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Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian American chef, writer, television personality, and the current host of the Food Network programs Everyday Italian, Behind the Bash, Giada’s Weekend Getaways, and Giada in Paradise. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC’s Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods.

Personal life

De Laurentiis was born Giada Pamela De Benedetti in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti, who was a close associate of his wife’s father, the film producer Dino De Laurentiis. Her parents were married in February 1970, just months before her birth. After their parents’ divorce, De Laurentiis and her siblings moved to Southern California, where Giada and her siblings took their mother’s surname.

Her grandparents are producer Dino De Laurentiis and Italian film star Silvana Mangano. Her siblings include sister Eloisa, a makeup artist, and brothers Dino Alexander, a Hollywood film editor, and Igor. Her stepfather is producer Ivan Kavalsky.

De Laurentiis graduated from Marymount High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in social anthropology from UCLA (1996).

In 2003, she married Todd Thompson, a fashion designer for Anthropologie. The two had been dating since 1991. The couple’s first child, Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson, was born on March 29, 2008.

De Laurentiis was named number 96 on AskMen.com’s list of "The Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008." De Laurentiis, dubbed as "a petite powerhouse" by Town & Country magazine, stands "just under five feet two."

Career

De Laurentiis, a self-proclaimed chocoholic, studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France with aspirations of becoming a pastry chef. After returning to the United States, she became a professional chef working in several Los Angeles restaurants, notably the Wolfgang Puck-owned Spago. She later worked as a food stylist, and was contacted by Food Network after styling a piece in Food & Wine Magazine in 2001.

Her cooking program, Everyday Italian, has been broadcast on Food Network since 2003. On her Chefography (a Food Network biography program), she admitted that she never wanted to be in her "family business" of show business. She felt very uncomfortable in front of the camera when she first began hosting Everyday Italian, but has since become more relaxed and open on air. When the program first aired, Food Network received emails accusing the network of hiring a model or actress pretending to cook instead of a real chef.

De Laurentiis began hosting Behind the Bash in October 2006. The program examines the catering process behind big event extravaganzas such as the Grammy Awards. In January 2007, a third De Laurentiis-hosted show, Giada’s Weekend Getaways, debuted on Food Network. On this show, De Laurentiis travels to a featured locale (such as Seattle, South Beach, San Francisco, Napa and Jackson Hole, Wyoming) and visits her favorite local culinary destinations.

On a November 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay competed against, and were defeated by, Rachael Ray and Mario Batali.

In 2007, De Laurentiis appeared as a presenter on the inaugural Food Network Awards. In June 2007, she hosted a two-part Food Network special entitled Giada in Paradise, featuring the two locales of Santorini, Greece and Capri, Italy. De Laurentiis also made several appearances as a guest judge on the third season of The Next Food Network Star, which aired in 2007. Beginning in 2008, De Laurentiis will star in a new Food Network program entitled Giada at Home.

De Laurentiis is a spokesperson for the pasta manufacturer Barilla.

Giada De Laurentiis Loves Tomatoes

On average, this sexy television show chef uses two thirty-two-ounce cans of tomatoes every day. Over the course of a year, that’s…a lot of red sauce. And we’ve got the pictures to prove it.

In her crusade to show the world how much enjoyment can be derived from Italian cooking, De Laurentiis goes through a lot of tomatoes. An average of two thirty-two-ounce cans per day (as shown in the first slide), to be precise. So in a month that would be… well, you can see that in the second photo. "Canned tomatoes are packaged when they’re the ripest and the sweetest," she says, "so there’s really no reason to go with fresh."

Giada’s Homemade Sauce
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 small onions, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
- 2 32-ounce cans crushed tomatoes
- 2 dried bay leaves

In a large pot, heat the oil over a medium-high flame. Add the onions and garlic and sauté until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the celery, carrots, and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Sauté until all the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and bay leaves, and simmer uncovered over low heat until the sauce thickens, about 1 hour. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Season with more salt and pepper to taste.

Makes about 2 quarts.

How to get the sauce to stick to the pasta
"Before you strain the pasta, save 1/4 cup of the pasta water," says De Laurentiis. "Then drain the pasta, add a little Parmesan cheese, then add your tomato sauce — and then mix in the reserved pasta water. The starches in the water help the sauce stick. It comes out really nice and creamy."

