23 SCOOP
Jessica Simpson gets cozy with Jared Leto ... Matt Damon welcomes baby Isabella ... Meredith Vieira says adieu to The View ... Plus: Nick Lachey and Paris Hilton heat up with old flames
HOTTEST BACHELORS 2006
68 COVER
American Idol's soul survivor Taylor Hicks is looking for love, which is why he heads up this year's list of most-wanted bachelors. He's in good company: Along with the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx and Nick Lachey, you'll find the country's sexiest rescue workers and sizzling singles from every state
56 Britney Spears defends herself to Matt Lauer
58 Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn get hot and heavy in Paris
60 A prom just for young cancer patients
64 Goldie, Kurt and Kate make it a family affair as Oliver Hudson weds
144 Sordid stories land Paul McCartney's soon-to-be ex Heather Mills McCartney in tabloid mud
146 Oprah, Mariah and Beyoncé get their party on at L.A. Reid's birthday blowout
151 Twelve years after Speed, Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves reunite to reminisce
156 Mary Winkler is indicted for murder in the shooting death of her minister husband
166 With her new look, Ashlee Simpson could be mistaken for everyone from Britney to Sienna Miller
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
MAILBAG 6
INSIDE PEOPLE 8
STAR TRACKS 12
SCOOP 23
PICKS & PANS 33
INSIDER 55
PASSAGES 143
PUZZLER 155
STYLE WATCH 159
CHATTER 168
ON THE COVER Photograph by Robert Trachtenberg. Hair: Alex Dizon for Artists by Timothy Priano; Makeup: Julie Harris for Artists by Timothy Priano; Stylist: Cannon at Oliver Piro; Suit: Polo by Ralph Lauren; Shirt by Paul Smith (Both at Saks Fifth Avenue); Production: Rockit NY. Right Insets (from top): NBC News; Gregg DeGuire/Wireimage; Kyle Carter/Reuters. Left Insets: Ben Watts/Corbis Outline; Brian Bowen Smith/Icon.
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