Maxim # 151 - July 2010

FEATURES 52 Nicole Scherzinger This Pussycat Doll's secret talents include: nunchuckery, foxtrotting, and looking dead sexy. OK, maybe that's not so secret. BY JESSE WILL 60 Icon: Jack White The White Stripes frontman, Raconteurs band mate, and Dead Weather drummer speaks. BY GAVIN EDWARDS 62 Kicking Asphalt Drive through trees, inhale a 36-ounce rib eye, and attack other fantastic feats on Maxim's five ultimate road trips. 68 To Die For True Blood's Natasha Alarm: Plus, download-able outtakes! BY BREKKE FLETCHER 72 The Maxim Porn Dictionary Learn about 20 of the world's freakiest fetishes. BY CHRIS WILSON AND NICK LEFTLEY 74 From Geeks to Gangsters How four dudes changed Vegas poker forever, one $60,000 pot at a time. BY DAVY ROTHBART 80 Loco for Loken Former Terminatrix Kristanna Loken looks smokin' in three new flicks. BY STEPHANIE RADVAN 82 The Horror of Horrorcore Did the bloodand-guts music scene inspire one fledgling rapper to brutally murder four people? BY FRANK OWEN DEPARTMENTS 8 Letters Marines spread democracy with Hot-ties, and one lucky reader wins a date with a supermodel. Nope, it's not you! 14 My First Time Grown Ups' Madison Riley dishes on her notable firsts. Yep, there's a trampoline involved! 14 Circus Maximus The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi explains why summer sucks, we explain what the week's greatest day is, and you explain why you're still reading the table of contents. 29 Rated Learn how Robert Rodriguez is saving Predators and why Canadian R&B crooner Drake can't compete with fellow Canuck Snow. 38 Stuff Get your stalk on with these super-zoom cameras (not kidding!), and your grill on with six badass meat machines. 48 Columns Real ladies expound on the summer fling, and chef Nate Apple-man teaches Maxim staffers the fine art of bachelor cooking. 88 Style Your summer guide to shades, shoes, and swim trunks. Plus, the breast, er...best sunscreen tips ever! 108 Twenty-Four Hours to Live On his final day on Earth, Topher Grace gets trippy with America's first president. History is made!