March 2008 Table of Contents

 


  

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FEATURES
Cult Friction
After an embarrassing string of high-profile defections and leaked videos, Scientology now finds itself under attack from a fearless cabal of activists. Has America's most controversial religion finally met its match?
By John Cook
 
panic_boom_thumb.jpg He's Got Legs
Will Arnett, Arrested Development's favorite son, mouths off about celebrity ringtones, what he'd like to do to blind people, being married to Amy Poehler, and the grossest commercial ever aired.
By Matt Thompson
 
suspicious_minds_thumb.jpg Minor Chords
There's more to tween culture than Zac Efron. Meet the precocious preteens rocking New York's music scene.
Photographs by Matt Salacuse
 
mini_brit_thumb.jpg The Killing Fields
New Orleans has always turned a blind eye to sin. But these days you can even get away with murder.
By Ethan Brown
 

INCOMING  
Opening Shot
Shame Spiral
Art and commerce collide in the desert.
 
Fresh Intelligence
Advice from Spencer Pratt; why presidential losers win; Radar's celebrity Mess-O-Meter; a fashion intervention.
 
Map
Grand Old Perverts
Republican sex scandals: a state-by-state guide.
 
Books
Pretty in Pink
Publishers are slapping chick-lit images on every cover in sight. We imagine the worst.
 
Music
The Quad Squad
With loyal campus followings and Internet buzz to spare, a slew of college rock acts is ready to invade your iPod.
 
Radar Love
Digby Goes Down
YouTube hitmaker Marié Digby was riding high until the Wall Street Journal tried to take her out. But she's not one to hold a grudge.
 
Social Studies
Gayface, a History
The rich tradition behind the blogosphere's new favorite term.
 
Species
Dawn of the Day Punks
For a growing band of pampered posers, rock 'n' roll ain't a lifestyle. It's an extracurricular activity.
 
Television
Anatomy of a Sketch
MTV comedy troupe Human Giant gives us a peek at the grueling process behind the funny.
 

COLUMNS  
Trends
Feeding Frenzy
Gwyneth Paltrow's not the only one feasting on spirulina and seaweed. For a new breed of health food junkies, clean living has become a dangerous obsession.
By Sarah Horne
 
The Sell
Branding Bin Laden
The United States virtually invented modern marketing. So why are we losing the international PR war to a band of bloodthirsty fanatics?
By John Cook
 
Letter From London
Royal Flush
As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously noted, there are no second acts in American life. England, however, is a whole other story.
By Tom Teodorczuk
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May/June 2008 Table of Contents
Power Brats, Nick Cave, Advice from Charles Manson, and more! Check out Radar's current issue

Attack of the Aristo-Brats!
Children of the rich and famous are taking over the world. Welcome to the new age of nepotism

The Billy Letters
What better mentor for a 10-year-old than Charles Manson? Little Billy seeks life advice, and America's most notorious killers are happy to oblige

Auto Eroticism
For the renegades behind Grand Theft Auto, controversy is all part of the game

The Ecstasy of Defeat
To the losers go the spoils—just ask these former presidential candidates



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