Rachael Ray blew into the Windy City to film “Rachael’s Big Block Party,” which airs today on The Rachael Ray Show.
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Rachael Ray Takes Chicago
September 14th, 2009 / Author: Valerie NomeRed Carpet Confidential: Sandra Lee Tells Anthony Bourdain to ‘Lighten Up’
August 9th, 2009 / Author: Valerie Nome
Sandra Lee is in the mood for a food fight when asked which celebrity she’d most like to invite over for dinner.
Red Carpet Confidential: Rachael Ray Keeps Her Marriage Hot
August 5th, 2009 / Author: Valerie Nome
Rachael Ray and hubby John Cusimano never see the passion wane in their relationship.
The couple, who wed in 2005, agree that their favorite place to be together is in the bedroom, and secondly — the kitchen.
Mariska, Rachael Shine at Gracie Awards
June 4th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff
Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann elevator up with me to the Gracie Awards held Wednesday at NYC’s Marriott Marquis. Peter is my reigning favorite celebrity husband. He’s always sweet but never overshares, and Mariska is equally delightful this evening.
Who’s the funniest woman in Hollywood?
“I don’t know,” Amy Poehler, who is being honored for her online series Smart Girls at the Party, tells me. “You should answer.”
Kathy Griffin bawdily greets Suze Orman. “She has a ticket, I don’t have a ticket,” the Life On The D-List star says before giving her acceptance speech laced with f-bombs. “I don’t have it together, she does. We’re like the odd couple. She’s Felix, and I’m … I don’t know. She’s the rich one.”
Rachael Ray gives props to her mom for inspiring her work ethic. “She taught me that having a rich life has nothing to do with your bank account,” she says.
Real Housewives of New York are everywhere, but Bethenny Frankel is nowhere to be found. Jill Zarin, joined by sister Lisa Wexler, makes a plea to be featured in the fashion pages wearing her gold Marc Bouwer gown.
“I’m begging you,” she says. “I’ve never made it. Bethenny’s always in those magazines in glam photos, and I’ve never made it yet. God forbid, if this is the last photo of me while I’m alive – you never know what tomorrow brings — this is the dress I want to be buried in.”
True Jackson, VP star Keke Palmer gets cagey when asked for the most inspirational woman she has met or would like to meet. “I’ve met some pretty amazing women already. I met Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, I met Michelle Obama, I don’t know who else I could meet. Man! I met Oprah. I met them. I’m lucky! I don’t think I can pick one because they’re all inspirational in their own way.”
Dinner is served. Tonight it’s steak, cheese rice, red pepper, green beans and assorted desserts. Mmm, delish.
Ooh, another gift bag. This time, it’s all about the thank you notes, Reader’s Digest, Dove Go Fresh cool moisture beauty bar with cucumber and green tea scent; Dove fragrance infusion cream oil body wash; Dove intense damage therapy conditioner, Dove Pro-age hand cream and Dove clinical protection deodorant. Alright!
The Gracie Awards Gala recognizes exemplary programming created for women, by women and about women in all facets of electronic media, including radio, television, cable and new media.
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Giada on Rachael Ray: No Feud Here!
May 22nd, 2009
So what if they’re both hugely popular Food Network stars? That doesn’t mean that Giada De Laurentiis and Rachael Ray have any kind of heated rivalry going on.
"Do we hang out all the time? No. Are we best friends? No," admits Giada in Redbook’s June issue, on stands May 18. "But if you’re not best friends, people assume that you hate each other. "
Giada goes on to say that the two foodies find the gossip funny.
"We laugh about it," she reveals. "We do these festivals together, and she’ll say to me, ‘Oh, we’d better take a picture together and smile, because if we don’t, God only knows what’s going to get written about us.’ She’s a lovely person."
Katie Lee Joel Adds Intrigue
April 22nd, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff
Even with Bono, Bill Clinton, Jon Bon Jovi, Mariska Hargitay, Jimmy Fallon and Rachael Ray attending the Food Bank for New York City’s Can-Do Awards Dinner held Tuesday at Abigail Kirsch’s Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers, Katie Lee Joel is the biggest get of the night amid rumors of her affair with designer Yigal Azrouel.
The usually chatty chef married to Billy Joel is rushed through the press area for the first time in her life.
“Sorry, we have to pull her,” the rep says as Katie dodges reporters.
It’s a much different scenario than my experience last month when Katie was promoting ScottsMiracle-Gro GroGood campaign. She shared a pointed life lesson with me.
“Just do unto others as they’ll do unto you,” Katie told me March 18. “Treat people the way that you want to be treated.”
Time changes everything, and at tonight’s Food Bank Can-Do Awards Mariska Hargitay is rejoicing after suffering a collapsed lung earlier this year. How is she feeling?
“Much better,” Mariska says.
Jon Bon Jovi is bashful about being honored tonight.
“It’s humbling,” the brown eyeliner-wearing rocker says. “It was difficult for me to accept it, simply because when you’re doing something out of the goodness of your heart for as many years as this whole foundation has been building houses, we really don’t look for the accolades.”
What does he have to say about the dead dolphin found outside his home?
“He was trying to cross the hill to get to the house,” he jokes. “He thought he was a Miami Dolphin, you know?”
Being in the presence of this New Jersey icon makes Rachael Ray weak in the knees.
“I sang every song into a hairbrush, and isn’t that the appropriate way to celebrate Bon Jovi?” the food host yuks.
How does the Dunkin Donuts pitchwoman – who didn’t get her free iced coffee that day — encourage others to eat healthy?
“It’s very easy to eat very well, and it’s getting more affordable, thank God,” Rachael says in her raspy voice. “If you like to eat healthy, buy locally grown, go to Farmer’s Markets – it’s the last bargain left in food — and if you want to feel better about eating pasta, my favorite food group, switch over to whole grain. It’s full of fiber and protein.”
Jimmy Fallon confesses his love for Fig Newtons and vanilla ice cream. “Yeah!” his jovial wife Nancy Juvonen says. “By the way, the other thing that’s fantastic is grape nuts and vanilla ice cream. I’m not kidding. You’ll flip out.”
We spot Alan Wyse, Kim Cattrall’s boyfriend, who dishes on his SATC love, and Gwyneth Paltrow’s BFF Mario Batali, who is wearing orange crocs.
Here is Helena Christensen, who broke her front tooth Monday. Ouch! Who is the cutest baby in Hollywood? “The cutest baby is not in Hollywood,” she says in her Dutch accent. “The cutest baby’s in my girlfriend’s belly over there.” Aww!
While Emeril Lagasse doesn’t watch American Idol, he does have a reality show in mind.
“My reality show is basically you get a bunch of celebrities, and you all get on a scale and you weigh them. Whoever weighs the most at the end of the show, at the end of the series, they win. Wouldn’t that be a cool series? Just eat galore.”
Psst. The very-married chef is crushing on Britain’s Got Talent dynamo Susan Boyle. Ooh!
“She seems like a pretty cool lady,” he tells me.
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