BET Awards at 10: Royalty (Purple) Reigns

It’s the baby of entertainment industry awards shows. This Sunday, the BET Awards turn 10 years old in ‘10, as the network itself celebrates its 30th year. The show got booted into adulthood last year, when just three days before it was scheduled, Michael Jackson unexpectedly died, sending shock waves throughout the world. Perhaps it was fated to be the first major nationally televised awards show to pay tribute to the pop legend, as...

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Read Between the Lines

When it comes to love, are you a Fire, Air, Water or Earth? Author Craig Martin  helps you define your style in “Elemental Love Styles: Find Compatibility and  Create a Lasting Relationship.” In order to identify your deeper needs and  understand how people love in different ways, the book gives you in-depth  questionnaires and real-life examples of couples navigating their way through  challenges. Bottom line, says Martin—who has...

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Shacking Up in the OC

If you like to experience art interactively rather than  looking at works on a wall, head on down to Laguna  Beach. The Laguna Art Museum (LAM) is  showcasing the creations of more than two dozen  California artists like Don Ed Hardy, Kenny Scharf,  Laurie Hassold, Marion Peck, Travis Somerville and  Paul Frank– and their take on the “shack” concept.  You can walk through most of their installations,  including an unusual take...

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Coco and Loco: Coming Soon

The new star of the TNT/TBS Universe bolted out on stage bright and early at the Hammerstein Ballroom, looking a little worse for the wear–after an amusing video clip showing him in a fat suit with a long beard, putting peanut butter on his feet and having his dog lick it off among other funny vignettes, while waiting for that hoped for call–to get a new show after the debacle of his short-lived Tonight Show gig. 10 a.m....

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It's So Fox

At the end of the day, it’s still going to be very difficult to say goodbye to Jack Bauer. (Losing Renee was hard enough.) At Fox’s upfront presentation–during which Keifer Sutherland made somewhat infamous remarks last year, just after his Met head-bashing incident, the network was clearly moving on from ’24.” This time, Hugh Laurie and Jane Lynch were the talent with speaking roles, with Laurie charming...

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