Watching Rachael Ray

Today we tackle online dating! Apparently now more people meet online then anywhere else! It can be tricky, so today we’ll focus on that first date and help out some viewers. First up is Gabby, who’s not done online dating officially yet. She’s been on a site and emailing a couple people - Brad skipped the winking and went straight to email!

When asked about what she knows about him from his profile - she knows he is or was an actor, they live in Brooklen, and love the same drink. She wanted to meet in a public place, and well, the show is public and coast to coast! And of course, here comes Brad, with a quick hug and kiss on the temple. He’s actually behind the camera more often then in front of it now. He thinks she looks even nicer then her pictures, and she sys “good answer!”

They agree they want to go on a date, and they ride over to meet Vita, where they will have a table for two, and they get to date turn the show backstage. Awww!

Meanwhile, we’re joined by DeAnna Lorraine who is a dating and relationship coach - the training is lots of dating and research, and informal coaching her whole life. She says that there’s no more stigma about dating, with a lot of niche single sites to try.

Keith likes online dating and thinks it’s fun. It started with a couple of winks, and he wanted to see if she was any more enchanting in person. He was running late - and the outfit that he had described to her had gotten some punch on him, so he wore something else. Another guy had the same sweater on, and when he got there - they were deep in conversation and he ended up being more of a “Hitch” then dating - but they’re all still friends today!

A happy ending is sitting on the front row - they have been together for 6 years now, married and expecting twins in May! Awww!

Katie is a wedding planner, and is the last of her friends to get married. She and her best friend signed up at the same time, and her best friend met someone in 2 months, but she hasn’t had as much luck as her friend. Online dating can be tricky - some of the profiles are completely different the what they really are. She wants help buffing up her online profile so that she can meet the perfect guy too!

DeAnna has some great profile tips:

• Choose photos that show off your best assets. Katie had her hair pulled back in her main profile photo and she was wearing a frumpy, dark turtleneck. DeAnna switches it to a photo that highlights her beautiful red curly hair and smile.

• Don’t send the wrong message. Katie included photos of herself in a wedding party and holding a baby — both of which could be offputting to some men who might interpret that she is desperate to beat her biological clock or dying to settle down.

• Show off your personality. Make sure your photo shows something about who you are. For example, if you love the outdoors or traveling, let your personality come through with a fun photo from your last hiking trip or vacation.

• Headlines should be short and simple. Katie’s original headline read like a boring laundry list of qualities she was looking for in a match. DeAnna revises it to be shorter, sweeter, and enticing: “Anyone up for some wild ringlets and fine wine?”

• Avoid being negative. Katie posted that her job was very demanding, which DeAnna suggests could be a turn-off. DeAnna suggests that men would be attracted to a woman who’s passionate about her job, so she helps Katie reword her post to convey more energy and enthusiasm.

• Be persistent. It’s easy to get discouraged after a bad experience with Internet dating. But it can take time! So be committed and put the necessary time and effort into it.

They set up Katie with a profile that brings it to life and she says he reaction has been very positive and as even been on two dates with the same guy now!

And that first date? Watch it here as they share a bit of Date Night Fondue.

Next up it’s Kevin Christiana’s No-Sew Makeovers to help everyone pinch those pennies! Here’s some of his tips!

• Turn boring dark denim into edgy, worn-in jeans. Insert a cylinder object (like a coffee cup or vase) in the leg of the jean and then start grating the jeans with a microplane, cheese grater or sandpaper. To get that blistering look, rub the jeans with a sponge that has a little bit of bleach on it. You can also put a cool emblem on the back of your jeans by dabbing a stencil cutout of the design with the bleach sponge. DIY with Kevin for $.99! Get some of his cool stencils here!

• Turn a plain-Jane T-shirt into a designer look. Celebrities are wearing them, and now you can too. Sprinkle cutouts of various designs on to a plain T-shirt. Spray it with bleach until the shirt reaches the washed-out look you desire, and then use a second spray of vinegar to stop the bleach’s reaction.

• Modernize a conservative business look. Cut a button-down shirt underneath the bust line and sew it to the top of a skirt using a hand-held sewing machine. Add a belt and you have a whole new look!

• Turn dad’s old sweater into a little girl’s spring dress. Cut the sleeves off an old sweater around the shoulder seams. Make a hole under each arm using a pin and poke some ribbon through each side. Gather the sweater in the back by tying a bow in the ribbon and you’ve got a dress for your little girl!

What’s for dinner? Sloppy Chipotle Joes.

Sorry guys - i missed Monday’s episode due to a power outage! You can check out clips online at the official site. The big Dancing with the Stars “shocker”? This year, the judges will have a dance off between the bottom two couples, and the judges will decide which one goes home. A little So You Think you Can Dance twist, hm, Nigel?

Anyway - on to Tuesday!

We start off in the kitchen for another 10spot meal - Cheesy Hash Brown Chili, which comes up at an average cost of $8.88 to make!

Up next - it’s an all grown up 21 year old Hilary Duff! She has two fragrances with a new one in the works. She loves going into the lab and and she’s like a kid in the candy store “I wanna smell that one! and that one!” Rachael congratulates her on being so successful, and wholesome, and asks if she’s comfortable being the girl next door? But she wants to be nice an sweet above anything else though she’d like to be seen as grown up too. People make assumptions and she feels like shs doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone. She’ll live her life as she pleases. She and her sister are really tight, her whole family live close together, and they share all the care for heir animals when they travel.

Hilary says that red-carpets and pictures is a weird lifestyle, though it’s all she’s known - and her sister is by her side where they can talk about it and how uncomfortable it makes them feel and bond through the experience. Talk moves on to her boyfriend, and going to the games where the rowdy fans are rough, and now she’s really into it as she’s learned about the game. She sits with the crowds, and the fans will try to rile her up and she’s all “HEY! WATCH IT! I’ll come up there, you know!” But she tries not to be the crazy girlfriend. *L* Too cute. She admits to being a total homebody, and watches Rachael’s shows all the time, and she hopes it’ll all sink in and click by osmosis before she dares try in the kitchen.

She’s coming back to television, again - there’s a development deal at NBC and she feels she’s ready for that kind of schedule again after touring for 4 years. She wants a comedy, with the heart of an hour drama. She’s having fun listening to the writers and throwing ideas out there.

She recently took part in the Red Heart Truth Awareness runway show during fashion week, an event that Rachael did last week too. She has a Best Of cd out, and then she sticks around to let the audience ask her some questions too.

