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June 14, 2009 - 9:00 pm
 

Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we've been talking about lately.

* A descending set piece bonks Poison frontman Bret Michaels on the head during a Tony Awards performance. Fitting cosmic payback for the headache we get whenever we stumble across his bottom-feeder VH1 reality show.

* Lounge legend and longtime Las Vegan Sam Butera passes away. And the heavenly choirs will wail to a swingin' shuffle beat.

* Publicity-addicted heiress Paris Hilton takes her "My New BFF" reality show to Dubai. Please, oh please, let the next installment be "My New BFF: North Korea."

* A Harvard business school professor says more than 90 percent of Twitter tweets come from 10 percent of Twitter users. The other 90 percent experience sudden attacks of anti-narcissistic maturity and decide to just live their lives already.

* Bette Midler marks the 100th performance of "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesars Palace. Divine.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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