VANITY FAIR

Volume 55 Number 8

August 1992

Features

Demi's Body Language: Has Demi Moore-with a husband, two children, and two hot upcoming movies-discovered how to have it all? Jennet Conant reports; photographs by Annie Leibovitz.......... 112

Barbara's Backlash: Is Barbara Bush as fierce as they say she is, or is the First Lady just getting even? Marjorie Williams reports.......... 120

Red Menace: Annie Leibovitz spotlights Single White Female......... 126

The Secrets of Midas: Sally Bedell Smith investigates the tragic mysteries of Stavros Niarchos, the last Greek tycoon, in a rare interview with the Niarchos family........ 128

The Naked Sandra: How Sandra Bernhard, who has a new HBO special, found love in Vegas-with herself. By Lynn Hirschberg; photographs by Michel Comte.......... 138

Chris and Benno's Excellent Adventure: Will Chris Whittle and Benno Schmidt save American education, or turn it into a money-making production line? Jesse Kornbluth reports; photographs by Jonathan Becker............. 142

The Creeks Revisited: Arthur Lubow reports on the surreal fun house that is the last great estate from East Hampton's Abstract Expressionist past. Photographs by Eric Boman............ 148

Sizzlin' Sherilyn: Michel Comte spotlights Sherilyn Fenn............ 152

The King Who Saved His Country: Why the reign of Juan Carlos I of Spain is the best argument in favor of hanging on to the monarchy. By T. D. Allman............ 154

Columns

Editor's Letter: Qué hombre!........... 8

Mixed Media: James Wolcott on Peter Viertel's memoir of Huston and Hemingway....... 40

Dispatches: Leslie and Andrew Cockburn on how the U.S. is buoying Saddam....... 46

Movies: Christopher Buckley on Tim Robbins's scarily prescient election-year spoof......... 72

Books: Luke Jennings on James Hamilton-Paterson, the unsung hero of Brit lit......... 80

Politics: David Remnick on Mikhail Gorbachev's race against history....... 92

Wine: Joel L. Fleishman on mastering the art of America's Chardonnays....... 160

Planetarium: Michael Lutin on Leo's roar........ 196

Et Cetera

Letters: Readers bite back.......... 26

Fanfair: The bright stuff............ 105

Flashback: Lotte Lehmann, January 1935.......... 198

Credits............. 195