Jamie asks about the whole Faye Dunaway thing - that would she say if they met her face to face? She says she doesn’t know what she’d say, as it was little hurtful saying that she’d wish they’d gotten a real actress to play the part and Hilary says that she always tries to take the high road with people, it’s not worth it otherwise. Is she nervous about the Bonnie and Clyde remake? She says that this is not a remake of the movie, but a true factual events and how it all unfolded. She’s hugely excited about it.

Rachael asks what she’d do on a day without paparazzi? Hilary says that New York is better then anyplace, but paparazzi are outside her house every day in LA, and she feels like she has to get dolled up to go to the store and sometimes it’s just such a chore. It’d be nice to just be herself in her sweats.

More here with Hilary Backstage!

Next up, it’s Beauty Product Virgins with the American Idol stylist Mezhgan. First, of course, we get to be a little fly on the wall with a behind the scenes peek at Idol, and some dirt on Simon! He needs all the attention, and actually threatened to kick out auditioners if another cell phone went off - then HIS as the next to go off! He also complained that Mezghan didn’t use an Evian spray when she removed his makeup like she did for Ryan! “if someone is getting just a little bit more… he notices!”

Then its time to take on some viewers who have never used some common beauty products - ever!

Dana has never colored her hair, or tweezed her eyebrows, in all her 47 years. She comes out after her makeover - and DAMN she looks good! She looks like a totally different person! Her hair is brunette, and she looks years younger!

Bambi has never worn lipstick because when she was younger she worked in a restaurant in an older community and they left lipstick on everything! Mezghan helps her through her phobia of lipstick, and helps her pick a shade that’s nice for her.

Connie has never used foundation - a working mom of five! boys! She doesn’t like the dark circles and puffiness, and even her boys ask her why she doesn’t wear makeup. Mezghan gives her some tips and a quick simple solution that makes her look young, fresh and gorgeous.

What’s for dinner? Fennel-Pepper Spaghetti.

We start off in the kitchen today for some Oscar Night Goodies! She admits to going completely insane with the names - so we’re making Benjamin Button Pizza, and Slumdog Chicken Skewers, and later for dinner it’s Milk Mac’n Seafood.

After we get some food made and ready - Samantha Harris is doing double duty, handing Oscar Mania from the red carpet with the Insider! They go down the list of the new cast of Dancing with the stars of course, and Samantha is looking forward to a great Season!

Jewel and her hubby Ty Murray are on tap, as is Denise Richards who Sam says she’s looking forward to seeing the woman behind the tabloids and getting to know here. Shawn Johnson’s flexibility could be an asset, but the funnies comment comes about Steve-O from Jackass: “He’s stabled himself and parts of himself to a lot of strange things - I’m a little afraid of what he’s going to do with his partner!” But he’s certainly paired correctly, as he’s partnered by Lacy Schwimmer, the resident edgy ild child! If anyone can take on Steve-O, it’s her! The Woz, Steve Wozniac, why is he doing this? Samantha says it shows that money can’t buy everything - and certainly not this experience.

Her first assignment for The Insider was the Golden Globes, The Grammys, and now the Oscars. She had a moment, “a dork-o moment!” at the Golden Globes. She went to the ET stage to interview, just as Brad and Angie are coming down the stairs! She literally felt Brad’s breath and she couldn’t even MOVE! And she was really geeky girl embarrassed! Especially with the puddle of drool she left for them to clean up afterward!

She is still looking for the dress! Samantha says it’s one of the most difficult decision to make in her life! She shows off some choices from the Style Room at The Insider in a video diary - and Rachael point out her favorites - though she’ll watch in flannel pajamas, and slippers that look like apes. Ha! She loved the gold and the blue.

Next up, Rachael sends Film Critic Leonard Maltin to help out a viewer who really wants to win her Oscar Office Pool this year! Here’s how he breaks it down before the show:

Best Actress: “What a tough choice! Five really great performances. I’m sort of thinking Kate Winslet (The Reader). It’s one of those performances when she transforms herself - she plays herself as an older woman. They’re suckers for that.”

Best Supporting Actress: “Viola Davis in Doubt. Viola Davis makes such an incredible impact in just one scene. She’s also somebody who is not a household name and just delivers the goods, and all that’s on her side.”

Best Actor: “I’m tilting towards Sean Penn (Milk). He just disappears into that guy. You believe he’s Harvey Milk. And of course they’ve given him an Oscar® before, they obviously admire and respect him. So, I’m going with Sean Penn.”

Best Picture: “Logic says Curious Case of Benjamin Button but we all love Slumdog Millionaire, right? I think the Academy members do too.”

Next up, Melissa Leo is on hand to talk about her Oscar Nomination for her work in Frozen River. The film is a thriller, a drama and even with funny moments - but don’t forget the tissues! She’s been in 70 films and TV projects, though this is her once-in-a-lifetime experience as an Oscar Nominee. She says it’s a whirlwind, and she’s rubbing elbows with Hollywood legends! She was interviewing on the red carpet, and someone said he wanted to meet her - and it was Clint Eastwood! “He’s delightful, even more amazing in person!”

Upcoming is a movie called Gretta with Hilary Duff playing her daughter, and coming soon is Everybody’s Fine with DiNiro.

Next up - some ideas to Repurpose your old DVDs and CDs! DIY Networ’s B Oiginal host Michele Beschen suggests you use them for entertainment themed home decorations and jewelry. Here’s some of her tips:

DVD cases as switch plates
VHS tapes as gift-wrapping ribbons
DVD/CD ornaments
DVD/CD jewelry
DVD/CD Mosaics

Yay! It’s Kathy Griffin Day! I love her! She comes out laughing that she can’t move up the alphabet, and you know, she has two emmys, in case you didn’t know, she calls them Emmy and Emily, they’re like twins. She is used to the whole reality cameras walking in on her in the bathroom, etc, and her mom is the real star of the show. Kathy says that at 88 years old, she’s the most popular one, and Bravo has mandated that Mom is in every episode. Kathy? Not so much, but Mom - every one! She’s now moved from a box of wine to a bottle - that’s what 2 emmy’s will do for ya! And hey, at 88 years old? Bottoms up! She’ll drink ya under the table. Ha!

This year the D-list is a little different, but Kathy is going to try to be an A-lister in training… episode one has Bette Midler! And she and Rosie will spend the night with Gloria Estafan!

