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| Publisher: Wenner Media
Category: Magazine
List Price: $207.48
Buy New: $51.48
You Save: $156.00 (75%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 25
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 52
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 52
First Issue Lead Time: 4-6 Weeks
ASIN: B00005N7TB
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Addicting November 30, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
One word that sums this magazine up is addicting! I can't pass a magazine stand with out picking one up. With the latest spill on celebrity love lives, style, movies, red carpet events, and most embarrassing moments, who could resist?
To me it's more of a photo book then real journalism. Half the journalism that is in US Weekly is exaggerated to all means. With so much being fabricated, it is important to keep an open mind.
US Weekly Magazine gives people like you and I a chance to see celebrities live the normal lives we do. It's weird to see some of these A-list stars cleaning, shopping, and doing normal day to day routines of an average person. Of course this is only when they are not working.
My favorite part of the magazine is the loose talk section. In the November 22nd issue, it features Nicole Richie and her tip on how she eats healthy while taping The Simple Life.
Every week I look forward to receiving my new issue. When I do, it's sometimes the highlight of my day. No other magazine can compare to US Weekly. With its edge and wit it keeps us readers wanting the next issue.
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 The Best in This Class October 14, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a college educated, professional woman and I still love this magazine. In fact it was my guilty pleasure while I was attending college and didn't have time to sit down a read a good novel. US Weekly has some of the best photographs of stars compared to the other mags on the newsstand (ranking only second to In Touch at times). US Weekly does have the best content. They have more content than In Touch and less of the stuff that I don't care about like People magazine publishes. US Weekly is a steal at the subscription price. So, why don't you check one out at the newsstand and subscribe if you like it as much as I do?
 Entertaining, but.......... October 7, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
US Weekly is a mix of a tabloid and a fashion magazine, though it is a bit better at telling the truth than some other magazines *ahem*. It's one of those magazines that will come into great use when you're bored and want something interesting yet light to read, and if you're celebrity obsessed, you'll definitely LOVE this one. My main problem with it is that everytime I pick up an issue, I feel like I'm stalking these celebs. In their August 30 issue, they had a two-page spread showing Jessica Simpson shopping at a grocery store, loading them into her car, and even pulling her dress back up. I don't know about you, but I felt as though that was completely unnescesary. The magazine is big on these things, like showing Britney Spears eating lunch and Paris and Nikki Hilton walking on the beach. It gets very annoying sometimes. However, some of the stuff they talk about is interesting, and I enjoy the fashion and beauty sections. But if you're one of those who can't live without the latest celebrity gossip and news, this would be a great magazine for you.
Nobody claimes this is rocket science... September 9, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
... but it sure is fun to read. US magazine is by far the best of its genre; I consider PEOPLE, STAR, and IN TOUCH vastly inferior. US is unique; my favorite section, one that another Amazon reviewer happened to mention they hated, is called "Stars: They're Just Like US". Yes, we know that the rich and famous eat, drink, shop and get toilet paper stuck on their shoes-- like the average person. But how much more fun is it to see Cameron Diaz with food in her teeth, Jessica Simpson lunching with a girlfriend, or Keaneau Reeves using a payphone (and, gasp!, not a cell).
US was the orginal magazine to bring us the stars in a new light -- now, IN TOUCH and STAR are rushing to do the same. But the first is always the best -- US weekly makes reading their magazine a guilty pleasure!
 Worst magazine ever created? September 2, 2004
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
For some unknown reason, my aunt has a subscription to this publication known as "U.S. Weekly". Whenever she gets done reading it, she gives it to my mom, giving me a chance to read the kind of garbage that gets published every week. To put it simply, this is a magazine that showcases everyone I hate in the entertainment industry. Quite frankly, most of the pictures here creep me out. These photographers go out of their way to take pictures of celebrities doing things like eating or riding their bike. It's bad enough to see how nosy the editors are, but it's even worse to know that people pay to see such trivial photos as that. It's borderline obsession.
You might be asking, "If I hate it so much, why do I continue reading it"? There's no other way around it, but this magazine does slightly entertain me, but for all the wrong reasons. The "news" is so obviously fake and ridiculous that it makes me laugh. It's so bad that it's almost like a parody. For example, I read an article about how Ashlee Simpson and some other guy were in love, yet the next week's magazine revealed that they had just split up. I guess true love only lasts a week nowadays.
The only reason to ever get a magazine like this is if you want to have a good laugh. Even then, the price for a yearly subscription is far too expensive. So really, "US Weekly" is useless either way.
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