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EXTRA WEEDS

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REALITY-TV ROUND-UP!

America's Next Top Model winner (and real-sized girl), Whitney:

American Idol winner, underdog and cool-@ss rocker, David Cook:

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JANICE DICKINSON'S MODELING AGENCY

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THE PAULA DEEN QUIZ (Answers)

Here are the answers to the quiz about the queen of Southern Cuisine: (for the original quiz, click here)

1. Paula was discovered at the age of:
55

2. Paula opened her first restaurant in:
Savannah, Georgia

3. In 1989, Paula launched a sandwich delivery business called:
The Bag Lady, which also involved her two, young sons.

4. Paula made her Hollywood debut in the 2005 film:
Elizabethtown

5. Paula learned her southern cookin’ techniques from:
Her grandmother, Grandma Paul.

6. Paula has two sons named:
Bobby and Jamie Dean. She also has one grandchild.

7. Paula announced to the world she would start filming her own Food Network show on:
Oprah

8. Paula considers this former U.S. President one of her favorite guests on her show:
Jimmy Carter - she's had him and his wife on a couple of times, and calls him, "Mister Jimmy."

9. Paula often uses this word to describe her style of cooking:
Unpretentious

10. Paula was introduced to her husband, Michael, by:
Her dogs

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CRUSH OF THE MONTH:April

The first three pictures are from Maxim Magazine, 2006. The last picture is taken from Michael Trucoo ("Anders") web site. For the original post about the men of Battlestar Galactica, click here.

SOPRANOS QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Creator David Chase wanted to call the show The Sopranos, but HBO originally said no. Why?
c) They were afraid the viewers would think the show was about opera singers. They suggested Family Guy, but backed away when Fox debuted a show with that name.

2. Which of the following other titles were also considered before HBO finally gave in?
d) All of the above

3. How did James Gandolfini (a.k.a. Tony Soprano) take up acting?
d) "A friend took me to an acting class, and I was scared to death. That made me really mad, so I stayed. I don't know why."

4. Who said, "Hit them over the head with a baseball bat, and they come around," and, "I'm come come back here and carve my initials in your forehead. You better show me the respect I deserve!"
b) Tony Sirico, the actor who plays Paulie Wlanuts, who really was a gangster in the 1970s. He made the threats during a confrontation with a discotheque owner. He was arrested 28 times for suspected mob-related crimes, and even imprisoned once.

5. What is a goomah?
c) The same as a comare—a mobster's mistress Don't confuse it with "goombah" which means "godfather"

6. What was one of the challeneges Michael Imperioli had to overcome to play Tony Soprano's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti?
a) Learning how to drive. Like many naive New Yorkers, he never learned to drive.

7. What is an "executive game"?
b) An exclusive, high-stakes poker game for celebrities and rich people.