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There's a reason everyone is told not to play with their food.

Paula Deen had to teach someone the hard way.

The Food Network star was in Atlanta helping Hosea Feed the Hungry & Homeless load donations for Thanksgiving from Smithfield Foods into trucks.

Some guy tried to be clever and tossed a giant ham at the 62-year-old chef without saying "catch!" or "fore!" or "duck!" Not cool. Deen was smacked in the head by the hefty ham.

"[The ham] hit me full long in the face and 'bout knocked me cuckoo, but I'm fine," she told local television station WXIA.

"[Paula was] startled at first, but quickly regained focus and kept her humor," the foodie's rep told Us Weekly. "She's OK now and is icing her face."

Just don't ask her if her face hurts—that joke is for the birds.

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Paula Deen is in talks to do a chat show. Do you rememember who one of her cohosts might be?

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Let's set the scene, shall we?

You are a college freshman at New York University. Your dorm room windows overlook the big, beautiful balconies attached to the fancy apartment building next door. You often glare at them longingly, trying to remember life before you shared a tiny closet with a total stranger.

One day, you hear Jude Law is coming to New York to do Hamlet on Broadway. Low and behold, soon after, you spot him doing yoga on one of those very balconies. You think he's dreamy, so you watch regularly.

That is, until he spots you. Gasp!

Law does what any man who has yet to meet his illegitimate new baby would do. He throws oranges at your windows.

True story. Well, at least according to the NYU kids and the New York Post.

Of course, these students admit they were shouting at him, waving and snapping photos, but tossing produce isn't exactly neighborly.

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Keep track of Jude and his baby mama drama right here.

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When little Chastity Bono wished television audiences a good night and God bless more than 30 years ago, who knew she'd look so dapper in a suit?

Now Chaz Bono, the daughter son of Cher and Sonny Bono gave his first live interview since beginning the process of becoming a man eight months ago. Some of his thoughts were downright enlightening.

"To me, gender is between your ears, not between your legs," he tells Chris Cuomo on Good Morning America. "I've felt male as far back as I can remember. As a child, it was really clear. I felt like a boy."

He goes on to explain why being a lesbian is just the "simple answer" for him.

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Vampires and werewolves aren't for everyone (yeah, right!). Just ask Miley Cyrus.

She thinks Twilight is bad news!

"I've never seen it and nor will I ever," she tells Ohio's Q92-FM backstage at a concert. "It's a cult. I don't believe in it."

And she wishes you all would choose between Team Miley and Team Hannah Montana rather than worry about Team Edward and Team Jacob. Or at least buy more of her T-shirts.

"I don't believe in it. I don't like vampires. I don't like any of the stuff. I don't like the wolf that pops out of the screen when I'm watching my TV at night. I don't like it. I don't want anything to do with it. I don't like the shirts. I don't like any of it."

Like, she's, like, really anti-New Moon and the gang. Like, really.

"And like, it's just, I feel it's like seriously it's like people get like really into it, And maybe it's 'cause I'm like people always like fall in love with the characters, I don't know. It makes me not like, I don't know. I'm not into it," she says.

"But I feel really lame cause everyone's like so excited and I'm like not gonna talk about it."

You said it. We didn't.

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Turn your head if you want, Miley, but here's New Moon Rising!

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Hugh Jackman, it's time to pass the baton.

Johnny Depp has been named People's 2009 Sexiest Man Alive.

He joins Brad Pitt and George Clooney as only the third to earn this prestigious title for a second time-the erstwhile Captain Jack Sparrow won in 2003 as well.

Too bad most guessers in the Twitterverse were completely off-track. The magazine offered clues over the past few days, promising the man on the stands would have roots in a foreign country, has proposed at least once and was taller than Ryan Seacrest. All signs pointed to Robert Pattinson or Ryan Reynolds.

But the magazine tends to choose an older, more established star, and the 46-year-old definitely still definintely has it goin' on.

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Levi Johnston must be more bashful than we thought.

After all the hype, the father to Sarah Palin's grandson won't be giving Playgirl the full monty. What a tease!

"[Levi] did not give 'full frontal' as his manager Tank [Jones] reported he would," Daniel Nardicio, a spokesman for Playgirl, told the New York Daily News.

However, the rep does promise minor peeks at Bristol Palin's ex's goodies and that the overall, ahem, package is sure to please.

"We're thrilled with the photos we got, and are confident people will love them, but although there may be glimpses, we did not get full on frontal nudity."

So much for that "aspiring porn" career! Sounds like there may be one less thing to talk about at the Palin family Thanksgiving dinner table.

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There was no nudity (or even a moon) on the New Moon red carpet, but everyone looked hot nonetheless.

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When you're as shiny as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, it would stand to reason that you would create shiny things too, right?

Hollywood's most golden couple have teamed with high-end jeweler Asprey for a capsule collection called "The Protector," according to Women's Wear Daily. The shimmering gold and silver accessories are inspired by snakes.

