Notebook

By Melissa August, Matthew Cooper, Wendy Cole, Ellin Martens, Desa Philadelphia, Julie Rawe, Alain Sanders, Flora Tartakovsky and Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

FIDEL CASTRO Lets dad go to U.S.; takes edge in cute Cuban urchin p.r. war. Time for Gore to adopt Elian?

'N SYNC Bubble-gum boy band's CD breaks records. Next stop: rehab

KATHLEEN TURNER Nude at 45 in stage version of The Graduate. Bancroft was (yikes!) 36 in film

[& LOSERS]

BILL CLINTON Judge sez White House letter dump on Willey was illegal. Sex and lies? That's totally 1998

JULIAN ROBERTSON Financial biggie shuts down hedge funds after losing billions. If he's getting out of the market...

NUDE DANCERS Court rules they can be banned. New stag-party cry: "Impeach Rehnquist!"