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Vanessa Joy Minnillo (born November 9, 1980) is an American
television personality. A former Miss Teen USA, she is mostly known for hosting
Total Request Live on MTV from 2003–2007 as well her past reporting as a New York-based
correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. She was born at Clark Air Force Base
in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. She is currently dating Aria Karimi and
Nick Lachey

Early life

Her
father, Vince, is an American of Italian and Irish descent. Her mother, Helen
Berecero, is a Filipina from the province of Pampanga on Luzon, whom Vince met
while based in the Philippines, though Minnillo referred to her mother as Polynesian
on at least one occasion. Vanessa has an adopted brother, Vincent, who is two
years older than her.

As a child, Minnillo’s family moved numerous times due to her father’s work
in the United States Air Force, including living in Washington, California,
Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and placing Minillo in eight different schools
within nine years. Minillo’s parents separated in 1983, divorced in 1986.

Subsequent to Helen’s remarriage to a United States Air Force serviceman, Minnillo
and her brother moved to Turkey with their mother and stepfather. By 1990, as
a result of Desert Shield, Minnillo and her brother returned to their father’s
home, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina where she attended Bishop
England High School and was a cheerleader.

Minnillo is fluent in English and has passing knowledge
of two languages spoken in the Philippines: Kapampangan and Tagalog. She has
a close relationship with her stepmother Donna Minnillo and brother Vincent,
but is estranged from her mother.

Career

Personal life

Minnillo was in a sporadic three-year relationship with New York Yankees
shortstop and captain Derek Jeter beginning November 2003-2006. She is currently
dating Nick Lachey, after meeting for a video shoot for Lachey’s
music video, "What’s Left of Me"

Filmography

Right now there’s a veritable army of paparazzi waiting for you
outside of this hotel bar. What about them pisses you off the most?
When they fabricate a story. That drives me crazy. The reality is that the truth
doesn’t sell. They went to lunch, they had a good time, they looked happy. Who
wants to buy that? So they exaggerate the details. It makes me cry; it really
does. People say, “Don’t let it get to you,” but I’m human. If I was acting
in a certain way, then I’d have to deal with the consequences. But when it’s
like, “That didn’t even happen”—that’s when it’s infuriating, because now it’s
in print and it’s their word against mine. I’m 25 years old, and I like to have
a drink once in a while. But I don’t need to see a picture of me everywhere
with a drink in my hand with a headline that says I was giving someone a lap
dance!

Do you miss your privacy?
I don’t have a private life. People don’t realize how powerful the media is.
It’s a beast. It’s there to build you up and take you down. It’s kind of bittersweet,
you know. Like right now we’re doing an interview for a magazine that I love.
You need to do press, but you don’t ask for it to take over your life. I understand
that when I go to work, the paparazzi will be there. But I don’t understand
why they need to be down my back when I go out of my apartment at midnight to
get some ice cream. She went to Baskin Robbins and got two scoops of mint chocolate
chip! Dunt dun duh!

Do you feel misunderstood?
I’m feeling more so now. At work I don’t put on an act; my job is me being me.
It’s like a reality show, because for an hour a day I’m live and it’s just me.
My whole life I’ve been scrutinized because I’m ethnic. My mother is Polynesian,
and my dad is Irish-Italian. So I’ve had to prove myself from the inside out.

How so?
Well, I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina—a good-ol’-boy town—and all my
friends had blonde hair and blue eyes, and there I was, looking like I look.
People would look at me and think, She must have a dark side. I’ve had to learn
that you can’t please all the people all the time.

Here’s your chance to set the record straight about who you really
are.
I’m strong, smart, and hard-working. I love the photos for this article, the
whole Bonnie and Clyde theme. In a way that’s what all this feels like. Whether
it’s my family, my friends, my man, or just myself—we’re battling this crazy
world and trying to get through it with a smile.

Who is the best interview you’ve ever done?
I can’t think of one, but some moments stick out. Sitting down with Robert Redford,
who was wearing the tightest jeans, looking handsome as ever. That man has an
aura. Watching Clive Davis sitting at a piano with Barry Manilow in a suite
at the Mandarin Oriental…and we’re all singing “Mandy” together. That was a
moment. Having Jim Carrey tell me I was funny. Seeing Beyonce and Madonna getting
nervous backstage.

What’s the one thing that people don’t understand about celebrities?
That they’re just as normal and down-to-earth as everyone else. They wake up
in the morning, go to bed at night, and have bad days. When the Olsen twins
were on, we asked them, “When was the last time you cried?” And they were like,
“This morning.”

How strange is it to go from reading the news to actually becoming
it?
When I do interviews with other celebrities, I never ask questions I wouldn’t
answer. I don’t want to pry in anyone’s life. I try to reword or pass it on
to another journalist or nix it altogether. You have to remember your audience,
too—13-year-old girls watch TRL. But it’s really hard for me to do what I do
and keep my integrity and values and morals and ethics.

