The Year's People

They glittered, they glowed, they goofed up, they split up

Stayin' Alive

In March, New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani epitomized the spoofing spirit of the media mafia's Inner Circle dinner. Things got heavier fast as the mayor learned he had prostate cancer, revealed he had a girlfriend, separated from his wife and nixed his prospective U.S. Senate campaign against Hillary Clinton.

The Big One-Eight

On June 21, while most of the royals attended a party thrown by Queen Elizabeth II for the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew--who in the days and weeks ahead would turn 100, 70, 50 and 40, respectively--Prince William spent his 18th...

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