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Introduction 1
Loni Anderson vs. Burt Reynolds 3 Pier Angeli vs. James Dean 9 Jennifer Aniston vs. Brad Pitt 14 Lucille Ball vs. Desi Arnaz 20 Kim Basinger vs. Alec Baldwin 25 Ingrid Bergman vs. Dr. Petter Lindstrom 31 Halle Berry vs. Eric Benét 36 Cher vs. Sonny Bono 42 Joan Collins vs. Peter Holm 48 Joan Crawford vs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 53 Dorothy Dandridge vs. Harold Nicholas 58 Bette Davis vs. Gary Merrill 64 Mia Farrow vs. Woody Allen 70 Zsa ZsaCOPYRIGHTED Gabor vs. George Sanders MATERIAL 76 Greta Garbo vs. John Gilbert 80 Ava Gardner vs. Frank Sinatra 86 Judy Garland vs. Vincente Minnelli 93 Phyllis Gates vs. Rock Hudson 98 Whoopi Goldberg vs. Ted Danson 103 Melanie Griffith vs. Don Johnson 109
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Rita Hayworth vs. Orson Welles 115 Anne Heche vs. Ellen DeGeneres 121 Barbara Hutton vs. Cary Grant 127 Jennifer Jones vs. Robert Walker 133 Nicole Kidman vs. Tom Cruise 138 Sondra Locke vs. Clint Eastwood 145 Jennifer Lopez vs. Ben Affleck 151 Ali MacGraw vs. Steve McQueen 158 Madonna vs. Sean Penn 164 Jayne Mansfield vs. Mickey Hargitay 170 Mayo Methot vs. Humphrey Bogart 175 Liza Minnelli vs. David Gest 181 Marilyn Monroe vs. Joe DiMaggio 187 Demi Moore vs. Bruce Willis 194 Jean Peters vs. Howard Hughes 200 Mary Pickford vs. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. 207 Debbie Reynolds vs. Eddie Fisher 212 Julia Roberts vs. Lyle Lovett 217 Meg Ryan vs. Dennis Quaid 222 Barbara Stanwyck vs. Robert Taylor 228 Elizabeth Taylor vs. Richard Burton 234 Uma Thurman vs. Ethan Hawke 240 Michelle Triola (Marvin) vs. Lee Marvin 246 Lana Turner vs. Johnny Stompanato 252 Lupe Velez vs. Johnny Weissmuller 258 Natalie Wood vs. Robert Wagner 264 Jane Wyman vs. Ronald Reagan 270
Bibliography 276 Index 286
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