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I remember reading this story years ago about a guy who was fired at work yet no one immediately around him knew it at the time. So he kept coming into work. Every day at 9 a.m. sharp, he would take off his coat, neatly place it beside his desk, …

Like parents wrangling with a rebellious kid, the entertainment industry is cracking down on Internet pirates with punishments and tough love. Record labels are threatening to sue individual file swappers and even throw them in jail, while film studios are running educational ads teaching that piracy is morally wrong and …

Denise Rich | New York Times on Vanity Fair Some observations about the last week’s worth of news: Denise Rich Donations an Old Fox411 Story Now that Denise Rich’s former assistant has fessed up, the government is finally looking into some interesting political donations. We told you about this more …

Dear Viewers, Hot off the GretaWire: One Miss America contestant — I can’t tell you who — said she got flowers three nights ago from one of the Democratic candidates for president! This candidate is obviously “covering all bases!” The first night of preliminary competition began Tuesday. It started withMiss …

Constant moves and long, dangerous deployments overseas can make having a personal life “Mission: Impossible” for military singles. But in this online age, patriotic lonely hearts can turn to dating Web sites to find true love. “We’re the Cupids of the military world right now,” said Donald Hobbs, marketing director …

They say dead men tell no tales. It’s a pity, because that means they can’t respond to some pretty tall tales either. Take John F. Kennedy, Jr. (search).He’s dead, but he’s alive and well in the press again thanks to Edward Klein’s much talked about book, The Kennedy Curse: Why …

Everyone is for peace. We put the sentiment on Christmas and other holiday cards and we talk about a “peace process” in the Middle East, which is more process than peace. Since Cain murdered his brother Abel, humanity has tried to make peace on Earth and create good will toward …

And now the most scintillating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Past Protest Sen. Patrick Leahy has come up with what may be a novel approach when caught in a contradiction: He’s saying he didn’t …

With a war against Iraq likely to begin any day, Oscar organizers have said the show will go on this Sunday as planned—but the question is, should it? The public is divided over the answer. “If men are in harm’s way, I don’t think they should have [the Oscars] out …

NEW YORK – Imagine if the Bachelor only had five women to choose from, or if the nextSurvivor (search)were a battle of the fittest between just two people. Though it’s unlikely that reality TV will be that short of contestants, some agents and producers have noticed shrinking casting pools for …