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A roundup of this morning’s arts and entertainment headlines:

Shocker! Kids vote “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” their favorite movie over “Twilight: New Moon” at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. (The Envelope)

CBS doesn’t know what to call the Twitter-inspired TV series based on the account “... My Dad Says.” (New York Times)

Fox shuts down “24,” but a movie is in the works. Still, Kiefer Sutherland gets emotional about the series’ impending final hours. (Showtracker)

Remember the Salahis, the couple who managed to crash a dinner at the White House? They’ll star in Bravo’s “Real Housewives of D.C.” (The Daily Beast)

First Listen: The Hold Steady’s “Rock Problems.” (Vulture)

CBS allegedly has made a play for Conan O’Brien to host the Tonys. Of course, that pesky $40-million payout prevents him from taking the gig, so we don’t feel that bad he can’t oblige. (Deadline)

Chloë Sevigny trashed “Big Love” to a reporter at the A.V. Club, then told Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello she was sorry but that the other reporter took her quotes out of context. So A.V. Club put up the audio of their interview, and HitFix wrote about why her backpedaling was just plain sad. (A.V. Club, EW, HitFix)

But her apology is nothing compared with this: After “Battlefield Earth” won the Razzie for “Worst Movie of the Decade,” its screenwriter J.D. Shapiro is saying sorry to “anyone who went to see it.” (New York Post)

“FlashForward” continues to score low, but don’t blame that long hiatus. Blame the show for not being good. (TV by the Numbers)

The revival of “The Miracle Worker,” starring Abigail Breslin as Helen Keller, will close on Broadway after running just two months. (Associated Press)

But “Next to Normal,” the Tony Award-winning musical about a mother with bipolar disorder, has just become one of the few Broadway shows to turn a profit. (New York Times)

Brilliant! The premiere of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” does gangbuster ratings on Friday night. (Variety)

“How to Train Your Dragon” unseats “Alice in Wonderland” at the weekend box office. (Company Town)

Paula Abdul addresses all the rumors about future projects. Short version: None of it is happening, except maybe “The X Factor.” (Idoltracker)

Miley Cyrus says Kurt Cobain is her “dream boyfriend,” Justin Bieber not so much. (US Weekly)

A handful of new movies and TV projects is bringing back the ‘80s -- why? (Los Angeles Times)

Sony blocks Beyoncé from putting her videos on YouTube. (The Wrap)

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-- Denise Martin

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