COVER

Power to the People (Person of the Year)

Meet 15 citizens—including a French rapper, a relentless reviewer and a real life lonely girl—of the new digital democracy

The YouTube Gurus (Person of the Year)

How a couple of regular guys built a company that changed the way we see ourselves

People Who Mattered (Person of the Year)

Our gallery of those who made a difference—for better or for worse

A Fond Farewell (Person of the Year)

A last goodbye to those we lost in 2006

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Rare Bird (The Arts)

Like Mumble the dancing penguin in Happy Feet, director George Miller has dreams only animation can express