LAS VEGAS--Even in this over-the-top town famed for all-you-can-eat spreads, nobody had ever seen one quite like this: Forty soups, 100 salads and 150 desserts perched upon a 500-foot maze of tables.
It was enough--510 different dishes in all--to qualify Tuesday for a Guinness record for the World's Largest Buffet.
Las Vegas Hilton Executive Chef George Bargisen spent 24 hours straight overseeing the mammoth spread, which included dishes from a dozen ethnic cuisines and offered everything from salmon Wellington to fried alligator, and from pumpkin pie to baklava and pistachio truffles.
Proceeds from the $7.50-a-head buffet were donated to hunger relief charity America's Second Harvest. ----
Just another Tuesday dinner for the League. Dude, what I would give to have been there. And the price was so right!
-wrote a 12-page mission statement for a global health initiative -conducted nine interviews in two days -drafted three articles: 700 words, 400 words, and 300 words apiece -edited 11 ads -coordinated two photo shoots -made 20,049 local and 6,781 long-distance phone calls* -sent 942,556 e-mails*
This weekend, I will: -bake a dulce de leche cheesecake -eat said cheesecake -sleep for 36 hours straight
I had a whole tirade written about the Oscars shafting Batman Begins and the 40-Year-Old Virgin, but why even bother?
Here are my picks for Oscar 2006:
Best Picture Brokeback Mountain: Should win; will win Capote Crash: I kinda want to go out on a limb for this one, but it's not a good risk Good Night, and Good Luck Munich
Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote: Will win Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain: Should win; c'mon, the dude was in A Knight's Tale Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Actress Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents Felicity Huffman, Transamerica: Should win Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice Charlize Theron, North Country Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line: Will win; she's got the popularity contest locked
Best Supporting Actor George Clooney, Syriana: Will win; he was almost paralyzed during the filming Matt Dillon, Crash Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man: Will win someday, but not for this movie Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain: Should win; because he's adorable William Hurt, A History of Violence
Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams, Junebug Catherine Keener, Capote Frances McDormand, North Country Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener: Will win; she follows a long line of ingenues (Cate, Renee, Jennifer, Angelina, etc) Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain: Should win; c'mon, the girl was in Dawson's Creek
Best Director George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Paul Haggis, Crash: Should win; I think there's something like 74,503 speaking parts in the movie Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain: Will win; go Asia! Bennett Miller, Capote Steven Spielberg, Munich
Best Adapted Screenplay Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain: Will win; should win Dan Futterman, Capote Jeffrey Caine, The Constant Gardener Josh Olson, A History of Violence Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich
Best Original Screenplay Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash: Will win; the consolation prize for not getting Best Picture George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck Woody Allen, Match Point Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale Stephen Gaghan, Syriana: Should win; I'm still confused on a few of the plot points, but it's a very compelling story
But most importantly, I'm wearing this Oscar de la Renta dress with these Dolce & Gabbana slingbacks.
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