Where do you see your career heading?
Right now MTV and Entertainment Tonight are my priorities. I’m not going to
look past them to see what’s next. I don’t know. You never know where things
can go. When I moved to L.A. at 19, I was like, The last thing I want to do
is a soap opera, and I never want to host—hosting is boring, and soap operas
are cheesy. Naturally, my first job was The Bold and the Beautiful, and I loved
it. Right after that I was hosting. On one hand, I can’t wait to find the man
of my dreams, get married, and have a family. I can’t wait to get pregnant,
because I can let it all hang out. You don’t have to be perfect. Everyone is
nice to you. People give up their seats for you. But on the other, I might get
that movie deal and find that that’s my bag.

How soon do you want to get married?
I don’t know. Someone who says, “I love you, I want you, I need you, but I’m
just not ready,” will never be ready—and they’re probably not the right one
for you. Men are going to hate hearing this, but women have a sixth sense, especially
about love. Men, it takes a little more convincing. They’ll think, I love her,
but I really want to hang out with the boys tonight and see the game. But I’m
not hating—I’d turn down a night out with the man for courtside seats any day!

If women have intuition, what do men have?
Honesty. Guys don’t know how to sugarcoat things. It’s all black or white—which
is good sometimes, even though it might hurt. Guys know more about women than
you think they do, and I love them for that. It’s such a game. Women tell me
to play hard to get, but I don’t know if I always agree. I might be busy, but
as soon as my man needs me, I’m there. Guys like a little bit of a chase, but
not so much of a chase that it’s work.

Which town is better: L.A. or New York?
I love L.A., but I love New York more. Ironically, I’ve found a tighter niche
in New York. New York is like, How are you? I like you. You’re cool. Let’s hang
out. I’m going to miss that if I leave. I’ll have to eventually, because I’m
not raising a family here. I don’t want my four-year-old on Canal Street hawking
fake Louis Vuitton: “Yo, this stuff is real! I just got it off the truck, playa!”

Jenna Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an Emmy Award-nominated
American actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly in the U.S. adaptation
of The Office. Fischer and the rest of the cast from The Office
received Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2006 and in 2007 for Outstanding Performance
by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Personal life

Fischer
was born Regina Marie Fischer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of Anne and
Jim Fischer, and was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Pierremont
Elementary School, and later attended Nerinx Hall High School in suburban Webster
Groves. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Truman State University.

On October 7, 2000, Fischer married Hollywood filmmaker James Gunn, the brother
of Fischer’s lifelong friend Sean Gunn.

In May 2007, while attending the NBC upfronts for her role in The Office, Fischer
fell down a flight of stairs in a Manhattan bar and fractured her back. She
returned to the set in time for the fourth season’s first episode.

On September 5, 2007, Fischer and Gunn announced they were separating after
nearly seven years of marriage. In a radio interview during the publicity tour
of The Promotion, she said that her divorce was finalized.

Fischer talked about how a rumor of her dating actor
David Spade affected her relationship with her former in-laws in a June 2008
Emmy roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, :

I just had it happen to me, a total and complete lie. They said I was getting
a divorce - which is true - but also that I’d gone out on a date with David
Spade. I’ve never even met him! I’d just gotten separated and told my ex-in-laws
at brunch that I wasn’t seeing anyone else. That planted a seed of doubt, and
it hurt me a lot.

Television and feature films

LolliLove

Fischer wrote, directed, and starred in the mockumentary LolliLove, co-starring
her ex-husband James Gunn, Linda Cardellini, Judy Greer, Lloyd Kaufman and Jason
Segel. For her role in the film, Fischer was awarded a Screen Actors Guild Emerging
Actor Award. Her experience on the low-budget film (principal photography cost
$1500, mostly for food) discouraged her from any future directorial aspirations,
as she told a St. Louis arts and entertainment magazine:

The directing was exhausting and the writing was painful. It was very difficult
to direct and star in a movie. We also had a very small crew so I did a lot
of things a normal director doesn’t have to do, like make the props and serve
lunch. I was simultaneously getting into character, going over my lines, set
dressing the next shot, coaching an actor, and brainstorming with my D.P. I’m
good at multitasking, but that was too much for me. I couldn’t enjoy any one
part the way I would have liked. I think I’ll stick to acting.

Filmography

In step with…Jenna Fischer

As Pam Beesly, the receptionist on NBC’s hit series The Office, Jenna Fischer
is admirably efficient and punctual—and cute and lovable. So I demanded to know
why she was late phoning me in real life. Here’s her wonderful excuse:

“I just moved and was showing my cat around the new garden,” she explained.
“He got away from me, and I knew I was supposed to call, but I was terrified
I’d lose him in a neighborhood he didn’t know. He’s 15 years old and weighs
15 pounds, and that’s why I was late.”

