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...oval with no lane markers while wearing 10-in. razor blades on their feet. Off the ice his wisp of a soul patch and X Games 'tude helped him dominate the event known as Olympic buzz. He was so popular in Salt Lake City that even female fans wore fake Ohno patches; afterward he was named one of PEOPLE'S 50 Most Beautiful. The only thing that could have made his experience better was more medals--and fewer death threats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Short Memories | 1/30/2006 | See Source »

Cheating? Sure. But viewers want suspense. The problem is that makers of reality TV have the power to imply or outright fabricate things about real people who have to carry their fake reputations into their real lives. Sarah Kozer, a contestant on the Fox dating show Joe Millionaire, says producers doctored a scene in which she went for a walk behind some trees with the show's bachelor, Evan Marriott, to make it seem as if they had oral sex. The producers added sound effects and captions, she says, and dubbed in a line--"It's better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Reality TV Fakes It | 1/29/2006 | See Source »

...interpretations of history. It was a Chinese edition of 1421 and subsequent e-mails with Menzies that Liu says convinced him of his map's significance. Menzies, who has helped publicize Liu's find, tells TIME: "There isn't one millionth of a 1% chance the map is a fake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History's Mysteries | 1/23/2006 | See Source »

...also came with a dusting of fake stubble for Vincent's smooth, pink, ladylike cheeks--"I was always thinking, Is it coming off? I always had this little hanky. I'm sure people thought it was really affected. I was always going to the bathroom to check it." Plus, Ned had a brand-new manly attitude. "One of the things I picked up as a man was projecting a certain confidence and authority and entitlement," Vincent says. "As a woman, you're often apologizing for things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Making a Man of Her | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...ESPN COURTS FEMALE VIEWERS WITH WORLD'S EMOTIONALLY STRONGEST MAN COMPETITION" --Fake news headline from THE ONION...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Jan. 23, 2006 | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

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