VANITY FAIR

Volume 53 Number 4

April 1990

Features

White Heat: Madonna bares it all—success, Sandra Bernhard, Sean Penn, Warren Beatty, and Dick Tracy. By Kevin Sessums; photographs by Helmut Newton .... 140

Sihanouk's Sideshow: T. D. Allman meets the rivals for Cambodia's future— Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the nation's liberator, who became perversely allied with the Khmer Rouge; and Prime Minister Hun Sen, determined to prevent a second holocaust... 150

Lynch Break: Firooz Zahedi spotlights actress Kelly Lynch.160

The Last Act of Judith Exner: The dark lady of Camelot is dying, but has found a private peace with the son she never knew. By Gerri Hirshey.162

Taylor-made: Annie Leibovitz spotlights choreographer Paul Taylor.168

Hollywood Games: In an excerpt from Dominick Dunne's new novel, An Inconvenient Woman, a New York writer hits the L.A. highlife.170

Robert Caro's Holy Fire: Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson is a best-selling mix of exhaustive scholarship and sensational scoop. By Nicholas von Hoffman.174

Art Angel Gabriella: Art collector and novelist Gabriella De Ferrari is a woman of lofty ideals. By Amy Fine Collins; photographs by Eric Boman .178

Spain's Bad Boy Grows Up: Pedro Almodovar, Spain's most influential director since Bunuel, is on the verge of a Hollywood breakthrough. By Ben Brantley.182

Merv's Swerves: Merv Griffin gambled against Trump in Atlantic City, and lost. Now he can't afford not to deal with Donald. By Marshall Blonsky.188

Columns

Editor's Letter: Back to the killing fields......................8

Mixed Media: James Wolcott on the post-Brando "ballistics" ....................54

Books: Stephen Schiff on Philip Roth and Deception, his new novel...................71

Show Business: Leslie Bennetts on producer Gil Cates—out to save the Oscar show..............88

Letter from Hollywood: Lynn Hirschberg on Lilly Tartikoff, NBC's zany First Lady ... .96

Theater: John Heilpem on playwright Peter Shaffer, back on Broadway ....................110

Wine: Joel L. Fleishman on how to know a great wine.........................200

Cars: Mark Ginsburg, k. d. lang, and the new Chevy pickup .......................202

Planetarium: Michael Lutin on walking on Aries............................252

Et Cetera

Letters: Readers bite back.....................24

Fanfair: The bright stuff...........................117

Vanities: Punsch-drunk.................241

Credits............................233