She’s obsessed with Nancy Grace, and she’s supposed to do an episode with “The twins” where she’ll give them a bath. She’s scared she’ll drop them, so thinks maybe she’ll just hose them down. She loves Anderson, and doing New Years Eve was fun, and he’s yummy. Kathy wants to become one of his investigations. Ha!

What is she doing Oscar night? Finishing off her 4-night stint at Madison Square Garden, otherwise she’s “sure that they’d have me host” ha! And Bu the way! That Jessica Simpson is fat as a house, I swear. I love that! If she’s FAT I need gastric bypass! It’s ridiculous! I love it for my act but real life? Give me a break! The girl can’t even spell, give her a break!”

She loves award shows that have awkward moments - if she can’t provide them, she hopes someone does. She wants to see a hookup with like Meryl Streep and mickey Rourke… she wants the unexpected! She says that believe it or not, even she knows when to stop. She doesn’t want to get fired from EVERYTHING, so she behaved when presenting at Emmy’s.

Would she rather - brunch with the Lohans, or dinner with osmands - Lohans. Better dish, and there’s too many osmands to fit in one room, but they’re freaks anyway. She’d rather kiss Simon than the others on idol. She’d take him down in the jungle! She’d rather be stuck in the elvator with Clay Aiken then have Paris sing all her songs. WHen Paris sings she wants to shoot herself. The olson twins vs the girls on the hills? She really kinda wants to kill the girls with the hills… she keeps thinking there’s gonna be drama, and there’s not, until she goes on and shoots them. Ha!

She runs into people she makes fun off - and Kathy says yeah “Like Whitney Housten with her cracky finger?!” She says that she tries to tell them something nice, like she likes Aiken’s new cd, but isn’t going to stop making fun of her. She says if she shows up dead though, call Oprah! She’d be the one to come get her - and Rachael says she’ll as O, and Kathy replies in trembling glory “ON NO DON’T TELL OPRAH!!”

She sticks around and talks about her new favorite charity that she plugs in all her shoes - VetDogs, that provide well trained service dogs to Military Veterans. More of Kathy backstage - her shocking crush, and more on Jessica Simpson!

Next up - Thermostat wars! Is it too hot or too cold in your house for different people? Marie keeps the house cold, because she’s always too warm, while her family has to bundle up. It’s so cold that the meat doesn’t defrost, and they had to get a wine cooler in order to keep the wine warm enough!

Danny Lipford has some solutions to help things better - they installed a zoning system, including personal thermostats so that each room can be as arm as they want.They also installed a ceiling fan that includes a heating element to help warm some things up. They even turned the seats of the couch into heated seats, so everyone can be comfortable as Mama stays cool in her tank top. After 26 years, the cold war is over!

Oh yeah - what’s for dinner? Spinach and Artichoke Mac and Cheese.

We start out with a glimpse of Gordon Ramsay backstage tasting audience dishes backstage, and seeming much nicer then he is on Hell’s Kitchen! Of course, he’s been on the show before, and he really is a pushover - just not when it comes to Hell’s Kitchen. Rach calls the show Bleepin Good Television, and Gordon laughs, and says that you have the muppets, the donkeys, and all the pressure, and the first time he’s fine, second time he’s slightly cranky, the third time it’s really cranky and it gets worse before it gets better. He likes to weed through the crap to find the gems and find someone really good.

The audience brought in signature dishes for Chef Ramsey to try. Gordon says that e still has some stuck in the back of his throat - there was a cupcake that was like gumby’s flipflop, and it was dry. The icing was nice, but the cake was dry, he asked how many days she baked it for, but overall they were great. His four children now start challenging him in the kitchen. Jack, at school, went into the school cafe and told them the mac and cheese needed more salt. And Megan called out her home ec teacher for not washing her hands and Gordan says “she was just like oh lord, she’s a Ramsey!”

He talks about the Turkeys in the back yard that they got in order to teach them the circle of food life for Christmas and Thanksgiving, and they named them. Jack took the ‘taking care of them’ to a new extreme when he was in his bedroom with the turkey “massaging her breasts to make them juicier when we roast them in the oven!”

They talk a bit about the new restaurant in London, and then how the recession is affecting them. Gordon says for a chef it’s bloody brilliant, as everything was getting pretentious and out of hand, and they’re going back to some basic skills an flavors, and things they might have looked over for more expensive cuts before. The new book has a lot of healthy ways to stretch your buck - he admits that at home it’s air traffic control for the kids and meals and it all comes from that.

Did you know at home he has a swear jar? I know right?! He says he’s been on the naughty step more times then them! They make him pay up every time he’s caught too. He also fears his three girls dating, he bribed them all this time to think he’s the best of the best, and now they’re rebelling! They move into the Kitchen, and Gordon demonstrates some Spiced Pork Chops with Sweet Potatoes and Sticky Baked Chicken Drumsticks. Click here for more backstage!

Next up, Rach shows up some LED table runner, placemats, bottle toppers, and Coasters to help you light up your table from Sylvania. Cool! Then it’s time for Home Decorating on a Budget, where a viewer Jenn, moved into abasement apartment in someone’s house, where she really has no idea where to put her stuff, and it lacks serious style. She has a big personality and wants her apartment to reflect that. Rach sent designer Libby Langdon to work her magic and give some great tips. Libby even hits up Mom and Dad’s garage, to get stuff - and the end result is stunning. Here’s some tips straight from Libby to you!

• Find inspiration in a design book, a magazine or a TV show. After you find designs that you like, step back and look at pieces you’ve already got to see if you can retool them. For example, you can make throw pillows out of an old sheet using fuseable tape that you iron on, and even an old door on its side could function as a headboard.

• Paint is the least expensive way you can transform your space. In a small space, people often hesitate to put a bold color on the wall. But you can choose just one wall for an accent color and paint the others a neutral, softer shade like tan. The contrast will add depth and dimension and make any small space feel bigger.

• Use painters’ tape to create white boxes on the painted wall, over which you can hang black photo frames. The white border around the frames will give the wall great contrast.

• If you can’t afford a headboard, apply painters’ tape in a pattern where the headboard would normally go. After you paint the wall and remove the tape, you will have a makeshift headboard.

• Look at furniture you’ve already got and think how good it will look if you just painted it. A fresh coat of paint can make older items look cool.

• Create a unique coffee table by arranging paint chips (free from your local hardware store) and applying a piece of glass on top.

• You don’t need to buy expensive flowers to add accents to your room. Branches or twigs spray-painted white will add a nice contrast to darker walls.

