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The suffering buzzocracy
For movie execs used to sending beribboned boxes of the latest Christmas movies to 500 of their closest Botox artists, dog walkers and Kabbalah gurus, the pre-Oscar "screener ban" is torture.
A tale of two trials
While former Tyco fat cat Dennis Kozlowski is tormented by an assistant D.A. in an off-the-rack suit, Kobe Bryant faces his ordeal without many friends in the sports world.
The Dems want a War Admiral, while the GOP longs for a Terminator
If Bush keeps evaporating in the polls, look for Karl to play the Rudy card.
Arnold and the boys
A strange new convergence: Terminator candidates in a "Queer Eye" culture.
You go, girlfriend
One minute she's vacationing with a friend in rainswept Ireland. The next minute -- with Warren Beatty, a claque of consultants and her fans urging her on -- she's running for governor of California.
From the penthouse to the big house
Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart's convicted friend, talks about trading his New York high life for seven years of hard time.
Eye of the Tigris
Can Britain's man in Iraq save Tony Blair -- and the legacy of International Clintonism?
Abs-olution
Kerry Kennedy and Arnold Schwarzenegger have the family formula down: Play to win and look good doing it.
The rise of the fabloids
Celebrity coverage that's cheap, star-friendly and makes Ashton Kutcher look like he has a Y chromosome.
Is Tony Blair the Hulk?
An insider account of the buildup to war with Iraq shows the British prime minister didn't kowtow to Bush -- but it won't reassure critics who opposed the rush to Baghdad.
Shamed -- and ready for redemption
Martha, Hillary and the death of the "gotcha" moment.
The bookworm and the Viking
The defiantly dowdy Hillary met a handsome rube from Arkansas named Bill. The rest became a history that still enthralls us.
When gearheads go gray
Our iconic whiz kids -- Gates, Case and Jobs -- debut new, mellower versions. Plus: What Hillary really didn't know.
Keanu, meet Mr. Kissinger
We crave gravitas in the gravity-defying "Matrix" heroes -- but not in our real leaders.
Score-settling season
It's a bad time for the New York Times, but good for anyone wanting an inside account of the toxic political atmosphere of fin de siecle Washington.
Paxil Americana
New York is in a medicated state of mind.
The diva from West Drayton
My mother cultivated glamour, spoke unmentionable truths, and was my closest friend. I don't need Mother's Day ads to make me miss her.
Uxorious, prayerful and addicted to early nights
Washington under Bush is so boring and devoid of star power, Bo Derek passes as glitzy. Plus: Why did I kick off my new TV show with the two smartest people I know?
Move over, Saddam
War coverage loses traction -- and makes way for Jessica Lynch, Laci Peterson and the male rescue fantasy.
The new idea men
Forget the embeds. The pretty new things are war intellectuals like Fareed Zakaria, Paul Berman and Victor Hanson.
Saddam's horrors brought home
The images out of Iraq are shaming. Why did it take so long for us to care?
Preemptive strikes
Bush and Rummy lose their starring roles -- and so do I.
Going downhill fast
Gathering at the elite Deer Valley ski retreat, the newly humbled masters of the universe bemoan the Bush economy but express high hopes for his war.
Bad week for hideous men
Who's creepiest, Saddam, Robert Blake or preppie murderer Robert Chambers? Plus: What the Iraqi gangsta doesn't get about playa hatin'.
Hollywood's "destination actor" challenge
What happened to primping, galas and fornication? Why Hollywood just doesn't know how to live large anymore.
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