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5 Facts About Top Chef: Texas Winner Paul Qui
Need to know about Paul Qui, the newest Top Chef, to impress your foodie friends? We’ve got the lowdown on which “cheftestants” he’s still friendly with, his food influences, and how he’ll spend his prize money. More »
Gallery: Celebrities with Portraits of Themselves in Their Homes
Hey guess what? It looks like Lindsay Lohan‘s design aesthetic is a very fervent “pictures of myself, please.” The actress, under house arrest, was recently photographed in her home — and the shots gave us not one, but two self-obsessed portraits. Oh, actors. Here’s a gallery of other celebrities who have used their own visages as decoration. More »
14 Celebrities with Scars
We talk so much about celebrities’ outrageous tattoos that I figured it was worth searching for actors, musicians, and reality stars who have more lasting impressions on their skin. Some are self-inflicted, others thanks to medicine and diseases alike. But you can bet that we remember each and every one. More »
New York Times Highlights The Plight Of Fauxbese Female Celebrities
Have you ever noticed that actresses eat a lot of fried and greasy food while being interviewed by journalists? It’s an annoying habit that seems intended to prove that said actress is not anorexic. But in reality, it usually goes to prove that she is full of LIES. Because 100 pound actresses don’t go around eating cheeseburgers and fries right before big events like the Oscars. It’s unpossible.
And now, thanks to The New York Times, we know of a new word for this phenomenon: DIPE. That stands for the documented instance of public eating, and is often a featured element in magazine profiles of female celebrities. But that abbreviation is not quite satisfying enough for us. We prefer the terminology that we just brainstormed: Fauxbese. More »
TV Guide denies Padma Lakshmi retouching – In an update on the rumor we brought you yesterday, TV Guide attributes the Top Chef host’s paler skin color to lighting issues. “Padma’s skin tone is beautiful, and we did nothing to adjust it,” they said. (PopEater)
Padma Lakshmi’s skin appears lightened by TV Guide - Padma graced the cover of the latest issue along with Top Chef cohort (and Crushable weird celebrity crush) Tom Colicchio, and her skin tone looks to have been digitally altered. WTF! (PopEater)
Celeb Tweetup: Marking Your Territory
It’s post-Emmy’s Monday, which means that some of our favorite jerks are coming out of the woodwork, desperate for the attention they didn’t receive from Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet last night. Lets join them, shall we? More »
‘Top Chef’ Headed To DC
The seventh season of reality cooking competition Top Chef will begin filming in Washington, DC next month, according to the Washington Post.
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Britney Spears Joins the Single Ladies’ Club
Britney Spears is single again. Maybe she and Jennifer Love Hewitt can grab lunch. (E! Online)
50 Cent is bored of the rap music, plans to record a dance album. (Contact Music)
Jessica Sierra, now sober, is charming and smart in a new interview. Really. (Radar Online)
Kendra Wilkinson used to be a drug addict, and a runaway, before she became Hef’s girlfriend and now a mother. How is she only 24? (Us Magazine)
In shocking Hollywood actress fashion, Amanda Seyfried eats very… More »
Gaga Says Yes, Bryan Adams Says No To ‘Glee’
Glee is going Gaga! It would also be going Bryan Adams, but he said no. (E! Online)
Edward Norton is mediating between Courtney Love and Frances Bean, and it may be working. (New York Daily News)
Oh, those are fighting tweets! Jay Mohr takes to his mobile device and calls Chelsea Handler a stumbling drunk. (Radar Online)
Joaquin Phoenix will not be playing Edgar Allen Poe in an upcoming project, as previously reported. We miss your crazy face, Joaquin. Come back to… More »
Sony Music Drops J.Lo, And It’s Not Pretty
Jennifer Lopez’s split from Sony Music isn’t quite as amicable as she wants you to think: evidently the label abruptly dropped J.Lo because of recent flops. (New York Daily News)
Lindsay Lohan is still hoping to get back together with Samantha Ronson — but says if it doesn’t happen then she’ll probably return to dating men. (Sun)
A friend of Adam Dell’s confirms that he is the father of Krishna Thea Lakshmi — the baby that Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi gave… More »
Padma Lakshmi Gives Birth To Daughter
It’s a girl for Top Chef hostess Padma Lakshmi. According to People, the model gave birth to Krishna Thea Lakshmi on Saturday. She told the magazine last month that she planned give her baby a traditional Indian name: “It will be after someone in my family, so don’t expect to see an Anglicized name — it will be a classically Indian Sanskrit name.”
