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...pressure lately. After all, it was his 2003 column outing CIA operative Valerie Plame--whose husband Joseph Wilson had publicly criticized the Bush Administration's use of prewar intelligence--that kicked off an investigation into whether officials broke the law by leaking her identity to reporters. Novak has stayed mum as to whether he is cooperating in a case that has sent one reporter to jail for not coughing up her sources. (After the Supreme Court refused to hear Time Inc.'s appeal, the company turned over files from TIME correspondent Matthew Cooper.) But in a column last week, Novak...
...knows yet if any of Nelson's patients may have overdosed or illegally sold their meds--and the DEA is keeping mum. But even if he is eventually absolved, the Montana native plans to close his practice. "We thought we were doing everything just about right," he says. "But now a whole bunch of people are sitting out there hurting like hell." --With reporting by Pat Dawson/Billings
...many fans, the director's most crucial task is bringing Voldemort to life. Warner Bros. is keeping mum on the details of the Dark Lord's look, but Newell lets drop a few clues: he has a snake's nose, horrible skin and no hair. "The image we have," he says, "is of a 2-hour-old chick which somebody dropped into a pan of boiling water and whipped out." Seems like the franchise is in safe hands. --By Jumana Farouky/London
...Stern School of Business tried to lure Shleifer away from Cambridge in 2002 with a reported half-million dollar offer, but he ultimately decided to stay put. Harvard officials told The Crimson at the time that the University would fight to retain its star professor, though they remained mum on the possibility of a counteroffer...
...Dallas. Yep, Dallas. "There is a refreshing lack of cynicism here," Michael said of his part-time hometown. Despite saying he would call it quits after his 2004 effort Patience, the former Wham! star is rumored to have a new album in the works, about which he's keeping mum. "My stuff can wait," he said. Funny, it was so much easier for Andrew Ridgeley to vanish...