NBC to Donald Trump: 'You're fired'!

SUPPOSE THEY NAMED a new Miss USA and no one was there to notice?

(You know, like every year.)

NBC/Comcast/Universal said yesterday that it is ending its business relationship with GOP presidential candidate/beauty pageant producer Donald Trump because of comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the kickoff of his campaign.

NBC said it would no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which had been a joint venture between the company and Trump. Miss USA has aired on NBC since 2003 and this year's edition was set for July 12; NBC said it hasn't been determined what will air in its place.

How about a telenovela?

NBC said that it has already begun exploring ways with super-reality show producer/Biblical movie entrepreneur Mark Burnett to air future seasons of "Celebrity Apprentice" without Trump as host, which might almost make it watchable. "The Apprentice," which Trump also hosted, is on hiatus.

"At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values," the network said in a statement.

Trump attributed NBC's decision to a clash in viewpoints on immigration, saying his views were strong and NBC's "very weak." He said he anticipated losing the business relationship and that he's not apologizing for his statements because they "were correct."

"Whatever they want to do is OK with me," Trump told reporters in Chicago after a campaign speech to civic leaders.

He said he'd consider suing, as he plans to do with Univision which announced last week it also would not air either of the two pageants.

Beyonce, Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj all won multiple times at Sunday night's BET Awards, but the night wasn't about winners, it was about Philly.

The Microsoft Center in L.A. may as well have been the Wells Fargo Center.

As our Philadelphia Inquirer colleague Sofiya Ballin reported on Philly.com, North Philly native Meek Mill (whose new CD, "Dreams Worth More Than Money," drops today) rapped a shout-out to our city, North Philly's Kevin Hart was nominated for Best Actor, South Philly's Amber Rose was fetching in white on the red carpet, West Philly's Bryshere Gray (a/k/a Yazz the Greatest, a/k/a Hakeem from Fox's "Empire") performed "Drip Drop," Philly legend Patti LaBelle sang and blew the roof off the joint and even the woman who won a Nissan automobile, Rebecca Striplet, hails from Temple.

The rest of the BET Universe has a lot of catching up to do.

* The Hollywood Reporter says Kevin Costner, is in talks for a deal to play a lawyer in an Amazon legal drama from David E. Kelley ("Picket Fences," "Ally McBeal," "The Practice").

The pitch about a lawyer who drinks too much and finds himself reinvigorated by a case, sounds like a series version of the terrific Sidney Lumet-Paul Newman drama, "The Verdict."

Costner would also executive produce.

* Us Weekly reports that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel attended the wedding of Biel's Tufts University roommate Dana Panzer and her wife Amy Wicker in Connecticut on Saturday.

The wedding had been planned before the Supreme Court ruling but the new marriage law certainly helped up the festive in the festivities.

As a special gift to the bride and bride, Justin serenaded the couple with a version of his hit "Senorita."

* Everyone knows Lady Gaga is a big supporter of the LGBT community (and vice-versa), so it was no surprise when she shared an Instagram photo of herself from the balcony of her Chicago high-rise (her fiance Taylor Kinney stars in "Chicago Fire") cheering on the Gay Pride Parade down below.

"Watching over Chicago Pride from my apartment and smiling so big," she wrote. "So many happy people. Happy pride!"

The surprise was that the party beneath her was actually the Chicago Mariachi and Folklorico Festival.

Imagine if it really was a gay Mexican parade. Donald Trump's head would explode.

* In other pop diva news, Katy Perry is in a fight with a group of nuns.

Former Inquirer columnist Steve Lopez reports in the Los Angeles Times that Katy wants to purchase the former convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Feliz, which offers spectacular views of downtown L.A. and the San Gabriel Mountains, but the nuns have their own dark horse buyer.

Two of the last five living sisters say they own the convent and they sold it to restaurateur Dana Hollister for $15.5 million.

The Archdiocese says the convent is theirs and want to sell it to Katy for $14.5 million in cash.

The fight is now in the hands of the Lord - and the lawyers.

- Daily News wire services

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