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Top Chef: All-Stars’ Elia Aboumrad on Her ‘Humiliating’ Exit

On the Top Chef: All-Stars premiere last night, host Padma Lakshmi greeted Bravo’s eighteen returning cheftestants with a particularly nasty challenge: Remake the dish that got them eliminated the last time they were on the series. For season 2’s Elia Aboumrad, that meant trying the snapper steamed in ti leaves all over again. Once again, it didn’t go very well.

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Top Chef: All-Stars’ Elia Aboumrad on Her ‘Humiliating’ Exit

5 Great Performances Oscar is Bound to Overlook in 2010

If you’ve been keeping up with the Oscar Index, you’ll know that 2010 is like pretty much any other year in the history of awards-season: A handful of talent breaks out early, shifts position throughout the fall, then settles into a mostly predictable nominee bracket by the end of January. It used to annoy me, but the reality is that the system Hollywood wants is the system Hollywood gets. But at least we can dream, no?

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5 Great Performances Oscar is Bound to Overlook in 2010