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Byline: ADAM LEFF AND RICHARD RUSHFIELD ANCHORS AWRY! The continuing evolution of the brave men and women who bring you the network news Edward R. Murrow NATIONAL ROLE Conscience of [...]

APPLE Vs. APPLE FROM GEEKS TO GEEK CHIC-APPLE'S 30-YEAR JOURNEY OUT OF THE NERD GHETTO 1984 ***** 2014 UNIFORM Tetris T-shirt*****UNIFORM Copycat black mock turtlenecks and 501 jeans PROM West [...]

Byline: BY ADAM LEFF AND RICHARD RUSHFIELD ILLUSTRATION BY SEAN McCABE [VALLEY NATIONAL] With outposts popping up from Beantown to Venice Beach, Silicon Valley has effectively been franchised. Herewith, a [...]

Byline: BY RICHARD RUSHFIELD AND ADAM LEFF CONFERENCE CALL Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a world-famous mogul, there's a tech conference for you . . . MAYOR: Chris Anderson. [...]

THE BIG PROFILE LUCY LAWLESS One of the few New Zealanders to make it in Hollywood, Lucy Lawless, the warrior princess turned shattered noblewoman on the Starz series ''Spartacus: Vengeance,'' [...]

THE BIG PROFILE THELMA SCHOONMAKER As the longtime editor for Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker says she hasn't been warped by all the violence she has seen in her work. ''It's [...]

THE BIG PROFILE MICHELLE DOCKERY It's a ''Downton Abbey'' scandal at least as shocking as Lady Mary's dalliance with that Turkish diplomat: in some Season 2 scenes, Michelle Dockery, who [...]

The Road to Designer Eco-Friendly Grocery Bags By Adam Leff and Richard Rushfield Transcendental Meditation + Jackson Browne = Redwood Hot Tubs + The Jane Fonda Workout = Evian Bottle [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED The Road to Etsy By Adam Leff and Richard Rushfield Alanis Morissette+ Y2K + Martha Stewart knitting clubs + The iPod = Scrapbooking + ''This American Life'' = [...]

The Road to Woody Allen, National Treasure By Adam Leff and Richard Rushfield Woody Allen, Nebbishy Stand-Up + The Forward + Strawberry Alarm Clock Esquire = Woody Allen, Filmmaker + [...]

THE BIG PROFILE: JOHN MULANEY By Dave Itzkoff Not yet 30, John Mulaney has already made his mark on ''Saturday Night Live'' as a writer for Stefon (the in-the-know nightlife [...]

THE BIG PROFILE: EMMY ROSSUM By Dave Itzkoff When you are as versatile as Emmy Rossum, the Metropolitan Opera chorus kid turned ''Mystic River'' murder victim and current star of [...]

THE BIG PROFILE: LAURA PREPON By Dave Itzkoff It didn't take Laura Prepon much time to upgrade from ''That 70's Show'' alumna to a modern-day character inspired by Chelsea Handler [...]

The Big Profile Dave Itzkoff Though he works with animals on his Texas ranches, Thomas Haden Church wasn't necessarily prepared for the beasts he would meet in the movie business. [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED THE BIG PROFILE SIMON PEGG By Dave Itzkoff If Simon Pegg were forced to name the collaborator who brought the warmest glow to his geek-culture-connoisseur's heart, it wouldn't [...]

THE BIG PROFILE DIABLO CODY By Dave Itzkoff There's a lot of the real-life Diablo Cody -- the Oscar-winning screenwriter of ''Juno'' who added the phrase ''honest to blog'' to [...]

The Big Profile By Dave Itzkoff To shed his reputation as a serial nice guy, Colin Hanks was willing to kill. He now plays a murderer in training on the [...]

THE BIG PROFILE COLIN HANKS By Dave Itzkoff To shed his reputation as a serial nice guy, Colin Hanks was willing to kill. He now plays a murderer in training [...]

THE BIG PROFILE By Dave Itzkoff When you've got a foundation-rattling voice like John Goodman's, the last thing you want is a role that robs you of it, right? Wrong. [...]

THE BIG PROFILE By Dave Itzkoff How do you pick Jane Levy out in the Ritz-Carlton lobby? She's the 21-year-old who plays the New York transplant on the ABC comedy [...]

Byline: ADAM LEFF AND RICHARD RUSHFIELD SILICON VALLEY VERSUS KINDERGARTEN HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE KINDERGARTEN*****SILICON VALLEY STATUS SYMBOL*****Silly Bandz*****Nerf Super Soaker Thunderstorm SOCIAL EVENT OF THE WEEK*****Decorate the Dollhouse [...]

INTELLIGENCE REPORT: ETHNO-SPLOITATION GROUPS With the third season of MTV's Jersey Shore under way and a host of copycat 'ethnic' shows proposed or in production, ADAM LEFF and RICHARD RUSHFIELD [...]

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1 SERGEY BRIN President, Technology, Google Inc. LARRY PAGE President, Products, Google Inc. SERGEY BRIN FASHION MISHAP: Showed up for a magazine interview wearing short-shorts and Adidas sandals, then apologized [...]

1 H. LEE SCOTT JR. President and C.E.O., Wal-mart Stores, Inc. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC: Nearly 140 million shoppers worldwide flood through Wal-Mart's doors each week. The company saves its U.S. customers [...]

1 Rupert Murdoch Chairman and chief executive, News Corporation STAB AT MORtALITY: Admitted for the first time, in February, that he won't run News Corp. forever. (Murdoch had previously pledged [...]

Re-creating the clowning, clubhouse atmosphere of a 1960s Ratpack TV get-together in a contemporary stage show is no simple task. But comedian-impresario Paul F. Tompkins accomplishes that every month in [...]

Kato Kaelin should win an award for playing an idiot savant. Simpson, jury consultant Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, District Attorney Gil Garcetti, Johnnie Cochrin, Judge Lance Ito, Robert Shapiro, Paula Barbieri and others are also lampooned.