> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Talk Magazine, 1999 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/talk-magazine-1999/ - Published: 2024-08-02T18:45:42.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-02T17:45:30.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:27 ## Madonna ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2024/08/gettyimages-74971385-1722567858.jpg) Madonna (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) It's 1999, and Madonna is dressed much as you might have seen Donna Martin, minus a bunch of hair clips and spiky bits. ## With Rupert Everett ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-74971393-1722567824.jpg) Madonna and Rupert Everett (Photo by Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage) Split front pants have wormed their way back, or at least they did... last year, or maybe the year before? Also, imagine Madonna wearing a zip-front sweatshirt to an event now. I cannot. ## with Demi Moore ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-76166473-1722567835.jpg) Demi Moore and Madonna (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) "Don't you see? You don't NEED the blouse. You can JUST make a shirt with the scarf! Let me teach you." ## Demi Moore ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-81033839-1722567786-scaled.jpg) Demi Moore (Photo by KMazur/WireImage) Hope she kept that blouse, because it's BACK, and has been for a while. ## Queen Latifah ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-788203-1722567774.jpg) 355143 01: Queen Latifah attends the launch of the new magazine "Talk" August 2, 1999 in New York City. Former New Yorker editor Tina Brown and former Conde Nash vice president Ron Galotti together with Miramax created the new glamour magazine as part of a media venture that will produce projects for film and television. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Liaison) She probably DID keep all of this. ## SJP and Matthew Broderick ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-115473982-1722567634.jpg) Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick during ""Talk"" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ke.Mazur/WireImage) She was in the midst of season two of Sex and the City at this point, but hadn't QUITE assumed as much of the Carrie Bradshaw fashion persona in her real life. ## Natasha Richardson, Liam Neeson ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-104817489-1722567728.jpg) Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Well, this one is a gut punch. ## Helen Gurley Brown ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-113152895-1722567648-scaled.jpg) NEW YORK CITY - AUGUST 2: Helen Gurley Brown attends the party for Talk Magazine on August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Of COURSE looks bright and sprightly and has great accessories. ## Dr. Ruth ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-115317956-1722567661.jpg) Dr. Ruth Westheimer during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Steve Eichner/WireImage) Of COURSE Dr. Ruth danced the night away. ## Debi Mazar ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-106208953-1722567672.jpg) Debi Mazar during Party to Launch New Magazine "Talk" at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) She was (is?) besties with Madonna around this time, so I assume that's why she came? ## Elizabeth Hurley ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-109711785-1722567683.jpg) NEW YORK CITY - AUGUST 2: Actress Elizabeth Hurley attends the Talk Magazine Launch Party on August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) She's standing in front of her date Hugh Grant in this shot, but rest assured, he looks exactly like 1999 Hugh Grant. ## David Blaine ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-105846466-1722567694.jpg) David Blaine and Girlfriend during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Kevin JUST told a story about how he once went to ride the roller coaster at New York New York casino, and went to put his stuff in his assigned locker and found David Blaine sucking face in front of it. I THINK that trip was this year, so clearly Kevin somehow manifested this post. ## Gretchen Mol ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-104931700-1722567716.jpg) Gretchen Mol during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage) This was during her It Girl phase. ## Judith Light ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-104916770-1722567740-scaled.jpg) Judith Light during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage) And THIS was a week or so before she took over the lead role in *Wit* on Broadway, which is why her head is shaved. All the reviews were great and were like, "DON'T GO BACK TO TV, JUDITH," as if TV is where people went to crash. Little did they know! ## Willem Dafoe ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-105861279-1722567706.jpg) Willem DaFoe and guests during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) However, I did NOT remember that Willem had ever buzzed off his hair. ## Julianne Moore ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-81102075-1722567764.jpg) Julianne Moore (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) The messy dress! The PASHMINA! They ARE partying like it's 1999. ## Anna Friel ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1452109099-1722567882.jpg) Anna Friel (C) attends a party on Liberty Island in the Upper New York Bay on August 2, 1999\. (Photo by Steve Eichner/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images) DITTO. ## Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-76514933-1722567799.jpg) Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (Photo by Steve Eichner/WireImage) They look so NORMAL. By and large everyone does, actually, but for them it's more so. ## Helen Mirren ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-77117035-1722567811.jpg) Helen Mirren (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Oh, Helen. You've gotten so much better at this. ## Robert De Niro ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-74700416-1722567846.jpg) Robert De Niro at the Liberty Island in New York City, New York (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) The fun part about making everyone get on a ferry is that you have weird barrels in the photo backdrops. Tina Brown did not plan this very scenically. ## Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-145048369-1722567894.jpg) NEW YORK CITY - AUGUST 2: Actor Pierce Brosnan and girlfriend Keely Shaye Smith attend the Talk Magazine Launch Party on August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) What a charming rogue he has always been. ## Charlie Hunnam ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-117626528-1722567905.jpg) NEW YORK CITY - AUGUST 2: Actor Charlie Hunnam attends the Talk Magazine Launch Party on August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City. (photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) This is SUPER early Hunnam -- he hadn't done any TV in the US yet, and was just into his stint on the UK Queer as Folk. I wonder if he was featured in the issue as an up-and-comer, or something? Otherwise this feels random. Also, do we think his zipper was broken, or like... FASHION-broken? ## Lauren Bacall ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-104621037-1722567753.jpg) Lauren Bacall during "Talk" Magazine Launch Party - August 2, 1999 at Liberty Island in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) "Sure, I'll hold it, why not. I love a party." ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-51102146-1722567870.jpg) First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Discussing Her Husband's "Weaknesses" And Infidelity And Blames Some Of His Problem On Childhood Abuse, According To Excerpts Of An Interview Published In Talk Magazine Sunday, August 1, 1999\. Mrs. Clinton's Spokeswoman Marsha Berry Declined To Comment On The Published Excerpts Of An Interview That Will In The Premiere Issue Of Talk Magazine This Week, Saying Only: "The Article Will Speak For Itself." (Photo By Getty Images) And here is the premiere issue. I couldn't find the text of Hillary's interview online, in which she famously referred to Bill's infidelities as "weaknesses" linked to his childhood; [just reactions to it](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/stories/hillary080599.htm?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). ([The LA Times had a scathing rebuke of her critics](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-10-me-64419-story.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).). And while it also danced with politics in the George W. Bush interview -- [by none other than Sentient Popped Collar Tucker Carlson](https://archive.org/details/TuckersFirstInterview) \-- we need to ponder that photo of Gwyneth looking like she's slithering along the floor? Did SHE want to be Catwoman? No wonder she didn't come to the party; I wouldn't have, either. 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