ISSUE DATE: MAY, 2004; No. 525

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COVER: PRIVATE CAMELOT. Jackie Kennedy's White House Secrets. How history's most fabulous first lady dealt with sex, smoking, her weight, and all those other women. By Sally Bedell Smith.

SPECIAL REPORT: THE PATH TO WAR : No evidence linking Saddam to 9/11. No W.M.D. No U.N. support.

What drove the Bush administration to invade Iraq? After a seven-month investigation, with sources inside the White House, Defense and State Departments, U.N., and C.I.A., Bryan Burrough, Evgenia Peretz. David Rose, and David Wise chart the passions, feuds, and blunders that turned mainstream policy into disastrous controversy. Plus, in an excerpt from his new book, Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War, John Prados has the paper trail of official deception.

FEATURES:
MICHAEL EISNER'S MOUSETRAP: Led by Walt Disney's nephew Roy and a former board member, Stanley Gold, angry Disney shareholders have called for Michael Eisner's blood, tapping into Hollywood's animosity toward the C.E.O. Meanwhile, Comcast's Brian Roberts has targeted Eisner's company. Didn't anyone get the memo that the 80s are over? In a battle where personal history trumps logic, Michael Wolff reports, the only person who looks competent is ... Eisner himself. Illustration by Edward Sorel.

MIAMI MODERN: With the acquisition of two very different South Beach classics---the Raleigh and the Lido Spa--Andre Balazs is showing Miami the kind of style that New York and L.A. have seen at his Mercer, Standard, and Chateau Marmont hotels. Matt Tyrnauer checks out Balazs's homage to a city's glamorous past and his vision for its future. Photographs by Robert Polidori.

MAKE ROOM FOR DIDDY: Annie Leibovitz and Anderson Tepper spotlight the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, in which Sean "P. Diddy" Combs samples Sidney Poitier.

PRIVATE CAMELOT: One half of the 20th century's most iconic couple, Jacqueline Kennedy is still emerging from myth in all her strength and complexity. An excerpt from Sally Bedell Smith's new book, Grace and Power, reveals how the 31-year-old First Lady created a glittering White House image, even as she fought to deal with her husband's infidelities, improve her marriage, protect her children, and preserve her own independence.

FANFAIR: 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE: Daddy-whoa! a father-and-son surf shop in Laguna Beach. Hot Reels: Bruce Handy on Coffee and Cigarettes and Super Size Me; Guilty Pleasure 13 Going on 30.

Elissa Schappell's Hot Type. Kimberly Cutter on L.A. art diva Shaun Caley Regen; A. M. Homes on Tom Sachs's latest rebellion; and a new discovery at MaxMara. Lisa Robinson's Hot Tracks. Laura Jacobs on A.B.T's rising star Veronika Part. Krista Smith on hot Hollywood producers Palmer West and Jonah Smith; On the Download Joss Stone's Top 10; Edward Helrnore on British rapper the Streets. Dany Levy discovers the Upper East Side's Selma and Syd; Cheap Seats Punch Hutton compares discount airlines. Leslie Bennetts on Boucheron's hidden jewel; My Stuff Brad Dunning.

COLUMNS:
UNSAFE ON ANY BALLOT: Ralph Nader's absolute incorruptibility has been key to his heroic stature, but his third presidential bid suggests a kamikaze attack on his own legacy. Even worse, in Christopher Hitchens's opinion, are Nader's new friends, an extremist bunch with ties to Louis Farrakhan and Pat Buchanan. Illustration by Philip Burke.

OF OSCARS AND VERDICTS: Only VF's Oscar party could have pulled Dominick Dunne away, however briefly, from the Martha Stewart case. In this month's diary. he reports on the shock, pain, and suspicion following the conviction of his two friends. Photograph by Larry Fink WELCOME TO THE CONSPIRACY: Was bin Laden working for the C.I.A.? Was Bush on Cipro before the anthrax mailings? Is that a flaming World Trade Center hidden on the new $20 bill? There's a whole cornmtlnity out there that would answer yes, yes, and yes. Examining the "bloody gloves" of conspiracy theory, Rich Cohen tries to figure out whether the paranoiacs are onto something. Photo illustrations by Mark Hooper.

DAZZLING TILL DAWN: At VF's 11th annual Oscar party, Hilary Swank cleaned up, General Tommy Franks got the joke, and the A-list latecomers wolfed down In-N-Out cheeseburgers. Krista Smith and a team of photographers captured the action.

THE SHRIVER WAY: Norman Jean Roy and Leslie Bennetts spotlight Sargent, Eunice, and Maria Shriver as California's new First Lady puts the emphasis on her father's achievements.

THE MAN WHO LOVED GRIZZLIES: In September, as Alaska's 31,000 grizzly bears headed into hibernation, Timothy Trcadwell and his girlfriend, Arnie Huguenard, set up camp among them. Exploring Treadwell's amazing connection with the planet's largest terrestrial predators, Ned Zeman underscores the gruesome ironies of the hear expert's death, when he and Huguenard were torn to pieces by a creature he tried to protect.

HALL OF FAME: David Friend nominates MoveOn.org's Joan Blades and Wes Boyd, who have been mobilizing voters one e-mail at a time. Photograph by Jonas Karlsson.

LE CIRQUE DE SIRIO: During the 80s, Le Cirque became the most famous restaurant in the world, a perfect evening out for Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Princess Grace, Richard Nixon, Bianca Jagger, Henry Kissinger, Malcolm Forbes, and other elite regulars. In an excerpt from their new book, Peter Elliot and Le Cirque 2000 owner Sirio Maccioni serve up some delicious anecdotes from the little room where everyone wanted to be.

COUNTRY SOULS: Annie Leibovitz and Lisa Robinson spotlight Jack White and Loretta Lynn, Nashville's unlikely new dream duo.

VANITIES: HOWARD'S BEGINNING Meet W. DeGroff Hinterhofer, VFs Public Editor. George Wayne traps furrier to the stars Dennis Basso. On the Set: Katie Sharer takes a sneak peek at The Stepford Wives, starring Nicole Kidman Neal Pollack gets married.

ET CETERA:
EDITOR'S LETTER Neoconned: The Path to War.
CONTRIBUTORS.
LETTERS Gibson's Bible.
PLANETARIUM Take a walk, Taurus.
CREDITS.
PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Jane Goodall.
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