white Chicks are all part of the same big megastar aristocracy.
(10/11/99)

Freeman Dyson, frog prince of physics By Kristi Coale
The renowned physicist brings conscience and compassion to his books, which interweave scientific explanation and humanism.
(10/09/99)

May the best sex win: Man vs. woman in the ring By Steve Burgess
The prizefight between McGregor and Chow will change boxing history forever -- take it from a guy who's strapped on the gloves and gone toe to toe with a "mad-dogging" female.
(10/09/99)

Letter from occupied Bel-Air By David Goodman
Our fearless correspondent's first dispatch from the entertainment industry's demilitarized zone: hot tub adventures, Jay Leno's handshake and bad behavior with Trey Parker's digital camera.
(10/08/99)

Talking baseball with Hank Greenwald By Joan Walsh
The best broadcaster you won't hear on the air talks about umpire arrogance, the home-run chase and "the Viagra of baseball."
(10/07/99)

Great taste, less thrilling By Heather Havrilesky
Everywhere you turn, people look like they're ready for their close-ups. Meanwhile, originality is at an all-time low.
(10/07/99)

Hepburn vs. Hepburn By Damion Matthews
A young drag queen goes from Audrey fan to Kate devotee.
(10/06/99)

Audrey was thinner By Damion Matthews
The author of "Confessions of a Window Dresser" explains his preference.
(10/06/99)

Stop the locks schlock By Colin Crawford
Can Frank Gehry do for Panama what he did for Bilbao?
(10/05/99)

Biography avoidance techniques of the rich and reclusive By Lorenzo W. Milam
Wanted: Brilliant biographers who won't write about Howard Hughes and J.D. Salinger. Bullies need not apply.
(10/04/99)

Singin' in the pain By Carina Chocano
Life is beautiful for Jakob the liar ... and other heartwarming Hollywood tales of genocide.
(10/01/99)

The Artist you better not call Prince By David Rubien
After nearly two decades as rock royalty, his inner flame still burns hot purple -- rain or shine.
(09/27/99)

Postcards from the Eddie By Lorenzo W. Milam
Who would ever suspect that the man who made so many awful records could create an autobiography that is such a kick in the pants?
(09/27/99)

The power of positive pinking By Kristina Robbins
How a three-month assignment became a three-year obsession with Mary Kay and her all-lady army.
(09/23/99)

Donny Osmond: We suffer for his art By Steve Burgess
It's a neat trick when Mr. Squeaky-clean produces a flashback more terrifying than any acid reflux.
(09/21/99)

All hail the queen By Caroline Sommers
Think watching talk shows is bad? Try making them.
(09/20/99)

The "Blair Witch" itch By Jennifer Kornreich
When couples see scary movies together, pulses race and hearts quicken. The subsequent biological imperative? Fight, flight or spend the night.
(09/18/99)

Horror show: The nightmare of making tabloid TV By Caroline Sommers
You think waking up to find a neatly arranged pile of rocks just outside your tent is bad? I've interviewed Joey Buttafuoco -- now that's scary!
(09/18/99)

Counting spies By David Pescovitz
The soundtrack of surveillance is a little girl's voice, broadcast over shortwave, monotonously reciting numbers.
(09/16/99)

The not-a-biography of Richie Havens By Lorenzo W. Milam
The man who sang "Freedom" at Woodstock tells his life story, but forgets to include his life.
(09/13/99)

A star is born ... prematurely By Jen Banbury
Famous for not being famous? If you act now, you too can have a fawning celebrity profile -- rich in essential adjectives -- at just a fraction of the cost!
(09/11/99)

A tale of two Sues By Rachel Louise Snyder
Never find anything good because everybody wants it -- especially if it's the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever discovered.
(09/10/99)

Bottom-feeder banquet By John F. Murphy
Choking down crab cakes and savoring Beltway dish with the gourmets of gossip.
(09/09/99)

William F. Buckley Jr. By Chris Weinkopf
A friend of one of the country's leading conservatives looks at WFB's career as a writer and editor, his public life and the time he spent as an undercover CIA agent.
(09/03/99)

Briefing for a descent into computer hell By Steve Burgess
The chilling story of a deadline-addled writer's disintegration triggered by the seven words no keyboard jockey wants to hear.
(09/01/99)

The true adventures of a space buccaneer By Frank Houston
I think space will happen," Jim Benson says. "People will move off the planet." And when they do, he wants a piece of the action.
(08/30/99)

News flash: You're a crackpot By Cary Tennis
To be in the news, try making some -- or at least what passes for it these days.
(08/28/99)

Celebrity rehab in the new millennium By Steve Burgess
The famous will always fall from grace. A far more interesting topic: Whose reputation will be restored?
(08/28/99)

