Earlier this week, I predicted that one of the weeklies would focus on Mary-Kate Olsen.  Star took my advice!   I know you believe me, but click here if you need proof.

She’s on this week’s cover - with sister Ashley - and there’s a really good reason for this.  Obviously, Mary-Kate’s relationship with the late Heath Ledger brings her back into the celebrity weekly spotlight.  And a few years back, Mary-Kate and Ashley were one of the biggest sellers on the newsstand, especially when Mary-Kate was looking too skinny for her own good. 

Move to the side bar and you’ll see the magazine’s back-up cover story broken down in two insets.   First, you have poor Britney’s torment in the psych ward followed by pregnant Jamie Lynne out and partying.  Wow!  This would have been the perfect split cover (Britney on the left, Lynne bubbled in the middle, and Jamie Lynne on the right.)  Unfortunately for Star, this would have been too close to the cover of  its sister publication, The National Enquirer,  from last week.

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