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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The co-founder of E! is launching a celebrity-focused online network complete with several programs in the hope of establishing a new brand in the entertainment programing space. Alan Mruvka created E! (then called Movietime) 23 years ago with Larry Namer. Last week, he returned to his roots with the launch of the Look, a new site at thelooktv.com, which aims to blend fashion and celebrity programing with an e-commerce sales site."When I was pitching E!, I used to say that TV is like a newspaper; there's headlines and sports, but there was no (entertainment) section," Mruvka said. "Now TV is like a magazine stand, with golf and food and everything else -- it's narrowcasting. Well, the thickest magazines are fashion magazines; that's where the money is. The Look is as if you were to take InStyle magazine and make a network out of it."