VANITY FAIR

Volume 51 Number 6

June 1988

Features

Screen Siren: With Moonlighting and a new marriage, cover star Cybill Shepherd has fought back from the Hollywood doldrums to the big screen. By Michael Shnayerson; photographs by Helmut Newton.94

The Story of "K": The Aga Khan is immensely rich, powerful, glamorous, and mysterious. He avoids publicity at any cost. Georgina Howell finds out why.100

Big-time Big Top: Richard Merkin steps right up to Le Cirque du Soleil. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.110

The Kosinski Conundrum: On the eve of Jerzy Kosinski's comeback from the literary scandal of 1982, Stephen Schiff profiles the novelist. Portrait by Helmut Newton.114

Laker Mania: Hollywood's newest power play is for courtside seats at L.A. Laker games. By Angela Janklow; photographs by Andrew Bernstein.120

Misha Makes a Mark: Annie Leibovitz spotlights dance stars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Mark Morris.124

The Armani Mystique: Ben Brantley reports from Milan, where the discreet luxury of Giorgio Armani is smoothing his expansion in America. Photographs by Snowdon.126

Homemade Hockneys: With his major retrospective hitting New York, Vanity Fair presents three original prints by David Hockney. Introduction by John Richardson.132

Unnecessary Evil: The sinister life and times of Comandante Tony Noriega. T. D. Allman penetrates to the heart of Panama's darkness.140

Editor's Letter: Maximum Chief....8

Letters: Readers bite back.....16

Mixed Media: James Wolcott on New York Times critics..........22

Books: Germaine Greer on the sisterhood star system..........32

In Memoriam: John Waters on the late, great Divine..............44

Architecture: Mark Stevens on the Louvre's Pei off...........52

Movies: Gregg Kilday on The Last Emperor's Jeremy Thomas .....64 Cars: Mark Ginsburg, Richard Meier, the Lotus Esprit Turbo.....160 Wine: Joel L. Fleishman on the wine women of Bordeaux. ...164

Columns

Fanfair

Sheehy does it. . .Potter around.. .Fields' day.. .Sound check.. . Scroll of Shame... The Brazilian connection.. .

French antique prince... Corbu anew. . . Bette with Lily... Night-table reading.. .Flashback: Rockefeller and Stalin, 1932. . . .73