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By Rebecca Winters Keegan

SASHA VS. SACHA: A VIEWER'S GUIDE TO KEEPING YOUR COHENS STRAIGHT U.S. figure skater SASHA COHEN and British comic SACHA BARON COHEN share more than a moniker.

NICKNAME

SASHA COHEN - China Doll SACHA BARON COHEN - Ali G., Borat, Bruno

SIGNATURE OUTFIT

SASHA COHEN - Bejeweled tutu SACHA BARON COHEN - Too, too much jewelry

NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENT

SASHA COHEN - Landing impressive triple-triple combinations on the ice SACHA BARON COHEN - Landing an HBO show with a combination of three offensive characters

BIGGEST THREAT

SASHA COHEN - Will have to fend off Russian skater Irina Slutskaya for Olympic medal SACHA BARON COHEN - Has to fend off libel-suit threats from the government of Kazakhstan

REVEALING QUOTE

SASHA COHEN - "I need to stop trying to become perfect and just try to become better" SACHA BARON COHEN - "Yes, I iz actually spasticated. I still ain't got full mobility in me main mixing finger"

A VERY SHORT RIDE

It's not terribly surprising when a couple of kids like Britney and Justin or a couple of oddballs like Angelina and Billy Bob split up. But LANCE ARMSTRONG and SHERYL CROW had seemed different--steeled by age (he's 34; she's 43) and serious about their commitments (seven Tour de France wins and nine Grammys don't come easy). Yet after a five-month engagement, Armstrong and Crow called it quits in a statement asking for "privacy during this very difficult time." O.K., though we are curious about what happens to the 6-carat rock she showed Barbara Walters last year.

CHAPPELLE EDGES BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT

DAVE CHAPPELLE fans, return to your couches. The comic, who disappeared to Africa just before the start of the much anticipated third season of Chappelle's Show last May, is back on TV promoting his new movie, Dave Chappelle's Block Party. He told Oprah Winfrey he'd like to resume his show, for which he signed a $50 million deal. "I don't want the money," said Chappelle, who spoke vaguely about giving it away. "I want to have fun again." His Comedy Central bosses have not heard from him, but they seem to be forgiving types. Says a spokesman: "Our door will always be open to him."

Q&A HARRISON FORD In the new thriller Firewall, Harrison Ford plays a computer-security specialist taken hostage by identity thieves.

Are identity thieves society's new villains? It's not something I worry about personally. Trying to pass yourself off as Harrison Ford--it would seem to me you'd draw more attention to yourself.

Have you ever had a desk job? No. I'd do very badly. That's why I'm an actor. When I left college and all my friends were going off to be professionals and do the same thing with the same people for the next 20 years, I couldn't imagine it.

What do you make of the gulf between movies that perform well commercially and those that win awards? It's the difference between what a group of people find admirable and what a bulk of people find useful for entertainment. I don't have any problem with entertainment for entertainment's sake. It's been paying my bills for a long time.

When are you dusting off your fedora for Indiana Jones 4? The fedora is available. We're closer than we've ever been. I'm looking forward to it.

Is your beard for business or pleasure? It's for a movie called Manhunt, the story of the capture of John Wilkes Booth. I play an Army detective.

How's Calista? She's fabulous, great. She's busy with [her 5-year-old son] Liam right now.

As a young man, you saw yourself as a character actor. I didn't think there was a chance I'd become a leading man. I didn't look like one. I don't know what leading men look like, but they don't look like me.