• Use silhouettes or other shapes printed from the Internet to create your own artwork to liven up your walls.

And hey, there’s DINNER too! Lemon-Glazed Roast Chicken with Tangerine-Scallion Spaghetti.

All the way from Australia, it’s Dr. Rob Bell with some amazing experiments to try parents and kids with Pantry Science and he assures us ye only had a couple explosions with the Wife wasn’t happy with, but the kids thought were hiLARious! Rach dons a labcoat and is eager to get messy with the Doc. Kids don’t try them at home alone, of course - so make sure. They use some milk, cream, chocolate, vanilla and…. liquid nitrogen used to freeze it! Lots of smoke and Rach feels like the witches of eastwick - while the doc tells us that nitrogen is REALLY clod, that makes a nice smooth creamy ice cream. It’s like poprocks ice cream!

He drops a banana into the bucket of Liquid nitrogen, then a dozen roses are dipped then shattered and it sounds like breaking glass, and when they thaw out they become roses again. Awww… Remember the banana? Now it can be used to hammer a nail into a board, and rubber balls turn into the hardness of a cue ball. A balloon full of air is dipped, and it deflates - and Rach blows on the outside of it and it blows back up as it warms! Rachael is impressed and says she’d have done better in school if she had him - he’s fun!

From cold to hot - now it’s a Blow Torch! Rachael is a little nervous as he says there might be an explosion as she heats up some salt - and they dump a gummy bear into it and it screams because of the sugar… it’s all steam and fire, and flashiness in the test tube as it explodes - a lot of energy in a single gummy bear. It’s purple because of the potassiam.

Peroxide is next, and they release the oxygen from some soap - and it makes a lovely bubbling foamy green massive mess…

And the finale - a mixture of corn starch and water, which goes to liquid when you pick it up - do this one at home! - it’s sort of solid, sort of liquid, and they fill a pool of it, so that they can walk on water… if you go quick you’ll stay on top because the more force you put on it the more it springs up and resists. Dr. Rob demonstrates nd Rachael follows (Oooh it’s gonna be oogie!) and she walks on water! H demonstrates that if you keep moving you can staying to - then stop moving and you sink, and he falls in and tries to get Rachael to join him. Ha!

Next up, Emma knows the justices of the Supreme Court - which she recites while hula hooping, and Derrek can name all 44 presidents, but he doesn’t want to be one. Can’t blame ya, there, kid! Mom says he gets obsessed with things and they just go with it - this time it was Presidents.

After a quick stop in the prep kitchen for Cheeseburger bread, Keke Palmer joins Rachael at the Kitchen Table to talk about her new how True Jackson, VP, among other things.

She says that she learned the words for Akeelah and the Bee with help from her mom, and she has pretty good memorization spells, but she’s not as good as Akeelah was. She loved the movie, as it has great message, you can do anything you put your all into it. She was thrilled with working with Angela Bassett who helped her cry when she needed too on set.

She’s thrilled with the show and the reaction to it - True Jackson is number two behind iCarley, she loves being called True Jackson when she hangs out. She’s 15 years old now, and she’s thrilled to be old enough to drive in August. She is a fellow doglover, and her dog Rusty was kidnapped! But they found him the next day in a truck stop and they had a tracking devise in him, and the guy who swipped him got scared and came back.

Oh and the HUGE moment! She got to go to the inauguration of Barack Obama, and she got to meet all of them, at the NAACP awards a couple years back, and he was working in Chicago. When she got to meet the girls, they said LuLu - her best friend on the show - was their favorite, which made her friends day. Keke has a LOT of energy and couldn’t be cuter!

Next up - Dan Gorske has a REAL favorite food - he’s eaten a big mac every day for 36 years - since the day he got his first car! He’s eaten 23,000 to date - at least 2 a day, but he’s very active too, he walks 10 miles a day. He even proposed to his wife at McDonalds. He’s even in the Guiness book of World Records - he makes his own burgers sometimes, but it’s no Big Mac “that’s for sure!”

Says Rachael “McDonald’s should hook you up, brother!”

So what’s for dinner? Duh. It’s Rach’s Big Spicy Mac! It’s so big that even RACH doesn’t think her mouth would fit around it. Now THAT’S a burger….

We start out with a game, Valentine’s Day More or Less. A viewer in the audience has never had a boyfriend on a Valentine’s day, so they’re going to give her everything she needs - but the man. Samantha is totally cute, and ame to play. It’s a bit like the Price is Right - Samantha will decide if the actual price is more or less then the price they have pictured. Not only is she playing for herself - but everyone in the audience too!

Rachael of ourse gives some very obvious clues, and the audience walks away with $100 gift certificate to 1-800-Flowers (Roses are EXPENSIVE, you know), a candle from Bridgewater Candle Company (Candles are luxurious for a VALUE), Wendy Glez lingerie and Panties and a Pink Microsoft Zune 4 GB MP3 player from Comp USA, and chocolates too!

Then it’s time for the newest Shopaholic - Isla Fisher! Being Friday the 13th, they talk a little bit about superstitions, and Isla says that she’s not much of a supersticious one, knock on wood, but she won’t go under ladders. She is looking forward to going to the movies on Valentine’s Day, which is her favorite thing to do.

Isla is very pleased with her latest role - Confessions of a Shopaholic, which combines the first two books. She loves to do the physical comedy, and is thrilled to have gotten to do so much of it in the movie..

So what was her first red carpet? She does and says it was awful - she went to the Golden Globes and was all cocky in her eautiful blue Herve Leger dress - and realized later that it had ripped right up the back and her right ‘cheek’ was exposed thanks to the small underwear she had been ‘convinced’ to wear - her friends called her “Isla Flasher” afterward! When did she know what she wanted to act? After seeing Viva Las Vegas - and realizing redheads could be on film thanks to Ann Margaret. Who makes her laugh? Tina Fey for sure, she’s brilliant, and Goldie Hawn, Anna Ferris. She got to meet Goldie - they dirty danced together! She says she acted like it was no big deal but she wanted to hug her and freak, and then she danced away, and she wanted to go after her but it was natural moment you couldn’t recreate by stalking. And she never came back, awww!

The audience stepped up to share their own Shopaholic confessions, while Isla admits that she is only a shopaholic about food and cookbooks. Amy has a shopping secret weapon - a “Bride” shirt that got her discounts everywhere and 8 months later she’s still wearing it. Erin actually froze her credit cards into a bowl in her freezer, and the next morning she fell in love with a pair of boots - and the ice didn’t last for even 24 hours!

