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Oh, no, I thought: "Just Shoot Me" (8:30 tonight on Channel 41) is doing a parody of A&E's "Biography"? What cross-promotional genius thought of this? (NBC owns a big chunk of A&E.) But it works, thanks largely to the ludicrous tale it spins of Nina Van Horn's (Wendie Malick) "early years" in blaxploitation films. There are, of course, plenty of real-life celebrities signed on to give testimonials, including supermodels Cheryl Tiegs and Jerry Hall (who says of Nina's compulsive marrying, "In a lot of ways, Nina was looking for a husband figure"), as well as Jamie Farr, Buddy Hackett, director Sydney Pollack and author George Plimpton, who's around long enough to toss out a wonderfully overwrought metaphor. But the highlight is a scene from Nina's film role as "Foxy Trouble," a white Pam Grier-type opposite blaxploitation regular Bernie Casey (who also cameos here). Great job! Now would someone at "Just Shoot Me" please make sure David Spade doesn't marry another supermodel in the season finale? @ART CAPTION:Wendie Malick as Nina Van Horn as "Foxy Trouble," with her pimp (Bernie Casey). @ART:Photo (color) >>>