gq online: May 2006
MAN ON A MISSION
Following a year of un-Tom-like behavior, Tom Cruise, appearing in M:I-3 this month, sits down with Lucy Kaylin for a chat that proves the critical barrage didn't leave a scratch. PLUS: Exclusive photos of Tom and Katie from GQ's cover shoot
2006 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS
Read the stories that earned GQ five nominations
THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT GRETCHEN MOL
More photos! And video clips from The Notorious Bettie Page
GQ.COM STRESS PACKAGE
In the May issue of GQ, Jim Atkinson tells you how to de-stress (before it's too late). Here, on GQ.com, you can read about five stress centers across the country, take our stress quiz, and enter to win a free spa getaway for two
WHERE'S MICHAEL?
Shortly after his acquittal, Michael Jackson left Neverland and headed to Bahrain. Devin Friedman went in search of the deposed King of Pop. PLUS: Photographer and philosopher Ali Fraidoon was Friedman's guide to Bahrain. Meet that country's second-most interesting resident in an exclusive GQ.com interview
UNSUNG HEROES
They are not all over the Billboard charts or on MTV, but these visionaries have quietly made some of the greatest music you've never heard. PLUS: Many more unsung heroes, and essential audio clips from the music they made
ALAN RICHMAN ON FOOD AND WINE
The best from GQ's intrepid food critic, only on GQ.com
WAR ON TERROR
The Taliban reemerging, an economy run by drug lords, and hapless president Hamid Karzai confined to his palace—Afghanistan is not the post-9/11 success story we've been told it is. Robert Draper reports from a country on the brink. PLUS: Said Hyder Akbar, an author and Yale student whose father was Karzai's spokesman, talks about the state of Afghanistan in an exclusive GQ.com interview
THE MAN
With a breakout performance in Crash under his belt and his new album out this summer, rapper and actor Ludacris tells Beth Altschull about his beef with Oprah and his secret love for one very special lady…Shirley MacLaine? PLUS: Photos of Ludacris you'll see only on GQ.com
THE ESSENTIALS: MUSIC
Listen to tracks by Bonde do Role, Gnarls Barkley, Art Brut, and more of May's essential artists, only on GQ.com
SEE JEB NOT RUN.
As one of the most dominating governors in Florida history, Jeb Bush seems destined for the Oval Office—except he's never running By Wil S. Hylton
THE GQ&A: ROBIN WILLIAMS
The hyperactive riffing, the saccharine characters… There are many reasons the public has turned on Robin Williams. Does he have one more trick up his sleeve? Interview by Chris Heath
THIS IS OUR WAR: A SOLDIERS' PORTFOLIO
GQ is compiling the largest collection of photos taken by active soldiers. See a view of the war like never before
DESCENDING WINE COURSE
50 Things You Need to Know about Wine
TOM CARSON PICKS THE MUST-OWN DVDS
An Indiana Basketball epic, a funny-man threesome, Hitchcock and the evilest child—Tom Carson on the DVDs worthy of your shelf
OPEN LETTER
Dear Class of 2006: Welcome to the real world! Yes, we'll have fries with that…
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF STYLE
Thou shalt match your socks with your suit—and nine other sacred style imperatives
L.A. CONFIDENCE
As Aaron Eckhart shows us, nothing will help you take care of business like a dark suit. PLUS: An exclusive clip from Eckhart's new movie, Thank You for Smoking, and an interview with the film's director, Jason Reitman—only on GQ.com
STYLE ANATOMY: STRAIGHT-LEG JEANS
Why it's time to trade in your boot-cut jeans for a pair of straight legs
STYLE GUY ARCHIVE
GQ's Glenn O'Brien solves your sartorial conundrums
GQ RULES
25 essential tips, secrets, and shortcuts guaranteed to improve your style
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