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THE FOUR OF US The Story of a Family. By Elizabeth Swados. 243 pp. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $19.95. IT is tempting to be glib and suggest that [...]

BACKSTORY 2 Interviews With Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. Edited by Pat McGilligan. Illustrated. 417 pp. Berkeley: University of California Press. $29.95. The popular image of the screenwriter is [...]

For the past year, Caroline Chikezie has been shuttling between her native Lodon and Los Angeles (where she keeps an apartment near the Beverly Center), but it's not just for [...]

The market for U.K. country homes is heating up thanks to movers and shakers in search of the simple life. Mike Newell, Sam Mendes, Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant are [...]

Mick Jagger as an industrious West Indies landlord? It's almost as improbable a role as his sulky chief of an escort service in "The Man From Elysian Fields." But it's […]

Beleaguered assistants, take heart! There's a new crew in town to help take the load off. Quintessentially, the prestigious London-based concierge service that provides 'access to the inaccessible' for well-bankrolled [...]

Three months ago, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the co-creators of BBC America's "The Office," set up a work space in London's media gulch. Unlike the space they so wickedly […]

If you want to find the best of London, go east. Everything seems to be moving east. I was a bit of a pioneer in that respect. I've been living […]

An Oscar may not be in the cards for helmer Alan Parker this year, but he can take comfort in at least one nomination. Parker's debut novel, 'The Sucker's Kiss,' [...]

Coppola is not the only name of an Oscar-winning director that might turn up in your kitchen. Anthony Minghella's father, Edward, started Minghella's Ice Creams on the isle of Wight [...]

Focuses on how celebrity mothers have taken time out of show business to care for their families. Mothers who have decided to take time out of work, including Celine Dion, Demi Moore, Annette Bening, and Jodie Foster; Way that Tabitha Soren gave up a job at MTV to raise her children.

Features clothing, shoes, fashion accessories and celebrities in the United States. Personal style of actress Monica Belluci; Description of costume designer, Joseph G. Aulisi, of the look of the film `Charlie's Angels'; Answers to real fashion questions.

Profiles actor Michael Caine, who is nominated for an Academy Award for his role in 'The Cider House Rules.'

Presents news briefs regarding celebrities such as Warren Beatty for October 18, 1999.

Profiles several people who were famous during the 1960s. Twiggy, who was a supermodel; Singer Petula Clark; Restauranteur Michael Chow; Photographer David Bailey; Motion picture director Richard Lester; Model Jean Shrimpton; Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon; Fashion designer Mary Quant.

Reports on the efforts of Catherine Meyer, wife of British Ambassador Christopher Meyer, to win custody of her sons back. How her first husband Hans-Peter Volkmann gained custody of the two in Germany; Comments from Meyer's children that they wished to remain in Germany; Background of Meyer's marriage to Volkmann and her sons; Meyer's position as co-chair of the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

LEAD: GRACE: The Secret Lives of a Princess. By James Spada. (Dolphin/Doubleday, $17.95.) Just five years after Grace Kelly's sudden death, James Spada's principal revelation in ''Grace: The Secret Lives [...]

Profiles 14-year-old Prince William of Great Britain, who has become the reluctant idol of thousands of British schoolgirls. His appearance in British magazine `Smash Hits'; His hobbies and interests; Thoughts on being chaperoned; His parents' divorce negotiations; Closeness to mother, Princess Diana.

Discusses the long-awaited divorce announcement of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew. Sarah's alleged relationship with John Bryan; Influence of Princess Diana on their relationship; Fergie's flirtations with friend Thomas Muster; Amount of divorce settlement; Prince Andrew's reaction.

Reports on the controversy surrounding the Kennedy clan's visit to Northern Ireland to hear the case of `The Queen vs. Paul Michael Hill.' Clan member Hill's appeal for a retrial on the murder of a British soldier; Effect of the Kennedys presence on the judges hearing the case; Other political involvements by the Kennedys in Northern Ireland.

Features the tribute for the late Princess Diana of Wales for the grace and compassion she had extended in her charity work. Kinds of charity involvement of Diana; Donations for the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund; Comments of the people whom she had visited; Total number of charities that Diana had represented; Information about the outfits that Diana used in every function she attended.

This article presents information regarding political situation of Palau. Like New Zealand, Palau is embroiled in a protracted wrangle with the U.S. over its right to remain nuclear free. But Palau has far more to lose by defying Washington. A UN strategic trust territory under U.S. administration since 1947, the island became a republic in 1981 and achieved a measure of legislative independence. The U.S. has promised $1 billion in aid over fifty years if islanders approve the Compact of Free Association, which would give Palau a murky legal status somewhere between territory and sovereign state.

TROUBLE IN PALAU Can the Island Stay Nuke Free? To many in the developed world, the Micronesian Islands still conjure up Gaugin-like images of a tranquil paradise far removed from [...]

Profiles 13-year old Kelly Yeomans. How classmates teased her; The torment her family was under due to neighborhood bullies; Reactions to Kelly Yeoman's suicide; Claims from Mike Shaw, the principal at the school Kelly attended, that he knew nothing of the teasing; Problems the town has with delinquent children.

Reports that mystery writer Anne Perry took part in a murder while a young girl in New Zealand in 1954. Details of the murder case; How Perry changed her identity and moved to England after being released from prison; Success as a writer; How she has hidden this secret for forty years; Her childhood; How she feels now that the truth has been revealed; Reaction from her neighbors and fans.

Features Betty Boothroyd, the first woman Speaker of Britain's House of Commons. Number of women as Members of Parliament; Salary; Job motivation; Pageantry and power; Tie-breaking vote; Interest in dance; Band member; Friends in United States Congress.

Focuses on three millionaire's heirs and how they will plan to look after their inheritances. Paris and Nicky Hilton; Vanessa and Victoria Traina; Adam Gracely.

Focuses on four billionaire's heirs and how they will plan to look after their inheritances. Eric and Ivanka Trump; Amanda Hearst and Lydia Hearst-Shaw; Holly Branson; Paige Johnson.

Directing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in 'Holiday in the Sun' in the Bahamas in 2001 gave Steve Purcell a glimpse of their huge popularity--especially when guests at the Atlantis Resort learned the twins were on the premises. Along with their straight-to-video movies, the company licenses a line of Olsen clothes, books, electronics, games, bedding, and dolls (second only to Barbie in sales) to Wal-Mart that grossed $1 billion last year. At private school in Los Angeles, California their main concern is prepping for the SAT. They like shopping (for Seven jeans and Marc Jacobs), boys (Ashley has a steady in college) and Jimmy Choo shoes. As for big splurges, they employ a private hairdresser, and Mary-Kate has a horse.

For Brian Delaney, the hardest part of his low-calorie lifestyle is not, he says, coping with hunger pangs. Nor is it having to dress more warmly because his body temperature is always below normal. Delaney is a leading proponent of Calorie Restriction for Optimum Nutrition (CRON), an approach to eating that can limit daily food intake to between about 1,200 and 1,800 calories. This is at least 20 percent below the generally recommended intake for adults. Delaney and a growing number of like-minded eaters belong to the Calorie Restriction Society, of which he is president. Practitioners of CRON maximize nutrition while minimizing calories by consuming foods like salmon, hummus, roasted beets and egg whites.