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Honored: Lily Tomlin, whose one-woman show “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” opens tonight at the Ahmanson Theatre, will receive the sixth-annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize on Oct. 26 at the Kennedy Center Celebration of American Humor.
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Cartoon from another planet: “Tripping the Rift,” the Sci Fi Channel’s first animated series, will feature the voices of Gina Gershon as Chode, a sexy cyborg, and “Stuttering John” Melendez of “Howard Stern” show fame as Spaceship Bob when it premieres in January 2004.
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Killing him softly: Weird Al Yankovic will perform his new song “Couch Potato,” a parody of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” Wednesday on CBS’ “The Late Show with Craig Kilborn.”
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Reality bites: Food Network premieres its new program “Food Fight” on Thursday, a reality cooking show with nonprofessional teams -- Hells Angels versus soccer moms -- given $20 and two hours to cook as they compete for prizes.
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