02:11 AM EDT 10/15/2009
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Rachael Ray Wins Daytime Emmy for Best Talk Show
Originally posted 08/31/2009 06:30AM
Rachael Ray has taken the crown traditionally worn by Ellen DeGeneres: the TV chef won the Emmy for best talk show, an honor that for the three previous years has gone to DeGeneres.
"I'm just thankful to have a job in the recession and be working," Ray said after her win at Sunday's 36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, held at downtown Los Angeles's historic Orpheum Theater and aired on the CW network.
On the red carpet before her victory, Ray told PEOPLE that she lacked an acceptance speech. "You know, I'm so bad at memorization and our show is completely unscripted, so I'm just going to go up," she said, "and if something nice happens like that then we'll just go with our gut."
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Rachael Ray Undergoes Vocal Cord Surgery
Originally posted 07/10/2009 03:45PM
Rachael Ray, who has been battling trouble with her vocal cords since last year, had surgery to correct the problem last week, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
"After several months of vocal therapy and on the advice of her doctors, Rachael decided to have a benign cyst removed from her vocal cord," says Charlie Dougiello. "According to Rachael's doctors the minor, non-invasive procedure was a success and she is already resting at home."
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Celeb Marriage Proposals: How Do Stars Pop the Question?
Originally posted 06/25/2009 06:30AM
On screen, Ryan Reynolds had no choice but to put a ring on it (Sandra Bullock coerced him!) in The Proposal. But for these stars in their off-screen lives, no charades were involved – and in one case no ring, either – when the big question was popped … just a nude beach and a sports car to help set the mood.
Jason Biggs, married to Jenny Mollen: "I proposed twice. I proposed once spontaneously – I didn't even have a ring. I used an earring. We were in St. Martin. I just bought her these earrings and I took one out of her ear and proposed to her with it. And then I got a ring and did a more formal proposal on Valentine's Day in Big Sur. It was really cool."
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, married to Michael Nilon: "We broke up for three months. I went to a movie premiere and he [was there], hoping he would see me and I was hoping I would see him. At the end of the night we didn't see each other and I thought he left but he was waiting for me. He came up to me and asked, "Will you marry me?" And I was like, Yes!"
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Food Fight Between Giada De Laurentiis and Rachael Ray?
Originally posted 05/21/2009 01:40PM
The rumored rivalry between TV chefs Giada De Laurentiis and Rachael Ray is simply that – a rumor. Not that they're sharing stoves together.
"Do we hang out all the time? No. Are we best friends? No," Food Network star De Laurentiis, 38, tells Redbook for its June issue, on newsstands next Tuesday. "We do these festivals together, and she'll say to me, 'Oh, we'd better take a picture together and smile, because if we don't, God only knows what's going to get written about us.' "
Adds De Laurentiis: "She's a lovely person."
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Makes Grandma's Gluten-Free Recipes
Originally posted 04/13/2009 10:00AM
A gluten-free diet won't stop Elisabeth Hasselbeck from learning the family recipes.
"My grandmother was giving me her meatball-and-sauce recipe," The View co-host, 31, says in an upcoming issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray. "When she got to the part about adding breadcrumbs, she looked up at me and said, 'Elisabeth, you can add whatever you want here.' I thought, if my Italian grandmother can understand being G-free, anyone can."
It's been a struggle for Hasselbeck to live gluten-free since she was diagnosed with celiac disease seven years ago.
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Rachael Ray Learns a New Way to Talk
Originally posted 03/31/2009 04:10PM
As she celebrates the 500th episode of her talk show, Rachael Ray is exhaling a sigh of relief – and learning to breathe.
After being diagnosed with a benign cyst on her vocal cords last year, Ray started working with a vocal coach who has helped her alleviate the stress on her larynx. "I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently," Ray, 40, tells PEOPLE. "I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping."
Last year, the TV cooking star and talk show host planned to have surgery to remove the cyst. But days before surgery, Ray's vocal coach and doctor gave her a reprieve from the procedure that would have rendered her silent for several days.
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Rachael Ray Loses Voice – Jamming at Music Fest
Originally posted 03/23/2009 03:25PM
Rachael Ray is starting her week a bit quieter than usual, after a particularly fun-filled weekend at Austin's South By Southwest music gathering, SXSW.
Ray was at the music bar Maggie Mae's, where she cooked self-proclaimed "delicious" Mexican food, including ancho chicken soft tacos and smoky chipotle and black bean chilaquiles. The party, called Rose's Mojito and Rachael Ray's Feedback: The B-Side, got people jumping with great food and music to match.
So, why all quiet on the southwestern front?
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Rachael Ray Defends Recession-Proof Recipes & Her Racy Photos
Originally posted 03/02/2009 02:35PM
She reportedly earns $18 million a year, but culinary queen Rachael Ray shops at Target and TJ Maxx, drinks beer and not champagne, and has a business "built for a recession," she says.
"The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible [recipes]," Ray, 40, tells ABC's Nightline for a profile to air Monday. "Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less. So I think this is really a time for all of our team to shine ... You know, food is such – it's a hug for people."
Not that everyone hugs back. Star chef Anthony Bourdain threw a brick in Ray's direction over her endorsement deal with Dunkin' Donuts, which he termed "evil" and "like peddling crack to kids."
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Rachael Ray Envies Jessica Simpson's Body
Originally posted 02/20/2009 08:45AM
Food wasn't the only thing on Rachael Ray's mind in Miami this week – beach bods made the list too, of course.
"I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson," Ray, 40, told PEOPLE while hosting the Amstel Light Burger Bash at Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Thursday night. "I think she looks gorgeous!"
The Emmy-award winning TV host looked pretty hot herself as she made the rounds in a tent erected behind the Ritz Carlton in a short black sheath.
"I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor," Ray added. "All of the hoopla about her weight was because of the fit of her jeans. In reality, she is a tiny, slip of a woman."
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Rachael Ray's Surgery Called Off – for Now
Originally posted 12/15/2008 12:15PM
It won't be a quiet holiday season for Rachael Ray after all. The Emmy winning talk show host, known her for gift of gab, will not have surgery on her vocal cords this week as had been scheduled
"During the course of normal pre-op care, Rachael started an intensive new vocal therapy and it is now the opinion of her doctor that surgery may not be necessary," Charlie Dougiello, a spokesman for Ray, tells PEOPLE.
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