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'The Apprentice', the reality-TV show that features Donald Trump as the oracle of business wisdom, is discussed. The show, which selects youngsters to be part of Trump's corporate team, is widely admired but it has its own share of detractors.

The wizards of genetics keep closing in on the biological roots of personality. It's not your imagination that one baby seems born cheerful and another morose. But that's not the [...]

Whenever we hear some celebrity complaining about the high cost of fortune and fame, we can't help thinking, Sit down. Shut up. There's more where you came from. It's nearly [...]

LET US PAUSE now, briefly, to recall the Wedding of the Century: the hushed magnificence of St. Paul's on that perfect summer's day, the solemn medal-strewn groom and his radiant [...]

A Tribute to Americans Who Care THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM, tireless men, women--and teenagers, too--who are quietly making a difference in communities across the country. In an age when [...]

In transcripts of talks with the princess, her sad, candid voice details the horrors of her marriage WE'VE HEARD THESE devastating stories before. The suicidal plunge down a flight of [...]

They were perfect teens, Then she got pregnant, they got scared--and the baby ended up dead. AMY WENT INTO labor just after midnight. She was in her freshman dorm room [...]

EVEN AFTER THE MYSTERY OF what happened to TWA Flight 800 is eventually solved, images of the 230 passengers who died in the crash will endure. Here are the stories [...]

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE SHE left home to become the first female cadet at The Citadel that Shannon Faulkner felt she could celebrate. For the last two Augusts, [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser On the fame of her mother, Debbie Reynolds: 'She is literally like an icon--a gay icon, but you take your iconic stature where you can get it.' [...]

Byline: Joshua Alston and Marc Peyser When Bryan Cranston, 54, was accepting the first of two Emmys he's won for Breaking Bad, the crowning achievement of a storied career, Chris [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser When Natasha Richardson debuted in 'Cabaret' on Broadway in 1998, she was a nervous wreck. She had sung onstage only once before. Even scarier: she was all [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Art and culture in the Bush Era Start with the title: in England, the show was called 'Pop Idol'--but when it migrated here in 2002, it apparently [...]

Byline: Joshua Alston And Marc Peyser Well, one of them would. The others sell ads, paper--or drugs. We should watch the company we keep. When we made the guest list [...]

Nope: When 'Seinfeld' signed off, it was hailed as a classic--the original must-see TV. Looking back now, you can't help wondering, what were we thinking? By Marc Peyser Are you [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser (With Joshua Alston) When 'Davy Crockett' debuted on ABC in 1954, the show was supposed to be a flop. 'Crockett' was an earnest series of dramas based [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Butley Booth Theatre, New York Nathan Lane has spent so much time mugging in recent years--'The Producers,' 'The Odd Couple,' 'The Lion King'--that you forget the man [...]

Byline: Nicki Gostin, Marc Peyser Q&A: Roseanne Roseanne is back with a one-hour comedy special on HBO. She spoke with Nicki Gostin. You talk a lot about aging in your [...]

Byline: Raina Kelley, David Gates, Marc Peyser Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood If only we had Margaret Atwood around us always, making our lives' hard choices and awkward impasses seem [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Shark: Debuts Thursday, Sept. 21, on CBS James Woods has never been Hollywood's most subtle actor--which makes him perfect for 'Shark.' Sebastian Stark, a.k.a. Shark, is the [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser You might think that Tom Cruise doesn't have a single fan left, but you would be wrong. We found one. Her name is Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie may [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser When we say that Aaron Sorkin's 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' is this season's big newTV show, that's not 'Fall Preview' hype. We mean that literally. [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Aaron spelling was the McDonald's of TV producers--no one ever accused him of being a master chef, but he sold more shows than anyone. Spelling, who died [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser On July 9, Comedy Central will air what it's calling 'Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes,' but that must be a typo. These are really the last episodes, [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser When you're trying to tease a couple billion dollars out of a roomful of advertisers, it helps to have a smokin' PowerPoint presentation. Last week, when Fox [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser To get to the set, you have to drive 45 minutes north of Honolulu, and you have to know where you're going. There's no sign--they don't call [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser 'The Sopranos' is the most-watched show on cable, but is it still No. 1 with a bullet? Average viewership on Sundays is off by a million compared [...]

