December Covers '94 - '09

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Updated Dec 02, 2009 @ 7:56 pm

December Covers '94 - '09

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December 1994

WHO Demi Moore, 32
WHY The actress was starring in Disclosure and The Scarlett Letter.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I've given Bruce a boat, a motorcycle and natural childbirth."

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December 1995

WHO Geena Davis, 38
WHY The actress was starring in Cutthroat Island.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I won't be somebody's girlfriend, or a total victim who doesn't rise above it and win," she says about the roles she chooses. "I want to play the cool parts."

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December 1996

WHO Cindy Crawford, 30
WHY The supermodel revealed how she spent the holidays.
WEARING A Dolce & Gabbana dress
NOTABLE QUOTE "It's good to have both drive and unconditional love, but if I had to have only one-give me unconditional love."

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December 1998

WHO Julia Roberts, 31
WHY The actress was starring in Stepmom.
WEARING An Erickson Beamon choker
NOTABLE QUOTE "I secretly want to be really glamorous," says Julia. "But…I will never be a risk-taker in fashion. I mean, I'm pretty bohemian and have been my whole life."

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December 1999

WHO Lisa Kudrow, 36
WHY The actress talked about the upcoming new millennium.
WEARING A Valentino dress
NOTABLE QUOTE "If I didn't have a baby, maybe I'd go to a fabulous New Year's party. Maybe I wouldn't. Who am I kidding?"

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December 2000

WHO Sandra Bullock, 36
WHY The actress was starring in Miss Congeniality.
WEARING A Prada top and H. Stern earrings
NOTABLE QUOTE "I just can't appreciate all [this success] unless the people I care about are there having a good time with it."

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December 2001

WHO Will Smith, 33, and Jada Pinkett Smith, 30
WHY The Hollywood couple was starring in Ali.
WEARING A Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche shirt on Will; a Michael Kors dress on Jada
NOTABLE QUOTE "He's never done a full-blown love scene with anybody but me [in [IT "Ali"]]. I just know he told Michael Mann, 'You gotta hire my wife. I can't do that scene with anyone else."

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December 2002

WHO Courteney Cox, 38
WHY The actress talks about life after Friends.
WEARING A Marc Jacobs top and a Karim necklace
NOTABLE QUOTE "When I was growing up, acting wasn't on my mind. When you're raised in Alabama, you don't think that way. There are no actors in the family; We're all very practical. Then I did a commercial-I don't even knbow how I fell into it and I thought, This is fun. It wasn't a lifelong dream, but now it feels meant to be."

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December 2003

WHO Julia Roberts, 36
WHY The actress was starring in Mona Lisa Smile.
WEARING A Giorgio Armani dress
NOTABLE QUOTE "I think painting is one of the most enviable skills, the translation from eye to hands. I'm kind of horribly mediocre, like when you're not good enough to take it to that next step, but not bad enough to place it out of your thoughts."

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December 2004

WHO Renee Zellweger, 35
WHY The award-winning actress was starring in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
WEARING An Oscar de la Renta gown, a Cartier ring and Christian Louboutin shoes
NOTABLE QUOTE "It has been an issue, trying to recognize what's important and maintain a balance, to know what it means to have time that's not compromised. I'm shifting a few priorities."

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December 2005

WHO Gwyneth Paltrow, 33
WHY The actress talked about bi-coastal living.
WEARING A Ralph Lauren Collection dress
NOTABLE QUOTE "I'm not into acting for the glory. I do it for the art, to feel I'm sharing with people."

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December 2006

WHO Kate Winslet, 31
WHY The actress was starring in The Holiday.
WEARING A Kaufman Franco dress
NOTABLE QUOTE "When I choose a role, it's to try something different."

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December 2007

WHO Natalie Portman, 26
WHY The actress was starring in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
WEARING A Badgley Mischka dress and Fred Leighton earrings and bracelet
NOTABLE QUOTE "Acting is a very selfish thing. It's a very interior art form."

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December 2008

WHO Heidi Klum, 35
WHY The accomplished model and Project Runway producer/host revealed her secrets to success.
WEARING A Versace dress, Lorraine Schwartz cuffs and her own earrings
NOTABLE QUOTE "You have to have a goal. Some people haven't figured out what they want to do. I knew I wanted to be a model, and I wanted to become a good model."

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December 2009

WHO Taylor Swift, 19
WHY The breakthrough superstar's turning 20, moving into her own place and starring in Valentine's Day.
WEARING An Oscar de la Renta dress and necklace, Pomel Lato bracelet, Versace shoes and her own rings
NOTABLE QUOTE "The lesson I've learned most in life is that you're always going to know more in your future than you know now."

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