Jessica Alba's Got Cooking Skills

Jessica Alba is proving more and more that she could be the ultimate woman. The pregnant actress is not only hot, but she's a good cook.  The Fantastic Four star takes her skills in the kitchen so seriously, she enrolled in culinary classes at the Epicurean School of Culinary Arts. 

 A source tells  Star magazine, "She figured it would be fun and informative. She's actually a good cook."

Alba started cooking for herself at a young age, so obviously she isn't afraid when things get too hot in the kitchen.  "Everyone in my family is heavily overweight. I wanted to be healthier, so I started cooking for myself when I was 12 years old."

She's evolved to cooking from herself to her entire family. Last December, she prepared the entire Christmas dinner for her family.

"#MerryChristmasEve tweeples. Presents wrapped now onto Xmas din shopping. Who else is cooking an organic X-Mas din? What's on ur menu?" she tweeted to her fans.

But there is one skill the top chef has yet to master.

The insider added that her next round of classes could prove to be a challenge. "Her next class will be for baking - it's the one thing she isn't good at."

Kate Hudson: Drinking While Pregnant

Kate Hudson got some much unwanted attention when she was out to dinner recently in Argentina. The six month pregnant star was snapped sipping what appeared to be a glass of wine. While she hasn’t confirmed that it was, in fact, wine, the picture has garnished enough attention to spark a furious debate over drinking while pregnant.

Many experts say that avoiding alcohol all together is the best course of action for a mom-to-be. But in many European countries it is customary for a pregnant woman to sip a small glass of wine late into her pregnancy. In fact, studies have shown that their rate of birth defects is lower than those in the US.

Where do you stand on the issue?  Is it OK for pregnant women to have an occasional, small glass of wine?



Spotted: Stephanie March is a Lady Who Lunches

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We spotted Law & Order's Stephanie March at lunch today in New York City. Where does a woman with a celebrity chef for a husband have lunch? At one of his restaurants, of course.
March dined at Bobby Flay's popular Manhattan restaurant Bar Americain and while she was joined briefly by Flay himself, the real star of the show was Flay's dad, Bill Flay, who spent the afternoon with Stephanie.

Bobby has always been open about the special bond he shares with his dad, who has been one of his biggest supporters.
“I learned three principles from my dad," he has said, "that continue to guide me to this day: Always do the right thing, treat people fairly, and make decisions for the long term. He taught me that it’s better to look at the big picture, and in moments when I have been surrounded by deadlines and demands, I’ve always managed to rely on that advice. I use his advice as I run my restaurants, work on my cookbooks, and in everyday life.”

March has been laying low since her stint as ADA Alexandra Cabot on L&O: Special Victim's Unit ended last year. She attended the Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth at Christie's yesterday along with power players Graydon Carter and Amanda Hearst. A charity event and an afternoon lunching? Could the life of a socialite be in her future?



Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen pig out on date night

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Rumors that Rachel Bilson and Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen got back together were confirmed at the Cinema Society premiere party of his new sci-fi, horror flick Vanishing on 7th Street. The couple attended the event together and then partied it up at the after party at NYC hotspot Beauty & Essex where they sipped Appleton Estate Rum cocktails and snacked on mini bacon pizzas and sliders.

When Jamacian rum, sliders and bacon pizzs are involved, you know things are serious.

The constantly on-again-off-again couple officially split up in August, but date nights like this one have been frequent. Just this time, their date night happened to include fellow celebs like Eve, Russel Simmons, John Lequizamo and Christensen's co-star Jacob Latimore.



Fate of Lady Gaga Meat Dress Decided

The fate of Lady Gaga's  VMA meat dress has been decided   - it will become jerky.

Gaga defended her decision to wear raw meat to the award show on the Ellen DeGeneres show saying she was not looking to offend vegetarians or vegans, rather she hoped to make  a social statement.

“It has many interpretations — but for me, this evening, it’s that if we don’t stand up for what we believe in, if we don’t fight for our rights, pretty soon we’re gonna have as much rights as the meat on our bones. AND I am not a piece of meat.”

Designer Franc Fernandez is the brains behind Gaga's beef, creating it with meat from his family butcher. 

"The dress will go through a process where it becomes a sort of 'jerky' and will be archived," Fernandez told E! News.

Overall, it's not a bad idea to dry the thing and save it posterity. It's not like  Lady Gaga can wear it again. And to just throw it out would no doubt create more controversy for the pop star.

PETA condemned the singer's dress, as well as the matching meat bikini she wore on the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan.

"Wearing a dress made out of cuts of dead cows is offensive enough to bring comment, but someone should whisper in her ear that there are more people who are upset by butchery than who are impressed by it."

Do you think Gaga made the right statement by wearing steak?