Whatever you’re into, it probably has a trinity.

Cars?: Detroit’s Big Three are General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

Basketball?: The NBA’s most hyped trio consists of the Miami Heat’s LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

JOFFREY BALLET

The Chicago-based dance company will make its Santa Barbara and Thousand Oaks debuts next week. The troupe will perform at 8 p.m. Monday at The Granada, 1217 State St., Santa Barbara. Tickets cost $48-$68 for general admission and $28 for UC Santa Barbara students. Call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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Vancouver’s Universal Gospel Choir will put on a benefit concert at Shiloh Sixth Avenue United Church on Saturday, March 12 to aid the Hospitality Project. The choir is multi-faith and multi-cultural, and features African-American, Cuban, European, Asian and Native American music. Among its work, the Hospitality Project helps with the New Westminster Food Bank and Family Place family resource centre and children’s drop-in. The concert at 7:30 p.m. is part of the church’s 100th anniversary celebrations. For i

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Director and writer Tyler Perry was the big winner at the NAACP’s Image Awards on Friday, winning top awards for his movie “For Colored Girls” and best TV comedy series trophy for “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.”

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the oldest U.S. civil rights organization and has given out Image awards for 42 years to honor people of color in film, television, music and literature.

Perry, 41, one of the most prolific African-Americans in the U.S.

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Following Sunday nights (Feb. 27) Academy Awards, Jamie Foxx hung out with friends Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Hudson at Vanity Fair s Oscar party.

I know, it sounds silly. But that’s the way Hollywood worked.

Maybe it was a lingering resentment from the 1950s, when the rise of television threatened the movie business. Perhaps the hurry-up shooting schedules and limited budgets of TV created a schism between pampered movie stars and the working stiffs knocking out episodes for the boob tube.

And then there was a feeling that people wouldn’t pay to see actors in a theater when they could see them for free in their living rooms.

Whatever the reason, for more than 40 years this odd strain of Hollywood apartheid was in effect. A few actors — James Garner comes to mind — could have a hit TV series and pop in and out of a string of successful movies. But

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“Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice.” — Yoda

‘FOUR MASTERS — FOUR LEGENDS’

The exhibit, featuring works by artists Carlisle Cooper, Norman Kirk, Gerd Koch and William McEnroe, will be on display Saturday through April 24 at the Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ventura, with an opening reception 5:30-7:30 tonight. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 youths 6-17, and free for kids under 6. For more information, call 653-0323 or visit venturamuseum.org.

The following events are planned in conjunction with the exhibit (includes admission to the museum):

n Four Masters Panel Discussion, 3-5 p.m. Sun

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