21 SCOOP
Britney Spears teaches a dance class ... Kirsten Dunst enters rehab ... Paris Hilton loses her kitty ... Paul McCartney's divorce trial begins

86 COVER
Christina Aguilera opens up about her new life as a mom—and shows off her greatest audience yet: 4-week-old son Max

60 Beyoncé rocked, Tina rolled (while looking fabulous), Amy cleaned up, and Chris Brown and Rihanna played it coy: all the scoop from inside the Grammys—and the afterparties!

68 HEROES AMONG US
When Barbara Marlowe saw a newspaper photo of an Iraqi girl who suffered severe burns in an explosion, she knew she had to help. Her life has never been the same

76 Designing Women star Delta Burke enters a clinic for help with depression

81 Kidnapped as she slept, Brianna Denison, 19, may be the victim of a serial predator

96 Barack Obama pauses on the campaign trail to get personal

105 Varsity Blues star Ron Lester loses more than 300 lbs. after gastric bypass surgery

111 Bette Midler looks back on a colorful life in pictures

124 Jaws star Roy Scheider dies at age 75 after a battle with cancer

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

MAILBAG 8
INSIDE PEOPLE 10
STAR TRACKS 12
SCOOP 21
REVIEWS 33
INSIDER 59
PASSAGES 84
PUZZLER 100
SECOND LOOK 102
STYLE WATCH 117
BODY WATCH 122
CHATTER 126

ON THE COVER
Photographs by Regine Mahaux/Contour by Getty Images. Insets (from top): Williams: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images; Burke: Jeffrey Mayer/Wireimage; Beyoncé: Steve Granitz/Wireimage