Editing Cher (section)

=== 1987–1992: Hollywood stardom and third musical comeback ===
Cher starred in three films in 1987.{{sfn|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=151}} In [[Peter Yates]]' [[legal thriller]] ''[[Suspect (1987 film)|Suspect]]'', she portrayed a public defender aided and romanced by a juror ([[Dennis Quaid]]) in a homicide case. In [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]]'s [[comedy horror]] ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'', she played one of three small-town divorcees—alongside [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] and [[Susan Sarandon]]—seduced by a mysterious, wealthy visitor ([[Jack Nicholson]]). In [[Norman Jewison]]'s romantic comedy ''[[Moonstruck]]'', she starred as an Italian widow who falls for her fiancé's younger brother ([[Nicolas Cage]]).{{sfn|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=151}} The latter two films ranked among 1987's top ten highest-grossing movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1987|title=1987 Yearly Box Office Results|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 14, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024545/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1987|archive-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref>

''The New York Times''{{'}} Janet Maslin wrote ''Moonstruck'' "offers further proof that Cher has evolved into the kind of larger-than-life movie star who's worth watching whatever she does".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/16/movies/film-moonstruck-with-italians-in-love.html |title=Film: ''Moonstruck'', With Italians in Love |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 16, 1987 |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723133336/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/16/movies/film-moonstruck-with-italians-in-love.html |url-status=live}}</ref> For that film, Cher won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]{{sfn|Bego|2001|pp=213}} and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy]].<ref name=GoldenGlobes/> By 1988, Cher had become one of the most bankable actresses of the decade, commanding $1&nbsp;million per film.{{sfn|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=151}} That year, she released the fragrance Uninhibited, which earned about $15&nbsp;million in its first year sales.{{sfn|Berman|2001|pp=68–72}}

By the late 1980s, Cher had developed a reputation for her exhibitionist fashion, plastic surgeries and relationships with younger men.{{sfn|Mansour|2005|p=82}} She dated actors [[Val Kilmer]], [[Eric Stoltz]] and [[Tom Cruise]], [[Bon Jovi]] guitarist [[Richie Sambora]], hockey player [[Ron Duguay]], film producer [[Joshua Donen]] and Rob Camilletti, a baker 18 years her junior—dubbed the "Bagel Boy" by the media—whom she was with from 1986 to 1989.<ref>Cher's romantic relationships during the 1980s:
* Rob Camilletti: {{cite magazine|ref=none|last=Miller|first=Samantha|url=http://people.com/archive/the-ex-files-vol-52-no-21/|title=The Ex Files|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=November 29, 1999|access-date=January 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221942/http://people.com/archive/the-ex-files-vol-52-no-21/|archive-date=December 26, 2016}}
* Tom Cruise: {{cite news |ref=none |first=Amanda |last=Sidman |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/turn-back-time-cher-mrs-tom-cruise-article-1.278126 |title=If she could turn back time, Cher might be Mrs. Tom Cruise |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=April 29, 2008 |access-date=January 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203053457/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/turn-back-time-cher-mrs-tom-cruise-article-1.278126 |archive-date=February 3, 2016}}
* Joshua Donen: {{cite magazine|ref=none|last=Jerome|first=Jim|url=http://people.com/archive/chers-got-critics-raving-over-her-risky-role-and-offscreen-shes-got-a-loving-new-man-vol-23-no-11/|title=Cher's Got Critics Raving Over Her Risky Role – And Offscreen She's Got a Loving New Man|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=March 18, 1985|access-date=January 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221832/http://people.com/archive/chers-got-critics-raving-over-her-risky-role-and-offscreen-shes-got-a-loving-new-man-vol-23-no-11/|archive-date=December 26, 2016}}
* Ron Duguay: {{harvnb|Bego|2001|p=377}}
* Val Kilmer: {{cite magazine|ref=none|last=Jerome|first=Jim|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-cher-finds-a-new-life-vol-21-no-3/|title=Cher Finds a New Life|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=January 23, 1984|access-date=January 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019083440/http://people.com/archive/cover-story-cher-finds-a-new-life-vol-21-no-3/|archive-date=October 19, 2016}}
* Richie Sambora: {{cite magazine|ref=none|url=http://people.com/archive/engaging-behavior-vol-42-no-14/|title=Engaging Behavior|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=October 3, 1994|access-date=January 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221922/http://people.com/archive/engaging-behavior-vol-42-no-14/|archive-date=December 26, 2016}}
* Eric Stoltz: {{harvnb|Bego|2001|p=377}}</ref>

