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The autocrat of the coffee table

James Poniewozik
A recent exhibit of TV Guide covers makes it clear that the magazine's great success has been its humble acceptance of the fact that it was never meant to be much more than a coffee table coaster and its refusal to change its kitschy, limited-use format.

My Serengeti crapshoot

Rajiv Rao
Rajiv Rao's safari in Tanzania was spectacular, until he had to answer nature's call in the middle of the night -- and discovered that lions had surrounded the outhouse.

Zorro vs. Tarzana

Stephen Talbot
How the masked avenger taught a white kid from the suburbs that California's past -- and its present -- was older, darker and more soulful than he had ever dreamed.

Is Bill Gates a closet liberal?

Andrew Leonard
The money trail of his philanthropy suggests some clues to the political leanings of Microsoft's founder.

Media Circus

Catherine Seipp

Sound Salvation: Comically incorrect

Sarah Vowell
Chris Rock riffs on unfunny old themes--in "Roll With the New."

California Demon

Gary Kamiya
California demon: Denis Johnson's 'Already Dead' explodes genres and other expectations on its way to something rich and really, really strange.

Hercules

Charles Taylor
Disney's Hercules is a show-tune-spouting, buff demigod bent on self-improvement (and world domination).

Gary Oldman

Richard Covington
Actor Gary Oldman plays vampires and sadists, suicidal punks and assorted fiends and weirdos. But don't call him crazy.

THE O.J. TRIAL, PART 2:
BRING BACK INSTANT REPLAY

Gary Kamiya
For those outraged by this century's most notorious perversion of justice, media condemnation has become the court of last appeal

How I became the story at the Great Debate of '96

Tom Tomorrow
Where the media elite meet on the post-debate beat
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