Natalie Portman sits at the judges’ table with Padma Lakshmi during this week’s elimination round on Top Chef: Las Vegas! The chef’testants are tasked with cooking for Natalie and some friends — but she reveals an interesting twist that makes their mouths drop.
Check out the preview below. UPDATE: Apologies, video no longer available! Catch this episode tonight @ 10/9c only on Bravo!
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Anderson Cooper signs autographs for fans after guest co-hosting The Regis & Kelly Show in New York City on Friday (October 9).
The 42-year-old CNN anchor and Kelly Ripa interviewed pregnant Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, who shared, “In the last four days I got this little Buddha belly.” (Padma is expecting her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis.) More Here! »
Padma Lakshmi is pregnant with her first child, her rep confirms to JustJared.com.
“Model, author, and Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi confirms that she is carrying her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis, a cause for which she has co-founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America,” her rep says of the 39-year-old Top Chef host. “As a result of her condition, this pregnancy has been referred to by her physician as nothing short of a medical miracle, and due to its delicate nature, we ask/implore the press to respect Ms. Lakshmi’s privacy at this time.”
Padma has been seen holding hands with Manu Nathan, but he is just her cousin, her rep tells us. She was married to novelist Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007.
Pictured here in purple is Padma at last week’s 2009 Emmy Awards. Other pictures include Padma and Manu at a movie screening last month.
Padma recently signed a development deal with NBC and Universal Media Studios to develop a half-hour sitcom that she would headline.
Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively (in Chloe) attends the Solomon R. Guggenheim Young Collectors Council Artist’s Ball hosted by Chloe at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Thursday in New York City.
Blake was joined by Piper Perabo of Coyote Ugly fame and Padma Lakshmi from the Bravo TV show - Top Chef.
15+ pictures of Blake Lively, Piper Perabo and Padma Lakshmi going Guggenheim… More Here! »
Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, who’s promoting her new cookbook, Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet, swears like a sailor in her interview in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. Hot dang!
On the Top Chef Emmy nomination: “[It] was a big f-ing deal.”
On life without her ex-husband, Salman Rushdie: “I’m really f-ing sad.”
On her new cookbook: “Finishing the f-ing book was like being in labor for two years!”
On hosting dinner parties: “I pulled this out of my ass.”
On an AIDS charity she supports: “…we’re doing a campaign and an event and you should buy a f-ing table.”
On telling the press if she had a boyfriend: “My husband would call f-ing Reuters.”
On a tabloid’s coverage of her bra size: “…they said it was 36C. I said, 34C, motherf-er!”
On her current living situation: “Now I’m staying in a f-ing hotel with all my s— in storage.”
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