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Pulitzer Prize Winner's Column on Indian Food Spurs Backlash

Gene Weingarten gets taken to task by Padma Lakshmi for 'lazy' and 'racist' 'WaPo' screed

(Newser) - A Washington Post humor columnist who apparently has very particular taste buds is taking heat for slamming one specific genre in his latest diatribe: Indian food. Gene Weingarten, who's twice won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, penned a column last week about his various likes and dislikes when...

A Dear Abby Answer on Names Sparks Outrage

Padma Lakshmi calls column 'deeply racist'

(Newser) - The "Dear Abby" advice column has been appearing in newspapers since 1956—and after a recent response to a question about "foreign names," critics accused it of being stuck in that year. Columnist Jeanne Phillips was accused of racism after telling a reader he was right to...

9 Paternity Scandals of the Stars

It's not always clear who the father is

(Newser) - Who's the daddy? In these scandals rounded up by Radar , it wasn't always clear:
  • Khloe Kardashian: For years, rumors about Khloe's "real" father have flown. Some have claimed it's Kris Jenner's hairdresser, others have said Lionel Richie.
  • January Jones: She still has yet to
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Richard Gere's New Galpal: Padma Lakshmi

Sources say the relationship is very recent

(Newser) - Today in "Couples You Didn't See Coming": Richard Gere is dating Padma Lakshmi. Sources tell Page Six , People , Us , and E! that the relationship is quite new, quite hush-hush, and quite casual. "They're just getting to know each other," says one, adding that Gere, 64,...

10 Celebrity Love Child Scandals

Owen Wilson, the latest, joins a long list

(Newser) - If the National Enquirer and Star are to be believed, Owen Wilson is having a kid with his married personal trainer . He certainly has a lot of company in Hollywood: Radar rounds up 26 celebrity love child scandals . A sampling:
  • Rumor has it Khloe Kardashian might not really be Robert
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10 More Scandals Involving Star Chefs

Paula Deen is far from the first

(Newser) - We all know about Paula Deen's n-word scandal, but Radar offers up 10 more controversies involving celebrity chefs:
  • Bobby Flay came out to help January Jones after her 2010 car accident, leading to rumors of an affair between the married chef and the Mad Men star. Some think he
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Padma Lakshmi: Miracle Baby Happened 'Accidentally'

She talks daughter Krishna, endometriosis

(Newser) - Padma Lakshmi has been fiercely private when it comes to her daughter, not even revealing the father of now-3-year-old Krishna at first. But in a new interview with the Daily Mail , the Top Chef star opens up about her conception in the hopes that her story will hearten others who...

10 Super Sexual Commercials | The Frisky
 10 Oh-So-Hot Commercials 
Apr 25, 2010 3:30 PM CDT

10 Oh-So-Hot Commercials

Some ads are so sexy, they were banned

(Newser) - Sex sells—no surprise there. The Frisky rounds up 10 commercials that probably sold a lot. Watch some of them (warning: graphic!) in the gallery, or to see more, click here :
  • Belgian men’s magazine Che: A wife and mother gets ready to go out while prepping the hot
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Padma Lakshmi Welcomes Baby Girl

'Top Chef' host has not revealed the father's identity

(Newser) - Padma Lakshmi gave birth to a girl on Saturday. Though the Top Chef star shared her first child's name—it's Krishna—she's still mum on the identity of the baby's father. Lakshmi, 39, suffers from endometriosis, a condition linked to infertility, and her pregnancy was considered a "medical miracle,...

Food Industry's Loveliest Ladies

Padma Lakshmi tops list; Food Network faves score

(Newser) - Of a piece with the site’s list of the hottest men in food , Slashfood presents its top women:
  • Padma Lakshmi: “Calm, collected, and poised, the host of Bravo’s Top Chef is possibly the hottest woman on television,” John Devore writes.
  • Giada De Laurentiis: The Food Network
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