Stuff # 79, June 2006

FEATURES
76 STRONG-ARMED!
Unlike her delicate costars on The O.C., Samaire Armstrong is a force to be reckoned with: She's sexy and sword-savvy.
82 JEAN RENO
The Da Vinci Code's star is the baddest thing to come out of France since Napoleon.
84 AWESOME GUIDE TO SUMMER
Everything you need to know about the months you've been waiting for all year.
92 GIRLS OF SUMMER
It's hot outside, and that can only mean one thing: skin.
96 BBQ ROAD TRIP
Grab the wet wipes and head for grilling greatness.
98 WHITE MEN CAN'T PIMP
The unlikely tale of a nerdy Jersey boy who overlorded a million-dollar escort service.
102 ABA LEGENDS
The league that made the NBA look like the PTA.
108 STACY KEIBLER
The leggy queen of our March issue is back.
2 Bladder-blasting fun.
REGULARS
14 STUFF LIVE

• The meaning of life? Discover it here in our Stats survey results.
• Trade in your broken crap for free new stuff. Dig?
• Our almighty Quizmaster serves up trivia on Spinal Tap, Vanna White, dead (or are they?) bad guys and your trusty Magic 8 Ball.

24 HIT LIST

• Wager on which celebrity will be the next to convert to Scientology!
• See where the latest in pop culture stacks up in our Douche Quadrant.
• The only magazine that rivals the one you're currently poring over.
• The pepper-munching Iron Chef host becomes an unlikely fashion hero.
• Poster girl vs. cover girl: a fight to the death?
• Slippers made from gutted animals: They're slimy and comfy!

36 PHOTO BOOTH CHALLENGE - This naughty nurse is less innocent than she appears.
30 BOMBSHELL BRAINIAC! We always thought that in order to be a genius, you had to be exceedingly weird-looking. Alias star Rachel Nichols proves this to be mathematically impossible.
38 HYPE

• Why is everybody on TV getting killed off? We wax theoretical.
• Quentin Tarantino is making a horror flick. Be afraid, be very afraid.
• Kurt Cobain speaks! Creepy, we know.
• Shooter Jennings strums up his favorite outlaw-country albums.

54 NEIGHBORHOOD KNOCKOUT
She hails from the Dirty Jerz, if you know what we mean.
56 BIAS

• Dave Attell on the fruits of higher education.
• No wonder Leeann Tweeden didn't get speeding tickets growing up; just look at her.
• Set your eyes to STUNNED: Scott Baio on his heyday as a Hollywood ladies' man.

62 GEAROTICA

• Longboards for cruising the boardwalk en route to a nasty sunburn.
• Drop-tops that will really blow your hair back.
• To keep Jay-Z's girlfriend safe, professional bodyguard Big Shorty trusts these gadgets.

114 STUFF STYLE

• Surf icon Kelly Slater and his cronies have mad style.
• Sneakerphile slips into some slick NYC-themed kicks.
• Fashion essentials for the modern man. And you.

122 WEEKEND WARRIOR

• Top coasters to spew on.
• Camping gear for the true indoorsman.
• How to climb a tree. And no, we're not kidding.

127 CREDITS
132 DISSECTION

• Picking apart Scarlett Johansson...metaphorically.