First Lady Michelle Obama raised roof with the winners of the contest of young during the State of the children dinner on Tuesday.
The dinner had 54 winners recipe ages 11:52. There were more than 1,300 tickets for the recipe contest, which was sponsored by Epicurious and the departments of agriculture and education.
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Dave Rubin of the "Rubin report" took Comedy Central task the barrage of jokes directed at James Franco gay during his roast of actor nominated for the prize of the Academy earlier this month. (Warning: contains graphic language)
Joining Rubin were Erin Foley comedian and producer Jayar Jackson, both of which were critical of the event.
"This was only is another example of what happens in nationwide comedy clubs - is stupid types straight to making gay jokes," said Foley. "They don't know James Franco... sincerely, it is absolutely ridiculous."
Jackson stung even fewer words, stating, "call it a written sh * t talk night instead of a roast."
For its part, Franco does not seem to mind speculation gay. Last week, told The Daily Beast: "I don't care if people think I'm gay, and was like, ' Awesome!'" That is, I wish that it was. … I hope that I was gay."
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New York Jets tight end Jeff Cumberland (87) receives the ball unconscious by a blow of free safety Tampa Bay Buccaneers Dashon Goldson, well and outside linebacker Jonathan Casillas in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, September 08, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEW YORK (AP) - security of Tampa Bay Dashon Goldson was fined $30,000 by the NFL on Friday for striking New York Jets tight end Jeff Cumberland in the area of head and neck in the teams season last Sunday.
The coup, which drew an unnecessary roughness penalty, resulted in Cumberland needing stitches to close a cut on his chin. He was also one of the few games in Victoria 18-17 from the Jets that were fined by the League.
Linebacker Lavonte David Buccaneers was docked $7,875 for unnecessary roughness when he pushed quarterback Geno Smith Jets on the ground outside the boundaries - toward the New York field goal. Linebacker teammate Daniel Te'o-Nasheim was fined the same amount for a mask penalty during a punt return.
Jets safety Dawan Landry was fined $21,000 for unnecessary roughness after hit receiver Mike Williams, considered a defenseless player - in the area of head and neck when Williams caught a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews was fined $15,000 for a late hit from San Francisco Colin Kaepernick quarterback during the season opener. Matthews drew a penalty for lack of staff in the 49ers 34-28 victory Sunday after addressed Kaepernick outside of Green Bay in limits during the second quarter.
A brawl between players from both teams continued on the substitutes bench when Matthews and 49ers tackle Joe Staley began jostling.
Receiver Anquan Boldin San Francisco was docked $7,875 for a blow late on cornerback Jarrett Bush Packers in the third quarter, while linebacker Ahmad Brooks 49ers was fined $12.750 for a call of roughing - passer.
The greater fine of the week came on Tuesday, when the League announced that defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh Detroit was docked $100,000 for your block down illegal in the middle of Minnesota John Sullivan. Suh hit Sullivan during an interception return by linebacker DeAndre Levy Detroit, and penalty denied that it would have been a touchdown.
Washington-DeAngelo Hall was fined $20,000 for a tackle of Philadelphia want Jackson caballo-collar on Monday teams game. The penalty helped to create a unit of landing for the Eagles.
Carolina defensive Frank Alexander was hit with a $15.750 good for throwing a punch at Seattle Breno Giacomini offensive lineman. Alexander was expelled from the game on Sunday. Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright was fined $7.875 to grab the leg safety Panthers Colin Jones and trying to remove it from a lot of players on punt.
Defensive tackle Linval Joseph Giants was fined $15.750 for a low hit on quarterback Tony Romo Cowboys in the third quarter of the team Sunday night.
Were also discounted $7,875: Atlanta Kenny Vaccaro, Baltimore Gino Gradkowski and Jimmy Smith, St. Louis Cortland Finnegan and William Hayes for final blows; and Arthur moats of Buffalo, Anthony Castonzo of Indianapolis and Jordan Dion in Miami to make masks.
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' Keeping Up With the Kardashians': Kendall Jenner upset after being left out for holiday GreekWhile the family was still having a good Greek vacation time in the last episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians", was not the paradise for everyone. Kendall Jenner felt like she was being left for the rest of the clan when she was not invited in a four-wheeled ride or a trip to get fish pedicures.
Her sister, Khloe, Treaty of softening things, but it did not come off well. Kendall demanded that Khloe came, and then wanted to cameras that move. "No I'm filming this", demanded. "Enough already!"
Unfortunately, Khloe had to leave early, so big brother Brody came up and made sure that Kendall was included during the last days of the trip. Kiri Blakeley of the whirling wrote that the problem is that no one in this family strong and outgoing noticed how shy and sensitive Kendall was. "Teens are sulky anyway, but Kendall seems to rub to grow up in a family so bustling publicly," he wrote. Kendall "needs to learn to speak for itself. I imagine that it is not easy in a clan like the Kardashians, but if a girl does not grow a spine, she is in next few days much more petulant".
E. Online Andy Neuenschwander was surprised that Kendall was in the center of the drama of this week.
See the family on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on E!
