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Q. What do you know about
* Hell's Kitchen chef Gordon
Ramsay beyond the fact that
he owns a lot of restaurants?
ISAY
Heidi Grolemund, ChurvhrilU, NY.
I can tell you that Ramsay, 41,
food lover that he is, once
weighed “17.3 stone; that’s
242 pounds.” It was em- IS
barrassing for the former ij
pro soccer player, so he “de- 9
dded to do something about it” and 10 years ago
took up running. He plans to run the London mara
thon in April. Ramsay, his wife and four kids A
are looking for a house in New York’s Hamp
tons. He tells us he doesn’t want his kids to OT|
become snobs food or otherwise.
Katie Holmes, whose recent Mad Money SM&
slipped quickly out of most theaters, says ll||
she has learned how to deal with the con- «I
slant spotlight "I've gotten used to being ■
aware, and 1 just want to protect everyone
around me," she says. Holmes, a Midwestern
girl (she grew up in Toledo, Ohio), says: ‘1 like 1
food. I never forget a good meal, and I think |
awwi« orcen. out sne s sienoer as a moaes ano |
Is now a marathon runner. Recalling the most I
challenging part of the NYC Marathon, she says: I
*1 was turning that left-hand comer when they’re
about to teH you it's MHe 20. At that point I fettl'd
been running for days. I heard the guy in front of
me tell a friend, 'Don't worry, just six more.' I'm
thinking, 'Did you say six? That's
an hour on a good day.’'
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Prepon celebrates her
28th birthday March 7.
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USA WEEKEND • Feb. 29-March 2,2008
By LORRIE LYNCH To ask a question, e-mail whosnews@usaweekend.com or click on “Contact Columnists’ at our website. Include name, city, state.
Qj My wife and I loved Laura Prepon on
* That 70s Show and find her equally good
on October Road, although her characters are
so different. Michael Sommerfeld, Surprise, Ariz.
It’s no surprise to Prepon that she fits well
linto her first “mom” role. She’s the young
, est of five, but her siblings come to her for
I advice: ‘1 think it’s because at 15,1 moved
I to Italy on my own [for modeling]. I had
to grow up fast” So how did Prepon, who
lives with boyfriend Chris Masterson,
I stay out of trouble? “My mom gave us
free rein; we didn’t have rules to rebel
i against, so we didn’t do crazy stuff”
THIS WEEK'S
BIRTHDAYS
3.2.08
Chris Martin 31
Daniel Craig 40
Jon Bon Jovi 46
3.3.08
Jessica Biel 26
Julie Bowen 38
3.4.08
l Andrea Bowen 18
Patricia Heaton 50
i 3.5.08
Niki Taylor 33
Kevin Connolly 34
3.6.08
Shaquille O'Neal 36
Rob Reiner 61
3.7.08
Jenna Fischer 34
Bryan
J Cranston 52
t 3.8.08
| James
Van Der Beek 31
Freddie
PrinzeJr. 32
Camryn
Manheim 47
Holmes, 29,
handles
paparazzi
on and off
movie sets.
Contributing: Gayle Jo Carter, Reyhanf.h Fathieh, Nancy Mills, Kathy Rowings, Jon Tollestrup
For daitybehind-the-scenestidbits, check out Lorrie’s Who’s News Blog at
©blogs.usaweekend.com
Q. Is Gisele Bundchen still a
* Victoria's Secret model?
Katy Lamocth, Bronx, N.Y.
No. But the Brazilian beauty may
be teaming up with the trendy
discounter H&M for her own lin
gerie line. At 27, she remains in
demand. She has ad campaigns
with Yves Saint Laurent and Li
berie, a fragrance from Cacharel,
and, of course, she has a famous
boyfriend, New England Patriots
quarterback Tom Brady.
fti T 1
The woman who made
men melt in Body Heat
never lived by the book.
Now Kathleen Turner
i has written one a
I chatty memoir titled
\ Send Yourself Roses.
She covers her young
m life as a foreign serv
ice kid to her more
current battle with rheu
matoid arthritis and tells
us the book is the first place in which she has
opened up about parts of her past. "I have
mentioned before that [my father] died at a
young age and that we were estranged at the
end," says Turner, 53. "But I've never spoken
about what that did to my life." She claims, "I
don't like to gossip," but she says her work
relationship with Burt Reynolds was tumultu
ous and describes him as nasty. "I don't think
this is gossip [because] it's well known."
Amanda Byram, 34, sees herself as a‘mother
figure." The host of Paradise Hotel 2, a Fox Reality
and MyNetwork TV production that each week
requires contestants to couple up or be out of the
game, says the show is as good as any drama. "It's
breathtaking to hear one of the girls or guys say
something to the other one and then, literally,
walk around the comer and say the exact opposite
to someone else," says Byram, who got her start
on TV in her native Ireland and hosted the first
Paradise Hotel and Fox's reality show The Swan.
TURNER
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Q, I happened upon the USA Network
* comedy Psych. Now I want to know
more about the stars, James Roday and
Dule Hill. Ellen Sorkin, Cincinnati
Both have series experience Hill in
The West Wing and Roday (bom James
Roday Rodriguez) in Miss Match . They
also are genuine friends, and their on
screen chemistry is what makes the show
so charming. NBC, which owns USA
Network and is low on new program
ming, will start airing episodes from
Psych's second season in April. C 3
I Psych s Roday, left, and Hill ' I
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