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Giada De Laurentiis: Still Not Doing Food Porn

Emily Farris — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Giada De Laurentiis: "I'm Not Doing Porn"

Emily Farris — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:06:00 GMT

What exactly does the Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis bring to the table? Whatever it is, it's not sex, according to the foodie.

While she can't describe exactly what it is (except that it's not sex, remember), it's something that other TV chefs just can't do.

“Porn? I’m not doing porn! What the hell are people talking about? [It’s not] PBS-style cooking. I mean, I love Lidia [Bastianich], but [she’s] kind of boring. And Mario Batali [I] love to death…but he’s not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table.”

Batali is more our type than De Laurentiis, but after watching this clip, we're definitely not thinking about pizza:

[PageSix via Grub Street]

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Nicole Pasulka — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:00 GMT

This is a promo for the television show Spain... On The Road Again starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Mario Batali, Mark Bittman, and Claudia Bassols. Yes, that's correct, it stars Food Network celebrity chef Mario Batali, NY Times celebrity food writer Mark Bittman, and who else but the lily white angel of music Gwyneth Paltrow.

God, what a weird rat pack piled into a Mercedes convertible. We imagine eating with Batali pretty awesome despite having to look at his bright orange Crocs and we're suprised that Gwyneth can speak Spanish, but how the hell is this a show?

We have an idea for a show: Nicole and her dog take walks around Brooklyn and eat sandwiches and he barks at strangers while Nicole sometimes forgets to brush her hair. What do you think? Great! Now give Nicole a Mercedes, she'll be sure the hood ornament features prominently in all driving sequences.

South Korea's Mind-Blowing Adultery Saga Continues

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:25:00 GMT

In South Korea, where adultery is not just grounds for public embarrassment but arrest as well, two of the nation's biggest stars are embroiled in a widely publicized marital meltdown that could have far-reaching ramifications for the radically conservative country.

When the fading TV heartthrob Park Chul accused his actress wife of infidelity, he ignited an undignified row that has transfixed South Korea and probably mortally wounded the careers of two of the country's top stars. But the best might yet be to come: could Korea's rawest celebrity scandal end a half-century-old law banning adultery?

Last year, Chul publicly claimed his wife had had an affair with "an Italian chef and an opera singer," which Scanner is willing to bet are probably going to be identified as Mario Batali and Luciano Pavarotti. No? Well, in any case, the wife, with the unfortunate name (at least when read in English-speaking countries) of Ok So-ri was rumored to have been secretly videotaped having the affair.

Ok stunned Koreans by calling a press conference in which she denied sleeping with the Italian – who she said had only given her English and cooking lessons – but admitted to a short affair with the singer. She then aired intimate details of her sham marriage, leaving her husband feeling, in his words, like a "pedestrian hit by a car". Park responded by filing a criminal suit against his wife for adultery...
The offence, which conservatives say is designed to protect the family, carries a two-year prison sentence, although just 47 of the 1,200 people convicted last year served jail time (most were given suspended sentences).

Ms. So-ri (or "Ok") has petitioned the country's Constitutional Court (we doubt that their Constitution is as awesome as ours, although it's probably just as usurped) to overturn the law, which some observers speculate could actually happen. We're tempted to make jokes about what this would open the door for, but we'll admit this is too scary a story to poke much fun at. (Jail for adultery? Hell, back in 1992 in this country, you could elected President because you had an affair.)

Via the Independent.

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