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Gabrielle Union tells Oprah: I was a mean girl

Gabrielle Union has a secret. She wasn’t a very nice kid. Dwyane Wade’s main squeeze appears 10 p.m. Sunday night on Oprah’s Next Chapter. The show brings together Union along with three other leading ladies, Viola Davis, Alfre Woodard and Phylicia Rashad, to talk about the challenges of being a black actress in Hollywood.

Celebrity roundup

Miss Utah redeems her education flub on ‘Today’

Nene Leakes has some advice for Miss Utah, who is still smarting from her convoluted answer to the reality star’s question during the Miss USA pageant Sunday night. “She can turn this negative into a positive,” Leakes told People.

Rapper Flo Rida, manager will be no-shows at Heat game tonight

Miami rapper Flo Rida and his manager, two of the Heat’s biggest fans, may not be at the game tonight. 1371595907

Celebrity birthdays on June 18

Musician Paul McCartney is 71. Actress Linda Thorson (“The Avengers”) is 66. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 61. Actor Brian Benben (“Private Practice”) is 57. Singer Alison Moyet is 52. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses) is 50. Singer Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men is 42. Rapper Silkk The Shocker is 38. Country singer Blake Shelton is 37. Actor David Giuntoli (“Grimm”) is 33.

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Boca Raton singer Ariana Grande on the rise

Boca Raton native Ariana Grande is on the rise.

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Kanye West namechecks LIV, Ronaldo keeps partying

You’d think the leakage of Kanye West’s Yeezus Friday was the second coming of, well, never mind. But for LIV’s David Grutman, it kind of is. West’s single On Sight, produced by Daft Punk, name checks the Grand Poohbah of clubland at the 1:40 mark, saying something to the effect of “Took her to the Bleau, she tried to sip the fountain, that’s when David Grutman kicked her out. . . .”