Read This: Chris Brown Sentencing Edition

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Chris Brown faces the music in L.A. (Rick Loomis - AP)

In today's Names & Faces: Chris Brown is sentenced to five years probation and six months community labor for beating former girlfriend Rihanna in February. He will serve his sentence in Virginia. Meanwhile: Melanie Griffith checks into rehab, Paula Abdul will host "VH1 Divas," and Oprah Winfrey teases an upcoming book club announcement.

Elsewhere in Style: A&E orders a reality series about the Jackson family, Lisa de Moraes reports. Michael Cavna profiles Dan Schneider, who comes up with all those hit Nickelodeon shows that kids crave. And Jackie Trescott takes a look at new National Endowment for the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman.