
• Why did Dunkin Donuts pull this ad featuring Rachel Ray and her scarf? [HP]
• Patrick Swayze says he's responding well to treatment. No jokes, just sending good vibes his way. [People]
• Fans of Indiana Jones have too much time on their hands if they've already pointed out 40 mistakes since the movie's release last weekend. [ICYDK]
• Just as expected, Pete Doherty has killed one of his cats. Where the hell is PETA in all this? [DListed]
• Today's portion of the R. Kelly trial will deal with threesomes that may or may not involve an underage child. Good clean fun. [SH]

People magazine has compiled a grand gallery of pictures of celebrities mid-meal. We think Eva Longoria is eating a Pringle in one photo, and in another Snoop Dogg skewers the largest cut of meat we've ever seen.
While very banal, watching someone eat humanizes them in a way few other acts do. Feast your eyes.
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• Seen the new MEN-olos? They're hideous. [Queerty]
• Yum-O! [DListed]
• More Hills is on the way. We hope you're proud of yourself, Hills viewers. [PS]
• Tara Reid: salvageable? [HT]
• Wanna smell like Britney Spears? No? Well, wanna smell like Britney Spears' perfume? [INO]
• Sporty Spice has a solo career? [ICYDK]
• American Idol star proves American Idol doesn't at all screen their contestants. [Yeeeah]
• The poor man's Justin Timberlake is really, really trying. [EBG]
• It seems sports might be more interesting if we could get some drunk action stars on the mic! [BWE]
• Clean porn mess. [HT]
• Why was the high school band there? [ICYDK]
• Some people get so touchy about the Holocaust. [Jossip]
• Unlike Emeril, Rachael Ray likes to kick things down a notch. [CityRag]
• Coloring The View. [SH]
• Paris Hilton autopsy. Not what you think. [Yeeeah]
• Brown v Board of Education five decades later. [Economist]
The 2007 Food Bank of New York Can-Do Awards were held last night in New York. In attendance were David Bowie, Iman, Michael Stipe, co-chair Mario Batali, Patti Smith, Helena Christensen and Kate Bosworth.
This year's honorees included U2 guitarist The Edge and Jimmy Fallon, for their dedication to helping end hunger in New York City. Later, the bevy of aged models in the audience were all lauded with "Lifetime Achievement in Suppression" awards, honoring those New Yorkers whose strict abstinence in the face of food meant more for the homeless.
Congrats, all!
PS Can someone tell Batali to cool it with the butter and olive oil? He's my favorite, and if we goes from heart failure we're stuck with Paula Deen and Rachael Ray.
PPS It looks like The Edge continues to take coping with baldness tips from Britney Spears. He's effectively ruined his suit with a goddamn "formal beanie" that makes him look like a middle aged "punk" at prom.
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• This is like when George dates the woman who looks like Jerry, except Keira really loves Orlando.
• This book's making Katie Holmes crazy, and it's not Dianetics. [ASL]
• Guys in girl pants is the old black. [HR]
• Rachael Ray making up for lost lives with some yumo chili burgers cooked in under 30 minutes. Seriously, sweet gesture. [Glitterati]
• What, people can't relate to a tarted up, vengeful assassin with a machine gun leg? [PopSugar]
• Don Imus likes black people, still has no love for "nappy headed hoes." [IDLYITW]
• Benetton should quit wasting money on photo shoots and just start using paparazzi pics of these guys. [DListed]
• "Womb Raider" is a good frat nickname. [Glitterati]
• Anne Hathaway sacrificing realism for puritan ideals, saying that sometimes kisses are "too real." See you at ABC Family, Anne. [HT]
• Sienna Miller really unabashedly acknowledging her love of drugs. [CityRag]
• Kanye West spending his money wisely and paying $4,000 shipping Indian food from England. For that kind of money you can almost buy an Indian person and have them cook for you. Seriously. [HR]
• Popular culture now inspiring surgery for mentally and physically unstable people. [Jossip]
• Rachael Ray attacked by a dog, which she in turn killed and used to create some "yummo" chili in under half an hour. [NYP]
Rachael Ray's sickeningly sweet wholesomeness is a pretty polarizing subject. Personally, I hate hearing her scream, "Yummo!" as she shoves her fist into some 30 minute chocolate meatball nachos. And I hate that she uses the acronym "EVOO," which is actually more difficult to say than "olive oil." But some people love her. For my money, it's Mario Batali or nothing. Regardless, today TMZ is reporting that Rachael Ray may not be as lighthearted as you think–especially when the merlot comes out:
Rewind to December 3, 2005. Ray was at the Century City Shopping Mall in Los Angeles for a book signing. Reps from King World, the production company that was syndicating the show, were shooting the event for its sales presentation.
At around 7:00 PM, Ray, along with seven others, went to Houston's Restaurant in the mall. They sat in a booth in the far right rear of the restaurant. Ray ordered fish and complained to the table it was dry. She was also drinking red wine and lots of it — one source says a minimum of four big glasses.
We're told Ray became "extremely loud and aggressive," and began dissing Oprah. Sources say she told the group about a portrait of Oprah that sits in the lobby of Harpo Productions in Chicago. It's from the movie "Beloved" and shows Winfrey's back, enhanced with scars. She's also wearing a skirt from the slavery era.
Back at the table, sources say Ray launched into attack mode: "Why is she wearing slave drag? She obviously has problems being black."
But Oprah wasn't Ray's only target. Sources say she told the group how much she liked Jennifer Aniston and then called Brad Pitt a "pussy boy." But her harshest comments were reserved for Angelina Jolie, calling her "a skanky, backdoor c**t."
YUMMO! Of course, TMZ is basing this story off their notorious "sources," so the validity of this tale is questionable, and Ray's camp is denying she ever said anything offensive.
I don't know what happened. I do know that it's hard to believe anyone is as perky as she is without fail. Everyone I've known like this just bottles up their negative feelings into some dark place in their belly and then, at the most inappropriate times, they have an anger/depression meltdown that makes you wish you hadn't bought them that last shot.
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