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  Ilan Hall beats Marcel Vigneron to become 'Top Chef 2' champion

  February 1, 2007
  Despite Food & Wine's public statement claiming otherwise, the magazine's website spoiler apparently had it right all along, as 24-year-old Ilan Hall was named the winner of the second season of Bravo's Top Chef on Wednesday night, besting the culinary skills of 26-year-old Marcel Vigneron in the show's finale.

• Big Foot statue back with feet removed

  January 27, 2007
  Thieves tried to dismember a large carving of Big Foot stolen from a Washington State chiropractor.

• Marcel Vigneron describes 'Top Chef 2's hair-raising incident

  January 22, 2007
  Last week's broadcast of Bravo's Top Chef 2 got a taste of The Real World last Wednesday when 26-year-old Marcel Vigneron was wrestled from sleep by three of his fellow culinary-competition contestants for a quick head shave.

• 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi not so hot with season two contestants

  January 17, 2007
  Could it be one and done for Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi?

• A&E announces 'Intervention' renewal, new season debuts March 16

  January 10, 2007
  A&E Network has formally announced that it has renewed Intervention, a docu-reality series that profiles people across the country who are struggling with addictions, for a third season.  The new season will air Fridays at 10PM ET/PT, a new day and time period, beginning March 16.
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  'Dancing with the Stars 3' Mario Lopez to host Miss America Pageant

  January 3, 2007
  Actor Mario Lopez, who starred in "Dancing With the Stars," is set to host the 2007 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas.

• Bravo renews its 'Top Chef' reality series for a third season

  January 2, 2007
  Although the reality culinary competition's second edition has yet to conclude its broadcast run, Bravo has announced that it has already renewed Top Chef for a third season.
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  Five seasons of 'Idol' finalists update what they're doing now

  December 30, 2006
  Everyone knows what former American Idol stars like Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Hicks have been up to recently.  But in its January 8 issue, US Weekly caught-up with more than fifty other former Idol contestants that have appeared as a finalist in the show's five-season history. 

• Lifetime's 'Conspiracy' law firm drama pilot adds six more to cast

  December 27, 2006
  "Conspiracy," a pilot being planned by the U.S. cable channel, Lifetime, has seen its cast grow with the addition of six more actors.

• Japanese fisherman finds bag of money

  December 25, 2006
  A Japanese fisherman had the catch of his life when he landed a bag filled with 8 million yen ($67,000) in 10,000-yen bills in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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