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Most Hollywood marriages don't turn out like this. Fifteen years ago, several executives were jockeying for a plum position running 20th Century Fox Television, the production company behind "The Simpsons" and "Ally McBeal." The boss made a decision, but it came with a catch: The top contenders, two seemingly mismatched executives, could do the job together — or not at all. Gary Newman acknowledges he initially wasn't thrilled. His colleague, Dana Walden, didn't say much; she was pregnant and queasy with morning sickness. "I remember going through a brief period of 'What does this actually mean to share a job,'" Newman...