Top Chef All-Stars Finale: Richard Blais wins the "Top Chef"

"Top Chef All-Stars Finale", the remaining two contestants prepared the best meal of their lives. The final challenge was to create the restaurant of their dreams with a four-course tasting menu.

Richard Blais and Mike Isabella got to be assisted by eliminated chefs in the kitchen. The former had Spike, Angelo and Antonia on his team while the latter got Tiffani, Jamie and Carla. Richard decided to call his restaurant Tongue in Cheek while Mike preferred to call his simply Izz.

Mike created a dish made from beets for his first course, and followed it up with steamed halibut with kumquat, pork shoulder with pepperoni sauce and a flan. Richard amused the judges with hamachi and sweetbreads, black cod and pork belly, beef short rib and foie gras ice cream.

When the judges deliberated, the first and second course went to Richard, while the third went to Mike. The dessert became the determining point but it was apparent that Richard would win because during the tasting, judge Art Smith said about Mike's flan, "I don't like the way it feels in my mouth."

As a winner, Richard earned $200,000 prize and the Top Chef title. "I didn't think I could do this, I willed this," he said after Padma Lakshmi's announcement. Meanwhile, Mike did not take the loss lightly, saying "To come in second is tough. I felt like I beat him. I just didn't get the prize."

Top Chef All-Stars Finale: Who will be crowned "Top Chef?"

Mike Isabella and Richard Blais headed into the Top Chef: All-Stars finale with grills blazing and blenders whirring, knowing that $200,000 and the title that had eluded them both in previous seasons was on the line.

Their mission if they chose to accept it: Create a four-course tasting menu for the restaurant of their dreams.

So, did Richard find sweet redemption with foie gras ice cream after coming up short in season four? Or did season-six also-ran Mike and his pepperoni sauce finally end up with a real reason to brag?

Who will be crowned "Top Chef?"

Padma and Tom tell Mike and Richard that they will be creating the restaurant of their dreams with a four-course tasting menu. Of course, the voted-off chefs are back as sous chefs (AKA I get to see Angelo)! The chefs have 30 minutes to cook an amuse-bouche for Richard and Mike to taste. Twist! They are blind-folded, so can't tell who made what! Mike admits if he had a choice he would take his friend Jen (no surprise) and no one in their right mind would choose Jamie. Or Marcel. Richard wants Dale, Angelo or Jen.

In the end, Mike picks Tiffani, Jamie (ahh!) and Carla while Richard picks Spike, Angelo and Antonia. Mike acts happy to work with them, but come on. Jamie? Really? Anyway, it seems like they both are very set on what they want and very driven. Mike's obviously going Italian and Richard is doing more of a surf and turf theme. They have five hours before they open! Everything seems to be going great, but I can't even tell what they're cooking because it's all so rushed! This should have been a two-hour finale if you ask me.

Anyway, the judges start filing into the restaurants. Richard's restaurant is called "Tongue & Cheek" while Mike's is called "Restaurant Iz." The first round of judges include Padma, Lidia Bastianich, Alfred Portale and Hurbert Keller. They go to Richard's place first. He starts off with an oyster amuse-bouche, which is well-received. I love Spike. He's creeping on the judges. First course is raw Hamachi, which is also liked by all. His second course is pork belly and black cod, which they love. The third course is a beef short rib. They don't love the creativity, but they love the execution. Richard is crazy and looking at the chefs' leftovers! Richard's last dish is his foie gratis ice cream. "It's a controversial dish," says Spike. Haha!

Tom, Gail, Curtis Stone and Art Smith hit up Mike's restaurant first. Mike's first course is a spiced beet salad and they love it. Uh oh. It takes a little long to get the second course out. He serves Halibut and Tom says it's the best-cooked fish he's had on the show! Wow. His third course is braised ribs, which he calls his "Tom dish" and he's right. They really like it. Mike's last dish, rosemary custard, was the only one they weren't thrilled about it. Still good though.

The other chefs are also dining. The judges then switch and go to the other restaurant. Richard is trying to change his last dish to make it better for the second round of judges. At this point, it's so close. Who knows what will happen?!? The second set of judges really love Mike's dishes. But wait, they love Richard's too! He fixed his dessert too. Yay! I can't stop using exclamation points. Hah. The one thing I will say is that this is the first time there were no sous chef issues. Everyone seemed to pull their weight -- even Jamie!

The Twelfth Season of Dancing With The Stars without Derek Hough and Julianne Hough

This is the twelfth season of Dancing With The Stars and all the front line regulars are back.

Sitting at the judges table are the three judges who have been called everything from The Three Stooges to The Clueless Trio From Theatrical Town.

