But Moore seems more troubled than many actresses by the difference between the woman and the role. As I sit looking at her slender physique, I find i…

“That picture said it all: I am a woman, and this is where it’s at,” says Donna Karan, Moore’s longtime friend, shouting above the traffic on her car …

By the time Moore reached the mid-nineties she seemed to be both the most-wanted and least-loved actress in Hollywood. Why? Because she was tough, ste…

Well, you know—friendly ex-husbands who are great fathers and who are very happy to share their lives “in that way” are all very well . . . but I’m su…

For the last six years, the woman who was once the best-paid actress in the industry has been living the life of a soccer mom. At home in the tiny tow…

“I was tempted and lured,” says Moore. “They were so sweet! They all left messages on my answerphone: ‘Oh, we want you to do this so-oo much!’ ” She h…

Shopping retail is harder, she says. She does do it, I’m amazed to learn (“Um, you know—Barneys. Um—Neiman’s”), and not necessarily with a personal sh…

Highlights on the City Center program reflect this effort to simultaneously root into tradition and break new ground. Maija García’s Jazz Island, with…

It isn’t always apparent how the sum of one’s pursuits will eventually coalesce. In this case, the final piece of this preparatory puzzle was Graf Mac…

A career that began with ease didn’t continue that way; injuries related to an underlying rheumatoid condition sidelined Graf Mack after just three ye…