[[File:Pediatric AIDS Foundation - Washington, D.C. - seen on Wednesday, June 21, 1989.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Cher sings on stage in a black fringed mini dress with spaghetti straps, her dark curly hair framing her face. A drum set is visible in the background.|Cher performing during a benefit concert for [[Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation]] in 1989]]

In 1987, Cher signed with [[Geffen Records]] and revived her musical career with what music critics Johnny Danza and Dean Ferguson described as "her most impressive string of hits to date", establishing her as a "serious rock and roller&nbsp;... a crown that she'd worked long and hard to capture".<ref name=Danza/> [[Jon Bon Jovi]], [[Michael Bolton]], Richie Sambora and [[Desmond Child]] produced her first Geffen album, ''[[Cher (1987 album)|Cher]]''.<ref name=Danza/> Despite facing strong retail and radio airplay resistance upon its release,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-07-02.pdf |title=Cher's Singing Career Has Sunny Outlook |last=Morris |first=Chris |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=July 2, 1998 |page=30 |volume=100 |number=27 |access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref> the album proved to be a commercial success, certified platinum by the RIAA.<ref name=RIAA/> ''Cher'' features the [[hair metal]] power ballad "[[I Found Someone (Cher song)|I Found Someone]]",<ref name=cher-stands-alone>{{cite news|title=We Got Her, Babe: Cher Stands Alone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/cher-stands-alone-800801/|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|date=February 28, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref> her first US top-ten single in eight years.<ref name=Danza/>

Cher won the Favorite All-Around Female Star Award at the 1989 [[People's Choice Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.peopleschoice.com/v/26948576/and-the-15th-annul-people-s-choice-for-favorite-all-around-female-star-is-cher.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222084320/http://search.peopleschoice.com/v/26948576/and-the-15th-annul-people-s-choice-for-favorite-all-around-female-star-is-cher.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |title=And the 15th Annual People's Choice for "Favorite All Around Female Star" is&nbsp;... Cher! |publisher=[[People's Choice Awards]]}}</ref> Her 19th studio album, ''[[Heart of Stone (Cher album)|Heart of Stone]]'' (1989), reached number one in Australia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher&titel=Heart+of+Stone&cat=a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226082317/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher&titel=Heart+of+Stone&cat=a |archive-date=February 26, 2025 |access-date=March 9, 2025 |url-status=live |title=Australian-charts.com – Cher – ''Heart of Stone'' (album) |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref> and entered the top ten in Canada,<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 3, 1990 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-02-03.pdf#page=96 |title=Hits of the World – Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110053441/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-02-03.pdf#page=96 |archive-date=November 10, 2024 |access-date=March 9, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher&titel=Heart+of+Stone&cat=a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226001456/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher&titel=Heart+of+Stone&cat=a |archive-date=February 26, 2025 |access-date=March 9, 2025 |url-status=live |title=Charts.org.nz – Cher – ''Heart of Stone'' (album) |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref> the UK<ref name=UKChartHistory/> and the US,<ref name=Cher-Billboard>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cher/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cher – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=March 9, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204191513/https://www.billboard.com/artist/cher/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-date=December 4, 2024}} ''Billboard'' and international chart history can be accessed via the drop-down menu on the ''Billboard'' artist webpage. Select the relevant chart for details.</ref> where it was certified triple platinum.<ref name=RIAA/> The album yielded three US top-ten singles: "[[After All (Cher and Peter Cetera song)|After All]]" (with [[Peter Cetera]]), "[[Just Like Jesse James]]" and "[[If I Could Turn Back Time]]".<ref name=Cher-Billboard/> The latter spent seven weeks at number one in Australia,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/50698/this-week-in...-1989 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA Music News]] |title=This Week In&nbsp;... 1989 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114012716/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/50698/this-week-in...-1989 |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> became one of her [[List of signature songs|signature songs]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Chuck |url=https://nypost.com/2021/08/26/songwriter-diane-warren-spills-secrets-about-cher-whitney/ |title=Hitmaker Diane Warren spills secrets about working with Cher, Whitney |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=August 26, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2025 |archive-date=July 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710213836/https://nypost.com/2021/08/26/songwriter-diane-warren-spills-secrets-about-cher-whitney/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and drew controversy for its [[Sexual suggestiveness|sexually suggestive]] music video, filmed aboard the [[battleship]] {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}.{{sfn|Roedy|2011|p=87}}{{sfn|Semonche|2007|p=161}} Cher launched the [[Heart of Stone Tour]] in 1989, which continued through 1990. Critics praised the tour for its nostalgic appeal and her [[Showmanship (performing)|showmanship]].{{sfn|Berman|2001|p=67}} The TV special ''[[Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage|Cher... at the Mirage]]'', filmed during a Las Vegas concert, aired in February 1991.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |author-link=John J. O'Connor (journalist) |title=Review/Television; A Potpourri Of Cher's Mood Swings |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 4, 1991 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/04/arts/review-television-a-potpourri-of-cher-s-mood-swings.html |access-date=January 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127045358/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/04/arts/review-television-a-potpourri-of-cher-s-mood-swings.html |archive-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>

In ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990), Cher's first film in three years, she drew inspiration from her mother to portray a woman who moves her daughters ([[Winona Ryder]], [[Christina Ricci]]) from town to town after failed relationships.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Kevin|last=Sessums|author-link=Kevin Sessums|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1990/11/cher-199011|title=Cher: Starred and Feathered|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=October 31, 1990|access-date=January 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113140231/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/1990/11/cher-199011|archive-date=January 13, 2016}}</ref> She clashed with the film's first two directors, [[Lasse Hallström]] and [[Frank Oz]], who were replaced by [[Richard Benjamin]].<ref name=Kennedy-1996>{{cite magazine|last=Kennedy|first=Dana|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1996/05/31/cher-plots-her-next-comeback|title=Cher plots her next comeback|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 31, 1996|access-date=January 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224015847/http://www.ew.com/article/1996/05/31/cher-plots-her-next-comeback|archive-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref> Producers, seeing Cher as the star attraction, granted her creative control.{{sfn|Berman|2001|pp=69–71}} The film was a box office success and received positive reviews.{{sfn|Bego|2001|p=228}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mermaids |title=''Mermaids'' (1990) |date=February 6, 2001 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520102042/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mermaids/ |url-status=live}}</ref> One of the two songs Cher recorded for the film's [[Mermaids (soundtrack)|soundtrack]], a cover of [[Betty Everett]]'s "[[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)#Cher version|The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]", topped the UK singles chart for five weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mermaids-mw0000317768 |title=''Mermaids'' – Original Soundtrack |access-date=January 17, 2016 |work=[[AllMusic]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201025201/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mermaids-mw0000317768 |archive-date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>

Cher's final Geffen studio album, ''[[Love Hurts (Cher album)|Love Hurts]]'' (1991),<ref name=Bessman-1996>{{cite magazine|title=Cher Changes Approach For Her ''Man's World'' On Reprise|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13|access-date=January 16, 2016|date=May 18, 1996|first=Jim|last=Bessman}}</ref> spent six weeks at number one in the UK and was certified gold by the RIAA.<ref name="RIAA"/> It produced the UK top-ten single "[[Love and Understanding]]".<ref name=UKChartHistory/> Writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Jim Farber praised Cher's "sexually autonomous persona" as "one of the surest of any pop female", noting how she turned heartbreak lyrics into expressions of revenge rather than victimhood.<ref name=lovehurts-ew>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/06/14/love-hurts/ |first=Jim |last=Farber |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 14, 1991 |title=''Love Hurts'' Album Review |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126002936/https://ew.com/article/1991/06/14/love-hurts/ |access-date=March 12, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> She then launched the [[Love Hurts Tour]] (1991–1992){{sfn|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=152}} and released the UK-only{{sfn|Bego|2001|p=234}} [[compilation album]] ''[[Greatest Hits: 1965–1992]]'' (1992), which topped the [[UK Albums Chart|UK chart]] for seven weeks.<ref name="UKChartHistory"/> She also capitalized on public interest in her youthful looks with the [[Wellness (alternative medicine)|wellness]] book ''[[Forever Fit]]'' (1991){{sfn|Bego|2001|p=231}} and the exercise videos ''[[CherFitness: A New Attitude]]'' (1991) and ''[[CherFitness: Body Confidence]]'' (1992).{{sfn|Crampton|Rees|1999|p=194}}