September 19, 2005

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Surviving Hell & High Water

Braving Disease, Despair and the Loss of Everything They Knew, Katrina's Victims Tell Amazing Tales of Tragedy and Heroism

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Survival Story

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I Couldn't Leave Behind...

What Do You Take with You When Fleeing for Your Life? These Katrina Survivors—Photographed in the Baton Rouge River Center Shelter—Describe the Mementos of Lives All but Swept Away

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Children of the Storm

First Their Homes Came Unmoored. Then Their Lives Came Unglued. Now, Many Youths Are Struggling to Cope with Strange Surroundings—and Missing Parents

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Generation K

Their Lives, Their Homes and Their Loved Ones Shattered by Katrina, the Hurricane's Youngest Victims Will Recover—but They Won't Ever Forget

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Facing the Future, Far from Home

It Was Any Port in the Storm for Those Who Escaped Katrina. But How Many Will Choose to Build a New Life Elsewhere?

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Friends in Need

Thousands of Beloved Pets Survived. But Will Their Owners Find Them?

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A World of Help

Want to Rebuild Homes in Biloxi? Got Flashlights or Diapers to Spare? Here's Where to Donate Your Time, Money and Supplies—and How Charities Put Them to Good Use

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Best & Worst Dressed 2005

Hollywood Found Inspiration in '50s Screen Goddesses, '60s Rock Legends and '80s TV Icon Daisy Duke. The Result? Surprising Trends Embraced by a New Wave of Fashionistas

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Simply Sensational

The Best Dresses from Draping to Beading, Glam to Retro, Classic to Sexy

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Back to Back

In a Bold Show of Backbone, Celebs Plunged to Dangerous Lengths

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The Ten Best Dressed Stars of 2005

Today's Fashion Icons Are All-Around Performers: Cooly Casual, Ravishing on the Red Carpet. These Are the Year's Finest

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Buddy System

With Their Complementary Styles, These Best Friends Pay One Another the Highest Compliment

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Top Tresses

Sleek and Straight, Tousled or Twined, These Coifs Took Top Honors

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Most Improved

Jack Osbourne and Sara Rue Are Stylish Shadows of Their Former Selves

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The Greatest Jeans

Daytime, Nighttime, Glammed Up, Dressed Down. It's a Love Affair with Denim, and These Stars Rock the Blues

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Mistakes Happen

There's Nothing Better Then a Cool Pair of Great-Fitting Jeans, but These Didn't Make the Grade

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The Best Arms!

With Belly Buttons Now Undercover, Sculpted Arms Are Muscling in as the Latest Must-Show Asset

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Party Girl!

Dakota Fanning's Red-Carpet Secret? Dresses from Belle of the Ball by La Cañada, Calif, Designer Audrey Pittokopitis. "I Never Want to Take Them Off," Says the 11-Year-Old Star

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The Look of Love

These Couples Are Well-Matched in More Ways Than One. Check Out Our Favorite Twosomes!

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Showing and Chic

Congratulations to These Stylish Moms-to-Be Who Treated Their Tummies with the Best of Taste

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Pregnant in the Fishbowl

How Does a Former Bond Girl Feel About Her Body When She's Expecting? Denise Richards, Who Gave Birth to 6-Lb. 10-Oz. Lola on June 1, Gives An Insider's Perspective

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Party Perfect

And Now a Toast to the Cocktail Dress! When a Skirt Would Be Too Casual and a Ballgown Over-the-Top, It Rises to the Occasion

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The Posers

These Stars Sure Know How to Work the Red Carpet. And They Do It Again, and Again, and Again...

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Canine Couture

In the Town Where a Star's Going-Out-for-Coffee Outfit Is Scrutinized, Even the Pooches of the Rich and Famous Are Keeping Up Appearances

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The Federline Effect

It's a Look—and It's Contagious. Coming Soon to a Guy Near You...

