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Jennifer Weiner’s Best Friends Forever (Atria, 2009) follows Addie and Valerie, childhood best friends who grew apart in their teen years. Now adults, they reconnect when a bloodied Valerie shows up on Addie’s doorstep in desperate need of help.

Weiner will promote her latest book at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m.; visit the B&N event page for details. Click below to watch her discuss the book with Greer Hendricks of Simon & Schuster, which publishes the Atria imprint.

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June 7 is National Cancer Survivors Day and June is Child Abuse Awareness Month—honor both occasions with The Pink Project, a charity photobook that has raised money for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) and the Los Angeles Breast Cancer Alliance (LABCA) since its publication in 2007. 

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Bravo’s new series, Top Chef Masters, will premiere on Wednesday, June 10 at 10:00 p.m EST. A spinoff of the network’s Top Chef, Masters features 24 world-renowned chefs who will compete for money for their favorite charities. Each of the first six episodes will have four competitors, resulting in one winner each week who will get a cash donation for his or her cause. The winners from these six episodes will compete in the final four episodes, with one being eliminated each week until one remains. The winner will be awarded $100,000 for his or her charity.

Kelly Choi, food journalist and host of NYC TV’s Eat Out NY, will host and serve as a judge. Her fellow judges will be restaurant critic and author Gael Greene, journalist and broadcaster Jay Rayner, and author and Saveur Editor in Chief James Oseland.

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) will give its Popular Vote award to one American designer on Monday, June 15. Every vote you cast for your favorite designer on WWD.com, the Web site of Women’s Wear Daily, will be counted as an entry into the site’s contest to give away two tickets to a show at New York Fashion Week in September 2009.

Visit WWD.com to view the designers and vote for your favorite.

By Denise Tong

Shecky’s Media, Inc. is working as hard as ever to make sure women have no excuse to forgo a night out with their girlfriends. This summer, the company is continuing its hugely popular multi-city Girls Night Out event, which allows young, stylish women to enjoy specially discounted fashion and beauty items, cocktails, and the famous overstuffed Shecky’s goodie bag—all for a reasonable ticket price.

Originally a publisher of nightlife guides, Shecky’s became a multi-platform company in 2002, adding events and original editorial Web content to its offerings. In addition to Girls Night Out, other popular events include Beauty Night Out and Beauty Week, both in New York City. And all year round, Sheckys.com keeps women in the know with content such as fashion articles, how-to makeup videos, and bar and club recommendations.

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The fifth season of The Closer premieres on Monday, June 8 at 9:00 p.m. on TNT. Kyra Sedgwick returns as the titular character, Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson, who runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD. Also starring J.K. Simmons (Assistant Police Chief Will Pope), Jon Tenney (FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard), Corey Reynolds (Sergeant David Gabriel), Robert Gossett (Commander Taylor), G.W. Bailey (Lieutenant Provenza), Tony Denison (Lieutenant Andy Flynn), Raymond Cruz (Detective Julio Sanchez), Michael Paul Chan (Lieutenant Mike Tao), and Phillip P. Keene (Buzz Watson).

Below, watch a preview of Season Five.

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In My Life in Ruins, a woman named Georgia (Nia Vardalos) takes work in her native Greece as a travel guide while she tries to figure out what to do with her life. Also starring Richard Dreyfuss. Opening Friday, June 5.

Click below for the trailer, a clip, and behind-the-scenes videos.

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Beauty and wellness salons and spas across the country have signed PrettyCity.com’s “Green & Gorgeous Guarantee,” promising to run their operations and create treatments in eco-friendly ways. Starting on Friday, June 5—World Environment Day—these businesses will offer special services throughout June for Pretty City’s Green & Gorgeous event. If you partake of one of these services, you’ll receive a tote bag while supplies last.

Visit Pretty City’s Green page on Tuesday, June 2 for the list of Green & Gorgeous services and participating venues.