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Celebrity
Stalker For President
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a romantic
comedy about a Greek woman who Nicole Kidman fbuhdherself fac
falls for a non-Greek man, became the • a $200-million defamation laws
biggest independent film release ever in filed by a man accused of Stalk
theU.S. The movie cost only $5 million her. Matthew Hooker, who had b<
to make and grossed more than $200 placed under a restraining order
million at the box office. y b his harassment of the actress, dam
the stalker label was detrimental to
2004 presidential campaign,

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' favtirite TV show Raymond Leopold, the Winston Man
this school year? model who appeared in cigarette ads
in,the late 70^ filed a federal lawsuit,
1. friendsi/ seeking $65 million in punitive damages
from the R,|. ReynoldsCo. Leopold cited
2. The Simpsons the remorse and stress he has suffered
' from the role he played in contributing
3. The Osbournes to smoking-related illnesses in people
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when it released its first swim
issue, albeit not as revealing as:
competitor's annual look at*
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edition sold only on newsstands,
issue chronicled the swimsuit ovei
last 100 years.

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54th Annual Emmy Awards as s<
old favorites and a newcomer t
trophies for television excellei
Friends finally took home the p
for Best Comedy after eight yi
and four nominations, while
Jennifer Aniston won her first En
as Lead Actress in a Comedy. Mid
Chiklis grabbed the Lead Actor
Drama award for his role on FX's
Shield. Another big winner was Nl
The West Wing with four Emr
The Osbourne family, with a smash including Best Drama. HBO
reality TV hit after its first season on Spies and espionage were all the. NBC received the most honors \
MTV, seemed to be everywhere in rage on TV with' shows likeTOX's each earning 24 awards. In addit
2002 with merchandising and book 24 starring. Kiefer Sutherland.'and Oprah Winfrey was honored with
deals totaling in excess of $20 million. ABC's A/iasZwith Jennifer Garner. first Bob Hope Humanitarian Av
Along the way, The Osbournes won Both in their sophomore seasons, the which was established to recogi
an Emmy, the family hosted the 30th shows captured a wide audience and Hope's pioneering and humanita
Annual American Music Awards, Ozzy cohsistentlykfinished strong. TO the efforts.
was honored with a Hollywood Walk weekly Nielsen ratings,
of Fame star, and Kelly recorded her
first album.
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Die Another Day became the biggest- After a 16-month hiatus, HBO's smash First-time novelist Alien Sebold.
opening James Bond movie ever, mob hit, The Sopranos, returned for its conquered the New York Times best­
earning an estimated $47 million its first fourth season. The delay was attributed seller list with The Lovely Bones, which
weekend to break the record previously mainly to creator. bayjtifc Chase's hit number one arid stayed on the list
held by The World is Not Enough. The meticulous crafting of every show, from for more than 30 weeks, A tale of rape
film starred Pierce Brosnan as lames script to music to final edit, Meanwhile, and murder, readers found the story to
Bond and Oscar-winner Halle Berry as Chase hinted that the fifth season might be less about tragedy and more about
a female agent. ad be the show's last the resiliency of die human spirit.