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Everyone Looks Pregnant

Fashion's Bumper Crop of Flowy Tunics and Empire Waists Has the Whole World Questioning...but Afraid to Ask

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High Heels, Low Places

Whether They're Running Errands or Just Kicking Back, These Celebs Take Downtime to New Heights

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The Hottest Trends: What You Really Think of Them

In An Online Poll, Some 100,000 People.com Readers Peered Over Their Oversize Sunglasses and Hitched Up Their Flowing Skirts to Declare Daisy Dukes a Hazard and Give Marching Orders to Leggings

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The Sexy Pout

Nothing Goes Better with Everything Than a Potent Come-Hither Look

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Mantastic

These Guys Get Down and Dandy. All It Takes Is a Little Sparkle and Shine or An Artfully Arranged Scarf

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Dresses to Remember

These Stars Share Their Favorite Red-Carpet Moments of the Year

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Amazing Resemblances!

These Celebrity Looks Were Somehow Strangely Familiar

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Biker Style

It's More Than Just a Question of Speed

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What's in That Huge Bag?

Some Celebs Carry Just the Basics. Others Pack It In. We Get Down to the Bottom of These Bottomless Carryalls

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Exhausting Hair Changes

What Stars Go Through in a Month, a Week—Even a Day—is Enough to Make Your Head Spin

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My Girl's Handbag

Some Fashion Statements Say "I Love You." Here, Five Guys Who Aren't Afraid to Shout It Out Loud

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Oprah's Midas Touch

A Mere Mention on Her Show Can Spark a Buying Frenzy

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New Uses for Familiar Clothes

Why Let Convention Get in the Way of Creative Recycling? These Stars Get the Most of Their Wardrobe by Letting It Multitask

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Flip-Flop Fever

They May Have Flopped at the White House, but Stars Flip Over Them No Matter the Time, Place or Occasion

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Beyond Belief

Hey, If You're Going to Break All the Rules of Fashion and Taste, You Might as Well Do It in Style

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5 Ways to Ruin a Tuxedo

When These Guys Interpreted "Creative Black Tie," Something Got Lost in Translation

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Two of a Kind

Paris Hilton and Paris Latsis Share More Than a First Name: A Love for One Another and a Taste for Crazy Fashion

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Overmatched

We Give These Ladies An A+ for Effort, but There's Such a Thing as Being Too Put-Together

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Worst Hair Accessories

You Can Say One Thing About These Celebs: They Haven't Let Success Go to Their Heads

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I'm Too Sexy...

Do We Really Need to See So Much of the Skin They're In?

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Guess Who?

Stars Are Full of Surprises. Match These Celebs with Their Wild-Card Outfits

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Top 10 Style Moments

From Daisy Dukes to the Dumpster to the Dance Floor, the Fashion Successes, Spectacles and Slipups of the Past 12 Months

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Bob Denver: 1935-2005

As the Clown Prince of TV's Most Famous Castaways, the Gilligan's Island Star Became Every Fan's "Little Buddy"

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Lance & Sheryl: Make It a Tandem

He Pops the Question to His Longtime Girlfriend (and Says He Might Do Just One More Tour De France)

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Granddanza

Tony Danza's a Granddad? It's True, Thanks to Son Marc, His Wife, Julie, and Newborn Nicholas, Age 2 Weeks

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Wed to the Fed

Their Love Grows with Compound Interest: In Her Book, Talking Back, Reporter Andrea Mitchell Opens Up About Marriage to Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan

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I Have Been Transformed

Lynn Kohlman, Survivor of Breast and Brain Cancer

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Angelina Jolie: Another Love

In An MTV Special Far from Hollywood (and Brad), Jolie Brings Aid—and Attention—to Kenya's Poor

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Kathie Lee Gifford

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William Rehnquist: 1924-2005

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a Staunch Conservative, Was Never Afraid to Go His Own Way

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Ashlee's New "Boyfriend"

In the Video for Her Single "Boyfriend," the Singer Embraces Her Blonde Roots and Mocks Rumors That She Stole Wilmer from Lindsay. Here's a Sneak Peek

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Surviving Hell & High Water

Braving Disease, Despair and the Loss of Everything They Knew, Katrina's Victims Tell Amazing Tales of Tragedy and Heroism

Table of Contents

Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

Brad's Tokyo Drift

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Usher Has a Sing-A-Long

Mya Proves She's a Dancing Queen