December 16, 2002

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Runaway Twain

Shania Twain Emerges from Her Swiss Hideaway and Swings Back into Action with a New CD, a New Baby and a New Attitude

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Cutie Patootie

Rosie O'Donnell and Partner Kelli Carpenter Welcome Baby Vivienne Rose

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Diva Duel!

Before They Spar on the Music Charts, Embattled Warblers Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston Wage An Even More Important War on the Public Relations Front

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Aisle and Error

From "I Do!" to "It's Over!": A Look at Hollywood's Blink-and-You-Missed-It Marriages

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Combat Ready

Preparing for Street Fighting in Iraq, U.S. Troops Practice in the Box—A Louisiana Testing Ground That Teaches Hard Lessons in Life and Death

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Heir Loss

Short $1 Billion, Actress Liesel Pritzker Sues Her Father, Thrusting a Very Private Family into the Spotlight

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Virtual Vice?

This Holiday Season, Some Video Games Come Wrapped in Sex, Gore and Controversy. What Can Parents Do?

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Red Hot Romance

Newly Split, Heidi Klum Gets Chummy Down Under with the World's Most Famous Chili Pepper, Anthony Kiedis

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Ming Dynasty

Can 7'5" Yao Ming Transform the Houston Rockets, the NBA and U.S.-China Relations? The World Is Watching

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Henry the Second

Henry Kissinger, Diplomat and Lightning Rod, Returns to the Corridors of Power

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Candid Comedy

The Laughs Hit Close to Home for Everybody Loves Raymond's Monica Horan

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Jack of Hearts

At 65, Jack Nicholson Still Savors Great Roles and the Good Life

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Wynter Wonderland

The Pace on 24 May Be Frenetic, but Sarah Wynter Has Learned to Take It Easy

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Road Sage

Normally Camera-Shy, Bob Dylan Invited Photographer Ken Regan to Chronicle His 1975 Rolling Thunder Tour (the Live CD Has Just Been Released). Seen Here, Some for the First Time, the Photos Capture a Guarded Star in Rare Form. 'This Was a Whole New Bob,' Says Regan

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Making a Splash

Celeb Clients Hail Miami Beach Painter Romero Britto as the King of Pop Art

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Danger in the Dust

Angry, Ailing and Afraid, Ground Zero Residents Demand to Know: Is Their Air Safe?

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Acting His Age

Once TV's Goofiest Lech, John Ritter Now Feels More at Home as 8 Simple Rules' Flummoxed Father

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Serious Dough

Sisters Bette Laplante and Diane Cuvelier Find the Recipe for Success in Bumpy Aluminum Cookie Sheets

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Intelligence Agent

Marlo Payne Rice Runs a School for Kids Who Are Both Gifted and Learning Disabled

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On the Case

Maggie Lawson Started Out An Alicia Silverstone Lookalike but Ended Up TV's New Nancy Drew

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Lifting the Veil

Sima Samar Fights to Bring Much Needed Education and Medicine to Afghan Women

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Author, Author

She Writes. He Writes. And Both Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon Raise the Kids

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Bare Necessity

The Naked Truth About Flesh in Films: Who Strips? Who Won't? Who Wishes They Hadn't?

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The Black Aphrodite

Athenians Give Their Hearts—and a Historic Victory—to American Expat Yvette Jarvis

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House of Pain

The Murder of Susann Wyler, Wife of a Prominent Boston Lawyer, Lays Bare a Troubled Family Life

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Wild Ones Vs. Mild Ones

The Roar of a Motorcycle Has Long Been Hollywood's Ultimate Rebel Yell, but a New Generation of Stars Prefers the Put-Put-Put of Their Chic Vespas

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Runaway Twain

Shania Twain Emerges from Her Swiss Hideaway and Swings Back into Action with a New CD, a New Baby and a New Attitude

Table of Contents

Beyonce + Katy = Hot Awards Show

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

Brad's Tokyo Drift

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Kristin Cavallari Goes Clubbing

Meet Precious Actress Gabourey Sidibe