December/January 2008 Table of Contents

 

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FEATURES
The New Radicals
Who says America's lost its edge? Raise a glass to the most exciting rogues, renegades, and rule-breakers of the year.
 
Fabio Rides Again
The Italian mega-hunk who's lent his physique to more than 2,000 romance novels has a new hobby, an energy drink, and a few important things to get off his impressively chiseled chest.
By Spencer Morgan
 
Welcome to the Dollhouse
What's behind Hollywood's plastic surgery obsession? Radar spoke to industry insiders—from casting directors to A-list doctors—for the truth about the insane pressures, elaborate subterfuges, and costs of playing the perfection game.
By Dale Hrabi
 
Scar Wars
Using the power of Photoshop (and the guidance of noted plastic surgeon Dr. Tony Youn), we've improved some famously imperfect mugs. Which is better--before or after? You decide.
By Dale Hrabi
 
Other People's Money
How did a socially maladjusted teen from the mean streets of Glasgow wind up hobnobbing with celebrities and jet-setting from Dubai to Monte Carlo? That's what his parents—not to mention authorities on four continents—were wondering.
By Neil Forsyth

INCOMING  
Opening Shot
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
2007 started with a flurry of promises. But then the bubble burst.
 
Politics
Alive and Ticking
Who's next on the international assassination hit list? Radar places its bets.
 
Species
Meet the Cotillionaires
For the blue-blooded cowpokes in our reddest state, rhinestones are always in fashion.
 
Music
Girlie Action
Mashup maestro Girl Talk is the Jimi Hendrix of laptops.
 
Books
Sign Here
Four high-profile authors take dictation from Radar.
 
Movies
Project Redlight
Think today's movies suck? Wait until you hear about the ones that didn't get made.
 
Style
Bob and Weave
Scenes from a beauty shop showdown.

COLUMNS  
Media
Love and Kate
Paul Pope was groomed to take over the world's largest tabloid dynasty. Instead, he has been embroiled in an ugly family feud straight out of the National Enquirer.
By Ray Gustini
 
Legends
Hip-Hop's Dirty Don
Sixty-eight-year-old soul legend Clarence Reid wrote Top 40 songs, toured with James Brown, and invented rap. So why haven't you heard of him?
By Jaime Lowe
 
Postscript
The Ballad of Heath & Michelle
Women fell hard for Heathchelle's boho-chic brand of bliss. What do we do now that they've split?
By Richard Rys
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Fabio Rides Again
 


Running Wild
The McCain campaign is trying to get serious—if only the candidate would grow up

Strange Love
How music legend, performance artist, and notorious "wrecker of civilization" Genesis P-Orridge met dominatrix/performer Jacqueline Breyer and fell madly, deliriously in love; how cosmetic surgery helped them become one; and how their romance was interrupted by a temporary setback called death

Future Shock
100 things we're not putting in the time capsule

Cash on Delivery
The prices of celebrity baby photos are skyrocketing—or at least that's what the tabloids want you you to think

Carlita's Way
How man-eating model Carla Bruni went from rock 'n' roll ingenue to the fierce First Lady of France



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