May 17, 2004

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Reality Check

It's Not Enough to Have An Omarosa or a Richard Hatch on Your Reality Show. To Keep the Pot Boiling, Producers Often Stir Things Up in Ways

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The White Kids Had a Bus. The Black Kids Had to Walk. Fifty Years After the Landmark Brown Decision, a Town Recalls How Its Struggle for Equality Helped Change America's Schools Forever

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Kate Loses It!

After Gaining 60 Lbs. During Pregnancy, a Suddenly Slim Kate Hudson Wows New York

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Jenny & Jane on the Block

In Next Year's Comedy Monster-in-Law, It'll Be J.Lo Vs. J.Fo, When Jane Fonda Comes Out of Retirement (It's Her First Film in 14 Years) and Does Battle with Jennifer Lopez. Offscreen "They're Getting Along Really Good," Says Director Robert Luketic.

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Mother Wit

Five Funny Stars Pay Tribute to Their Moms—Who (Almost) Always Got the Jokes

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Heart of the Deal

After Romancing Model Melania Knauss for Five Years, Donald Trump Proposes a Permanent Merger.

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Inside Iraq's House of Horrors

Charged with Tormenting Iraqi Prisoners, Sgt. Ivan Frederick Maintains His Innocence, but Photographs and Army Reports May Tell a Different, Terrible Tale

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Wheel Deal

Don Schoendorfer's Brainstorm Gives the World's Disabled Poor a Priceless Gift—Mobility

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Lion Heart

After Half Her Face Was Torn Off by a Mountain Lion, Anne Hjelle Tells the Story of Her Survival and Inspiring Recovery

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Exist Laughing

Frasier—The Only Show with a Moose, Three Cranes and 31 Emmys—Prepares to Leave the Building

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Heart Monitor

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I Don't Know How She Does It

A Husband in Iraq. A High-Powered Job. Six Toddlers Under One Roof. Here's How These Moms Make It Through the Day

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Rockin's Roles

Really, Every Actress Worth Her SAG Card Has One Nowadays: a Side Gig Singing in a Band

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Reality Check

It's Not Enough to Have An Omarosa or a Richard Hatch on Your Reality Show. To Keep the Pot Boiling, Producers Often Stir Things Up in Ways

Table of Contents

Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

Selena's Holiday Animation

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Usher Has a Sing-A-Long

V's Morris Chestnut & Elizabeth Morris: It's a Geek Debate!