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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
48 LATIN AMERICA
Ricky Martin may well be shaking his hips, but these Latinos are really shaking up American politics. Here’s a sweeping look at the new Latin America, including stunning portraits of Oscar De La Hoya, John Leguizamo and Cristina Saralegui that’ll make you shout “Ole!”
60 MEXICAN FIRECRACKER
BY TOM MORRIS
Salma Hayek, the sexy star of the smoldering hot Wild Wild West, isn’t just another bonita mujer. She’s a heroine in her homeland who’s fed up because Hollywood treats Mexicans like maids. Hayek can go mano a mano with the best of them—
66 THE BEST LITTLE WHORE IN AMERICA
BY LISA DEPAULO
He bartends as Elvis. He chases away skunks. He even helps out with ladies across the street. Nibs Loughey always fantasized about being mayor of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, home of the world’s largest junkyard. Sometimes dreams do come true.
74 WHO THE HELL IS BOB SMITH?
BY STEPHEN RODRICK
New Hampshire senator Bob Smith wants to be president. Problem is, no one else seems to share the sentiment. What makes the longest of long shots think that he deserves the White House?
78 WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN
BY ALLISON AND RYAN TRIPP
Most of America thinks Linda Tripp is an ogre, but have a heart: She’s a mother, too. Tripp children Allison and Ryan are here to tell what a super mom she is—and how Monica Lewinsky made their lives miserable.
82 GOD, COUNTRY, AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
BY NEAL GABLER
The comic-book world of professional wrestling is more soap opera than sport, but there’s nothing fake about its message: Outsiders can band together, battle authority, and give the world the finger. Politicians, ignore at your own peril.
COVER
Salma Hayek on the fringe. Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth in New York City. Styling by Wendy Schecter. Prop styling by Julian LaVerdiere for Smashbox NYC. Makeup by Charlie Green. Hair by Danilo for daniloworld. Salma Hayek is wearing a custom leather corset and armbands by Agatha NYC, clamdiggers by Betsey Johnson at Patricia Field NYC, hat by Ace Hat Co. at Patricia Field NYC, and shoes by Elise Anita.
17 PRIMARIES
John McCain tunes in, drops out, and gets the George makeover...Joe Lieberman’s wild fantasies...Bob Dylan: Still a-changin’...FUBU’s fashionable politics...The Scoop...We the People.
28 HUMOR
KOSOVO, 90210
The poor Berisha family was dodging bombs in Kosovo, until a Hollywood producer adopted them and gave them a new life (and new noses) in Beverly Hills. BY STEVE MARTIN
30 EYEWITNESS
LADY’S NIGHT
At the 1984 Democratic convention, Geraldine Ferraro made history as the first woman to be on a major party’s presidential ticket. Fifteen years later, she recalls that emotional night. BY GERALDINE FERRARO
32 WHITE HOUSE
THE REAL WAR ROOM
Most of Bill Clinton’s military advisers were missing in action during Vietnam. Maybe that’s why they never learned the lessons of that tragic war. BY CLAIRE SHIPMAN
34 RIGHT NOW
THE SEDUCTION OF ANN COULTER
Why should our columnist give up a cozy life of punditry to run for office? For the sheer pleasure of booting a spineless GOP moderate out of Congress. BY ANN COULTER
36 CAPITOL HILLBILLY
TRIUMPH OF THE LEMON SUCKERS
Bill Bennett and his sour-faced conservative allies just can’t resist squeezing every last drop of venom from their Clinton-bashing lips. How did they get so bitter anyway? BY PAUL BEGALA
38 ADVICE
ASK ALFONSE
Taxes raining on your wedding day? Searching for a sugar daddy? The nation’s most eligible former senator is ready to set you up. BY ALFONSE D’AMATO
40 PODIUM
MICHELLE WILLIAMS
In the new political comedy Dick, the Dawson’s Creek siren brings her scandalous charm to the Watergate saga.
42 TOP 10
TOUGHEST BOSSES IN CONGRESS
You thought your day was hell? Try dodging flying telephones, doing your boss’s laundry, and being tossed out of a car in Newark. New Jersey. Pity the poor aides who sweat it out under these Capitol Hill tyrants. BY VINCENT MORRIS
44 PLAYERS
WARRIOR PRINCESS
Mavis Leno isn’t just Jay’s wife. She’s a one-woman international strike force trying to bring Afghanistan’s Taliban regime to its male chauvinist knees. Sound bizarre? But with a flock of Hollywood feminists behind her, she might just pull it off. BY STACIE STUKES
DEPARTMENTS
10 Editor’s Letter
12 Letters
14 Contributors
99 Punch Lines
100 If I Were President
Daisy Fuentes, host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, brings some serious flower power to the White House.
