VANITY FAIR

Volume 56 Number 2

February 1993

Features

Diana's Revenge: Britain's monarchy may be falling down, falling down. And Princess Diana, who took on the royal family and emerged victorious, may be their final bulwark. Anthony Holden reports. 102

The FOB Watch: Robert Risko imagines the scene at Bill Clinton's A-list inaugural bash. Matthew Tymauer sizes up the crowd. 112

Mighty Joe Roth: Twentieth Century Fox's former chairman has navigated the treacherous Hollywood waters to net an unprecedented deal with Disney Studios. Edward Klein finds out how he did it. Photograph by Harry Benson. 114

Say Say Sadie: Though she took a big bite out of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Sadie Frost is far from sated. Photograph by Firooz Zahedi. 118

The Witch Doctor of German Art: As MOMA mounts a major exhibition of drawings by the late Joseph Beuys, Mark Stevens reconsiders the enigmatic artist-mystic. 120

Two Thumbs Up: Annie Leibovitz goes on location with the stars of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. 126

Escandalo in Brazil: His brother's explosive accusations have helped bring down President Fernando Collor de Mello. Luisita Lopez Torregrosa interviews the warring members of Brazil's First Family. Photographs by Jonathan Becker. 132

Panoramic Parsons: Dancer David Parsons gets himself a killer view. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz. 140

Portrait of a Marriage: In an excerpt from her new book, Carol Felsenthal delves into the tragic marriage that almost destroyed The Washington Post's Katharine Graham but ultimately catapulted her to the top of a media empire. 142

Emma-culate Reflection: Oscar contender Emma Thompson could be any man's muse. Photograph by Snowdon. 150

Columns

Editor's Letter: High-stakes games. 14

Cultural Elite: Christopher Hitchens discusses bigotry with Walter Mosley, Bill Clinton's favorite thriller novelist. 46

Fashion: Stephen Fried recounts the tragic self-destruction of an 80s supermodel ... 54

Books: Joan Juliet Buck reviews the lives of Holocaust writer Louis Begley.. 72

Planetarium: It's a new age, Aquarians. 179

Vanities

The Devil and Mr. Vidal; Cristophe on clipping Clinton; George Wayne with the Russian Madonna; Mama Martha Gellhorn; Nicky Haslam's shoe fetish; Sydney Biddle Barrows' bananarama; Steven Seagal's grapes of wrath. 85

Et Cetera

Letters: Twist and shout. 36

Flashback: Willa Cather, July 1927 180

Credits. 163