Rob Lowe rebounds; He rolls with the punches after scandal
March 1, 1990
<BODY>
HOLLYWOOD - Rob Lowe is feeling very good. That sex tape scandal - the "Atlanta thing?" - he's got that polecat by the tail.
"Have you ever seen Raging Bull?" he asks, that handsome face contorting into the tortured boxer's look Robert De Niro affected for the scene in which Sugar Ray Robinson beats Jake LaMotta to a bloody pulp.
<HEADER:A245381>
Andy Rooney returns; After outcry, CBS lifts suspension
March 2, 1990
<BODY>
NEW YORK - Andy Rooney may have had the shortest three-month suspension in TV history.
Sunday, he returns to 60 Minutes after being off the air without pay for only 32 days because of anti-black and anti-gay quotes attributed to him.
<HEADER:A271683>
A Rose centennial; Honoring the queen of the Kennedys
July 13, 1990
<BODY>
"The head of the greatest employment agency in America" - that's how Rose Kennedy was introduced one wintry day in 1962 at a Washington, D.C., awards ceremony.
Then-U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson chuckled as he said the line, referring, of course, to the powerful political dynasty that Rose and her accomplished husband, Joseph P. Kennedy, had spent almost the last half a century creating - the Kennedy clan.
<HEADER:A294029>
The Costner principle; Film star stays his own course - on and off screen; Family man has crafted his stardom
Nov. 6, 1990
<BODY>
The first time a limousine pulled up in front of Kevin Costner's house, he and his wife went out and took pictures of it.
Then they called the neighbors out to come take pictures of them standing in front of it.
<HEADER:A309587>
Estefan out of the dark; 'Light' album cuts shadow of bus crash
Jan. 29, 1991
<BODY>
MIAMI BEACH - Gloria Estefan notices hands.
It was one of the first things that attracted her to husband Emilio, when she spotted him playing an accordion in 1975. Her own handshake is very strong. Unusually drawn-out. Incredibly sincere.
<HEADER:A347317>
<ICON:P>
Acting their ages; Cronyn and Tandy relish golden year
Dec. 9, 1991
<BODY>
NEW YORK - In any other year, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn would complain bitterly about lack of acting jobs for people in their 80s. But the octogenarian pair - a '90s counterpart of legendary acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne - has completed five movies between them in the past six months. Before that, their careers were on hold while Tandy battled ovarian cancer.
<HEADER:A328691>
Raitt finds Lady Luck; Singer's new album has a look of love
June 24, 1991
<BODY>
LOS ANGELES - "I'm in the catbird seat," says singer Bonnie Raitt, explaining the title of her new "Luck of the Draw" album, in stores today. "I can't think of anyone who's luckier than me."
Is it luck or vindication? After 20 years as an embattled blues apostle on the fringes of fame, she became pop's Cinderella when her 10th album, "Nick of Time," swept three Grammys, shot to No. 1 and sold nearly 3 million copies. "Luck of the Draw" suggests the stroke of midnight is a long way off.
<HEADER:A343636>
<ICON:P>
Roseanne's mystique; Against all odds - still on top; Arnold's image comes up Rosey
Nov. 5, 1991
<BODY>
Roseanne Arnold's image has taken a sharp turn.
Gone is the vulgar, blue-collar sitcom queen who massacred the national anthem and grabbed her crotch at the Padres-Reds game, who mooned fans and mud-wrestled in a Vanity Fair pictorial.
<HEADER:A348605>
Awash in splash of 'Tides'; Streisand is buoyant amid her critics
Dec. 19, 1991
<BODY>
BEL-AIR, Calif. - Barbra Streisand is suffering post-partum blues.
Her triple-whammy first film in four years, The Prince of Tides - she stars, directs and produces - opens on Christmas Day. But that baby is no longer hers, and she is not dealing with that easily.
<HEADER:A351541>
Brooks breaks country barriers; His thunder rolls onto network TV
Jan. 17, 1992
<BODY>
As Lars Ulrich of Metallica blurted out on a recent MTV retrospective of 1991's top musicmakers:
"Who the hell is Garth Brooks?"
To find out, Ulrich and others who've been playing second fiddle to this chart-topping husky country boy should see tonight's one-cowboy special, This Is Garth Brooks (NBC, 9 EST/PST).
