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Chaos theory is the idea of the moment, the trendy explanation for everything that seems random -- from the nature of the universe to the movements of the stock market....

Sometimes, great chefs start with somebody else's recipe--and then improvise like crazy to come up with a distinctive dish of their own. Making television shows can be like that too....

Sure, it has its share of mincing gays and posturing macho men. But despite the views of some critics, "Kiss Me, Guido" isn't about milking laughs out of stereotypical characters,...

Shhhhh. Keep it to yourself: TV's most popular nun, Sister Wendy Beckett, host of a new fall PBS series, "Sister Wendy's Story of Painting," cannot draw. "I have no creative...

In 1996, Lucille Farucci-Costa, 39, moved into a new computer room at the company where she had worked for decades--and fell mysteriously ill. It started like a mild flu. "I...

It hasn't been a good month for athletes and the women who meet them. In fact, it hasn't been a good couple of decades. Gang rapes on campus now seem...

Undeniably pretty but not your classic, knockout beauty, Jenna Elfman is nonetheless a commanding presence. Indeed, she could well be the breakout TV star of the fall season. Elfman is...

Eileen Fulton, in her 38th year as the much-married Lisa on CBS' "As the World Turns," could wear out the Energizer Bunny. No contest. An ageless beauty, the doyenne of...

She leans into the table to apply the finishing touches of polish to my nails, saying: "I guess I better go make the call before I get the call." A...

Call it Lombardi's folly. Joseph Pell Lombardi, a well-known restoration architect and developer, is planning a condominium development in the newly rejuvenated Ladies Mile area of lower Sixth Avenue that...