VANITY FAIR

Volume 54 Number 1

January 1991

Features

Bruce on the Loose: Bruce Willis has been stung by the tabloids long enough, and he's getting even as the unscrupulous newsman in The Bonfire of the Vanities. By Anthony Haden-Guest; photographs by Annie Leibovitz. 52

The Light of Hussein: Jordan's Queen Noor used to be all-American Lisa Halaby. Now she and her husband, King Hussein, are fighting for the future of their nation, and the monarchy. Dominick Dunne reports from Amman. 58

The Brady Offensive: James Brady, who was shot in the Reagan assassination attempt ten years ago, and his wife, Sarah, are waging war on the N.R.A.—and on its champions in Congress. Ron Rosenbaum reports 66

Miller Time: Jim Rasenberger spotlights Penelope Ann Miller.72

The David Lynch of Architecture: Philip Johnson protege Peter Eisenman is a Jungian Deconstructivist who builds weird, intimidating buildings. And clients are clamoring. By John Seabrook; photographs by George Lange.74

Sophia: What becomes a legend most? Probably not the ads and TV movies Sophia Loren has been making lately. But now she's returning to the big screen—with Lina Wertmiiller. By Nancy Collins; photographs by Annie Leibovitz.80

Being There: New York is a helluva town and the man in charge, David Dinkins, is facing an impossible dilemma. Marie Brenner reports on the making of a mayor. 86

Baby Grand Soprano: Rupert Christiansen spotlights Cecilia Bartoli.96

Charm Kills—The George Hamilton Story: He plays a moneyman for the Mob in Godfather III, but what did he do for Imelda Marcos? Bob Colacello reports; photographs by Wayne Maser.98

Columns

Editor's Letter: Firing line . 6

Mixed Media: James Wolcott on novelist Charles Portis's comic road show to chaos 16

Behavior: Ann Louise Bardach on the epidemic of sexual addiction 24

Letter from London: Ben Brantley on Melvyn Bragg, Britain's prime-time arts czar 36

Et Cetera

Letters: Readers bite back 12

Fanfair: The bright stuff. 43

Vanities: The party's over.131

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