In order of age the three judges are; Len "The Crotchety Grouch" Goodman, who hails from merry olde England. Bruno "The Gaytalian" Tonioli who pranced in from Italia. And "The Princess of The Philippines" herself Carrie Ann Inaba.

But as far as the professional dancers go, two very noticeable favorites who are missing are Derek "The Dancing Dude" Hough who along with Jennifer Grey won last year's coveted Mirror Ball Trophy, and his little sister, Julianne "Las Legs" Hough, the gorgeously sexy girlfriend of the lucky-as-hell host of American Idol Ryan "Peaches" Seacrest.

Left Coast Mirror Magazine reported that Derek took the year off so that he could spend as much time as he possibly could with his stunningly sensuous British babe of a honey, Cheryl Cole, or Chezza as her very good friend Simon "The Sultan of Sarcasm" calls her.

And Julianne decided to pass up the DWTS gig up this year so that she can spend time with her future husband "Peaches" Seacrest at his Hollywood Hills home Casa Cha Cha Cha which he now shares with Miss Jolly Julie, as he refers to her in bed.

US dancer Derek Hough “partied till dawn” with Cheryl Cole's brother Garry Tweedy on a recent night out.

Hough 25, took the X Factor judge’s 23-year-old brother to the Moon Nightclub at the Palms Hotel, in Las Vegas, where they partied until the early hours.

An onlooker told UK newspaper, the Sunday Mirror: 'There was a permanent queue trying to get alongside the boys. The girls had tiny dresses on and knew what they were doing – the lads seemed like they loved every minute.

'They both partied till dawn, proper Vegas style, and looked like they were having the time of their life, but kept their hands to themselves.'

It is claimed the pair have become good friends since the Girls Aloud star has been spending more time in LA.

Dancing with the Stars: Hines Ward with the Cha Cha

Football star Hines Ward made his "Dancing" debut on Monday, Mar. 21, where he took on the Cha Cha with his partner Kym Johnson.

So what did the judges have to say about the all-pro Pittsburg Steeler's dance moves? Len Goodman said, "You continue the tradition of good footballers who can dance," Carrie Ann Inaba called it the "sparkliest Cha Cha" and Bruno Tonioli complimented the timing. All of the judges gave them a 7 for a total score of 21 points. Not bad for your first try, Hines! (Retrieved from: Zap2it)

Hines Ward is competing on this season of Dancing With the Stars, partnered with Kym Johnson. I don’t know how anyone can resist Hines Ward’s smile!

They danced the cha-cha on the Dancing With the Stars premiere. And the judges seemed to love them! But, Hines Ward received three 7s from the judges.

What you don’t want to discount is just how fanatic Steelers fans can be! They will be voting for Hines Ward! I predict he will be around for a long time on Dancing With the Stars, just on the sheer power of Steelers fans! (Retrieved from: Babble)

Seann William Scott to the next American Pie

Seann William Scott signed on to reprise the party animal character in another American Pie, to begin shooting in just weeks, despite entering treatment, his agent confirms to PEOPLE.

Scott, 34, is reportedly set to join Jason Biggs and Eugene Levy for another piece of Pie, and Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari and Jennifer Coolidge are in negotiations to return.

The movie starts filming on May 24. Scott's treatment is not expected to affect production, his agent says.

The story was first reported by the Wrap.

Source: People

Glee: people set Darren Criss traps in New York

On Tuesday's "Glee" episode, Blaine (Darren Criss) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) finally got together! It's the moment we've been waiting for since Blaine sung his way into our hearts with "Teenage Dream." Since then, he's become a regular fixture on our Driving-to-Work Playlist, and our Monday playlist, and our Rainy Day playlist... basically any playlist that serves a cheering-up purpose.

Criss has come a long way since looking for love on bad reality shows -- rumor has it he's in talks to become a regular "Glee" cast member in Season 3. (Of course, those rumors come from Ryan Murphy, so we'll hold off on believing them.)

Now that the Dalton Academy Warblers have been knocked out of the running for Nationals (even though, frankly, we thought their performance was way better than the New Directions' original songs), will we still be seeing Blaine and Kurt on "Glee"? Sources tell us they'll still be in the mix.

We can't help but wonder if Blaine will be accompanying the New Directions on their trip to New York City for Nationals. If so, Criss had better watch out.

Someone has been setting "hipster traps" around the city. They're basically giant bear traps, luring unsuspecting hipsters in with American Spirit cigarettes, brightly colored bike chains, PBR, and bring pink wayfarers... which happen to be a Darren Criss wardrobe staple.

Watch out, Criss. Do not be fooled!

Source: blog.zap2it.com