Isla’s worst confession is that at the hardware store she’ll buy a drill or paint and she knows she’ll never use it - she’s not going to paint anything but she as visions of coveralls and painting together and still keeps trying - and buying!

It’s time for another incredible people segment and we meet 10 year old Winter Vinecki who’s a triathlete. She has been competing since she was five, but dad who was diagnosed with prostrate cancer last year, and she decided to use her talents to help him. She formed Team Winter as a part of Athletes for a Cure to help raise money to fight prostrate cancer and has raised around $100,000 or the cause. She trains with her mom, and after watching her compete in the mile swim, 25 mile bike ride and 26.2 mile run, he says to have her finish is almost like he ran it himself - it brings tears to his eyes every time he sees her run.

Mom knew Winter isn’t the typical 10 year old, and knew physically she was capable of it, and who was she to say Winter was dealing with her dad’s cancer the wrong way? They both support her 100%, of course.

Next up - it’s Dinner time, and not just any dinner, it starts with a Valentine’s gift for her mom, she bakes Eclairs - which she learned how to make just for mama!

And for dinner - Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Marsala Sauce and Pasta with Strawberry-Arugula Salad.

And hubby John surprises Rach with flowers! awwwwww!

Ooooh the first guest is a biggy today! Salma Hayek - actress, producer and activist - is on the stage with Rachael to talk about everything from the biz to being a new mom. She chats about her daughter, and says that her baby is active even when she sleeps - and the night before she said she saw a ghost, and she was looking in a corner and saying au revoir, bye bye byb to get it to go away - and Salma says that she was terrified, though Salma’s name means peace and calm, though she was kicked out of school when she was 14. Is she a strict mom? She’d like to think she’s going to be, but she’s not achieving her goal. The baby is very clever even at one and manipulates her already!

She says she loves food and has to pay attention to negotiate so she gets to eat and not be a super skinny person - you watch so you don’t gain too much. She suggests you watch it a little bit, so that you can continue the love affair with food. When asked if she likes sweets or salt - she says Rach is lucky because she likes salty, because Salma likes it ALL. She ALWAYS has an appetite.

She even admits to loving PJs more then dressing up, though assures us she changes them so the baby doesn’t think she wears the same thing all the time. Dressing up is nice though, but there is a time limit for the Cinderella Fashion, because things start poking and slipping and pinching. She loves it for a minute, but PJs are comfortable forever!

Good friends with Penelope Cruz ended up with Salma having to do Kareoke at an 80s party! She jokes about having to struggle with English, and then they had her trying to do “Red Hot Chilli Pepper Language! giveitawaygiveitawaynow!” They of course chat about Salma’s stint on 30 Rock, where she got to put her hand down Alec Baldwin’s pants. “I didn’t really do it! I just imagined it, but not really did it!” What a rough day of work!

Salma’s now involved with Pampers and UNICEF to help fight tetanus in developing nations. It’s 100% preventable, but every four minutes a newborn dies of it. With Every Pampers package sold with the UNICEF logo helps pay for one woman in another country to get a vaccination against tetanus.

Then the audience gets a chance to to ask some questions - check it out!

After a quick stop in the prep kitchen for Chicken Honey Mustard Biscuits, its the heartbreaking story of Matt Logelin who’s wife died 27 hours after the birth of their daughter Madeline.

Matt run a website that made it easy to update everyone on her condition, and ended up as a lifeline. She was put into the hospital, and had to have a c-section and when she got up to go see Madeline in the NICU, she felt lightheaded, and dropped from a pulminary embolism, a blood clot from her legs lodged into her lungs and it was instant. Matt was loss, and took to the blog again, turning it into a reflection of life without her.

Within months, 40k people were reading every day. Matt says e never dreamed that so many people would give him advice, good advice. He wants Madeline to have the life that Liz would have wanted for her, she’s his number one priority.

Matt and Maddie join Rachael on stage, and Maddie is ADORABLE! He says that Liz had done everything for him - he did laundry, and she did everything else, so when she died, he had to go home without her, which was devistating, and bring home a baby that weighed under 4 pounds since she was born 7 weeks early.

Matt’s story was featured in People magazine, and he created a foundation in his wife’s name to offer financial support o others facing similar circumstances, including the widowers with children that he met through his blog. “It makes me feel like I’m doing something right here, and that’s a really nice feeling.” Get more information on The Liz Logelin Foundation here.

And after everyone grabs a kitchen, it’s time for dinner! Ancho Chicken Soft Tacos, Green Rice, Pomegranate Guacamole.

How do you know a song is huge? There’s thousands of copycat videos online that people are checking out by the hundreds of thousands. Beyonce’s Single Ladies is one such song - and I should know, I’ve watched many of the copycats and recognize many of the clips in the montage they shown! So, what’s left to do? A Single Ladies Dance-Off right in the studio!

We have three of the best - and they’re not all ladies! There’s 5 elementary school teachers, 3 best friends, and one handsome gentleman. Jonner was inspired by Justin Timberlake’s SNL sketch, and he knew he could shake it! Each group will get 40 seconds, and who’s judging? Beyonce’s MOM! Tina Knowels joins them all on the stage, and says she wants to find enthusiasm and confidence - even as she admits that her girls didn’t get their talent from them. She’s tried to learn some of the Single Ladies moves herself, but… well. She just wants to see the groups bust a move!

While the groups go backstage to get ready, Tina joins Rachael at the table for a little chat where they talk about Beyonce singing at the Inauguration. Mom is most impressed that her baby girl is grounded and keeps her head. Mama designed the costumes for the video, and is thrilled that it’s started a “leotard movement.” Beyonce was shy as a child, and they put her in dance class to help her get over her shyness, and it helped her build her confidence. Tina is designer, and the lines are House of Dereon - affordable cocktail dresses, Dereon which is the younger set, and Miss Tina, that covers all ages and sizes 2-22.

Then it’s time for the dance off!

The teachers win $500 gift cart to Tracy Mathews Designs, and the trio of teens grab second and $1000 gift card - which means Joner dances away with the trophy and a $3000 gift card.

Don’t forget to check out the Tina Knowles Sound-off for more backstage.

After a quick stop in the prep kitchen for the Antipasta Tostada, its time to start your engines as Jeff Gordon, 4 time NASCAR charm joins Rach at the couch! Rachael has gotten into NASCAR lately, and is thrilled with how all the drivers are gentleman, and Jeff jokes “are you sure you met ALL the drivers?” He agrees that they’re amazed with how polular their sport has grown, and they love what they do and they have the best fans.

