November 05, 2007

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Making It Big

A Singer, Actress and Proud Role Model, Queen Latifah Sounds Off on Loving Her Curves, Running from Commitment—and Planning for Kids

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True Winners

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Reese & Jake: That's Amore!

After Months of Undercover Dating, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal Finally Take Their Relationship Public on the Romantic Streets of Rome

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Fire Storm

Fanned by Fierce Winds, the Worst California Wildfires in Memory Lay Waste to Vast Swaths of Land and Displace Nearly a Million People

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A Soap Star's Devastating Loss

The Bold and the Beautiful Actress Hunter Tylo's 19-Year-Old Son Drowns in a Pool After Suffering An Epileptic Seizure

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A Dog Gone Shame

Ellen Degeneres Breaks Down on Her Show After An Adopted Dog She Gave to Friends Gets Taken Away by the Rescue Agency. Who's Right? And Where's Iggy?

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John Mayer & His Dad

As They Celebrate Their Birthdays, the Mayer Men Talk About Milestones, Music and Raising a Star

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The 'Superbug' Scare

Three Youngsters Die and Dozens More End Up in the Hospital Because of a Drug-Resistant Microbe Stalking American Schools. MRSA: What Is It? And How to Avoid It

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A Toy for the Troops

When Her Soldier Son Explained How Silly String Could Help Discover Bomb Trip Wires, Marcelle Shriver Launched a Campaign to Ship 100,000 Cans to the GIs in Iraq

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Why Did I Get Married? Star Tasha Smith 'I've Been to the Worst Place'

She Escaped Poverty and Drugs to Become the Breakout Star of Tyler Perry's Hit Movie

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Alaskan Temptress

Ex-Stripper Mechele Linehan, Now a Doctor's Wife and Mom, Is Found Guilty of Plotting a Murder 11 Years Ago

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Le Divorce

The Newly Installed First Lady of France Chooses Liberté Over Smiling for the Sake of Her Husband's Career

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Heroes of the Year

Where Others See Limits, They Find Hope. When Others Give Up, They Fight Harder. Meet the Five Winners of PEOPLE'S 2007 Heroes Among Us Award—and Get Inspired

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Star Power

Who's their hero? Celebrities with a cause reveal who inspires them the most

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Split-Second Courage

Without a Moment's Doubt, These Brave People Risked Their Own Lives to Save Others

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Penn Badgley

Start Swooning Over Gossip Girl's Self-Confident Good Guy, Who Knows His Way Around a Piano

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Reunited After 25 Years

Long-Lost Relatives Are Finding Each Other with the Click of a Mouse on Social Web Sites Like Myspace

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Dirty Sexy Money's Candis Cayne

Transgender Onscreen and Off, the Actress Opens Up About Redefining Herself and Finding Love

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Body Watch

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Hanging Out with ... the Naked Brothers Band

For These Tween Stars and Their Famous Parents, Making Music—and Hit TV Shows—Runs in the Family

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Rolling With the Stones in 1969

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Making It Big

A Singer, Actress and Proud Role Model, Queen Latifah Sounds Off on Loving Her Curves, Running from Commitment—and Planning for Kids

Table of Contents

Rolling With the Stones in 1969

J.Lo's Sound Check

Kim: A Real Cutie-Pie!

Katy & Russell's Movie Date

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Project Runway's Irina Wins It All