VANITY FAIR

NOVEMBER 1999 NO 471

Features

SPLIT PERSONALITY | 236

Master of hyperphysical comedy, Jim Carrey has stretched the edges of reality with his portrait of cerebral stand-up Andy Kaufman in Milos Forman's Man on the Moon. Steven Daly explores both sides of Carrey's brain. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.

BOND GIRLS ARE FOREVER | 242

Four decades of Bond Girls are captured by Annie Leibovitz, while 007 expert Bruce Feirstein memorizes their dossiers.

FORT SUMNER | 248

As Viacom C.E.O. Sumner Redstone creates the world's second-largest media company, Judith Newman probes the drive that took him from ownership of a handful of movie theaters to a $37 billion deal with CBS's Mel Karmazin. Portrait by Sam Jones.

EYE OF NEWTON | 254

A. M. Homes spotlights Helmut Newton, whose new book, SUMO, weighs 66.1 pounds and binds together the photographer's most sensual visions.

THE QUIET KING | 256

Engraved in America's memory by such films as High Noon and Meet John Doe, Gary Cooper made stardom look easy. As Cooper's daughter publishes a memoir of the man, Tom Hanks assesses the profound imprimatur of the actor.

20TH CENTURY DREAMS | 260

Why didn't Groucho Marx and T. S. Eliot share cigars? In an excerpt from their new book, 20th-Century Dreams, Nik Cohn and Guy Peellaert see a hundred years of missed opportunities.

FLIGHT OF THE MONARCHS | 268

Millions of monarch butterflies migrate south each year, but for decades scientists couldn't figure out where this orange-and-black blizzard wound up. Finding them reignited a feud, Alex Shoumatoff discovers, and keeping them alive is a bigger battle. Portraits by Robert Maxwell.

MOTHER OF ALL PUNK | 274

Betsey Osborne enters the textured world of punk poet Patti Smith, whose eighth album draws inspiration from the Constitution, the Bible, and Jerry Garcia. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

AT THE COURT OF PICASSO | 276

In an excerpt from his memoir, John Richardson recalls Pablo Picasso's final years: the eccentric Cannes villa, the worshipful inner circle, and the last sacrificial mistress, Jacqueline Roque, who gave form to the master's life and art.

Columns

THUNDER IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS | 111

For 10 years Serbia's jackal, tiny Montenegro is finally threatening to vote for independence. If the NATO powers dither, Christopher Hitchens foresees a nasty final chapter in the Milosevic wars.

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THE BIG O | 130

At 22, Orson Welles put his indelible mark on the stage with The Cradle Will Rock, the subject of Tim Robbins's next movie; three years later, he made Citizen Kane, the subject of an HBO original, RKO 281. In the end, James Wolcott points out, all is Welles.

DAMSELS IN DISSENT | 144

Though they champion modesty, motherhood, and free markets, today's young conservative amazons bear little resemblance to Anita Bryant or Phyllis Schlafly. And, writes Sam Tanenhaus, their target is Main Street, not Capitol Hill.

SEX AND THE SINGLE SALMON | 160

What bridges the gap between adolescent yearnings and mature delight? Fly-fishing, answers Robert Hughes, who recounts the education of an angler.

AMERICA'S VERMEER | 172

As a major exhibition of Norman Rockwell paintings tours the United States, writer Dave Hickey shows how the promise of those rosy-cheeked kids lives on, far past the Saturday Evening Post covers that made American art history.

O.K., LADY, DROP THE SHAWL! | 182

Incredibly soft and expensive shawls made from endangered Tibetan antelope, shahtooshes have been must-have accessories for the world's wealthiest women. They're also illegal. Bob Colacello reports on a Newark grand jury that's leaving socialites cold.

ONE FINE RAY | 196

Julian Broad and Nick Tosches spotlight Kinks front man Ray Davies, who brings a brand-new voice, sans drumbeat, to his collection of stories, Waterloo Sunset.

THE CULT OF RUTH | 202

Ruth Draper's unforgettable comic monologues made her the toast of 1920s London and New York. In the 1990s, Susan Mulcahy finds that Draper still inspires stars such as Lily Tomlin and Mike Nichols, not to mention a very devoted biographer.

Vanities

GIMME SHELTON | 223

Restaurateur Warner LeRoy serves up his speed dial; Barry White writes the book of love for Geoige Wayne; VF. Camera: Francois Nars's X-Ray visions.

Et Cetera

EDITOR'S LETTER: The Tight StufT | 78

CONTRIBUTORS | 80

LETTERS: American Beauty | 94

CREDITS | 302

PLANETARIUM: Family first, Scorpio? | 306

PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE: Annette Bening | 308

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