Richard Rys

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Adrian Pasdar is no stranger to the ebb and flow of human experience: One minute he’s a cheerleader-dating jock at Marple Newtown High, and the next, his thumb is hacked off in a freak community theater table-saw accident. He was in Top Gun

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Though University of the Arts grad Ana Ortiz stars as Hilda, the big sister on this year’s breakout TV hit Ugly Betty, she’s best known around these parts as the daughter of ex-city councilman Angel Ortiz (who, in 2001, was busted for driving

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Exit Interview: Bo Ryans

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Exit Interview: Mike Jerrick

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If you’re among the 20-million-plus who watch CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, chances are you already know this 40-year-old Philly native as … the hot black dude on CSI.

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Exit Interview: John Kruk

Exit Interview: John Kruk

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The Jenkintown native talks about Dancing With the Stars,, his shorn head, and his mentor — George Clooney. Plus: bonus online outtakes.

Exit Interview: Joey Lawrence

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Even before his arrest on child pornography charges last summer, former Wharton faculty member Scott Ward had a history of questionable contact with teenage boys. So why was he still a free man? And why was he still teaching at Penn? It's a feat only

The Brilliant Professor Ward

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Exit Interview: Andrea Kremer

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Exit Interview: Elizabeth Banks

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Exit Interview: Gay Talese

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To save the Mayor's reelection bid, his brother has gone underground. But no matter who's running the city next month, don't expect that to last

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Inquirer sportswriter Stephen A. Smith is making it big on TV, thanks to his confrontational style, an oversize ego, and a hip-hop swagger that carries over off-camera. And while he’s at it, Smith is changing the way we talk sports

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For nearly 30 years, you've invited him into your living room. But you don't know the real Jim Gardner at all

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In a quest to find the best, our man devoured more than four dozen cheesesteaks in 34 days. The winner? Find it below. The loser? His digestive tract.