No one ever said that operating a restaurant was easy. Tell that to Jamawn Woods.

Eater.com reports that two of the three "Soul Daddy" restaurants Woods won after finishing first on NBC's short-lived competition series "America's Next Great Restaurant" closed for good this week, just a month after opening.

The Soul Daddy restaurants in New York and Los Angeles are affected by the closure. The third eatery, located inside the Mall of America in Minnesota, remains open.

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Summer 2011 has been good for the cinema: The female-driven comedy “Bridesmaids” has raked in more than $107 million so far at the box office since its May release. “X-Men: First Class” gained more support than 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the last film based on the comic book superheroes. And J.J. Abrams’ “Super 8” earned $37 million its opening weekend.

“Green Lantern,” “Captain America” and the final “Harry Potter” film are all waiting in the wings for release over the next month.

This sounds like one successful summer, to say the least. That is, until you rewind 25 years.

In 1986, classic movies like “Top Gun,” “Back to School” and “Stand by Me” were all released within three months of each other. And the list goes on. FULL POST

And we’re back.

After what felt like the longest hiatus in teen drama history, “Pretty Little Liars” returned to the tube on Tuesday.

Despite being one episode into season 2, it seems we’re no closer to finding out who A is than we were when the series premiered last summer. It’s frustrating, really.

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Saturday was supposed to be Hugh Hefner’s third walk down the aisle, but instead the Playboy founder will have to seek solace in a movie night.

“The breakup is a heart breaker, but better now than after the marriage,” Hefner tweeted Tuesday, following the announcement that his former fiancée Crystal Harris had a “change of heart.” “Since we're not getting married on Saturday, I've scheduled a movie: 'Runaway Bride.' Seems appropriate.”

As former “Girls Next Door” star Bridget Marquardt wrote on Twitter, “He seems to be handling this well. He even had a sense of humor about it!”

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Madonna's movie "W.E." is set to arrive in theaters stateside thanks to The Weinstein Co., which has acquired U.S. rights for the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Madge directed and co-wrote the feature, which balances the love life of a New Yorker named Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) with the love affair between American divorcee Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy), a romance with which Wally becomes enthralled.

Madonna's daughter Lourdes plays a younger version of Wally in her big screen acting debut.

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Actor James Franco has played a gay man or two, but when it comes to Tracy Morgan's recent anti-gay tirade, Franco said he sees the gray.

“I don’t in any way condone what he said and I am very sensitive to youth," Franco told CNN at the amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research) Inspiration Gala held Tuesday at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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It wouldn't have "Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman as an executive producer if there wasn't going to be a little location shooting.

And so it was with Tuesday night's episode of "Covert Affairs," shot in Paris, where Annie took on her first mission in the picturesque city.

Not only was the mission - an asset who was two steps ahead of her most of the time - a vast improvement over last week's, but it excelled in the action department, with a rooftop chase that wouldn't be out of place in one of the "Bourne" movies.

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Jennifer Lopez had the chance to show her softer side as a judge on “American Idol's” 10th season – which also saw a ratings boost – but Lopez tells BBC Radio 1's Scott Mills that she’s still unsure if she'll return.

“I haven’t been forced to make a decision and I’m glad about that because honestly I’m very on the fence about it,” she says. Last fall, Lopez signed on to fill a vacant seat at "Idol's" judges' table for just one year, a deal that was reportedly for $12 million.

The mom of twins explains that she’s just got a hectic schedule - on top of the album she just released, she's also signed on to voice a character in "Ice Age 4" and is working on a reality series with husband Marc Anthony called "Q'Viva! The Chosen."

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If there's one thing people remember about last year's season of "So You Think You Can Dance," it's all the injuries, especially Alex Wong (judge/executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is still addressing questions about it).

Lythgoe and fellow judge Mary Murphy answered more questions on Tuesday at a "SYTYCD" event on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, and Lythgoe told iReporter Chris Morrow that - despite a change in the show's format that producers hoped might limit injuries - they already have their first dancer sitting out an episode this year.

"A shoulder has been popped, so one of our boys will not be performing," he said. "Mitchell (Kelly), who is injured will take a week off."

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NBC's "The Voice" was about two things last night: Girl power and standout vocals. (I know what you're thinking: How can the vocals get any stronger than last week's singers Beverly McClellan and Frenchie Davis?)

Round two of the quarterfinals and the second live show saw two team members get eliminated from both Team Christina (Aguilera) and Team Blake (Shelton), plus performances from all the members on Team Adam (Levine) and Team Cee Lo (Green).

The show began with something I'm sure everyone liked: Carson Daly NOT waiting until the end of the two-hour show to give us the results of who would move on to the next round from Team Blake and Team Christina.

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