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IT SEEMS DOWNRIGHT MEAN that as unemployment hovers above 9 percent, the stock market is plummeting and politicans are horrified that rich people may be asked to pay the same rate of income tax that they paid 10 years ago, TV Guide and Forbes have both decided to release lists of wealthy celebrities. This is not an indictment of rich people; it's good that there are folks with money to burn and millions of others who want to be just like them. Tattle wants to be just like them.

Love is fleeting - or maybe just ill-advised. Ryan Reynolds , 34, and Charlize Theron , 36 on Sunday, broke up in late July after only two months of dating, reports Us Weekly. He wanted a summer fling, she wanted to settle down. Reynolds is hot off a divorce from Scarlett Johansson , who reportedly was the one to end the two-year marriage in December. Is it coincidence that all this, um, coincides with Reynolds' just-released what-if-your-life-were-different flick The Change-Up ?

REIGNING RAP diva Nicki Minaj channeled Janet Jackson on "Good Morning America" yesterday when she experienced a full-on nipple slip. Wearing a low-cut olive tank, a cropped cotton-candy-pink jacket and sporting a blond curly mane, Minaj was performing her new single "Moment 4 Life" when her boob simply couldn't contain its excitement and popped out of her top. This is Minaj's first public nip slip, but she kept it together and quickly adjusted...

STRONG RUMORS around the local CBS Radio cluster suggest that 94 WYSP will become the FM home of Sportsradio 610 WIP and drop its longtime rock format around Labor Day. WIP program director Andy Bloom said that he could neither confirm nor deny the rumor but that there were rumors about the stations all the time. CBS Radio market manager Marc Rayfield said essentially the same thing. But CBS Radio recently flipped two underperforming music stations - WJZ FM in Baltimore and WBZ in Boston - to sports.

There have been moments, sometimes lasting years, when Britney Spears has seemed like an accessory to her own career - the public face of a vast army of producers, songwriters, choreographers, stylists, publicity agents, and marketing executives. But holding together that tangle of competing agendas is no easy task. Part of what great pop stars do is provide a sense of continuity, using the force of their personality to bridge the gaps between trends. It cannot be an easy job, and six weeks into her Femme Fatale tour, even Britney Spears looked as though she was tired of being Britney Spears.

CASINOS STRAIGHT NO CHASER Last year's summerlong run by Straight No Chaser at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City was certainly an artistic success. But this year's warm-weather encore finds the 10-man a cappella outfit taking its vocal gymnastic act to another level. "Songs Through the Decades," the unit's new, exclusive-to-Harrah's presentation (it runs through Sept. 4), finds the troupe more polished and assured than ever as it surveys a half-century's worth of pop hits culled from the doo-wop/rock 'n' roll revolution and "Rat Pack" era of the '50s to "boy bands" of the '90s and beyond.

TOP SINGLES 1. "Party Rock Anthem," LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock. 2. "Give Me Everything," Pitbull with Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer. 3. "Rolling in the Deep," Adele. 4. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," Katy Perry. 5. "Super Bass," Nicki Minaj. 6. "The Edge of Glory," Lady Gaga. 7. "E.T.," Katy Perry with Kanye West. 8. "How To Love," Lil Wayne. 9. "Good Life," OneRepublic. 10. "Tonight Tonight," Hot Chelle Rae. TOP ALBUMS 1. "4," Beyonce.

LOS ANGELES - Chris Brown won a pair of prizes at Sunday's BET Awards. The 21-year-old singer and the night's leading nominee won best male R&B artist and best collaboration for his song "Look At Me Now" with Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. Nicki Minaj won for best female hip-hop artist. Kanye West won for best male hip-hop artist but wasn't on hand to accept the trophy. Diddy Dirty Money was named best group. Jaden Smith and Willow Smith tied as winners of the Young Stars award.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 p.m., NBC10) - Actor Dennis Quaid; Nicki Minaj performs. Entertainment Tonight (7 p.m., CBS3) - Actors Selena Gomez and Cory Monteith; Cars 2 . The Insider (7:30 p.m., CBS3) - Courteney Cox; Katie Couric; Cameron Diaz. Flashpoint (8 p.m., CBS3) - When a young man is held captive by a carjacker who kidnapped a woman with a baby in her vehicle, the team must figure out how to get in without hurting the infant. Friday Night Lights (8 p.m., NBC10)

Summertime, and the marquee names are out on the road. Summer 2010 was a lousy one for big-ticket pop music acts, but if business doesn't boom this year, it won't be for a dearth of headliners. For starters, the women of pop are out in full force, with Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears with Nicki Minaj all competing for a piece of your concertgoing budget. (Perry plays the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia on June 24, and Britney's there on July 30.)