LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson made history by posthumously winning four American Music Awards on Sunday night, but he couldn't beat Taylor Swift as the year's favorite artist and the evening's top winner.

The 19-year-old took the evening's top award, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, and five trophies in all.

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• Slide show: Photos from the red carpet
• Slide show: Photos of the winners and performers

I'm asking the writing gods to give me strength. Strength to steer away from casino-centric clichés such as you can't lose when dining at Bellissimo in Casino del Sol. Or that the restaurant is a sure bet, no gamble, chef Jason Jonilonis is on a lucky streak.

Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about the food. Expectations were high for the restaurant, tucked into a corner of Casino del Sol, close to but out of earshot of the slot machines.

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• Hours: 5-10 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 4-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 4-10 p.m. Sundays.
• Where: Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road.

These are hardly superlatives on the order of "shattering" and "beautiful," but compared with the film versions of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons," the only two movies ever made with less sex than the first two "Twilights," they're matchless.

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