Jeff started racing when he was 5 1/2, racing go-carts and quarter midgets, and he would practice with his mom, who was a heck of a driver and helped him practice maneuvers. He says one of the biggest adrinilin rushes ever wasn’t even on the track, but doing Saturday Night Live. He says he’s comfortable, but it’s not something he’d want to do on a daily basis.

Mom is in the audience, and Carol says that she never felt worried really, just a bit in the beginning, but she’s ok with it. She’s on hand to help share her cookbook “Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen”, co-written with another famous driver’s mother, Martha Earnhardt. Mom says that Jeff was a good eater, but never id the dishes. Jeff says his mom is a great cook, and the food in the cookbook is good and simple, and just good. They move into the kitchen with Carol and Jeff to learn a couple family favorites ( Tater Tot Casserole and Bickford’s Chicken Casserole) , and Carol admits that she has something in common with Rach - she doesn’t measure anything, either! More with Jeff Gordon backstage!

Then, as if that weren’t enough food - we also get a visit from Daisy Martinez from the Food Network’s Daisy Cooks! She stops by to cook up a spicy Choripan and reveals that Rachael has hidden talent of her show (Daisy Cooks!)’s executive producer. “This girl can text faster than Speed Racer!” Rachael laughs and admits she’s a spaz even in texting. Backstage, Daisy reveals her celebrity crush too!

After Daisy’s done - Rachael steps in to make a sloppy version of the Choripan, Sloppy Sausage and Pepper Heroes with Pickled Onions. Whew!

Rache looks cute and casual today - and I love her shirt! The style team has gone above and beyond this new year - kudos!

Today we’re talking about plastic surgery, today, and Rachael has Dr. Anthony Youn to let us all know about some of the latest tips and tricks and treatments that is out there right now. Over 12 million people went under the knife last year, and it shows no sign of stopping.

There are some new techonlogies out there - there’s a new computer program that morphs your face so you can see how you would look if you got some work done - you can even do it on the internet - you can upload your a picture, and tell it what you want and it’ll give you a projected result. Angela, an audience member gave it a try to see if it would be worth the investment to get her nose job and is amazed with the difference and how she can see you.

Next up it’s a jar of fat - yum. Not. Dr. Anthony says that fat is the most powerful thing to help us look younger. He talked about the face lifts used to be a 2d function- and people ended up tightening until they looked like they were in a wind tunnel. Now they use your own fat to fill in where the skin has deflated over the years - Rach jokes “So you can take my butt, and fill in under my eyes? Good to know it’s good for something!” Dr. Anthony shows some of his results, and then tells us that the fat actually has stem cells, which helps the skin look better.

For those who need longer lashes? Latisse is the only medically proven prescription-strenght medication you can actually put on your eyelids. Its like an eyeliner that will lengthen your eye lashes. It’s just received FDA approval and it’s expected to cost $120 a month - it’s not permanent though, and is from the makers of Botox. It’s simple to apply before you go bed, after you have taken off your makeup and such. It is available now, and within a month or two most plastic surgeons will have it, and they recommend that you use it as directed. The effect will wear off in a couple months if you don’t like it too and you revert back to normal.

Some other things that are coming up in the near future? There’s a competitor for Botox coming soon that will drive the prices down. New in breast implants - gummi bear implants which feels like a younger breast, feeling a little tighter, and it’s in the middle of FDA approval and they hope it will be available at the end of the year. And there’s a new form of liposuction coming too, there are two new machines out there, that look promising to remove fat without invasive procedures, via super powered ultrasound. three 1/2 hour treatments, and you lose 2 inches after 14 weeks and they hope it will be out by 2010.

Dr. Youn says that there are some things he doesn’t think is a good idea - permanent makeup, which is injecting dyes under your skin. You can get infections, and styles change - 80s makeup won’t work in 09! You can also get allergic reactions if it’s the wrong kind of dye, as they’re using things like printer inks! Nancy, in the audience, took a year and a half to recover have having a massive allergic reaction. While her results aren’t typical, its important to realize that there are risks with any invasive procedure, so go to a board certified surgeon and go through all the risks. Educate yourself!

After a stop in the prep kitchen for Seven Sammie Spreads, its WYNONNA! Can you believe she’s been singing for 25 years? She says she used to wake up every morning and moan ‘what do I hve to do to be number one? And now she wakes up “It’s snowing!” And he chooses to celebrate!

She says her base is country, but she’s going to go out on a limb and start over with her career and take risks because she gets to work with so many great people - it’s real, if you don’t have passion, find it. She’s so full of herself - but not arrogance, its confidence and joy. She just enjoys herself now, and has fun.

Part of her new weight loss program has nothing to do with being weighed in front of anyone, it’s without typical pressures of a diet, and she’s the new spokesperson for the diet supplement Alli.

Wynonna lets us peek in on her video diary that she keeps, where she says offstage is the challenge and it’s hard to be healthy on the road. he talks to a chef, PJ Clarke who says it’s ok to ask what you need - less butter? Ask. They’re there to accomodate you. Then he shows her how to make his Pan-Seared Chilean Sea Bass with Sunchoke Puree and Granny Smith Apples. Wynonna says that now, instead of prioritizing her schedule, she schedules her priorities.

Her number one tip? Take a nap. She says she’s slowing down, takes the texting way, and have conversation. She’s simplifying. Then she sings “I’m a woman” from her new album “Sing, chapter 1″.

Next up - dinner! Midwinter Minestrone!

Yay! I love Rabbi Shmuley! Nothing like a little Jewish Rabbi who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is! It’s time to bring the Sexy Back to your marriage. Mario and Angela feel their marriage has lost a it of it’s heat, they’ve lost the spark and they just don’t feel as sexy as they used too. They miss the passion, after five years and two kids - their sex life has been reduced to their weekly date night known as “boom boom” Friday.

There’s not a lot of privacy anymore, with the kids and different schedules, so they have to plan. She remembers walking in on her parents and would be mortified to have her kids do the same, and hubby agrees - nothing kills the mood faster then a little voice asking what they’re doing.

It’s Rabbi Shmuley with four basic tips to help everyone revolve their sex lives. He says that ironically the more connected you become, the less interested in sex that you are - it involves mystery, and you get too comfortable. 1 out of 3 couples are sexless - and the other two are like once a week or 7 minutes at a time!

