December 26, 2005

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What a Difference a Year Makes!

Instant Families, Surprising Splits. When It Came to Love, Every Relationship Took An Unexpected Twist

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Movies

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Music

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Books

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The Top of 2005

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Our Year in the White House

It Was a Tough 12 Months. But in a Talk with People, President Bush and the First Lady Say That They—and the American People—Are Up to the Challenge

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Richard Pryor

Long Before Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock, He Mined His Life as a Black Man for Laughs and Changed the Face of American Comedy

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A Look Back at 2005

We Bid Farewell to Comedic Legend Richard Pryor, Say Hello to Unexpected New Romances and Discover What's Next for Jennifer Aniston

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It's Over

A By-the-Numbers Look at the Twists and Turns—They're Happily Married! No, Wait, They're Annulled!—of Hollywood's Most Whiplash-Inducing Relationships

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They Said It This Year

Out of the Mouths of Stars—Some of 2005's More Memorable Comments and Declarations

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The Skinny

Did These Fashion Plates Go Too Far—or Was It Just a Lean Year?

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This Year's Fads

What We Obsessed Over in '05

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Best Dresses

These Dazzlers Lit Up the Red Carpet with Surprising Color, Rich Fabrics and Glittering Detail

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Celeb Ebay!

New and Used Items We'd Like to Bid on

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Newsmakers of the Year

Unthinkable Disasters, Astonishing Revelations—and Remarkable Human Spirit: Here Are the People Who Made 2005 Memorable

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Hall of Shame

Bad Mistakes, Big Missteps, You Have to Wonder—Did They Really Do That?

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Katrina's Littlest Evacuees

Hundreds of Newborns Were Stranded in Hospitals When the Hurricane Hit. Separated from Their Families, Airlifted Out Through the Storm, These Babies Found Their Happy Endings

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I Do! I Do!

It Was a Year of Lavish Spectacles, Secret Ceremonies, Barefoot Brides and Big Surprises

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Oh, Babies!

Julia's Twins Celebrated Their First Birthday This Year, but a Whole New Cast of Tiny Stars Made Their Big Debuts

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Breakthroughs

They Stood Out from the Pack This Year. We Can't Wait to See What Happens Next...

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Surviving the Tsunami

Southeast Asia's Epic Disaster Claimed the Life of His Partner, Photographer Fernando Bengoechea, While the Two Were Vacationing in Sri Lanka. Now, Decorator Nate Berkus, with Help from Oprah Winfrey and Others, Has Begun to Heal

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Witness to the London Bombings

The British Entrepreneur and Adventurer Recalls the Day His Beloved City Was Jolted by Terrorism

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Tributes

As We Usher in a New Year, People Looks Back at Personalities Whose Lives Made a Lasting Impact on Our Own

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Fallen Heroes

Violence Rages on in Iraq Arid Afghanistan, Where at Press Time, a Combined 2,401 U.S. Soldiers Have Died in the Line of Duty. In Order of Their Passing, Here Are the Names of the 903 Valiant Men and Women Who Gave Their Lives in the Past Year

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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What a Difference a Year Makes!

Instant Families, Surprising Splits. When It Came to Love, Every Relationship Took An Unexpected Twist

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!