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...Moon, the biopic on eccentric comedian ANDY KAUFMAN? "He's extraordinary," says Carol Kane, who plays herself in the film. Rumor has it that Carrey has asked for two trailers on the set, one for when he's playing Kaufman and one for when he's playing Kaufman's alter ego, Tony Clifton. Odd as this is, it's nothing on Kaufman. Apparently, when Kaufman was in character as the lizardly Clifton, he would eat food like red meat that the comic, who was a vegetarian, wouldn't normally touch. After such binges, Kaufman would occasionally eat a length...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 14, 1998 | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...Deep Midwinter, established him as a sensitive and forgiving spinner of sepia-colored tales that find the tenderness in men. His new book is more of a morality tale dressed as a murder mystery. Mr. White is a painfully shy salesclerk who photographs showgirls in his room; his alter ego, Wesley Horner, is an anguished cop with unsolved mysteries of his own. As dime-a-dance girls start showing up dead in St. Paul, Minn., in 1939, the men's paths intersect, and a story of guilt and innocence turns into a pulsing tale of redemption and original goodness, pitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mr. White's Confession | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

While Alexander emphasized the economic benefits of his tax code for families, he also focused on his desire to alter the focus...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alexander Stumps for Tax Reform | 9/11/1998 | See Source »

...warhorse may yet generate enough adrenaline for another comeback. But even if Yeltsin can hang on, he is a profoundly diminished political figure. His aides last week started negotiating with the Duma over a "political agreement" that would alter the Constitution by taking away the President's power to issue decrees on the economy, limiting his ability to dismiss and appoint governments and transferring many of those prerogatives to the parliament and the Cabinet. In other words, these were the terms for Yeltsin's surrender. In return, the parliament would halt impeachment proceedings and pass a law giving the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russian Roulette | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...that the heat shield had come loose, which meant that if it were to separate completely on re-entry, Glenn would be devoured in a flood of flames. The warning signal proved false, but Glenn and the people back at NASA could not know that, so men had to alter re-entry procedures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Glenn: A Realm Where Age Doesn't Count | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

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