Congrats to the happy family — including the father, whom Padma has declined to name.
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Top Chef Las Vegas: Sneak Peek at Tonight’s Reunion
Tonight’s reunion show for Top Chef: Las Vegas should be a very entertaining one. It was the most competitive season yet and it ended with a huge sibling rivalry. You’ll never guess which one of the finalists that Michael and Bryan’s mother was hoping would win! And Michael tells us what he has planned for the prize money. Here’s a short preview:
And poor Robin. None of the other chefs liked her or treated her very well during the competition. Here’s… More »
Top Chef Las Vegas: The Three Finalists Talk About the Finale
After what must have been the toughest season ever on Top Chef, it all came down to Michael, Kevin and Bryan. Here’s what each of them had to say about the finale.
Michael was understandably excited, but he graciously still says that Bryan is his mentor. He thinks it must have been hard for their mother to be there, knowing she would have to console one or the other of her sons after the winner was announced. He seems excited, and… More »
Top Chef Las Vegas: Michael Voltaggio Wins!
Last night on the Top Chef Las Vegas finale, the chefs were surprised when they all got a visit from their mothers. Poor Mrs. Voltaggio was there to support both of her sons as they went head-to-head in the finale. It was really touching that Bryan & Michael both said that they wanted to win, but if they didn’t, they wanted it to be the other brother.
Each of the three finalists was… More »
Top Chef Las Vegas: Get Ready for Tonight’s Finale!
Tonight is the season finale of Top Chef Las Vegas and it’s sure to be a tough competition, right to the end. Top Chef’s first brother competitors, Michael & Brian have both made it to the finale and they both are awesome chefs. And the third finalist, Kevin is amazing too. This is one of the most exciting finales the show has ever had. You won’t want to miss it on Bravo tonight at 10/9c.
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Top Chef Las Vegas: Mystery Ingredients
On this week’s episode of Top Chef, the guest judge was Chef Tyler Florence. For the Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants were each given three key words to use on the web site cookstr.com. They would find out which key words they would work with by taking spins on a slot machine.
These were the dishes they created:
Mike I. – Stressed, Umami, Asian
Raw Mushroom Salad with Yuzu Emulsion
Laurine – Tart, Romantic, Latin
Crushed Goat Cheese Salad with Orange Jalapeno… More »
Top Chef Host is Expecting
First it was Heidi Klum from Project Runway who has been pregnant several times during the taping of the series, and Julie Chen who hosted this Summer’s Big Brother 11 while pregnant and now Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has announced that she’s pregnant too. She sure looks amazing, so it must agree with her.
According to Us Magazine, Padma has had some health problems that made it questionable whether she could ever… More »
Divas & Chef of Reality TV on the Emmy Red Carpet
Beautiful reality TV hosts Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef) & the very pregnant Heidi Klum (Project Runway) were both on the red carpet for the Emmy Awards last night. They are two of the most amazing looking women on TV today and it’s always fun to see them at their glamorous best. Chef Tom Colicchio (Top Chef) was also there and was looking his handsome best too. Here are some great photos of them last night:
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Top Chef Las Vegas: Cactus & the Desert Recap
This week on Top Chef, the guest judge was Chef Tim Love. The cheftestants were told that they would have to make a dish using the secret ingredient, cactus. The winner of the challenge would get $15,000, making it a high-stakes Quickfire Challenge.
These were the dishes they created:
Laurine: Cactus Salsa with Achiote Glazed Pork Chop
Kevin: Pork Tenderloin with Cactus Marmalade
Michael V.: Avocado Roll with Cactus Coconut… More »
