Boston’s mayor has written an angry letter to Rolling Stone magazine slamming it for putting marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover, as some US stores refuse to stock the music rag.
Boston mayor lashes out at Rolling Stone
Category Archives: Food
Tales from the Back Benches
It is a Wednesday night and The Backbencher pub in central Wellington is packed. Unless you have booked a table, it is standing room only and there are some familiar faces in the crowd – Justice Minister Judith Collins shares space with people holding signs calling for the legalisation of cannabis and a fellow who has made a Peter Dunne puppet.
Dive-in cinema next big thing
Remember drive-in cinemas Well, get ready for a hot tub cinema. Watch a classic film in your togs in a spa pool, while waiters fetch drinks and food
Justin Bieber pees in restaurant bucket
Justin Bieber’s recent antics have caused a lot of controversy and his latest stunt has landed him yet again in hot – or at least warm – water. The 19-year-old has been caught on camera urinating in a restaurant mop bucket then shouting “F**k Bill Clinton” – for no apparent reason
Paula Deen to become comic book hero
Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who lost book deals, contracts and her television cooking show on The Food Network after she admitted using a racial slur, is set to be a comic book star of female empowerment, a publisher said. Bluewater Productions, which publishes a series of female celebrity-driven comic books, said the biography comic book called Female Force: Paula Deen will be released in October and include Deen’s fall from grace.
Gay-themed music video a YouTube hit
He’s a musician without a record label, a card holder without any remaining credit.
Rick Stein: Born to be mild
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Is Paula Deen toast in N-word controversy?
Will Paula Deen go the way of Michael Richards or Charlie Sheen One unleashed a bigoted tirade and is no longer a lovable, easily employable clown. The other carved out a brand out of crazy – reported hotel N-word rant and all – but is back on TV earning millions.
Paula Deen fans vent outrage at dumping
Watching Paula Deen’s cooking show was a weekend ritual for Marilynne Wilson, who says she’s furious at the Food Network for dumping the comfort-food queen after she acknowledged using racial slurs in the past.
The celebrity chef and the N-word
Paula Deen should hope for more fans like Jennifer Everett of Tyler, Texas, who carried a shopping bag filled with US$53 worth of merchandise from the celebrity chef’s Georgia store on Thursday.