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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| INCOMING | |
| OPENING SHOT SHAME SPIRAL Art and commerce collide in the desert. |
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| FRESH INTELLIGENCE Advice from Spencer Pratt; why presidential losers win; Radar‘s celebrity Mess-O-Meter; a fashion intervention. |
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| MAP GRAND OLD PERVERTS Republican sex scandals: a state-by-state guide. |
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| BOOKS PRETTY IN PINK Publishers are slapping chick-lit images on every cover in sight. We imagine the worst. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| SOCIAL STUDIES GAYFACE, A HISTORY The rich tradition behind the blogosphere’s new favorite term. |
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| 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. |
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| TELEVISION ANATOMY OF A SKETCH MTV comedy troupe Human Giant gives us a peek at the grueling process behind the funny. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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