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The most honest and revealing of actresses, she speaks a language of her own that we instantly understand.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 12, 2001
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She's cool, she's hot and she's back. The witchy '70s glam princess, who was Lilith Fair before there was one, is in style -- again.
By Joyce Millman
June 5, 2001
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The Zen-iest coach in basketball has a cruel streak. He's weird and it works.
By José Klein
May 29, 2001
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At age 60, with a career that spans four decades, he remains one of rock's most eloquent, sexy and unpredictable singers.
By Bill Wyman
May 22, 2001
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A North Carolina cracker proclaims the reign of rap's highest hound a triumph of decadence over the numbing boredom of the status quo, in the tradition of the Marquis de Sade and Arthur Rimbaud.
By Stephen Lemons
May 15, 2001
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With his trademark throaty growl, he's a piano bar crooner and a Coney Island barker, singing songs of loneliness and desperation.
By Anthony York
May 8, 2001
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Violence may follow her, but so does everything else. Iceland's greatest export is taking us to the verge.
By Chris Colin
May 1, 2001
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Her sexy clothes make merciless fun of sex. She's naughty, dresses like a kitschy rock Muppet and remembers when fashion had a sense of humor.
By Carina Chocano
April 24, 2001
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The controversial "Balkan Ghosts" put him on the map. His opinionated, darkly seductive reports of an unraveling world have kept him there.
By Laura Rozen
April 17, 2001
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His future's uncertain, but even if Hollywood's beloved screw-up never acts again, he'll stand as the most talented actor of his generation.
By Charles Taylor
April 10, 2001
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He went from apple harvester to capitalist kingpin to progressive savior. The countercultural investor has more money than you've ever heard of, and he just loves to give it away.
By Alan Deutschman
March 27, 2001
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With a voice you either love or hate, she belts out a song with a desperation that grabs you and won't let go.
By Amy Standen
March 20, 2001
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The one-time madcap comic deity has become the distinguished elder
statesman of humor. Hey, that's not funny!
By Stephen Lemons
March 13, 2001
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Long before "Survivor," the eccentric who created "The Gong Show" discovered that people will do anything to get on TV, and others will watch them.
By King Kaufman
March 6, 2001
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Even when she's under house arrest, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning resistance leader is a symbol of hope in the struggle for democracy in Burma.
By David Rubien
February 27, 2001
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On the good nights, he was the second best thing you could do in bed -- but
on his best nights, he was the best.
By Jack Boulware
February 20, 2001
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The funniest graduate of "Saturday Night Live" has made an art form (and a career) out of insincerity and a blank stare.
By Sean Elder
February 6, 2001
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"The Simpsons" has made him the ultimate industry insider, but it's the inane decisions and petty betrayals of clueless network executives that keep his trenchant satire fresh.
By Carina Chocano
January 30, 2001
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The award-winning creator of mythic worlds, and a master of metaphor, writes about people, animals and trees -- "nothing that is alien."
By Faith L. Justice
January 23, 2001
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The composer of "the first great piece of electronic music" influenced the Beatles, Miles Davis and numberless others. And he comes from Sirius.
By Paul McEnery
January 16, 2001
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The eternal Venus in furs owns the golden voice you hear when all the bars are closed and the whores have gone home.
By David Bowman
January 9, 2001
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He's become a legend over the last three decades, but the elusive cowboy of American theater is not going soft on us -- for damn sure.
By Kevin Berger
January 2, 2001
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Twelve profiles selected from the many fine ones published in Salon People this year -- to keep you in good company over the holidays.
December 22, 2000
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At 2 years old she was already on horseback. Last year saw her become the first female jockey inducted into thoroughbred racing's Hall of Fame.
By Mark Miller
December 19, 2000
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Balancing humor and passion, the proudly partisan Texas pundit elevates a profession dominated by mediocrity and received ideas.
By David Rubien
December 12, 2000
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