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Donald Trump: 'The Celebrity Apprentice' best one we've ever done
December 26, 2007
The Celebrity Apprentice apparently could have had many more participants if some were willing to overcome a very important aspect of the show -- hearing Donald Trump tell them, "You're fired!"
Google founder Larry Page marries on Virgin Islands private island
December 9, 2007
Google co-founder Larry Page got married on a private island in the British Virgin Islands this weekend.
Simon Cowell talks about the new "identity" of 'American Inventor 2'
May 24, 2007
For its second season, creator Simon Cowell has reinvented his ABC American Inventor reality series.
Former 'The Rebel Billionaire' runner-up Sarah Blakely pays it forward
February 5, 2007
When Sarah Blakely finished second on Fox's The Rebel Billionaire reality series in January 2005, Virgin founder Richard Branson handed her $750,000 to start her own charity. Now the creator of Spanx footless pantyhose is "paying it forward," donating $1 million to Oprah Winfrey's recently opened Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa school.
Christmas catalogue includes space flight
October 4, 2006
Christmas shoppers with a taste for the extravagant can purchase a 63-mile trip into outer space and back for six people for $1.7 million.