Tori Spelling and Rachael Ray have no fear. They both performed a potty dance on television. Tori and her husband Dean McDermott have two children, Liam and Stella. This is the dance Tori rewards them with after they use the potty. It's a healthier reward than a sugary treat. Tori Spelling demonstrated the potty dance and Rachael Ray helped out when no mothers in the audience were brave enough to come up and dance with Tori. Take a look:
Rachael Ray defended her FHM photo shoot in an interview with ABC. The FHM photo shoot from 2003 had the Food Network star acting sexy in the kitchen. Rachael says she would "do it again tomorrow."
"I think I was 35 at the time," she said. "And I thought about it for a while, and I said, 'You know what? This magazine has as young as 17-, 18-year-olds in hottie bikinis, and these are all actresses, models, pin-up girls. I don't belong to any even remote club of theirs.'
"And I thought, 'If I'm gutsy enough to do this, this is a good thing for everybody. This is the everywoman, here she is,' she added. "And I did it, and it was the most scared I've ever been, and I wouldn't change a thing. I'd do it again tomorrow."
Rachael Ray says she was proud of the photos even though her mother was furious. (via Huffington Post)
Forbes magazine has a new listing of the top earning celebrity chefs. Rachael Ray is at the top of the list, earning $18 million last year. Here is the full list:
1. Rachael Ray - $18 million
2. Wolfgang Puck - $16 million
3. Gordon Ramsay- $7.5 million
4. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa - $5 million
5. Alain Ducasse - $5 million
6. Paula Deen - $4.5 million
7. Mario Batali - $3 million
8. Tom Colicchio - $2 million
9. Bobby Flay - $1.5 million
10. Anthony Bourdain - $1.5 million
Rachael Ray earns more than Gordon Ramsay? Well, let's see. According to Forbes she has four Food Network programs, including 30 Minute Meals, Tasty Travels and $40 a Day. Her nationally syndicated, Oprah-backed talk show, Rachael Ray, averages 2.6 million viewers which is respectable, if not Oprah numbers. But she also has lucrative endorsement deals, from Dunkin' Donuts to Triscuits. That's where the real money is. We wonder if she made her husband sign a pre-nup?
Anthony Bourdain Blasts Rachael Ray's Doughnut Deal
Anthony Bourdain, he of the brilliant cuisine and the caustic mouth has blasted Rachael Ray's new deal with Dunkin' Donuts.
RACHAEL Ray is getting a royal dunkin' from Anthony Bourdain for her big-bucks endorsement deal with Dunkin' Donuts. The prickly chef and "Kitchen Confidential" author says of the Food Network cutie in next month's Outside magazine: "She's got a magazine, a TV empire, all these best-selling books - I'm guessing she's not hurting for money. She's hugely influential, particularly with children. And she's endorsing Dunkin' Donuts. It's like endorsing crack for kids."
Bourdain adds: "I'm not a very ethical guy. I don't have a lot of principles. But somehow that seems to me over the line. Juvenile diabetes has exploded. Half of Americans don't have necks. And she's up there saying, 'Eat some [bleeping] Dunkin' Donuts. You look great in that swimsuit - eat another doughnut!' That's evil." Ray's rep shot back: "Anyone who knows Rachael [sic] and watches her on TV is aware she promotes balance and moderation, instead of living life in extremes. Her work addressing kids' and families' nutritional needs speaks for itself so we respectfully disagree with Anthony's opinion."
Oh, please. It's not like Rachel is doing an ad for crack or crystal meth. Or even for cigarettes. So Rachael gets some die-hard Krispy Kreme fans to switch to Dunkin' Donuts. So what? And if Bourdain really cared about people's health, he wouldn't have used the example of how someone looks in a bikini to bolster his argument. Remember, he didn't like it when overweight people dined in his restaurant and has compared vegans to Hezbollah. He's just shooting off his mouth, as usual. Or maybe he hasn't been offered any lucrative endorsement deals lately. He's always bagging on Rocco DiSpirito for his deals. But Rocco DiSpirito is a great chef -- and he's absolutely darling. Or maybe, as a former heroin and cocaine (and LSD and mushrooms and...you get the idea) addict he feels the need to reform everyone around him, whether they need reforming or not. A two pack a day smoker, Bourdain has some funny ideas about healthy habits.
And speaking of Anthony Bourdain, did you see the Top Chef reunion show last night with all the clips? One particularly hilarious clip showed Chef Tom Colicchio just beaming with joy when Howie sliced Bourdain into tiny verbal pieces by by quoting his own book at him to prove him wrong. It was priceless.
Forbes magazine has a new 
Anthony Bourdain, he of the brilliant cuisine and the caustic mouth has 
