Maxim # 128, August 2008

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
76 Amber Heard<br> I ntroducing the breakout bombshell of smokin' stoner comedy Pineapple Express.
Attention: Amber alert is in full effect until further notice!<br>
82 Summer Heat Wave<br>
Our cover girl isn't the only starlet burning through celluloid right now. Prepare
to obsess over Mila Kunis, Liv Tyler, Zooey Deschanel, and other big-screen beauties.<br>
90 Icon: Billy Bob Thornton<br>
The most eccentric living Oscarwinner (sorry, Marlon!) on Heath Ledger, haunted
houses, and his heavenly ex-wife. By RUTH HILTON<br>
93 The Maxim Food Awards<br>
Get in touch with your gluttonous side as we scour the U.S. for the greatest dishes,
eateries, and cocktails, all for your culinary enjoyment (and inevitable gastric
bypass)!<br>
106 The Unconventions<br>
From the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs to Sex Addicts Anonymous,
welcome to the world of wonderfully weird conventions! By STEVEN RUSSELL<br>
108 Anonymous vs. Scientology<br>
A real-life battle between an underground online army and the most feared and
controversial religion on Earth is ushering in a strange new world of 21st-century
warfare. A report<br>
from the front lines. BY DAVID KUSHNER<br>
<b>DEPARTMENTS</b><br>
16 Letters<br>
We serve up a heaping helping of your props and put-downs, with a side order of
absolute indifference!<br>
20 Incoming<br>
Stalking the paps who hound Britney, Autumn Reeser's first time, and our medal-worthy
Olympics quiz!<br>
35 Rated<br>
Ben Stiller blows up with his new VietnamWar farce, Tropic Thunder, and Rainn
Wilson's final 24 hours to live.<br>
52 Stuff Style<br>
Revisit vinyl with high-tech turntables, and discover Brit bully Vinnie Jones'
odd aquatic obsession.<br>
63 Columns<br>
Golfer Rory Sabbatini, one entrepreneur invests in Internet infidelity, and the
unfairer sex's secret signals!<br>
117 Expert<br>
How to buy hardcore muscle cars on the cheap, and enjoying the last Communist
paradise on Earth!<br>
126 Style<br>
We spend the last rays of summer dressing up— and feeling appropriately
down—with fashionably gloomy N.Y.C. indie rockers the Bravery.<br>
140 The Decider<br>
What Olympic sport should you play? Sorry, beer pong is not an option. Fingers
crossed for 2012, though!