NY Observer > Padma Lakshmi http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/40082/feed Articles from Observer.com en Morning Memo: Heidi Montag Kisses Off Correspondents' Dinner; Graydon Carter's Indoor-Air Act http://www.observer.com/2008/morning-memo-4-24-08

Heidi Montag reportedly bailed on the White House Correspondents gala when MSNBC wouldn't adhere to the demands of her manager and boyfriend Spencer Pratt for first class tickets for the pair, even though only Ms. Montag was invited. [P6]

Padma Lakshmi is apparently cozying up with IMG owner Teddy Forstmann since her divorce from Salman Rushdie. [P6]  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/morning-memo-4-24-08#comments Style Brian Williams Heidi Montag OJ Simpson Padma Lakshmi Star Jones Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:04:11 -0400 Irina Aleksander 68313 at http://www.observer.com Today at the Tribeca Film Festival: Baby Mama at the Ziegfeld http://www.observer.com/2008/today-tribeca-film-festival-i-baby-mama-i-ziegfeld

The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off its seventh year tonight at the Zeigfeld Theater with the big sparkly premiere of Baby Mama. The movie is about a single and successful businesswoman (Tina Fey) who hires a working-class woman (Amy Poehler) to be her surrogate. Can you believe we’ve gotten this far along in life without a wacky surrogate movie?  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/today-tribeca-film-festival-i-baby-mama-i-ziegfeld#comments Arts & Culture Movies Amy Poehler Baby Mama Jane Rosenthal Padma Lakshmi The Tribeca Film Festival Tina Fey Tribeca Film Festival Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:10:42 -0400 Sara Vilkomerson 68269 at http://www.observer.com Mmmm ... Padma Lakshmi Buys in East Village for $1.65 M., Replaces Fifth Avenue-Bound Parker Posey http://www.observer.com/2008/mmmm-padma-lakshmi-buys-east-village-1-65-m-replaces-fifth-avenue-bound-parker-posey

A basic tenet of East Village celebrity physics dictates that whenever a comely actress moves out of the neighborhood, another must instantly come to take her place.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/mmmm-padma-lakshmi-buys-east-village-1-65-m-replaces-fifth-avenue-bound-parker-posey#comments Real Estate Padma Lakshmi Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:28:16 -0500 Max Abelson 64256 at http://www.observer.com Can She Sizzle Sans Salman? Top Chef Tart Swoops into Strand http://www.observer.com/2007/can-she-sizzle-sans-salman-top-chef-tart-swoops-strand

On Monday, Nov. 19, Padma Lakshmi, the former model and comely host of Bravo’s reality series Top Chef, read from her latest cookbook, Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet (Weinstein Books, $34.95), at the Strand Bookstore near Union Square.

One might be forgiven for thinking that the title of Ms. Lakshmi’s book, along with her first, Easy Exotic, is a nod to her on-air personality. But one would be wrong.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/can-she-sizzle-sans-salman-top-chef-tart-swoops-strand#comments Style Padma Lakshmi Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:23:09 -0500 David Foxley 60779 at http://www.observer.com Eat This, New York http://www.observer.com/2007/eat-new-york Padma, Tom and Gail, with Queer guy Ted Allen and fifteen new contestants, head south to Miami for Top Chef.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/eat-new-york#comments Arts & Culture Padma Lakshmi Ted Allen Tom Colicchio Top Chef Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:15:43 -0400 Sara Vilkomerson 55004 at http://www.observer.com Salman Rushdie's 1001 Manhattan Nights http://www.observer.com/node/42832 On a recent Sunday evening at Babbo restaurant, a literary agent regarded a plate of beef-cheek ravi  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/42832#comments Manhattan Martin Amis Padma Lakshmi Salman Rushdie Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:00:00 -0400 Elizabeth Manus 42832 at http://www.observer.com