FEATURES
88 It's Good to Be Jaime King
The model-actress dishes on her new flick, Fan boys, and hergeeky obsession
wi ail things Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Frank Miller. Prepare to OD on strangely
arousing nerd knowledge!
61 Rebels, Mavericks, and Game Changers
Love 'em or hate 'em, we spotlight the 19 most important iconoclasts in sports.
Because 20 would be just too many!
94 Upgrade Everything!
It's time to improve every aspect of your lackluster life—from beefing
up your bank account to bagging hotter babes.
102 Will Success Spoil Flight of the Conchords?
Cantheworld's fourth-biggest NewZealand-born comedy/folk duo stay grounded?
BY AARON GELL
114 Icon: Mick Jagger
Rock's reigning god opens up about fame, fortune, and Scorsese's new Stones
doc.
BY Jancee Dunn
116 Let's Go, NASA!
Get ready to blast off into the weird and wacky world of America's space program!
BY DAN BOVA AND SCOTT JACOBSON
122 Ghost Rider
The lethal last ride of the legendary big wave surfer Peter Davi.
BY MIKE GUY
DEPARTMENTS
14 Letters
We respectfully answer your thoughtful, handwritten correspondence, which you
often send from prison.
18 Incoming
Scarlett Johansson supports the troops! Barack Obama's frisky e-mails! "Rampage"
Jackson scares the snark out of us!
20 Thurston Moore rocks the Inferno
35 Rated
Gnarls Barkley's newalbum, Justin Long's last day on Earth, and Katee Sackhoff
breaks down Battlestar Galactica.
39 Johanna Botta proves less is more
50 Stuff
Kick-start Harley-Davidson's new ride: The Softail Cross Bones. Then learn how
to buyyour lady vintage globes (the ones with countries and stuff).
69 Columns
The fastest Porsche 911 ever, why Boston sucks, and how one man makes a killing
off the dead.
73 COLUMNS: How to find friends with benefits
130 Expert
The hottest extreme travel destinations of 2008, the inside dope on sports doping,
and how to buy a baseball team!
140 Style
Hungry for a fashion sandwich? We dress up five of New York City's most talented
young chefs.
160 The Decider
Let the Decider find the person responsible for your misery in this month's
installment: "Who Ruined Your Life?"
On the Cover
Photograph, Sante D'Orazio; styling, Lia Davis; fashion assistant, Ashley Zohar;
hair, Jonathan Hanousek for Exclusive Artists/Biolage; makeup, Kathy Jueng using
classifiedcosmetics.com for magnetla.com; prop styling, David Ross for ArtMix
Beauty; manicure, Marsha Bialo using China Glaze/ bpolished.com for Artists
by Timothy Priano. Corset, Dolce & Gabbana; fishnets, Wolford; shoes, Christian
Louboutin; jewelry, RoseArk