Rabbi says that it’s untrue that men are the more ’sex crazed’ - as women are much more sexual, but men extinguish the heat by having bad sex. We forget the romance - romance is the promise of so much more… it slows things down and elps build desire. Sex is only 10% physical, and 90% mental. He gives a great example, in the older days, the women painted were heavier and curvacious, but now it’s all thin women because we make love with our eyes - thin is in. But when a man uses his hands - meat is neat!

Need some more tips?

Create romance in your home - it literally starts in the bedroom, which should be a private pace that is off limits to the kids. The bedroom should be Fort Knox, the children need boundaries. Boundaries in the bathroom are important too! Lust is about mystery and distance - let the husband become a peeping Tom to see your body, and turn your marriage into an affair. In an unhealthy marriage the kids come first. In a healthy marriage, the marriage comes first, and the kids learn better how to have a good relationship with their future spouse.

Bring back the eroticism, and stop making the body a purely functional thing. We tend to force ourselves into boredom. Sex is the one area where we feel completely alive, which is why it’s so important. You submit entirely to instinct.

Learn more about your spouse with an “erotic interrogation” - take a long drive and reveal deepest secrets and sexual fantasies to each other. Ask without pushing and so everyone feels comfortable and learn more about how to satisfy each other.

Try flirtatious glances - remember what it’s like to catch “the eye” from across the room - and try it. The most powerful sexual conversations are done with utter subteties with the eyes alone - one glance can be more then you can in volumes of speech.

Take a break from sex. When you’ve done the first tips, slow down. Don’t have sex for two weeks. “You have to bring out that fire in your wife. We husbands have it in our power, it all exists right here in our hands.” Then? Let go of the dar emote and push HER buttons instead!

Get the scoop backstage of what Angela and Mario think of he Rabbi’s advice! And don’t forget to check out the new book - “The Kosher Sutra” by Rabbi Shmuley.

After a stop in the prep kitchen for Hot Reuben Dip, Kevin Connolly is on hand to talk about HBO’s Entourage. Kevin says he’s gained whole new appreciation and respect for his own agents after being on the show and playing someone who manages other people’s careers. It’s a lot of pressure and their responsibility to keep you working. Was there a real E? Yup, he spent time with him and is one of the producers on the show.

If you can’t wait for the new episodes of Entourage this summer - you can see him in “He’s Just Not That Into You.” He gets to be the love interest of Scarlette Johansson, and chases her around. He says that she is smart, down to earth, and super talented - a pleasure to work with. The movie is more than a “chick flick” - it calls out both men and women on some of the things we do.

He talks a little bit about learning to cook - on his new grill. Rachael assures him he’s miles ahead of the guy who makes a reservation if he cooks for a girl - it doesn’t even matter if it’s burnt to a crisp. A guy who cooks is always sexy!

His first movie? Rocky 5! It was a huge deal, and he feels grateful to be part of it. They even show a clip and he beats up Rocky’s kid - who was actually Stallone’s son!

Anyone hungry? It’s dinner time with Chicken Parmigiano with polenta - yum!

Today we start off talking about parenting - recently they talked to concerned parents and teachers to see what they thought was best or the kids. Sometimes that parents thought was best, was actually worst… They found four involved moms, and four educators to have a frank discussion about some things that each side sees. They don’t always see eye to ye. “Many parents think that they’re parenting better than they actually are.” The mom’s watch behind a mirror, as educators discuss that somethings that parents aren’t trying to do wrong makes their jobs harder.

The mom’s were given a notepad and were told to make a mark anytime their behaviors matched what the teachers were talking about. Some of the things discussed:

Tardiness - it takes away from the group AND your child

Picking up your child while talking on the cell phone - thekids are excited to show off, and being asked to wait can deminish that - be interested, vested in your child’s day.

Clothing - if you don’t want it to get dirty, don’t dress hem in it. School is messy, and smokes aren’t fail safe.And also, orange washable paint is never washable!

Bring toys from home - it causes animosity, when they don’t want to share, or it gets broken.

Varying the routine and lingering - establish a routine - the shorter the goodbye the shorter the cry.

Pop-in visits - teachers appreciate advance notice, because you can check in, though it might not be best for the child.

Dawn took a lot of note, because things touched a nerve and the teachers say they understand because they are mom’s too. Janine, a teacher, says that it’s difficult being candid - they’re not judgmental, they’re just trying to help the child have the best experience they can.

The important thing in all of this discussion is to realize that good ideas are there, but sometimes need a little tweaking to make sure it works well with all parties - and best for the kiddo in charge. It’s a teamwork effort that’s needed and preferred.

Next up, it’s Tom Cavanagh who’s teamed up with Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack on the new show Trust Me. Trust me is about.. well, it’s a classiv western, wearing big hats - no, not really, it’s about ad men and he plays the less mature more petty rogue of the two. “It’s a jaggarnaut of tension!”

Actually they both have a little bit of ad experience, because they have done commercials, and understand a bit of the lingo. Tom does a killer Geico Gecko voice, and he’s generally a cut up and a half, and makes for a fun interview! He even bags on Eric McCormack a bit when Rach calls him hugely talented “let’s not go too far! If he keeps plugging away, something will turn his way..” But then adds that he’s amazing, but only if Rach promises not to tell him he said it.

But what does Tom know about other famous “bromances”! He’s not sure it’d be fun, but well, lookit what they’re doing - if he gets 8 out of 12… there’s a prize - they get $100 Target Cards! Tom says too bad they’re not gonna get it! He tries for 2 outa 12 instead…

And he nails 8 right out of the gate, and everyone gets rich! Whoo! He jokes and says he’s relieved as he’s ever been in his life, so everyone should watch Trust Me, as he brought it, big time.

Then there’s the Vault. Friends and Tom do the show for the Smithsonian, called Stories from the Vaults where hey go into the vaults and talk about crazy finds - like playing PONG, with the creator of the game!

It’s time for a ton-o-tips!
Before doing dishes with those sexay rubber gloves, slather on some heavy hand cream, and the heat will help moisturize your dry cracked winter hands.

Use dental floss to cut soft cheeses, or a piece of cheese cake - or slide them under the cookies to free them from the baking sheet. The thicker floss works better, and stay away from the flavored floss.

Degunk your can opener by taking a small square of wax paper to thread it through the opener, and it will celan out the food particles, and lubricate it too.

Reuse your wine corks to hold recipes or as a place card holder for dinner parties.

