June 22, 2009

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The Truth About Brad & Angelina

Fighting Back Against Rumors They're Splitting, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Say They're Going Strong. Inside Their Lives Today—and What's Fiction Vs. Reality

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Desperate Housewife

With Ugly Stories Swirling, the Real Housewives of New Jersey's Danielle Staub Opens Up About Her Troubled Past

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David Carradine's Mysterious Death

After He Is Found Hanging in a Bangkok Hotel Room, the Kung Fu Star's Family Seeks Answers. Was It Suicide, An Accident or Foul Play?

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Jon & Kate on Their Own

The Gosselins Distance Themselves from Each Other as Millions Watch a Marriage in Crisis

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Sentenced to Hard Labor

North Korea Orders American Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Be Sent to a Labor Camp for 12 Years as Their Devastated Families Continue to Fight for Their Release

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Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds

Filming The Proposal, the Old Friends Got a Chance to Hang Out—and Bare All—and They're Still Laughing About It

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At Home with ... Vanessa Williams

The Singer and Ugly Betty Star Opens Up Her Chic and Cozy Cottage

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A Dad's Adoption Nightmare

After Bringing Home a Child from Samoa, Mike Nyberg Learned She Had a Loving Family Back Home

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I'm Sick of Being Big

At Only 15, Georgia Davis Weighed 462 Lbs. and "Saw My Life Going Nowhere." Desperate to Change That, the Teen Left Her Family for a North Carolina Weight-Loss Boarding School. People Followed Her Inspiring Nine-Month Journey, Which Left Her 202 Lbs. Lighter—and with a Renewed Sense of Hope

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Edie Falco Life After the Sopranos

The Ultra-Private Actress Opens Up About Returning to Television, Surviving Breast Cancer and Adopting Two Children on Her Own

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Great Ideas

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Father's Day Gifts Under $40

Worried About What to Get Dad? People Has Got Him Covered from Sports and Style to Barbecue and Books ...

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Marissa's Gift

In 1990 a Baby Was Born to Help Cure Her Sister's Cancer. as a Hollywood Movie Puts a New Spin on the Story, the Ayalas Celebrate Their Own Happy Ending

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Crusading for Katie

A New Mexico Family Fights to Change DNA Laws After Their Daughter Is Brutally Murdered

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Scuba Death Shocking Plea

Admitting to Manslaughter in the Death of His Wife, Gabe Watson Will Only Serve a Year

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Maureen Mccormick 'I Have to Start Over'

Two Years After Losing 34 Lbs. on Celebrity Fit Club, the Brady Bunch Star Talks About How She Gained It All Back—and More

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Totally Gaga What You Don't Know About Pop Star Lady Gaga

The Unlikely Pop Queen on Her Outrageous Style, Crushing on New Kids on the Block and Why She Totes a Teacup

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Jackpot!

Rancher Neal Wanless Hits the Lottery and Vows to Help His Struggling Hometown

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Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

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The Truth About Brad & Angelina

Fighting Back Against Rumors They're Splitting, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Say They're Going Strong. Inside Their Lives Today—and What's Fiction Vs. Reality

Table of Contents

Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

Joe Aims High

Katherine's Birthday Girl

J.Lo's Sound Check

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Tim McGraw Bares His Sexy Arms