Esquire, meanwhile, offers "way more music than usual" in May, and has its own striking cover boy in Jeff Bridges, in sharp-dressed rocker mode. As "The next life of Jeff Bridges" explains, "This time he's a singer. For real." For sure, for anyone who saw his remarkable Oscar-winning country singer turn in Crazy Heart knows he can sing up a storm; he's got an album on the way, and Twitter followers of Rosanne Cash know that she's guesting on it. Also noted are "50 songs every man should be listening to, including five that just might save Detroit," but we also note that in this section is a box written by our pal Dierks Bentley, the best of the contemporary country singer-songwriters, "Hot to write a song (for a woman)."
Manifesting "The Next Generation Leading Man," Mark Ruffalo takes the cover of Details, which otherwise fronts a lot of superlatives ("The best outdoor workouts," "The coolest spas in the world," "The sexiest new summer cocktail") while pondering the much-asked question: "Is skim milk making you fat?" Out stars a leading man of a different sort in its "The Making of Justin Bond: Meet the Artist Formerly Known as He" cover feature on "one of the great New York performers," according to Scissor Sisters' lead singer Jake Shears. We recently saw Shears, Bond and our pal Sandra Bernhard grace the Joe's Pub stage with their new production, Arts & Crafts, and can back up Shears' claim.
It's Steven Tyler, too, on the cover of People, declaring "I'm lucky to be alive!" and discussing his four kids, eight rehabs and "stunning comeback." Noted also are Katie Couric ("finding love again") and LeAnn and Eddie, whose wedding album is featured. Us Weekly has Khloe revealing how she's "tortured for her weight" (after her mom calls her fat!) and also divulges how Kate got ready for her big day. Kate, of course, is all over the place, what with two days to go to her big day. She and William are on the "collectors edition" of Life & Style Weekly (running a poor second are "How Brad betrayed Emily," "Rob & Kristen's secret honeymoon" and "Mob Wives confessions"). They're also on top of OK!, which includes a special British OK! section inside (and also has more on Emily's breakup).
But William and Kate are reduced to side column features on the covers of In Touch Weekly and Star. In Touch goes with Jen falling for Bradley on top--though her friends fear she's moving "too fast…again!" And at Star it's Sandra Bullock who's "betrayed again!"
Finally, Time Out New York brings us the apartments issue--and also shows where to watch and celebrate the royal wedding.
--jim bessman
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