Francis Veber plays the interview game ... and wins! By Michael Sragow
The man who gave us "The Dinner Game" and "La Cage aux Folles" is just as entertaining as his films.
(08/27/99)

Tell Laura I love her By Lorenzo W. Milam
Though the National Nag is snippish, overbearing and often insulting, some of us can't help but admire Schlessinger. Most of all we love her for her bubbles.
(08/23/99)

Julia Child: Still cookin' after all these years By Kathryn Kellinger
At 87, America's most famous and influential chef is about to serve up a new book and a new TV series, and again take us into her culinary embrace.
(08/20/99)

Loren Coleman, Loch Ness snowman of cryptozoology By Steve Burgess
In the magical land where all things are possible, he's a god, who insists that his adopted field is not just a cataloging of myths.
(08/16/99)

The shocking Frederica Sagor Maas By Jenn Shreve
A 99-year-old former screenwriter remembers Joan Crawford as a gum-chewing tart and producer Irving Thalberg as a mama's boy.
(08/13/99)

Rick Lazio: Is he or isn't he? And who the heck is he? By Keith Moore
He's the man who might have been the next senator from New York. If he were a candidate. If he could beat Hillary. If Rudy weren't around.
(08/13/99)

Portraits By Steve McCurry
A new photography book offers more than 500 compelling images of human faces taken throughout the world during two decades.
(08/06/99)

The surfing rabbi By Denise Dowling
Nachum Shifren says shooting the curl kosher-style helps Jews focus on the sea's spiritual power and reminds them, "Being religious is cool!"
(08/04/99)

Respect: Aretha Franklin, 1967 By Al Young
The Queen on the radio and a taxi driver's volcanic rant bring a whole new meaning to human connectedness and mutual R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
(08/03/99)

Courtney Love lights up Winnipeg By Steve Burgess
In which a wayfaring scribe innocently stumbles into a Hole concert, where a congregation of lager louts gets a quick, harsh lesson in timing.
(07/30/99)

Suite for heartbreak and name dropping By Lorenzo W. Milam
In the midst of a deathly tome overflowing with her dratted ego, Judy Collins attempts to tell the unembellished tale of a sad death. And she pulls it off.
(07/29/99)

A saint in the city By Karen Croft
Bruce Springsteen is more than a rock legend; he's a god.
(07/17/99)

Charles Aznavour By Jody Rosen
After six decades, the man who reinvented the French chanson, composed more than 600 songs and sold more than 100 million records is still a star and one of the last classic pop stylists.
(07/15/99)

Inside baseball By Joan Walsh
Willie Mays talks about stickball in Harlem, today's best players and his ban from the game.
(07/13/99)

All pets go to heaven By Kathy Dobie
"They laughed," she says. "But later, the same people were sitting in here crying. You don't know how you're going to feel until it happens to you."
(07/09/99)

Father of invention By Frank Houston
He lent his name to a new solid-body electric guitar, and Les Paul became synonymous with rock 'n' roll's weapon of choice.
(07/08/99)

Becoming an American By Dianne Jacob
Who knew that applying for citizenship would require me to swear I'm not a torturer or a gambler, submit a photo with my "right ear showing" and write "I am wearing a brown jacket" even though I was wearing a green one?
(07/03/99)

Cruising Cruise By Christopher Kelly
What exactly is it about Tom Cruise that has captured the imaginations, and libidos, of gay males?
(06/30/99)

A conversation with Sergei Khrushchev By Jennifer Cohen
The son of Russia's leader during the Cold War will soon be an American. (06/24/99)

Force of nature By Steve Chapple
David Brower, the grand old man of the environmental movement, talks about the Sierra Club, why conservationists shouldn't compromise and why tree-huggers should lighten up.
(06/22/99)

My own private "Notting Hill" By Steve Burgess
Never fall for someone whose image will keep pummeling you like a revolving fan blade. Lovers may leave, but the media is forever.
(06/18/99)

My magical movie mystery tour By Camille Paglia
On her U.K. "Camille Does the Movies" road trip, La Paglia enlightens the Brits about "Auntie Mame," fails to see a Roman lucky phallus and throws a diva fit over the lighting.
(06/16/99)

In defense of boxing By Steve Burgess
Oscar de la Hoya, the charismatic welterweight, offers a glimmer of hope to the sport's apologetic fans.
(06/11/99)

Wolfe in the fold By Joshua Robin
The natty novelist goes on the prowl at Stanford while researching his next book.
(06/09/99)

The disturbing case of "Ben H.," the messianic marksman By Justin Frank
Never himself, even in childhood, and armed with a high power delusional system, acting was a perfect profession for this patient.
(05/03/99)

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