Music producer Tommy Mottola is expanding his horizons to the television world.
The New York Post reports Mottola, whose lone music client is Lindsay Lohan, has signed Park Avenue nutritionist Joy Bauer, calling her “the Martha Stewart of nutrition,” for a proposed TV show. Mottola also has optioned New York magazine contributing writer Ethan Brown’s book, “Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent and the Rise of the Hip-Hop Hustler.” Insiders say Mottola believes the proposed drama based on Brown’s book would be a “black ‘Sopranos.”‘
Camilla Parker Bowles contributed a Mars Fridge Cake recipe to the Countess of Halifax’s cookbook “Food Glorious Food,” the New York Post’s Liz Smith reported. The concoction consists of diced Mars bars, cookie dough, fruits and nuts. Camilla’s hubby, Prince Charles, offered a fruit teacake recipe composed of apricots soaked in tea.
Jessica Simpson and Miss Piggy will be hawking Pizza Hut during the Super Bowl XL pregame show, MTV.com reports.
Simpson and the Muppet wear matching outfits touting Cheesy Bites Pizza, while singing the song “These Bites Are Made for Poppin’.”
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher denied Pamela Anderson’s request to remove a bust of KFC founder Colonel Sanders from the state Capitol.
“Colonel Sanders remains a Kentucky icon,” Fletcher wrote to Anderson, who has campaigned against KFC for its alleged abuse of chickens. “(Sanders’) success story has been an inspiration to many. The industry he began has employed hundreds of thousands of workers over the years. His business and his legacy have been good for Kentucky.”
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
Bartending school for kindergarteners?
Emma Thompson is teaching 6-year-old daughter Gaia the tools of the trade, bartending that is. “We taught her how to make cocktails,” the actress (jokingly?) told David Letterman last week on “The Late Show.” “As soon as she could stand we said ‘This is the shaker. This is the glass and this is the vodka.”‘
No word if Gaia has learned to make a mint julep yet.