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NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - A lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may have destroyed his career, as former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre put it, but for more than a year it didn't eliminate his pay.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc paid Tourre a base salary of 480,000 pounds ($738,000) after he was put on leave following the filing of the SEC lawsuit in 2010, Tourre said on Friday.
Tourre, 34, speaking at the end of his second week of his trial, said he didn't have a choice but to go on leave after the lawsuit was filed.
"I was hoping to go back to Goldman Sachs and in the meantime make the SEC understand this transaction," Tourre, 34, told the court. Instead, he ended up on trial in federal court in New York on securities fraud charges.
The trial has become the highest-profile court proceeding to come out of the SEC's probes of the 2008 financial crisis and is a chance for the SEC to hold an individual accountable for alleged wrongdoing on Wall Street.
The SEC contends that Tourre misled investors in a complex mortgage deal known as Abacus 2007-AC1. He failed to disclose to the investors that Paulson & Co Inc, the hedge fund of billionaire John Paulson, both helped select the securities that the deal depended on and at the same time was planning to bet against it.
The SEC also claims Tourre misled ACA Capital Holdings Inc, a company that Goldman hired to oversee the deal, into believing Paulson was investing in the deal rather than shorting it.
ACA later became an investor in Abacus and insured it. When the underlying mortgage securities turned toxic, the investors lost about $1 billion, while Paulson's short positions made about the same amount.
Goldman Sachs, originally a co-defendant, agreed in July 2010 to pay $550 million to settle the lawsuit without admitting or denying wrongdoing.
Tourre, who denies wrongdoing, said Friday that he first learned the SEC had sued him when a headline scrolled across his screen while he was at work in April 2010 at Goldman Sachs Group Inc's London office.
Tourre had told jurors Thursday that he earned $1.7 million in salary and bonus in 2007, the year of the Abacus deal.
His earnings in 2007 - particularly the extent to which his bonus was tied to profits he brought Goldman - may help the SEC show that he obtained money or property thanks to the alleged misrepresentations.
The reasons for why SEC lawyer Matthew Martens chose to elicit how much Tourre earned on paid leave were less clear.
Stephen Crimmins, a former SEC lawyer at K&L Gates, said while the pay isn't unusual on Wall Street, for the average juror it might sound "odd."
"It does in many juror minds create a troublesome point why someone that young earned that much," he said.
Tourre said the sum he earned on paid leave represented his base salary. Michael DuVally, a Goldman spokesman, declined to confirm how much Tourre earned after being placed on paid leave in April 2010.
After the lawsuit was filed and he was subsequently called to testify before a U.S. Senate committee, Tourre said he "had to take a step back and figure out what to do with my life given that my nine-year career was destroyed."
Tourre went on unpaid leave from November 2011 to the end of 2012, and is pursuing a doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago.
Tourre said he hadn't "done anything wrong, as I'm here literally to tell the truth and clear my name."
'NOT ACCURATE' EMAIL
On Friday, Tourre's defense team appeared to try to put an admission he made on Wednesday about an email he sent to ACA executive Laura Schwartz in January 2007 in a more favorable context.
In the email, Tourre said the riskiest slice of Abacus, known as the "first loss tranche," was "pre-committed."
Schwartz this week testified that the "pre-committed" statement was a reason she thought Paulson, who Tourre in the email also said was sponsoring the transaction, was an equity investor in the deal rather than a short seller.
Tourre acknowledged Wednesday the statement "was not accurate," since that part of the deal wasn't being offered at all. Legal experts have said the admission could prove key in the SEC's effort to convince the jury that Tourre is liable.
"This email undermines Mr. Tourre's defense and will force him to try to convince the jury that what he said isn't what it looks like - an effort to mislead a key institutional investor," said Jordan Thomas, a former SEC lawyer at Labaton Sucharow.
On Friday, Pamela Chepiga, Tourre's lawyer, displayed a series of documents including deal term sheets sent to ACA after the fact listing the first loss tranche as "NA."
Schwartz had testified she believed "NA" meant "not available," a reference to Paulson having already committed to it. But Tourre had a different definition, "not applicable."
"Because it was never issued, never intended to be issued," Tourre said.
The SEC is expected to rest its case Monday, and Tourre's defense will then begin calling its own witnesses.
The case is SEC v. Tourre, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 10-03229.
There are rumors that are swirling new daytime program that Katie Couric will not be renewed for a third season, the New York Post reported Monday.
Staff of Couric has had a high turnover since the departure of Jeff Zucker, who left to run the CNN in January. Sources told the Post that the changes have created a "stressful" situation with "personal rarity" and "no one decision-making." The newspaper reported that there have also been rumors that Couric could leave after the second season to Zucker on CNN.
Sources close to Couric, however, denied the rumors.
Zucker leaving the show, there are a number of important staff shakeups. Michael Morrison, formerly the Executive producer of "The Martha Stewart Show", replaced it, only to leave a few months later in middle of reports that he had been "marginalized." Michael Bass, another top producer, also left to join Zucker on CNN.
"Katie" was renewed for a second season at the beginning of this year. It was the program of the gatherings, which premiered in September 2012. The show also appeared to be hit in their path, as Couric scored tablespoons with Manti tea ' or and wanted to balance news interviews with loose day segments.
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