May/June 2008 Table of Contents

Power Brats, Nick Cave, Advice from Charles Manson, and more! Check out Radar's current issue

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FEATURES
Aristo Brats! Attack of the Aristo-Brats!
Lourdes and Maddox and Miley, oh my! In these brand-obsessed times, a famous last name is a ticket to fame and fortune, and nepotism is no longer a dirty word
By Spencer Morgan and Sarah Horne
 
Blue Angels
U.S. Olympic synchronized swimmers bring high fashion to the high dive
Photographs by Jill Greenberg
 
The Billy Letters
What better mentor for a 10-year-old than Charles Manson? Or the Unabomber? Or Son of Sam? Radar's Little Billy sought life advice from America's most notorious killers. They were happy to oblige
Compiled by Bill Geerhart
 
/toc_cave.jpg What's So Funny About Nick Cave?
The Australian-born rocker has spent decades spinning gorgeous, apocalyptic tales of murder, catastrophe, and loss. Now happily married and drug-free after years of heroin abuse, the Prince of Darkness may finally be lightening up
By Aaron Gell
 
toc_spy.jpg The Last Roundup
For decades the federal government has been developing a highly classified plan that would override the Constitution in the event of a terrorist attack. Is it also compiling a secret enemies list of citizens who could face detention under martial law?
By Christopher Ketcham
 

INCOMING  
Opening Shot
Senior Moment
Indiana Jones isn't the only notable celebrity who's outlived his sell-by date
 
Fresh Intelligence
Versace's turnaround; Michelle Obama's first-lady makeover; the mob
infiltrates tennis; the Sindex
 

Species
Meet the Clipboard Mafia
With CNN-friendly looks and glassy-eyed idealism, they're the secret weapons of the presidential campaigns

 
Movies
Mascara-ed Avengers
Every summer, Hollywood brings us a slew of standard-issue escapist epics pitched along gender lines. But are male and female fantasies really so different?
 
Music
Altered States
Indie rock's darling duo Mates of State is poised to storm the pop charts this summer ... as soon as they find a good babysitter
 
Television
Tricks of the Trade
Radar's panel of working girls weighs in on Showtime's new escort exposé
 

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


COLUMNS  
Crime
The Great Pretender
Jeffrey Marsalis might be the most prolific and diabolical serial rapist in U.S. history. So why did so many of his victims keep dating him?
By John Cook
 
Postscript
Wasted Youth
Actor Brad Renfro was hailed as one of Hollywood's brightest young talents. But he couldn't outrun his troubled shadow
By Paul Cullum
 
Society
They're in the Money
As the economy plunges into recession, even millionaires are tightening their belts. Still, for the world's wealthiest 1 percent, life has never been better
By Sarah Horne
 
Radar 100
100 reasons you can't sleep
NEXT ARTICLE
Children of the rich and famous are taking over the world. Welcome to the new age of nepotism
 


Cruel Intentions
Uncensored, racist, and shockingly nasty, online gossip forum Juicy Campus has students trembling. But should it be banned?

Who Killed the Movie Star?
Hollywood's A-list idols are losing their movie-selling mojo. The result may be a box-office bloodbath

How Low Can We Go?
Radar makes the world's tawdriest reality shows safe for American audiences

Rock the Boat
Trapped on a floating prison with a thousand drunken fanatics. Are we having fun yet?

Pam, I Am
The surreal second act of Pamela Anderson, America's newest reality star



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