25 SCOOP
Eva and Tony fight cheating rumors ... Tara Reid's weight loss ... Jamie Lynn Spears' baby bombshell ... Where the stars will ring in 2008!

BEST {AND WORST!} OF 2007

62 Presidential Interview
George and Laura Bush answer readers' pressing questions

68 Cover
Charting our star of the year Patrick Dempsey's spectacular, hit-filled 2007

70 Best Dresses
2007's red carpet stunners

75 Meltdowns
Celebs in crisis

83 2007: The Remix
The year in pop culture

98 Transformations
Star makeovers

101 Fads 2007
From iPhones to Webkinz

104 Newsmakers
Updates on top stories

110 Couples
TomKat, Brangelina, Posh and Becks, royals and more

116 Weddings
A photo album of celebs who tied the knot

122 Babies
A gallery of star tots

132 Splits
Stars who called it quits

134 What Is Your Doggie Made Of?
DNA-testing readers' mutts

137 America's Scrapbook
Snapshots from our readers' 2007 milestones

140 Faces of Young Hollywood

147 2007 Quiz

154 Tributes
Merv Griffin, Anna Nicole Smith and others

168 The Fallen
Our dead service people

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

MAILBAG 6
EDITOR'S LETTER 11
PEOPLE.COM 12
STAR TRACKS 14
SCOOP 25
PASSAGES 32
REVIEWS 41
PUZZLER 150
DOUBLE TAKE 153
CHATTER 178

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Photograph by Byron Purvis/Admedia. Insets (clockwise from top right): Daniela Federici/Corbis Outline; Dave Allocca/Startraks; Dave Edwards/Dailyceleb; Jim Smeal/BEimages; Byron Purvis/Admedia