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.
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.
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.
Singer/actress Vanessa Williams will visit the Columbus Circle Borders on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m. to promote and autograph her upcoming album, The Real Thing, which contains original jazz- and Brazilian-influenced songs. Attendee priority will be given to fans who purchase the album at that Borders on the day of the event. Visit the store’s event page for details.
Williams plays Wilhelmina Slater on ABC’s Ugly Betty; click below for a video and a photo of her on the show.
Below, a selection of recent entertainment news including the White House’s new online ventures and the death of Bea Arthur.
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