COVER STORY STEPHEN DORFF Hollywood’s one-time token bad boy is reborn a leading man: witness the second coming of Stephen Dorff PROFILES SEBASTIAN STAN The up-and-coming actor on his transition from communist to Comic-Con DANILO GALLINARI The Italian import may be the Knicks’s star forward, but even ballers still miss their moms WISSAM AL MANA The man who brought luxury fashion to the Middle East has an international pedigree and a pop star girlfriend to match WHERE WERE YOU? The first round of photos in our VMen-on-vacation scrapbook MAGNUS CARLSEN
The world champion chess player makes an unexpected move TAKERU KOBAYASHI The notorious hot dog-eating champion spills his guts about stuffing his face SHAOLIN SECRET Pyrotechnics artist Cai Guo-Qiang reveals his kung fu past SURF TIME Laird Hamilton makes waves—and shares his favorite spots for surfing them POP ROCKS Punk icon Iggy Pop talks fashion with designer John Varvatos SING THE WORLD ELECTRIC Three gorgeous voices from around the globe INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS’ ANTHEM The hardest working men in hip hop show off their hustle and flow NEWS Dan Colen’s designer jacket, Keith Haring’s condoms, Naomi Campbell’s Dolce & Gabbana tour, and more of what’s coming up worldwide EAU SO EXOTIC Aromas from every corner of the earth THE SPIRIT WORLD Fifteen different ways to drink to your fellow man MODEL CITIZENS Our international agencies roundup features some of the best faces the world has to offer FASHION CANDICE DOES COPENHAGEN BY MARIO TESTINO DOUBLE VISION BY HEDI SLIMANE AND COLLIER SCHORR MICHAEL PITT BY GUS VAN SANT PATTI + ROBERT BY CHRISTIAN BRYLLE TOKYO TRIBE BY KOICHIRO DOI BOROUGH BOYS BY DAVID ARMSTRONG THE TALES OF GENGhIS KHAN BY PAUL ROWLAND GREENLAND EMPIRE BY KLAUS THYMANN