Author Archives: Ben Mandelker

You MUST Look At These Amazing Cakes by Mark Randazzo!

A few years ago, I blogged about my friend Mark Randazzo of Mark Joseph Cakes in New York City. Back then, he crafted an R2-D2 Cake, which was red instead of blue, throwing the nerds into a tizzy of epic proportions. Coloration issues be damned, the post became and has continued to be my most …

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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS PHOTOCAP: Unpacking Taylor’s Emotional Baggage

What’s better than one erratic, emotional breakdown? Two erratic emotional breakdowns! Yes, we had all sorts of instability on last night’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. First, we resumed with Taylor, who when we last saw her was bawling her tight little eyes out in a jacuzzi with Kyle Richards. Between the altitude, the bubbles, …

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Sandra Lee Curses, Is Fun

Sandra Lee, Food Network star and First Lady of New York, has many detractors. Most assail her utterly disgusting recipes (Kwanzaa cake anyone?) and others her sing-songy delivery. Well, Sandra Lee haters, we now have more grist for your mill. Outtakes of the flaxen cook attempting to get through a shoot have surfaced. They’re replete …

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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NJ PHOTOCAP: Caribbean Queens

After months of buildup, the entire cast (minus Ashley, who was too dumb to get her passport in order so she could go on a FREE vacay) headed down to Punta Caña to enjoy sun, waves, and plenty of booze. It looked like a rather wonderful time, and for the most part, there seemed to …

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VIDEO: Kid Dances to Nicki Minaj in Apple Store

This video is one part mortifying, one part awesome. It’s a tween dancing to “Super Bass” by Nicki Minaj in a crowded Chicago Apple Store. It’s not quite as endearing as that one kid who lipsynched to the Black Eyed Peas in an Apple Store (video sadly removed), but I have to give this footloose …

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BIG BROTHER FINALE PHOTOCAP: Ain’t No One Coming Between Her and Her Prize

The confetti has fallen. The seats have emptied. The house has been cleared out. Big Brother 13 is over, and another season is behind us. It’s taken me a day to get around to this photocap — not because I’m curled up in a ball of sadness, but because in the wake of the finale, …

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