This is quite a gal. When I asked Jenna why she’d
just moved, she surprised me with her candor. “ My husband and I recently separated,”
she said. “It’s sad, but we remain close. My husband got the dog, and I got
the cat. But the dog and cat miss each other, so we must have a sleepover one
of these days.” Which was my cue to suggest that maybe she and her husband might
also reunite. “ Everything is possible,” she said brightly. “That would be the
best!”

Her parents, a schoolteacher mother and an engineer dad, still live in the St.
Louis area, where Jenna grew up. But her new house is in the San Fernando Valley,
convenient to where they shoot The Office.

When Jenna first moved to California and was adding increasingly
ripe roles to her resume, she continued to work as a secretary in the L.A. office
of a Boston investment firm.

“I had a great boss who covered for me whenever I had an audition,” she said.
“My husband said, ‘ Why don’t you quit?’ but I was still struggling, and I stayed
on the job. There’s not a real generosity of spirit among actors in L.A., and
my boss was so supportive. Now he delights in getting pickled while watching
me on TV

Blake Christina Lively is an american actress. Born August 25, 1987 Tarzana, California.
She stars in the book-based TV series “Gossip Girl” as the main character
Serena van der Woodsen, and has appeared in several films including “Accepted”
and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”

Early life

Lively,
the youngest of five children, was born in Tarzana, California, the daughter
of actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. Raised as a Southern Baptist, Lively has
two sisters, Lori and Robyn, and two brothers, Jason and Eric. Both of her parents
and all four of her siblings are, or have been, in the entertainment industry.
Her brother-in-law is Bart Johnson. As a child, Lively was homeschooled. Lively
attended Burbank High School in Burbank where she participated in the National
Show Choir, was senior class president and a cheerleader. Lively has said that
she was not initially interested in acting. She wanted to attend Stanford University,
but during the summer between her junior and senior year of high school, her
brother made his agent send her out on a few auditions. Of the two auditions,
she got the role of Bridget for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Career

Personal
life

Lively dated actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007; the two had
been friends since childhood. In late 2007, it was reported that Lively was
dating her Gossip Girl co-star and former childhood classmate Penn Badgley,
though Lively refused to ever comment on the rumors - in Teen Vogue interview,
when asked if she was dating Badgley. Lively said that “I try not to talk about
my dating life. I want to, but once you start, it’s all downhill from there.”.
In May 2008, People magazine published photos of Lively and Badgley kissing
while on vacation in Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

Filmography

Blake Lively says she’s not like her “gossip girl”
character:

The CW’s Gossip Girl has put the spotlight on Blake
Lively, who plays Serene van der Woodsen in the series, but the young
actress is quick to point out the differences between her and the character
that she plays.

“Serena was brought up very differently than I was brought up,” Lively
said in an interview with the Associated Press. “Serena was given everything
her whole life. … I grew up in a small little town in California - Burbank
. I went to high school and what we would do on our nights off was go to a school
fundraiser, go to a football game, where these people have masquerade balls
or go lounge at The Palace Hotel and sip martinis.”

However, she did also recognize that she and Serena had some commonalities
when it came to dealing with fame and popularity. In fact, she said that both
of them try their best to be a “good person” despite the pressures
of being in the spotlight.

“At the heart of it all, Serena really wants to be a good person - despite
all odds, despite all the chaos that’s going on around her and all the other
people in her life,” Blake Lively explained. “So I think that I strive
to do the right thing and not fall into the norm like so many young people in
Hollywood who - because they were raised differently - get caught up in some
of the nonsense. And I really try to steer clear of that. So, you know, we’re
like that in the same way.”

Add to that the fact that they “both giggle a lot” and look alike.
Due to the recent success of the show, Lively felt an increase in the way people
recognize her on the street, as now, people of all walks and ages seem to see
her as the Serena from Gossip Girl.

“It’s pretty crazy. I get recognized not only as Serena van der Woodsen,
but people know my own name,” Lively told the Associated Press. “Everyone
from young girls, teenage girls, women in their 30s and 40s to, like, Guido-type
guys, like frat boys. One day these, like, thuggish guys were, like, coming out,
rolling out of their Escalade and they go - they’re like, ‘Man, that’s gossip
girl!’ And they were, like, freaking out. It was so strange how many people would
just get giddy over it. And it’s people that you would not expect at all.”

Blake Lively ooops…