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"Temptation Island," Episode 3: When you're a "fantasy single," smoke gets in your eyes -- and sand gets in your bikini!
January 25, 2001
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"Substance Abuse Island," "Atheism Island" and other proposals from the Fox reality TV working group.
By Kevin Shay
January 24, 2001
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"Temptation Island," Episode 2: Will Andy get lucky? Will Taheed get a life? Will Ytossie get smart?
January 18, 2001
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"Temptation Island," Episode 1: Babealicious women! Hunkariffic guys! Doomed couples!
By Carina Chocano
January 11, 2001
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Independent Web sites devoted to pop culture icons like "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" used to flourish on the Net. Now they're an endangered species.
By Sarah Kendzior
December 13, 2000
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The creator of "Nancy Chan, Manhattan Call Girl" assesses the hardworking boys of the new Fox TV show "The Street" and reveals that the senior guys have more fun.
By Tracy Quan
November 1, 2000
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Meet the new gold standard for Hollywood hype.
By Gregg Kilday
July 20, 2000
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"I scored in the top 2 percent of all collegebound high school seniors when I recently took the ACTs."
By Joyce Millman
May 11, 2000
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Former TV bride to bare all for Playboy; James Woods on the similarities between cradle robbing and pet owning; and troubled water under the bridge? Art Garfunkel is sounding sort of conciliatory these days ...
By Amy Reiter
April 27, 2000
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After his televised nuptial debacle, quasi-multimillionaire and erstwhile groom Rick Rockwell milks it -- for a lot less comedy than it's worth.
By James Hibberd
March 15, 2000
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Having nailed down exit poll data the same way Bush and Gore nailed down their nominations, the network anchors were free to opine smugly on Super Tuesday.
By Sean Elder
March 8, 2000
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As Rick "I'm going to make you so happy" Rockwell rocks Fox's world, Jenny "I'm a little hottie!" McCarthy rocks Kirk Douglas' lap.
By Amy Reiter
February 23, 2000
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A whole buncha losers, that's who. Married's just another word for nothing left to lose.
By Carina Chocano
February 16, 2000
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Gone is the stench of urine. Into its void rushes a whiff of pheromones.
By Jori Finkel
February 14, 2000
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When the White House and the TV networks got together to put anti-drug messages in prime-time television, were they breaking the law?
By Daniel Forbes
January 14, 2000
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How the White House secretly hooked network TV on its anti-drug message: A Salon special report.
By Daniel Forbes
January 13, 2000
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Lie detectors, all around! Plus: Tonya takes a another swipe; Bunny brothel honors Andy Kaufman, and the Spice Girls ... waxy but wickless.
By Amy Reiter
December 20, 1999
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Who doesn't want to marry a millionaire?
By Emily Sendler
December 14, 1999
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ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" hits the jackpot; Fox's "Greed" is
not good.
By Joyce Millman
November 16, 1999
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At a DC Vote shindig, Kemp mingles like he means it; Patricia Arquette reinvents her breasts. And lady of the Senate? Jesse Helms, once, twice, three times a doofus. Plus: Barbara Bush thinks Pat deserves a spanking.
By Amy Reiter
October 28, 1999
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Fox's "Harsh Realm" sends a soldier into virtual hell, while CBS's "Now and Again" builds the new bionic man.
By Joyce Millman
October 8, 1999
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Michael Ovitz, onetime King of Hollywood, finds no takers for his new project -- a movie by Michael "Jurassic Park" Crichton.
By Nikki Finke
October 5, 1999
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Fox's raunchy, risky movie industry sitcom opens big -- and it just might have legs
By Joyce Millman
September 13, 1999
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Amanda/You came and you gave without taking/ And I need you Mondays/Amanda.
By Sarah Vowell
May 24, 1999
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It's a very, very merry Testimoniday in punditland, as the talking heads pick over what's left of the Bill-Monica-Ken scandal.
By James Poniewozik
August 18, 1998
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