George Clooney, on a recent appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman,” said he deep-fried a 20-pound turkey for Thanksgiving this year. “The secret to it is the pot has to be bigger than the turkey,” said Clooney, who admitted the bird is not necessarily healthy. “Everyone comes over and thinks it’s great because it’s 400 sticks of butter. So if you can’t feel your left arm, it’s probably a good meal.”
Dan Aykroyd is producing a line of moderately priced wines from Chile, California, Italy, Spain and Canada, according to Canadian gossip columnist Shinan Govani. Aykroyd has turned to his friend novelist Jay McInerney to be on his “tasting panel,” Govani reported.
Gwyneth Paltrow, on another reason she prefers living in the U.K., in an interview with NS magazine in Portugal: “I love the English lifestyle, it’s not as capitalistic as America. People don’t talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner.”
Cameron Paltrow, in an interview with GQ magazine, said: “I used to be able to eat anything I wanted and then go right to bed. Fried chicken, onion rings, half a bottle of wine. But as you get older, your insides rebel. … They just go ‘Uh-uh! Gonna eat these cheese fries? See how you sleep!’ And then you’re tossing and turning all night.”
Emma Thompson, in an interview with London Telegraph on dating her future husband, Greg Wise: “When we first got together, he cooked meals for me. Every night. I couldn’t believe it. I thought, This man’s got staying power.”
