Dwyane Wade Loves His Jordans and His Body Lotion


Owner: , aka D-Wade, aka Flash

Age: 30

Vocation: Miami Heat basketball player, philanthropist, memoirist

N.B.A. Championships: 1

Assessment of Obama’s game:‘‘He’s very smart on the court and takes timely shots. Not a bad player.’’

Moonlighting: Writing ‘‘A Father First,’’ a parenting memoir

Secret about LeBron: ‘‘Loud all the time. It’s like having my sons with me.’’ READ MORE

Dime and Nickle: TV’s TOP 15 FIYAH of the WEEK


For the Week beginning Monday, May 28 through Sunday, June 3, 2012. Most Program links below include full episodes.

T   L   Program / Network / Principals

1    2   Touch / FOX / Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz

2    5   The L.A. Complex / CW / Jewel Staite, Cassie Steele, Chelan Simmons, Andra Fuller, Benjamin Charles Watson, Joe Dinicol, Jonathan Patrick Moore

3    7   Welcome To Sweetie Pies / OWN / Miss Robbie Montgomery, Mr. Tim Norman, Lil’ Charles, Lady Jenae

4    11 So You Think You Can Dance / FOX / Cat Deeley, Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe

5    1   Duets / FOX / Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, Robin Thicke, Quddus

6    9   Common Law / USA / Michael Ealy, Warren Kole, Sonya Walger, Jack McGee

7    N   America’s Next Top Model / CW / Tyra Banks

8    10  Food Network Star / FOOD / Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, Giada de Laurentiis, Bob Tuschman, Susie Fogelson

9    6   Around the World in 80 Plates / BRAVO / Curtis Stone, Cat Cora

10   N  Melissa Harris-Perry / MSNBC / Melissa Harris-Perry

11   N  Brave New World with Stephen Hawking / Discovery Science / Stephen Hawking

12   N  Selling LA / HGTV

13  13  The Game / BET / Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Rachel Robinson, Coby Bell

14  14  Let’s Stay Together / BET / Erica Hubbard, RonReaco Lee, Bert Belasco, Joyful Drake, Kyla Pratt, Nadine Ellis

15  15  Hollywood For Sale / HGTV / Renee Bargh

T (This Week), L (Last Week), P (Premiere), N (Not Charted Previous Week), GREEN = move UP, RED = move DOWN

To Get THE WHOLE STORY click the links within EACH post.

Is a Basquiat Painting Really Worth $16 Million?


This week in the magazine, Adam Davidson examines what’s really driving some art prices to record highs. In part, it’s because “the value of any artist’s work is determined by an insider world of cultural arbiters who coordinate with one another,” Davidson writes.

Sergey Skaterschikov, an art-market analyst Davidson consulted, has spent years studying how insiders shape the market — one “completely based on manipulation,” he told me. READ MORE

Iyanla Vanzant Returns To TV For OWN Network’s ‘Fix My Life’ (VIDEO)


After an 11-year hiatus and an awkward on-air encounter with her mentor Oprah Winfrey last year, spiritual coach Iyanla Vanzant is poised to make a return to TV.

Vanzant’s new show “Fix My Life” is set to debut this fall on Winfrey’s OWN Network, with an hour-long sneak peek airing on Saturday, June 2 (and yet somehow the program did/does not appear in my ATT program schedule). READ MORE