Byline: Nicki Gostin, Marc Peyser That desperate housewife Eva Longoria is trading in her yoga mat for a gun in 'The Sentinel.' As her hair was being done, she chatted [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser and Sean Smith Actors can be fans, too, and they're not above lifting a memento--a prop, a costume--from the set once filming is over. When she finished [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser 'The Sopranos' may be the greatest TV drama of the 21st century--pipe down, 'West Wing' fans--but it hasn't been above relying on conventions, especially at the beginning [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Finales can be so tricky--just ask the creators of 'Seinfeld.' But how do you whack Tony Soprano himself, not to mention what is arguably the most significant [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser People go on reality TV shows for all sorts of crazy reasons: to find a husband, to lose weight, to learn ballroom dancing. Rose wanted to become [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Everyone knows that the TV industry is one big recycling center--full of reruns, knockoffs and an endlessly revolving cast of actors--but Dick Wolf takes it more literally [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser (With Holly Bailey, Jonathan Darman and Jac Chebatoris) We live in a dangerous world. Fortunately, we've got Stephen Colbert fighting on our side. Colbert defends America when [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser (With Karen Springen and Jac Chebatoris) James Frey is not a guy who backs away from a fight. He's got a pit bull. He's got a mean [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Have you ever taken down the Christmas tree, cleaned up all the pine needles and wrapping paper and discovered, way back in the corner, an overlooked, unopened [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) pops a lot of Viagra. A lot, as in one every day, which he pulls from a bottle he keeps in his pants [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser and Allison Samuels Richard Pryor didn't tell jokes. He became them. Sometimes, the effect was pure hilarity, like the time he jumped off the stage in the [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser and Nicki Gostin Today we're taking a tour of Mr. Stern's neighborhood, led by your host, Howard Stern. We start in the 36th-floor lobby of Sirius, the [...]

Byline: Nicki Gostin, Marc Peyser Q&A: KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Keira Knightley tackles Elizabeth Bennet in a new remake of 'Pride and Prejudice.' She spoke to NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. Were you worried [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser As a contestant on 'The Apprentice,' Raj Bhakta was famous for his grand gestures: the bow ties, the walking stick, the time he hit on Donald Trump's [...]

Byline: Nicki Gostin, Marc Peyser Q&A: CHARLIZE THERON In 'North Country,' oscar winner Charlize Theron plays an iron-mine worker who launches a sexual-harassment suit. She talked with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. [...]

Byline: Ramin Setoodeh, Marc Peyser Claire Danes Claire Danes plays a department-store clerk who sells gloves in the upcoming movie 'Shopgirl.' She spoke to NEWSWEEK's Ramin Setoodeh. Hello? I'm in [...]

Byline: Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff, Barbie Nadeau and Jacopo Barigazzi, Dan Ephron, Marc Peyser, Ginanne Brownell, Emily Flynn Vencat, Steven Levy, Emily Flynn TERROR Determining the Threat How are [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Time for a Broadway math lesson. There are 1,077 seats in the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, which means that a show there has 8,616 tickets to sell every [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful... skip? Forgive us for borrowing the 'Gilligan's Island' theme, but what's being skipped these [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser A NAKED GIRL ON THE APPIAN WAY Bess (Jill Clayburgh) and Jeffrey (Richard Thomas) have always been progressive. The adopted three children: one white, one black, one [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser, David Gates Criminal Minds Wednesdays, 9 p.m., CBS This may be the most gruesome, obnoxious, over-the-top crime drama yet. 'Criminal Minds' follows a team of FBI profilers [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser The awards won't be presented until Sunday, but it's already clear that this will be the year of the Desperate Emmy. For starters, the ceremony is desperate [...]

Byline: Marc Peyser Rachael Ray would like everyone invited to her wedding this month to know that it's OK to dress casually. 'You can come in blue jeans if you [...]