QUEEN LATIFAH

Watch out for Queen Latifah's new book, "Put On Your Crown," due out on May 6. This is an inspirational opus to help young girls build self-esteem, and it's being published in hardcover by Hachette's Grand Central Publishing.

Yours truly helped put it together. And yes, she is as nice in real life as she seems in her public persona. The image and the woman are one and the same.

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