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'Top Chef' hits the road
Blame "American Idol."
Following in the profit-reaping footsteps of Idol and Dancing With the Stars before it, an unlikely reality show has decided to embark on a nationwide roadie.
"Top Chef: The Tour" launches its 20-date trip this month.
Four "cheftestants" from the show will host interactive programs in each city, providing cooking demonstrations, meet and greets, food tastings and offering show secrets to the culinary fans in attendance.
Bravo's announcement didn't identify which Top Chef alums would be participating, but the network did say the road show gets cooking June 21 in Jericho, N.Y.
The show will visit Chicago Sept. 3 and 4. E! Online
Sara Evans has married former Alabama quarterback
Country star Sara Evans has married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker.
Lori Genes, the singer's publicist at Sony BMG Nashville, told The Associated Press on Monday that Evans and Barker had married but didn't provide details of the wedding.
People magazine reported on its Web site that the outdoor ceremony took place Saturday on a farm in Franklin, Tenn.
The 37-year-old singer filed for divorce from Craig Schelske in October 2006 after 13 years of marriage. The divorce was completed last September.
Barker led Alabama to a national championship in 1992 and hosts a radio show in Birmingham. AP
Weeds star's bad break during sex
Mary-Louise Parker told People at Sunday night's Tony Awards that she broke a toe during a sex scene for "Weeds."
"How's that for commitment?" joked the sardonic star.
Speaking of commitment, Parker wore heels to the awards. E! Online
Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd
Kanye West's late night performance at Bonnaroo was delayed nearly two hours, angering the festival crowd who responded by chanting "Kanye sucks" and pelting the empty stage with glow sticks.
West had been scheduled to take the main stage at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival at 2:45 a.m. Sunday morning. While the sleepy thousands in the audience waited, a message on the jumbotrons told them West's show would be delayed until 3:15 a.m., and when that didn't happen, that he would start at 3:30. West didn't hit the stage until 4:25 a.m.
Ken Weinstein, a spokesman for the annual festival held on a 700-acre site south of Nashville, said the delay was simply a matter of unloading the Pearl Jam stage (the band went an hour past its scheduled end time, playing until about 1:15 a.m.) and loading the West stage.
West had originally been slated to perform at 8:15 p.m. Saturday night, but requested a late night performance. AP
BOX OFFICE:
'Hulk' grabs muscular $54.5M on opening weekend
"The Incredible Hulk" was a box-office bruiser, yanking in $54.5 million over opening weekend and laying to rest the stigma of his unappreciated big-screen adventure five years ago.
"The Hulk got a second chance, got angry and came back with a vengeance," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "This was a big question mark going in. The film had a history or a checkered past."
1. "The Incredible Hulk," $54.5 million
2. "Kung Fu Panda," $34.3 million
3. "The Happening," $30.5 million
4. "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," $16.4 million
5. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," $13.5 million
In stores today
CDs
* Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
* The Byrds, "Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971"
* Judas Priest, "Nostradamus"
* Rihanna, "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded"
DVDs
* "Burn Notice -- Season One"
* "Jericho -- The Second Season"
* "Californication -- Season One"
* "ER -- The Complete Ninth Season"
Games
* "Rock Band Special Edition," Nintendo Wii
* "Guitar Hero: On Tour," Nintendo DS
* "Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm," Xbox 360
* "Secret Agent Clank," Sony PSP
TUBETIME:
"Young and Restless in China"
TIME: 7 p.m. | PBS
DETAILS: This Frontline documentary explores the generation coming of age in China today. Shot over four years, it follows nine young citizens as they scramble to keep pace with a society changing as fast as any in history.
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