Hump day happs

Tidbits for today:

As if "The View" weren't already a promotionpalooza (catch Whoopi's Favorite Stuff the other day?), the Daytime Emmys are likely to get a barrage of exposure over the next several weeks because Sherri Shepherd will be hosting for the first time. She's joining soap hunk Cameron Mathison (pictured) as MC on the show that'll be broadcast June 20 on ABC. The hosts of "The View" are perennial also-rans in the talk show category, having lost 10 times.

Since Whoopi's hosting the Tonys this year, that show also has taken up a big bunch of air time on the morning chatfest. "Project Runway's" Christian even stopped by yesterday to trot out some possible frocks for Whoopi to wear for the Broadway honors. We got distracted and don't know if she eventually picked out the sleek black number or the one with the fierce feathery shoulder pouf. Anyone?

CineVegas is luring some heavyweight award winners to its film fest this year with the strangely-named Half-Life Awards. Maybe that means that Anjelica Huston, Don Cheadle, Viggo Mortensen and a handful of others have half their lives left to make great movies? More about this year's lineup here.

The Shaggy defense is starting to wear thin at the R. Kelly trial in Chicago.