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118 COVER GIRL Chantelle-stevens-porn-star">Kristen BELL
She solves mysteries on TV's Veronica Mars and tries to prevent
the end of the world in the film Pulse (it's good to have goals!). Chantelle-stevens-porn-star">Kristen
tells us about snooping, show tunes, and why an ideal date involves unbuttoning
your pants.
94 HAPPY HOUR! BOTTOMS UP! THE 20 GREATEST MOVIE DRINKERS
Coach Buttermaker."Bluto" Blutarsky. E.T. Maxim honors those
special characters who make us take pity on the sober.
98 FSU COWGIRLS YEEHAW!
Check out three coeds who prove it's not whether you win or lose, but
which team's fans have the skimpiest outfits.
106 CONSPIRACY THEORIES WHAT REALLY BROUGHT DOWN THE TOWERS?
It's four and a half years after 9/11, and there's still much unknown
about that day. We examine the theories, from remote-controlled planes
to our own government's intentionally letting it all go down, no matter
how absurdly bat-shit crazy they happen to be.
112 THE BIG GAME MAXIM'S DATING PLAYBOOK
We teach you how to use everything from spilled drinks to those useless
friends of yours to score with the ladies. (See, you knew those losers
were good for something!) And when you sober up the next day and realize
she pulled a Crying Game, we show you the way to make a graceful escape.
126 WE WANT ANSWERS! JORGE GARCIA
The big man on Lost dishes about skinny-dipping, forcing people
to pick up Ping-Pong balls with their butt cheeks, and why sometimes a
woman should be trapped under a gigantic belly.
88 SLOW BURN Autumn Reeser
Uptight Taylor Townsend from The O.C. lets loose about cheating
on her high school beau, making a Burger King ad with Shag, and why she
loves her body. Join the loving crowd, missy. REGULARS
20 READERS' LETTERS WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
We proudly offer Hometown Hotties, cell phone snaps, late-night musings,
misstatements, and contests galore, plus the usual ramblings from you
good people.
26 THE FUNNIES LAUGH, STUPID!
Don't know the one about the six 25-pound king crabs? Let us correct that.
52 HOT ZONE BACK FROM THE DEAD
We dig up four whacked Sopranos to get set for season six, then check
out the reunited Fugees, talk with A History of Violence director David
Cronenberg, and hear what's on the Strokes' jukebox.
70 EXPERT SPORTS BETTING
Our new section reveals all worth knowing, from ways to wager wisely to
the
most recent developments in weaponry to ensure that yoCkr welshin' pal
pays.
28 CIRCUS MAXIMUS CAMPUS CUTIE
We quiz Columbia College's finest, theet find out what occurs when electrodes
are implanted in a rat's head (it creeps us out), chat with a guy with
one serious hair collection, and see a lot of Katie Couric.Yeah, you heard
right.
82 CAREER CHANGE ROUND TWO
Kendall Gill might just be the only pro athlete ever to leave the NBA
and decide,"Now it's time that I got my ass in shape."The former
basketball star turned boxer tries to go the distance with our scrapper
Diane Hill.
129 MAXIM STYLE 100 ESSENTIALS
From suits to shoes to cameras to kayaks (canoes are so last century),
we show the items everyone is going to want. And once you've made your
buds jealous, check out what Major League Soccer's stars are sporting.
156 IDIOT NATION ACROSS THE USA
Our brand-new back page celebrates the dumbest feats performed by people
across this great yet surprisingly stupid land. (We say that based on
the number of police Tasering their partners and mayors using city-owned
laptops to cruise gay Internet chat rooms we encountered). See what you've
done, Ohio!
46 TOTAL HOTNESS Kelly Brook
Meet a lady who makes us wonder if breaking away from England was a good
idea after all, then crash some all-American bedrooms.