Entertainment FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994

NEWS & NOTES lO/Oh, No, Oprah Turmoil intheTV queen's inner circle... Cher's home-furnishings catalog...TriStar sues Disney...The "right" movies...Monitor...Hot Sheet...Flashes. the Set TTie i2oad to WeZZwZZe tweaks prim sensibilities.

features 22/COVER Copping a New Attitude BY BRUCE \ FRETTs With now inDavid Caruso's squad car, the NYPD Blue team can go back tofighting crime rather than each other. 32/America's Most Wanted by nisid hajari How Veruca Salt set off amajor-label bidding war and rocketed from novices tothe Next Big Thing inless than ayear. 36/Host in the Machine by bruce pretts After years on the stand-up circuit, Jon Stewart lands asteady job in the late-night arena. But can he stand the pace? 44/Siack Happy BY rebecca ascher-walsh StarGate's is unimpressed by his success, panning many of his own films. Fortunately, this bad promoter is afar better actor.

reviews 46/MOVIES OWEN gleiberman on Hoop Dreams; also StarGate and The Road to Wellville. ®®''"*"^'-EVISION KEN TUCKER on Scarlett; also Brett Butler. Sold Out. pl us: Beth Broderick isn't tobe underestimated. 64/BOOKS LISA scHWARZBAUMonSalUeTlsdale's Thlk Dirty to Me; also John Denver's memoirs and Ian Frazier's Family. 70/MUSIC DAVID BROWNE On the Eagles and Led ZeppeUn reunions, pl us; Maiy Chapin Carpenter ponders life alone. 78/MULTIMEDIA ty burr on CD-ROMmaga2dnes; also Microsoft Arcade and Earthquake. PLUS: Rating games' violence. 86/VIDEO OWEN GLEIBERMAN on John Wayne Babbitt Uncut; also Star Trek: The Beginnings, plus: Bobbitt vs. the Duke.

PARENTS' GUIDE to recent music releases.

DEPARTMENTS 6/Mail John Travolta, Marlon Brando, Martin Landau, Elvis. 96/Encore Nov. 13,1977: Li'l Abner appears for the final time.

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