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PEOPLE, Page 88FACES OF THE DECADE
Bruce Springsteen. Let others put on the glitz. Bruce
Springsteen just rolls up his sleeves and keeps making the music
he knows best and stadium audiences want most: angst-driven rock
that was born in the U.S.A. Refreshingly, he has stayed as he
started: strictly blue collar, strictly New Jersey and always the
Boss.
Cher. Sure, there isn't much to her costumes, many of which
would fit into a good-size envelope. But there's more to the former
Cherilyn Sarkisian than a wisp of black chiffon and a handful of
glittering rhinestones. She has that magic quality: the knack of
reinventing herself. First she was famous, and then, in the '80s,
she became good.
Mother Teresa. She is the celebrity of the poor, the antithesis
of the decade's dominant values. Who else would bypass the merely
needy to seek out the "poorest of the poor"? Traveling widely for
the order of charity she started, she moved world leaders and plain
people everywhere. A Nobel laureate, she delights in replying by
hand to her admirers, whether an American schoolchild or Queen
Elizabeth.
Nancy Reagan. No need to ask who ran the Reagan White House.
The First Lady was a tidy little homemaker who tried to dust off
Administration members who displeased her, shined up to an
astrologer about her husband's schedule and "borrowed" designer
dresses to make a good impression.
Madonna. Remembrance of things past can be a smart career move
for a pop icon. Madonna looked backward to establish her financial
future. Delving into nightmares and childhood fantasies, she
shrewdly fashioned them into slick, top-selling music videos that
stopped just on the near side of shock. Such a material girl.
Eddie Murphy. Remember that skinny kid who was the class clown?
Well, he's still pretty fresh-mouthed, even for Hollywood. After
Beverly Hills Cop made him a superstar, he played director,
producer, writer. Never mind that Harlem Nights has received faint
praise; fans are lining up. Eddie's the one with the last laugh.
Princess of Wales. In this '80s fairy tale, shy Di weds her
Prince and gets to wear a great number of stylish hats. The
Princess of Wales, who once said her brain was "the size of a pea,"
then brings some badly needed glamour to Britain's fusty royals --
and the world's photographers live happily ever after.
Sly Stallone. As military overachiever of the 1980s, Rambo was
outshone only by Oliver North. For the '90s, let the pumped-up
ponder this: lately Sly has been spotted wearing a business suit
and peering through wire-rim spectacles. Call it Rambo takes out
Wall Street. Michael Jackson. Now you see him, now you don't. One
minute he's moonwalking to center stage; the next he's a recluse,
hiding from the public. His is the decade's best-known face -- or
faces, depending on the year -- and if 15 minutes of fame is all
anybody gets, he's already used up more time than the entire
population of Wichita.
Meryl Streep. Pardon her while she slips into something more
comfortable -- like a new accent. The woman of many voices
dominated the screen, making eleven films in the '80s and earning
six Oscar nominations. She shouldn't get one for the hapless
She-Devil, but she looked pretty in pink and talked like a real
lady.