TV Guide Online: Uh, I'm one of those guys who drooled over you when I was a kid.
Lynda Carter: I think that's very cool. You know, I like Wonder Woman, too. I thought she was the bomb, as my daughter would say.

TVGO: Wonder Woman was kind of the full package, huh?
Carter: What I was hoping for was that men would see that women could be a lot of things: She was beautiful, smart and able to kick ass but also a good egg. It wasn't just about how she looked.

TVGO: How often do you hear the theme song?
Carter: It's kind of my "Hail to the Chief." They play it whenever I'm around.

TVGO: Who'd win in a fight between you and the Bionic Woman?
Carter: The Bionic Woman and I would never be fighting. We'd be on the same side. If they had to, I would say that there's no way that Wonder Woman could be defeated because of her heart.

TVGO: But could you take Lindsay Wagner in an arm-wrestling match?
Carter: Oh, absolutely. No question about it.

TVGO: As '70s superheroines on TV, did you have a competition going with Wagner?
Carter: Not really, no. As a matter of fact, she was my friend.

TVGO: How do I perfect Wonder Woman's signature spin move?
Carter: Honey, it's a secret, and one that I will never divulge.

TVGO: What would it take to get you back in the costume?
Carter: Oh, God! There's not enough incentive in the world. World peace? I mean, I suppose I could get into that kind of shape again, but it would be like what Brad Pitt did for Troy, where he took a year to get buff.

TVGO: While in costume, did you ever look in the mirror and say, "Yeah, I look hot"?
Carter: No. Unfortunately, I looked in the mirror and saw flaws. That's the way that it goes when you're young. Now I look back and think, "Yeah..."

TVGO: What's the least glamorous thing you did while dressed as Wonder Woman?
Carter: Smoke a cigarette, probably. That would be right up there. Very bad.

TVGO: How much would you sell the magic lasso to me for?
Carter: [Laughs] It doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to my kids. I couldn't sell it.

TVGO: OK, then how about if you just lasso me and, you know, make me tell the truth?
Carter: Well, I would have some really great questions to ask you. We could get into some real soul-searching. [Pause] It would be really fun to put that around George Bush.

TVGO: It would help the world. So I should just forget about the lasso thing, right?
Carter: You know what, you're just too young for me, honey.

TVGO: How often do people say, "Dude, there's Wonder Woman!"
Carter: It's a daily occurrence. Even when I think there's no way anyone can recognize me — no makeup, my hair's up, I have a cap on — someone recognizes my voice and says, "Aren't you Linda Evans?"

TVGO: In 1976, you did Battle of the Network Stars. Got any dish?
Carter: After my team won the tug of war, we all had champagne. I took the bottle and dumped it over [host] Howard Cosell's head, not knowing he had a hairpiece. He was so p---ed off. He was so upset. So every time I saw him at a restaurant in New York, I sent over a bottle of champagne. And he always knew who it was from.

In yesterday's Insider, Tobey Maguire recalled nearly losing his role in Spider-Man 2 to Jake Gyllenhaal. Had the Spidey recast happened, Kirsten Dunst — who plays Peter Parker's star-crossed love, Mary Jane — would've been acting opposite her real-life beau! Was she disappointed that Jake ultimately missed out on the gig?

"Oh God. Why do we have to go to these places?" Dunst laughs nervously. "Of course! He's my boyfriend. It was weird and awkward and complicated. But Tobey is Spider-Man, and it wouldn't have been as good without him. Thank God everything worked out. That's all there is really to say about it."

At least Gyllenhaal still enjoyed a summer-blockbuster paycheck with The Day After Tomorrow. Since starring in a multimillion-dollar disaster flick was new for him, his girlfriend was required to do some hand holding. "Jake's like, 'What if the movie doesn't do well?'" Dunst recalls. "I'm like, 'You're not the star of the movie — the storm is. And if the movie does bad, who cares? It's not your fault.'

"Actually, [Day] did great, but I just kind of defused things," she continues. "Spider-Man 2 (opening today) already has a built-in fan base, and the first one was successful. So I don't have to worry about that. Of course, because I've done it before, I could help him feel better about it and not overanalyze the situation so much."

Readers of the supermarket tabs (and you know who you are) often see candid photos of Kirsten and Jake, courtesy of the showbiz stalkerazzi. She doesn't seem to mind living her love life in front of their lenses, though. "It's not too bad," the 22-year-old shrugs. "It's not like there's anything that interesting or scandalous. It's basically us getting coffee and playing with our dogs. I have nothing to give them. The most exciting pictures are of me eating!"

This month, The Bachelor's Jesse Palmer revealed he's broken up with Jessica Bowlin. The rest of the reality-dating series' leading men — Alex Michel, Aaron Buerge, Andrew Firestone and Bob Guiney — have also left their Chosen Ones in Splitsville. Meanwhile, The Bachelorette's leading ladies — Trista Rehn and Meredith Phillips — are holding on to their men. Why have the guys gone wacko, while the gals keep their relationships together?

"I have no idea," claims Rehn, who was reportedly paid $1 million to marry Ryan Sutter on prime-time TV. "I don't know that there's a magic potion. It may just be the luck of the draw that Meredith and I found who we were supposed to be with, and someone was watching over us.

"For each of the relationships, there were different reasons," she adds. "I don't know if it's because it's TV and the media craze that happens afterwards, or whether [the other couples] were really ready."

Speaking of media frenzy, life hasn't been the same for Rehn, a 31-year-old former physical therapist, since doing The Bachelorette and tying the knot in December. She now lives in Sutter's hometown of Vail, Colorado, where he still writes poetry, works as a firefighter and trains for the Iron Man Triathlon World Championship taking place this fall in Hawaii.

"I never would've come to Colorado if it weren't for Ryan," she says, "but I came because I had nothing tying me down. I probably would still be working as a physical therapist, but I get recognized everywhere, whereas before, I never had to smile all the time and worry about what I looked like when I stepped outside the house. I've never had reporters show up on my doorstep. I've never had rumors made up about me, like me being pregnant! No, I'm not pregnant."

Still, Rehn's hardly camera shy. The newlywed has "no regrets" about those televised "I dos," which paid for her three-story house in Vail. Rehn's also still seeking TV hosting work, although she says she's turned down gigs that require relocating to L.A. "If something comes up, I would like to pursue it," she notes, "but my priority now is Vail and my husband."