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PLAGUE WARRIORS | 85
As families and hospital workers hemorrhaged to death, a SWAT team of medical experts from around the world converged on Kikwit, Zaire, to try to stem the bloody contagion of the Ebola virus. At the center of the epidemic, Laurie Garrett charts the horrifying progress of the disease and describes the epic courage of the men and women fighting this mysterious, relentless killer.
YOUNG AND RESTLESS | 94
Keanu Reeves continues speeding toward superstardom with the release of A Walk in the Clouds, his first foray into big-time sensuality. Michael Shnayerson traces Reeves’s excellent adventures thus far—the rock ’n’ roll nights, the family trauma, and the Buddhist meditations of Hollywood’s ever doubting, like Hamlet. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.
MARY, QUEEN OF SPOTS | 102
Since the death of her spoiled and willful husband, who controlled great estates inherited from the Vanderbilts and Whitneys, Marylou Whitney has come into her own. Between her unforgettable entrances (via hot-air balloon and dogsled) and her unforgettable utterances, Michael Shnayerson finds the toast of Saratoga sparring with environmentalists over the fate of her 52,000-acre Whitney Park in the Adirondacks. Photographs by Eric Boman.
ALL IN THE FAMILY | 110
As Britain’s Lord Shawcross serves up Life Sentence, his memoir of half a century in public life, Snowdon spotlights the celebrated Nuremberg prosecutor and his globe-trotting son, William (Sideshow) Shawcross, while Henry Porter marks their common ground.
THAT SINKING FEELING | 112
A ballooning budget of $200 million has made Waterworld the most expensive movie in history. Will MCA/Universal’s oversized aquacade lend new meaning to the words “Dead Sea” and drown the career of its star, Kevin Costner? In a tale that never flounders, Charles Fleming explores the depths of Hollywood hubris.
ALICIA IN WONDERLAND | 118
Her Aerosmith videos helped make Alicia Silverstone a teenage magnet for big-screen offers. With three films opening soon, the new Lolita vamps it up with Michael Musto and Michael Roberts.
