People: Sep. 8, 1986

"There had been so many lies, so many misconceptions," says Tina Turner, explaining why she wrote I, Tina, published this week by William Morrow. The title describes the new attitude she developed during her mid-1970s breakup with Ike Turner, who, she says, beat and abused her. "Instead of using 'we,' meaning Ike and myself, everything from that point on was 'I' -- what I think, what I want," reflects Turner, 47. Her wants are certainly being met. Last week she became the 1,841st celebrity to get her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And then there is a new...

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