<HEADER:A313565>
<ICON:P>
Out of the shadows; Brando surrenders privacy for the sake of son Christian and daughter Cheyenne; Fatherhood, film legend's toughest role
Feb. 26, 1991
<BODY>
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Marlon Brando - the epitome of eccentric Hollywood legendry - will have won and lost when his son Christian's sentencing hearing begins today.
When Christian Brando pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Jan. 4, he was spared a murder trial and a possible life prison sentence. It was also viewed as a victory of sorts for the elder Brando - who used his power, money and fame to protect his family with Godfather-like devotion and tenacity.
<HEADER:A348690>
Celebrities star in scandals of the rich and infamous
Dec. 19, 1991
<BODY>
Seems every year has its own convoluted Hollywood scandal.
In 1942, it was Errol Flynn's double statutory rape trial. In 1958, Lana Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, killed her mother's lover and stirred up Hollywood courtrooms for weeks. In 1989, a video of Rob Lowe dallying naked with an underage girl at the 1988 Democratic convention led to civil charges by her mother.
<HEADER:A358737>
Royal shock waves; Britain abuzz with talk of York split
March 19, 1992
<BODY>
Royal watchers worldwide are awaiting official word on whether Sarah, Duchess of York - the tempestuous, controversial redhead who married into Britain's royal family in 1986 - is walking out on her naval-officer husband, Prince Andrew. If true, the breakup would have major implications for the royal family and its heir, Prince Charles.
<HEADER:A367821>
Young Elvis is 1st-class winner
June 5, 1992
<BODY>
MEMPHIS - The rockabilly Elvis, considered too radical for 1950s TV, will be immortalized on a U.S. postage stamp in January.
The young Elvis outpolled an older, jumpsuited portrait of the King 851,200 to 277,723 in an unprecedented nationwide vote. Among the voters: President Bush, handed a ballot by former Postmaster General Anthony Frank. Frank won't say how the president voted.
<HEADER:A367942>
Unhappily ever after; Di's prince is a frog, new bios say
June 8, 1992
<BODY>
Never let the light in on the magic - that's the Buckingham Palace credo.
Too late. The spotlight has been fixed, the mystique is gone. And the royal fairy tale is shattered.
<HEADER:A376322>
Arthur Kent suspended by NBC News
Aug. 14, 1992
<BODY>
NBC News has suspended gulf war star Arthur Kent without pay, saying he refused an assignment to cover relief efforts in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
But Kent, in Rome, indicated the problem is part of an ongoing dispute with the network. "Everything is going to be resolved to remove any confusion connected to my name. I will soon be free to return to the field."
<HEADER:A370742>
Talk of the town; Tina Brown, there at 'The New Yorker'; Will she bring the glitz of 'Vanity Fair'
July 1, 1992
<BODY>
Forget those California tremors: For people in publishing, the real earthquake occurred Tuesday at 11 a.m. when it was announced that Tina Brown was taking the helm at the sacred New Yorker.
Yes. That Tina Brown, the glitzy 38-year-old Brit who turned the close-to-extinction Vanity Fair into the most talked-about magazine today. She has seized the public's attention with the magazine's shock covers - no one will forget the buck-naked, pregnant Demi Moore - and pieces on everything from women who still sleep with the Rolling Stones to Jeffrey Dahmer to priests who molest children.
<HEADER:A376858>
Woody and Mia: He said, she said
Aug. 19, 1992
<BODY>
The Woody Allen/Mia Farrow breakup has turned into a war of escalating accusations, with the truth obscured in the barrage.
Accusations of child abuse, blackmail and manipulation have been flying between the two camps ever since Allen filed suit Thursday to gain custody of their three children. Allen and Farrow, who never married but have been together for 11 1/2 years, recently split and Allen acknowledged he had fallen in love with Farrow's 21-year-old adopted daughter, Soon-Yi.
<HEADER:A377232>
Appalled Britons want to strip Fergie - of title
Aug. 24, 1992
<BODY>
The furor over Fergie, fanned by topless photos, has the British public red-hot.
A new survey shows 86% of Britons think the Duchess of York - as if she hasn't bared enough - should be stripped of her title if divorced from Prince Andrew.