You know, because nothing says precious metals and stones like slithering creatures. And dudes with really hideous beards.

The limited edition collection hits stores this week, with prices starting at $525 for a silver baby spoon. Proceeds benefit Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which Angie co-founded.

Apparently, the mega-mama received a snake ring just before giving birth to Shiloh and she considered it a protector of her family.

Speaking of families, you'll never guess who else is designing glittery baubles…

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For all the love Taylor Swift receives from the music industry and elsewhere, she has a rather vocal handful of detractors.

Kanye West's giant diss was the talk of the CMA Awards Wednesday night, but he wasn't the only person who questioned the starlet's success.

"It's too much too soon," Wynonna Judd told USA Today of Swift's numerous nominations, especially the one for Entertainer of the Year (which she won, along with three other gongs).  "Time is God’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. It’s just too much of a good thing too soon."

But comparisons of the hip-hopper and country star's comments end there.

Judd didn't blog an all-caps opus of a disingenuous apology, delete it and try again. And we're guessing she won't be appearing on a talk show crying and announcing a break from the spotlight.

Instead, she wrote a short and sweet note on her website.

"I understand that my comment about Taylor Swift's Entertainer of the Year nomination came across as a negative statement," she says. "My intent was not to take anything away from her talent and contributions to the country music industry...all of which are truly unprecedented for an artist of ANY age. Taylor is a beautiful, hard working young woman that deserves the success she has had and I support her as an artist and as a woman in the business."

Yeezy, are you paying attention?

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See what else went down last night in our 2009 CMA Awards gallery!

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Since we've already learned that hand-holding equals a hot and heavy relationship, we'll have to apply that new rule to people who aren't in vampire movies as well.

Despite reports that 21-year-old Dancing With the Stars hottie Julianne Hough and her 30-year-old country boy Chuck Wicks had called it quits, the handsome pair may still be together.

And how do we know?

Because they were totally holding hands at the CMA Awards last night!

Hough skipped the red carpet—presumably to avoid questions about the breakup—while Wicks was working it for Entertainment Tonight. Later, both were seen standing together chatting with a small group of people backstage during the show. E! News' eyewitness claims they appeared playful, swinging their interlaced hands back and forth as they talked.

E! News was told they had been fighting over who would take possession of the house they own together, but we can assume they were discussing something a bit more upbeat as they watched Taylor Swift walk away with four statuettes.

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See what else went down last night in our 2009 CMA Awards gallery!

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We knew it!

When those photos of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart holding hands hit the Internet last night, we did a little victory dance. Seriously, it was about time.

We're not the only ones who felt that way. Costar Peter Facinelli was quick on the draw to Twitter his reaction.

No, he didn't exactly share in our glory, nor did he congratulate them or wish them luck and future happiness. Nope. He made a joke, and a good one at that.

"Co-stars caught holding hands," he writes next to a linked image. "Guess this picture proves everything."

The photo, however, isn't the one of #Robsten. It's of #Pellan—himself plus Kellan Lutz—walking hand-in-hand through an airport. It's almost as romantic as that pre-plane snuggle.

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Classic television never dies.

Apparently, in the case of Cheers and Frasier, neither will one of its biggest stars. At least, not for another 86 years.

Kelsey Grammer, who suffered a near-deadly stroke and heart attack in May 2008, told the New York Post that his longevity has been determined by a higher power.

"One day I asked: How old am I going to be when I die," he tells the newspaper. "And I had the Bible in front of me so I just closed my eyes, opened it up to a page in the Book of Job and I pointed. There was a reading that said when I die I am going to be 140 years old. And I like that."

The Hank star admits "faith in God" has helped him through his failed marriages, failed shows and other difficulties, but says he's not really the church type.

"I don't go to church," he says. I read the Bible a lot. I'm fine with the Book of Matthew because there's a lot in there about workout out your own salvation."

The 54-year-old Emmy winner also says he talked to "my angels" throughout his health crisis more than a year ago.

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Jennifer Garner pushes her little angels on a swing in the Big Picture gallery!

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It takes more than a revealing outfit and a hot body to be Megan Fox. It takes a mouth full of inappropriate sound bites.

Lady Gaga is well on her way.

Known for wearing little more than a leotard—giant hats excluded—the pop star was honored Monday with the Stylemaker Award at the 13th annual Accessories Council Excellence Awards. She didn't disappoint when she donned one of her hefty signature lace headpieces.

However, when she finally lifted the veil to speak, what came out was a Fox-worthy (not to be confused with Jeff Foxworthy) phrase pointing out her favorite accoutrement to any outfit. It wasn't quite what we expected.

"I think we all must remember that the ultimate accessory is the condom," she told the audience, according to the New York Post.

The difference between the two hot shooting stars? Gaga was said to have forgone the meal at the fancy event and played with her Barbie doll at the table instead. Something tells us Megan wouldn't take it that far.

Or would she?

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Both Megan and Gaga should be considered Fashion Police all-stars, don't you think?