VANITY FAIR

JANUARY 2008 NO.569 | VANITYFAIR.COM

FEATURES

HEIGL'S ANATOMY | 72

It's been Katherine Heigl's year: another Grey's Anatomy season, the big-screen hit Knocked Up, and a new romantic comedy, 27 Dresses, out this month. In a very candid sit-down with Leslie Bennetts, Hollywood's hottest blonde talks about growing up Mormon, her impending nuptials, and one ratingsbooster she didn't like. Photographs by Norman Jean Roy.

A TALE OF TWO GIULIANIS | 78

His 9/11 leadership may be Rudy Giuliani's campaign ace, but it also spawned the dubious partnerships and conflicts of interest of his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners. Michael Shnayerson follows the $100 million trail of "America's Mayor" to a not very presidential conclusion.

INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH | 84

Pushing back the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan's strategically crucial Korengal Valley is one of the U.S. Army's deadliest challenges, measured hilltop by hilltop, ridge by ridge. Sebastian Junger digs in with the men of Second Platoon, whose humor, courage, and camaraderie come under daily fire. Photographs by Tim Hetherington.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE | 94

While the story of the mutineers who scuttled the H.M.S. Bounty off a remote South Pacific isle in 1790 has inspired five blockbusters, the saga of their Pitcairn Island descendants is far less romantic. As a 10-year rape investigation ends, William Prochnau and Laura Parker explore why the shocking sexual practices on this tiny British outpost went ignored for centuries.

THE GOLDEN SUICIDES 104

The July suicides, one week apart, of inseparable New York multi-media artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake rocked their hip downtown crowd. Nancy Jo Sales discovers that the dazzlingly talented couple's love for each other was rivaled by a growing fear of the world around them.

A LEGEND WITH LEGS | 110

After her breakthrough role in Rio Bravo, Angie Dickinson caught the eye of J.F.K., had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and married Burt Bacharach, while putting her stamp on movie and TV history. At 76, the brainy beauty tells almost all to Sam Kashner, including the tragedy of her daughter's struggle with Asperger's syndrome. Portrait by Norman Jean Roy.

ENGLAND MADE THEM 118

Beneath its buttoned-up surface, England teems with oddball innkeepers, crocodile-riding crackpots, and other Python-esque characters. Christopher Hitchens explains the proud tradition of British eccentricity, as Tim Walker and Sarajane Hoare capture some noted 21st-century examples.

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FANFAIR

31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE | 37

The Oscar Niemeyer Century | 37

The Cultural Divide | 38

Bruce Handy gushes over There Will Be Blood | 42

Michael Hogan canvasses Brooklyn with artist Todd DiCiurcio | 42

Elissa Schappell takes on Beginner's Greek | 42

Matt Tyrnauer checks into the Malibu Beach Inn | 44

My Stuff: Restaurateur John McDonald | 44

COLUMNS

THE YEAR OF GOVERNING DANGEROUSLY | 50

Eliot Spitzer rode into Albany with a fearsome mandate for change after bringing some of Wall Street's biggest scofflaws to heel. Now New York's hot-tempered governor is the one looking sleazy. David Margolick hears from both Spitzer and his growing number of critics.

LINES IN THE SAND | 60

What would the Middle East look like without politics? Cullen Murphy asks four experts to map its natural divisions, just as T. E. Lawrence tried to do in 1918.

HALL OF FAME | 64

Elissa Schappell nominates Viva Glam, MAC'S provocative, powerful campaign against AIDS. Photograph by Mark Seliger.

VANITIES

BONNE JURNEE | 67

The Vanities Dare: A holiday-season department-store special | 70

Alternate-Reality Gift Guide: The Criterion Collection rereleases the High School Musical franchise | 70

ETCETERA

EDITOR'S LETTER | 28

CONTRIBUTORS | 30

LETTERS Eulogy for a Soldier | 34

FAIRGROUND Tete-a-Tete | 47

CREDITS | 150

PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Mia Farrow | 152

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