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Nigella Bites
Part Martha Stewart, part Jamie Oliver, part Delia Smith and 100% domestic goddess, Nigella Lawson brings sophistication and glamour to the world of whisks and peelers. Now airing on Style is Ms. Lawson's cookery series Nigella Bites, a surprisingly charming collection of recipes and cooking advice from a beautiful woman with the world, seemingly, at her feet. Only Ms. Lawson's story isn't all happiness and light, and like her American counterpart Ms. Stewart, her trials and tribulations have often been front page news. Born into privilege, Ms. Lawson was a bit of a problem child. Once grown, her love of food had made her both a dining expert and a wee bit chubby. Encouraged to write about what she knew she began with a restaurant review column in the mid-eighties and began an nearly story book rise to prolific super high profile bestselling queen of all mediahood. Tradgey, however, often tempered her successes as she lost her mother, a sister and finally her beloved husband to different forms of cancer. Despite all these setbacks she now appears set to conquer America. Nigella Bites features relatively easy to make recipes presented in Lawson's trademark flirty, but knowledgeable, style. Not surprisingly Lawson does well with make viewers while making some ladies in the audience feeling slightly inadequate, same way Martha Stewart does but with a lot more sex appeal. British measures are subtitles with their American equivalents and Ms. Lawson herself needs no translating, her effortless charm and frank sensuality play well with any accent. New Wallace and Gromit on the Web Nick Park's Aardman Studios have announced the upcoming release of 12 very short films (like one minute each short) starring those superstars of clay Wallace and Gromit. Each short will feature a new and different invention from tireless innovator Wallace. Visit Ardman's news page for the complete scoop including mention of some sort of CD based scheme to access the shorts. Fake TV With the train wreck attraction of most reality TV it takes a sharp script and polished performers to make mockumentaries as hilarious as the real thing. BBC America showcases three top reality parodies including the US premier of Human Remains. Human Remains focuses on "the dynamics behind six dysfunctional relationships" with, one hopes, hilarious results. Written by and starring Julia Davis and Rob Brydon looks to be a highly entertaining addition to BBC America's lineup - but of course I thought that about Are You Dave Gorman? so... Of more of a known quantity are Human Remain's companions in the Fake TV season: People Like Us and I'm Alan Partridge. Both reruns of near classic series. If you haven't seen these two very different send ups of reality programming then know is
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