August 23, 2004

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All in the Family

Between Learning to Cook and Working on a Greatest Hits CD, Britney Spears Eases into Her Role as Future Stepmom to Fiancée Kevin Federline's Kids

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Rick James: 1948-2004

After a Turbulent Life That Included Hit Songs, Great Clothes and Folsom Prison, the 'Super Freak' Singer Dies at 56

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Paris's Wild Week

She's Still on the Mend from Her Breakup with Nick Carter and Those Still Unexplained Bruises, but Last Week, Paris Hilton Got Back to Normal as She Partied with Friends, Hung Out with An Ex, Showed Off Her Ferret and Misplaced Her Keys. And Then There Was the Burglary...

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Did Love Last?

She's Free. He's of Age. Now Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau Will Learn If They're Still Meant for Each Other

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Fred Weds!

The Wonder Years Star Marries Childhood Pal

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Confronting a Brother

What's It Like to Hear Your Brother Confess to Murder? A Nightmare—and a Relief, Say Lance and Scott Hacking

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: (1908-2004)

A Shy Frenchman with a Genius for Capturing An Instant in Black and White, the Pioneering Photojournalist Said 'Yes' to Life in Every Picture

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$5 Billion* Men

*If the Stock Sale Goes Their Way, Google's Goofy, Fun-Loving Founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Stand to Make the Kind of Cash Most Computer Geeks Can Only Dream Of. How Did They Get Here?

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Cash Only

An Auction of Johnny and June Carter Cash's Prized Possessions, Set for Sotheby's Sept. 14-16, Reveals the Man in Black's Taste for the Ornate

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The Laci Trial: Star Witness

Scott Peterson's Ex-Lover Amber Frey Electrifies His Murder Trial with Tales of Wine, Roses—and Deceit

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Makeover Hits & Misses

From Fake Snow in the Bedroom to a House That Almost Doubled in Size, Home Renovation Shows Can Bring Joy or Disaster. Here's How Three Families Responded After the Cameras Left

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Courtney Kupets

Let's Get Ready to Tumble! This Year's Pixie Chick Goes for the Gold Ring

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Can-Do Kids

They Bring Water to Africa, Hope to the Sick and Homeless, Technology to the Poor. And They're Just Children—Proving That Big Hearts Come in Small Packages

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Some Like It Hot

Carla Gugino (Yes, the Spy Kids' Mom] Turns Broadway Bombshell to Channel Marilyn Monroe

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Lori Loughlin

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The Apprentice's Bill Rancic: A Day in the Life

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Reformed Punk'd Prankster Dax Shepard

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Turning the Tables

Jenn Schefft, Andrew's Ex, Gives Love Another Try as TV's Newest Bachelorette

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Hot Wheels

Ten Weeks, 28 Cities, a Bus That Gets Seven Miles to the Gallon and a Pop Star Who Can't Live Without His PB & J: Welcome to Usher's Rented $750,000 Rolling Bachelor Pad. Is He Having the Time of His Life? Oh 'Yeah!'

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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All in the Family

Between Learning to Cook and Working on a Greatest Hits CD, Britney Spears Eases into Her Role as Future Stepmom to Fiancée Kevin Federline's Kids

Table of Contents

Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

Selena's Holiday Animation

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Rihanna Gets Glammed

V's Morris Chestnut & Elizabeth Mitchell: It's a Geek Debate!