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KARRUECHE TRAN: EAT YOUR HEART OUT, CHRIS BROWN!

Karrueche Tran, 29, showed up as a presenter at the BET awards looking THIS spectacular – it’s no wonder the show organizers scrambled to keep her ex Chris “guns n’ drugs” Brown far away from her. (Brown performed and was hustled away immediately after.) She has a five year restraining order against him for threatening her when they broke up. (In case you forgot, she dumped him because he had a baby with another woman!) Brown, 28, wanted her to return all the gifts he gave her, but she justifiably refused. He threatened to make her life miserable and she got the restraining order. THAT’S telling him!

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ALL IN THE FAMILY: TOM ARNOLD HAS TWO REASONS TO CELEBRATE

Tom Arnold got lucky twice this month. First his wife Ashley Grousmann gave birth to their son Jax on April 6. Tom, who was famously married to Roseanne Barr, admits to fertility problems and he’s never been able to have children before. In vitro fertilization and a very cooperative wife made it all possible. Tom’s True Lies costar Arnold Schwarzenegger came over to congratulate his buddy. Tom’s second piece of luck happened when he landed a guest starring role as Vice President on Byron Allen’s sitcom The First Family, premiering on BET’s CENTRIC April 19. Tom insists his character will not resemble VP Joe Biden, but he hopes to become a regular on the series.

WILLOW AND JADEN SMITH ARE PROMOTING SOMETHING AT BET AWARDS

You can count on 11 year old Willow and 13 year old Jaden Smith to attract attention on any red carpet – especially the BET Awards. They certainly weren’t overdressed for the fancy event – both wore t-shirts bearing the phrase MSFTS. This is some sort of fashion project out of Houston that is soliciting online to raise money for expansion. Why the Smith kids are promoting the company makes one wonder if they are involved somehow. They DO know how to use their famous connections to make money. We wonder how Will Smith feels about his Scientology buddy Tom Cruise’s divorce…

MICHAEL VICK’S REALITY SHOW CAN’T END SOON ENOUGH

Did anyone even NOTICE that The Michael Vick Project on BET is kaput? Vick says he quit after the first season of ten episodes aired because he hates the cameras following him. Footballer Vick, the most hated man in America after he was arrested for torturing and abusing dogs for sport, had hoped the show would garner some sympathy and forgiveness from the enraged public. Viewers report that there was little regret displayed on the show (except that he was CAUGHT) and in fact the dogfighting was explained as “cultural.” Vick didn’t get the forgiveness and redemption he wanted, and probably figured there was no use beating a dead dog. For many, his name will always be synonymous with evil.

JADA PINKETT SMITH AND THE KIDS: THREE OF A KIND

The apples don’t fall far from the tree when it comes to fashion and the Will Smith family. Jada Pinkett showed up in a startling bathing suit length dress for the BET Awards (we LOVE the shoes) along with her fashion-obsessed kids Jaden,11, and Willow, 9. We’re not sure we’ve ever seen leather pants on a nine year old before. Will and Jada are currently producing another movie to star BOTH kids this time – it’s a graphic novel called “Amulet.”

HAS THE B.E.T. NETWORK GONE MAD? THEY GAVE DOG KILLER MICHAEL VICK HIS OWN REALITY SHOW

One place we will NOT be on Tuesday nights is watching BET. They rewarded Michael Vick, a man who tortured and killed dogs for his own amusement, with his own reality show! The first episode aired Feb 2. Just because he served his 23 month sentence doesn’t mean we have forgiven Vick for the unspeakable things he did to those dogs. BET hopes the ten episodes of “The Michael Vick Project, Season 1” will convince us he’s not such a bad guy after all. It’s a disgrace and BET should be ashamed. Hopefully, the ratings will speak for themselves.