Use your skirt hanger to hold your cookbook up on the handle of your cupboard, clipped open to the page you need! Nice!

And another great thing? Dinner! Ultimate Patty Melts and Chopped Veggie Salad.

Today is another Human Lab day! This time they tackled Dirty Laundry - and we have some all American cowboys to help us out as they really know how o get down and dirty! They’re looking for something quick and easy that helps these professional bullriders keep their clothes clean when they’re not able to get to laundry mat.

Reese Cates wants something to help him wash his clothes on a daily basis - he tries the Wonderwash & Spin Dryer, which claims to wash a 5 pound load in just 5 minutes, and he spin dryer uses spinning, not heat.

Cord McCoy wants to smell fresh - because you can get up an sweat some. He tries the Universal Deoderizer Bag, to help freshen up his laundry fresh.

Luke Snyder wants to be starched and pressed all the time - and the little irons in the hotel rooms “sometimes don’t work very good” so he tests the Downy Wrinkle Releaser spray and try to maintain his sharp-dressed style.

Mrs. Clean Jeans is on hand to help give some tips and tricks to help with the Human Lab - and says yes, the men in her life do laundry or wear dirty clothes! But how did the products work?

Reese said the washer did a great job, and he liked it, though the Jeans are a hard deal - even the dry cleaners doesn’t get them all clean. He was impressed with the spin dryer, as it did better then a tumble dryer would in just 3 minutes.

Cord says the deoderizer bag worked, though the clothes are still dirty. IT did take the smell out of them.

Luke said that the downy spray did take the majority of the wrinkles out, it’s not as good as an iron, but it certainly does all right in a pinch.

The cowboys join the audience, and the Cord says he’s actually using his deoderizer bag this week - because in his luggage he as to put the clean clothes in with the dirty, so this’ll help to get the smell out and keep it separated. Luke said he had the best deal, as it was easy to put in his bag, and the wrinkles fell out about 10-15 minutes after spraying so it worked really well. Reese says the portable laundry system is good - but not for him since he flies so often, but it’s great for maybe use in the dorm, in an RV, for whenever you only have a few items - and it’s green.

General tips for laundry on the road - don’t forget to use the sink. It’s obvious, but you can use it and shampoo to help get rid of a stain or spot. Other stain tips - don’t approach it from the top side down, because you just rub it deeper in, so start from the inside out. Lemon juice is great for whites, meat tenderizer is great for eggs, blood, proteins.. and Rach laughs and says she’ll rub a steak all over her to try it out and tenderize her shirt, and rubbing alcohol for grass stains. For red wine - use cold water, and then if there’s a lot of it, a bit of salt, because it soaks up the liquid, then pop it in the wash.

after some double duty household tips - using the leftover dishsoap top to put on the bleach bottle so it doesn’t splatter, and put a lazy susan in your fridge for your condiments, it’s time for a 10-spot dinner, which is dinner for four that costs $9.81 from the EDRR Magazine! Today it’s Turkey Turnovers, and hello - yum!

Next up, it’s Duffy! Duffy is on stage to perform her single Stepping Stone. Duffy is actually her last name, where she wanted a name here she wanted to associate herself with, and she’s actually a twin. Her twin only sings in the shower and “not gonna lie to you, the reverb really helps her!” Who does he think is hot? Father Christmas - she has a thing for older men and he was really good to her over the holidays! hahaha! Otherwise she likes a man who is good with his hands. She’s a little nervous about the Grammy’s - for which she’s nominated for three awards, and three is her lucky number. She hasn’t written a speech, she wants to go with the flow and of course “it’s great to be nominated!”

CDs for everyone, of curse, and you can catch some more of Duffy backstage here.

And as if that isn’t enough - what’s for dinner? Welsh Rarebit Fondue. mmmmmm cheeeeeeese!

It’s the new style obsession - it’s all about Michelle Obama. What he wears, how she does her hair, etc, and everyone is talking about it - and today, her stylist joins Rachael at the sofa, to chat it up. Rahni Flowers has been Michelle’s stylist since she was 18 years old, for all the big events in her life. Rahni says that in the 28 years he’s known her, she’s always been easy to talk too and what people don’t know is she has a great sense of humor too! Rahni says it’s really important that Michelle has a hairstyle that works with her active lifestyle, and he gives her instructions on how to keep the look even when he isn’t there too help.

Was the whole Inaugural frenzy as stressful for him behind the scenes? He says yes - but he knew as much as we did until he got there to do her hair - everything was top secret, even from him! But had to be a look that would stand the time she put in through the day - from Church to the very last evening ball…

She’s beautiful “inside and out” says Rahni, before admitting it’s a bit of mind-blowing experience, having watched her life transition - in all of his other clients too. “It’s amazing!” Will he still do her hair now? Rahni and the first lady have agreed that in the current state of the economy, they won’t be flying him back and forth, so he will train someone in DC to take care of her while he comes out for the big occasions only. Awww.

Rahni gives a couple of tips - for over processed hair, deep condition. Everytime you apply heat to your head, deep condition! Can you color chemically relaxed hair? Not really - but compromise with highlights, or extension highlights.

Then, we hear from Donna, who admits that she never felt like she measured up to her sisters, like she was the ugly duckling, the frumpy one. She says her sisters always look elegant and perfect and she didn’t - and to feel as beautiful as her sisters would make her feel more a part of the family. Gretta is in house to help her out with an updated look from head-to-toe, after they chat a bit about trying to measure up to other people. Gretta and Rachael both tell Donna she’s lovely, and they don’t understand, but it doesn’t do any good until Donna believes it herself.

The sisters are in the front row, and they were shocked to find out she felt that way, because to them she is beautiful and smart and “she got all the boobs!!” Donna says she’s hearing it, but it doesn’t sink in, so G tells her Seeing is Believing and she’s off for her makeover.

Meanwhile, Rachael shows more of her American Idol Set Crash from a few months ago, and then it’s time for some Amazing Animals with Jarod! Who does he have with him? Panda he guide horse - a seeing eye PONY, Willie the Life-Saving Parrot, who started crying “Mama BABY mama BABY” when 3 year old Hanna started to choke on her breakfast. And up last, the four-legged star of Marly & Me, who has a rags to riches story of his own. He was adopted just a day before he was going to be put down, and was casted in the movie on the first meeting and was able to play Marley from ages 7-9. Awww.

And hey, how’d Donna’s makeover turn out? Amazing - naturally!

What’s for dinner? Moo Shu Noodles.