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Truffles, Caviar & Cupcakes: 2011 Oscar Food Preview Photo Gallery

1,800 pounds of dover sole. 1,200 Kumamoto oysters. 1,000 spiny lobsters. 500 pounds of smoked salmon. 40 pounds of caviar. 10 pounds of black truffles. 6 Spanish hams. In case you didn't indulge in enough food porn yesterday with Nikita's insane Russian music video, here's a preview of the food......
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Lobster Fellatio: Hot New Europop Music Video Trend

Europop videos are insane, trashy, absurd, absurdist and, once again, insane. Even by those standards, this video from Nikita is a doozy. Rabbits, lizards, rubber-clad vixens on stationary bikes (chafe much?), women in "Eyes Wide Shut" masks, food porn and porn porn. (Probably NSFW though that depends on where you......
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30 Burgers in 30 Days: The Fix is In (Day 5)

The BYOB policy and high-quality, humanely-raised meats at The Fix Burger in Silver Lake, earned it "Best of LA" status in last year's mega-issue. This time, we visit The Fix with an eye toward comparing their classic burgers with their kimchi-laden Seoul burger, a concept we recently sampled at Kalbi......
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Win This Now: Truffles + $100 Gift Certificate to Drago Centro

Starting today, Celestino Drago's downtown outpost of haute Italian cuisine, Drago Centro, is hosting a week-long Twitter contest with one daily winner receiving a custom truffle tower created by pastry chef Jashmine Corpuz. To enter, tweet @DragoCentro (in 140 characters or less) the truffle flavor that best expresses your romantic......
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Saveur Foodie Giveaway 2011: Did You Forget?

We hate decreasing our odds of winning a Wüsthof cleaver or a Le Creuset baking dish, but we'd be remiss if we didn't remind you that Saveur is in the midst of its annual Foodie Giveaway. The contest, which kicked off on January 1st and runs through the end of......
Not Shia LaBeouf but a piece of beef -- and the logo for Mad Bull's Tavern.

Mad Bulls on Parade: Shia LaBeouf Punched at Sherman Oaks Bar

Either Shia LaBeouf got rowdy and earned himself a punch in the face or he was taunted then sucker-punched by thugs on his way out of a bar. In both versions, the Steven Spielberg-baiting, Carey Mulligan-dating "Transformers" star (let's not dwell on "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps") got clocked in......