Watching Rachael Ray

Holy cow, it looks like Rachael has CLEAVAGE today! Now that’s a style team miracle win!

We start off today with America Ferrera joining us at the kitchen table, and how cute does she look? They takl about the emmy’s, and how it was to present as well as win. America had an Ugly Betty moment a the show - she stood up and the ‘bustle’ slipped out from under he skirt! She grabbed it and had help from Julia Louis Dryfus pinned it all together. She was so embarrassed, but made it to the stage in time and no one was the wiser!

Talk turns to Ugly Betty, and did you know some of the clothing Betty wears is from America’s own closet? She jokes “Betty finds a way to use it.” America is excited to have moved the show to New York, it’s like coming home. The cast enjoys getting together to go to the theater, and they’ve all had those ‘bad’ New York moments, like walking in to have the ceiling cave in and water pour into her apartment. She called the fire department first - and they were standing there with giant picks “…it’s a leak, what do you want us to do about it?” But she figures it’s New York, and you have to just laugh about it.

Her favorite celebrity guests on the show was Patti Lupone, who they asked to sing to them, which she did. She’d love to have Bette Midler have a guest spot on the show as well. America admits she’s her idol, it’s about being herself, as Bette always was. Rachael called up Bette, and sent a gift to America, a tree planted in honor of America through the Million Trees NYC initiative, and a handwritten note that America is to embarassed to read out loud - Rach has no problem reading it for her, of course. America is overwhelmed, and loves it. Behind them, Patrick drops something on the stove behind them, and they continue to chat. America would love Brad Pitt to stop by the show too - I mean, who wouldn’t?

They talk about the ‘getting ugly’ and Betty isn’t very complicated, she takes the least amount of time of everyone, about 30 minutes. Even the guys take longer then her! Oh wow - I didn’t know this! Ugly Betty is actually a world wide phenomonon. The Ugly Lucky from Mexico actually had a guest spot on Ugly Betty, and there’s several different versions world wide. How cool! (I’m a recent Ugly Betty Convert. I know. Always late to the party, that’s me!)

America admits to liking to cook, but not for other people, as it’s a lot of pressure to make it yummy for everyone. She enjoys it, and finds it relaxing. Naturally, they talk about their puppies - America has a great dane, Lucy, who’s taller then she is, and Buddy, a golden retriever, who’s still crazy even though he’s two.

Rachael promised to cook for America during their recent set crash, and America says she fell in love with beets - and Rachael promises to make her a dish involving beets, so they move to the kitchen where Rachael shows her how to make Un-beet-Lievable pasta with Tomato and Arugula Salad. Don’t forget to hit up the giveaway button for Ugly Betty DVDs!

Next up it’s the somewhat odd Rachael Zoe, Hollywood Stylist, who’s dressed Demi Moore, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Garner, and many others. She’s on the show today, though, to show us we can get glam styles on limited budgets. To put the concept to the test, Rachel Zoe rescues Shay, who used to be trendy before she had kids, and now she wears boring mom clothes. Even her daughters have better clothes! She’d love to look more like Kate Hudson, without the huge price tags. Her husband is a musician, who’s just gotten a record deal, and she needs to look the part. Rachel finds a similar outfit to Kate for just $79, including accessories!

Rachel says start with the inspiration, then do what you feel comfortable with. Get a great black one-shoulder dress, and you can wear it 100 times with different accessories and shoes to get totally different looks. Whatever you wear, wear it with confidence, which is the key to any great look. They then give Shay $1000 gift card to Kohl’s to help her get started on a new wardrobe that gives her that Rocker Wife kick.

Hey - what’s for dinner? Mean Green Tortilla Soup.