MEAN JOE GREEN:
Thirty years after his famous Coke commercial premiered during the 1979 Super Bowl, Mean Joe Greene has in his huge hands a CLIO award, given annually for excellence in advertising.

The ad shows Greene limping back to the locker room after a game, only to be approached by a young fan who offered the lineman his bottle of Coca-Coke. After downing it in one long gulp, Joe tosses his game jersey to the boy, whose face lights up in gratitude.

The commercial has been frequently cited as among the best in TV history.

Greene wasn't able to receive the award in person at the time it was presented. When Coke realized upon the 30th anniversary of the commercial's airing that Greene still didn't have it, a ceremony was held before the Bengals-Steelers game on Sunday.

Tommy Okon, who was 9-years-old when he played the young boy in the commercial, watched as Greene was given the award.

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50's MONEY FOR MOM:
In conjunction with BET, 50 Cent will play Santa for single mothers this holiday season as part of "50's Money For Moms" contest.

In this contest, Entrants must explain in 200 words or less why she -- or a single mother the writer knows -- deserves to win one of three grand prizes of $10,000 each from 50 Cent.

The effort is part of his promotion for the new album "Before I Self Destruct," which was released digitally on Nov. 9 via Shady/Aftermath/Interscope and became available in stores this week.

Details and entries are available at www.bet.com/Site/contests_50cent.

During the course of the month, the rap star will be plugging the album in a number of television appearances, including "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (11/17), "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (11/18), "Chelsea Lately" (11/19), BET's "106 & Park" (11/19), "Tavis Smiley" (11/20), and the "American Music Awards" (11/22).

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QUEEN LATIFAH TO HOST 2010PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:
Queen Latifah will return as host of the 2010 Peoples Choice Awards ij January, and a few people of color and their respective projects will battle it out for the title of Peoples Choice.

Emmy Award-winning supermodel-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks daily talk show is nominated for favorite TV talk show, but she will have to beat The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as Chelsea Lately, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Live with Regis & Kelly.

LL Cool Js show, NCIS: Los Angeles — the newest in the popular CBS franchise — is nominated in the new TV drama category, but would have to oust The Good Wife, The Forgotten, Mercy, Melrose Place, FlashForward, Eastwick, The Vampire Diaries, V, and Three Rivers, for the win.

Finally, competing for New TV Comedy are two Fox shows that feature African-American ensembles;The Cleveland Show, the animated series featuring the voices of Sanaa Lathan and Regan Preston-Gomez, and Brothers starring former New York Giants star Michael Strahan and Darryl Chill Mitchell. Also nominated in that category are Accidentally on Purpose, Community, Cougar Town, Glee, Hank, The Middle and Modern Family.

The Peoples Choice Awards will air live on Jan.6 on CBS from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

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SNOOP DOGG:
Snoop Dogg scheduled to appear at the New York Stock Exchange today where he will ring the opening bell, as well as host the 2nd Annual "Mentoring Madness" event.
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PAM GRIER:
The CW announced that Pam Grier will be joining the cast of the hit drama series 'Smallville.'
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LEBRON JAMES:
Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James says he and everyone else in the NBA should give up the number out of respect to His Airness.

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