FEATURES 52 Nicole Scherzinger This Pussycat Doll's secret talents include: nunchuckery, foxtrotting, and looking
dead sexy. OK, maybe that's not so secret.
BY JESSE WILL
60 Icon: Jack White
The White Stripes frontman, Raconteurs band mate, and Dead Weather drummer speaks.
BY GAVIN EDWARDS
62 Kicking Asphalt
Drive through trees, inhale a 36-ounce rib eye, and attack other fantastic feats
on Maxim's five ultimate road trips.
68 To Die For
True Blood's Natasha Alarm: Plus, download-able outtakes!
BY BREKKE FLETCHER
72 The Maxim Porn Dictionary
Learn about 20 of the world's freakiest fetishes.
BY CHRIS WILSON AND NICK LEFTLEY
74 From Geeks to Gangsters
How four dudes changed Vegas poker forever, one $60,000 pot at a time.
BY DAVY ROTHBART
80 Loco for Loken
Former Terminatrix KristAnna Loken looks smokin' in three new flicks.
BY STEPHANIE RADVAN
82 The Horror of Horrorcore
Did the bloodand-guts music scene inspire one fledgling rapper to brutally murder
four people?
BY FRANK OWEN DEPARTMENTS
8 Letters
Marines spread democracy with Hot-ties, and one lucky reader wins a date with
a supermodel. Nope, it's not you!
14 My First Time
Grown Ups' Madison Riley dishes on her notable firsts. Yep, there's a trampoline
involved!
14 Circus Maximus
The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi explains why summer sucks, we explain what the week's
greatest day is, and you explain why you're still reading the table of contents.
29 Rated
Learn how Robert Rodriguez is saving Predators and why Canadian R&B crooner
Drake can't compete with fellow Canuck Snow.
38 Stuff
Get your stalk on with these super-zoom cameras (not kidding!), and your grill
on with six badass meat machines.
48 Columns
Real ladies expound on the summer fling, and chef Nate Apple-man teaches Maxim
staffers the fine art of bachelor cooking.
88 Style
Your summer guide to shades, shoes, and swim trunks. Plus, the breast, er...best
sunscreen tips ever!
108 Twenty-Four Hours to Live
On his final day on Earth, Topher Grace gets trippy with America's first president.
History is made!
