The cover of the December Marie Claire promises a lot but delivers little. Think you're going to find out what turns Jennifer Connelly on? Her cop-out interview is merely a two-page list of her likes, most likely taken off the "Interests" and "Activities" section on her Facebook page (assuming she has one). Expecting a comprehensive review of this year's issues concerning sexism? Psych! Here's a small paragraph and lots of pictures! There's also an article about taking ADD/ADHD drugs without a prescription to increase productivity that pretty much does everything but explicitly command you to take them. (Not surprisingly, the article fails to answer the question on the cover "Can popping a pill get you promoted?" Sigh.) In this installment of Cover Lies, find out what other empty promises Marie Claire has in store for us this month.

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