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Too much Destiny?

You don't have to go beyond Destiny, but there's such a thing as too much exposure, you know. Take Beyonce Knowles, for example. With a hit at the top of Billboard's album chart and a lead role in MTV's recent hip-hop "Carmen," what's next for the Destiny's Child diva ? The 19-year-old is soon to debut as L'Oreal's newest hair flipping spokesmodel while the R&B trio headlines MTV's "Total Request Live" concert tour. What have you to say for yourself, Miss Knowles?

"I just hope people don't get sick of us," she tells Newsweek in its May 21 edition. "I'm sick of us, and I'm in Destiny's Child"

... and speaking of overexposure

For those of you who haven't had enough of Jennifer Lopez in movies, music and fashion, now you can see her on television, too. Lopez has agreed to a deal with NBC for a series of music specials, the first of which is scheduled to air this fall, the network announced Monday. NBC also is developing a half-hour sitcom loosely based on the singer-actress' family and the neighborhood in which she grew up in the Bronx. The deal marks a return to TV for the 30-year-old performer, who was one of the "Fly Girl" dancers on the Fox variety show "In Living Color" in 1990.

Her new film, "Angel Eyes" opens Friday, and her single "Play" off the "J.Lo" album is in the Billboard Top 20. She recently released a line of clothing with Andy Hilfiger, younger brother of designer Tommy Hilfiger.

Hometown honors Brinkley

TV news pioneer David Brinkley has been added to his hometown's Walk of Fame in Wilmington, N.C. "I'm not sure I deserve it, but I'll take it," Brinkley said Saturday as he was presented with a plaque matching the ceremonial sidewalk stone. "I love this old town," Brinkley told the crowd of more than 400. "It gets better every time I come here."

Brinkley, 80, grew up in Wilmington and started his journalism career with a newspaper job at the Morning Star. He became one of the first journalists on television after working for the United Press and for NBC radio in the 1940s. He made his last regularly scheduled broadcast on ABC in 1997.

'Hometown' boots out 'Ed'

"Ed" is persona non grata in Nyack, N.Y.

The Village Board will no longer allow downtown filming of the NBC comedy-drama, which stars Tom Cavanagh as a New York lawyer who returns to his hometown in Ohio and sets up practice in a bowling alley.

Along with the cast and crew came street closings that kept shoppers from stores and made it hard for residents to get around. Noisy generators sometimes were turned on at 5:30 a.m. in residential areas, where people were still sleeping, said village trustee Richard Kavesh. The show paid about $3,000 in permit fees for each day of filming, which was only allowed on Mondays.