50 UP FRONT
Stars blossomed brightly at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

54 Ordinary Iraqis try to ignore war clouds

58 Eager to enter showbiz, Kristine Johnson falls prey to a killer

63 Countdown to Oscars
Fugitive Roman Polanski steps back into the spotlight

67 Tube
American Idol's Randy Jackson gets high marks from his fellow judges

70 Spirit
Mel Gibson takes on a risky venture: a film about Christ's death

75 Update
Steve Martin is still Bringing Down the House—and, he nervously hopes, at the Oscars too

79 Trends
Author Jill Conner Browne sings the praises of big hair

86 COVER
When Baby wouldn't wait, these moms gave birth in some of the strangest places

95 Couples
Two chroniclers of cool—Swell girl Ilene Rosenzweig and Cad guy Rick Marin—head for the altar

99 Entrepreneurs
Bisou Bisou's Michele Bohbot juggles seven kids and a clothing company—and now she's designing duds exclusively for JCPenney

105 On the Move
Television news reporter Andrea Koppel—yes, Ted is her father—carves her own niche on CNN

117 Environment
James Gordon's eco-friendly wind farm has a surprising foe: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

121 Crusaders
Sex offender Jake Goldenflame speaks out for Megan's Law

124 Spotlight
Tennis ace turned TV teen Kaley Cuoco serves up laughs on 8 Simple Rules

126 Body
Madonna gets all bent out of shape to promote her new album

MAILBAG 4
PEOPLE.COM 7
STAR TRACKS 8
SCOOP 17
PICKS & PANS 29
INSIDER 49
REALITY CHECK 82
PASSAGES 85
STYLE WATCH 109
PUZZLER 114
CHATTER 128

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