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BY JAY BOBBIN Rachael Ray won the first contest, but she's ready for a rematch. The television cooking star engaged in friendly battle with another – Guy Fieri – last year in on "Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off," which saw each of them coach a team of celebrity amateur chefs competing for charities. The Food Network series switches coasts as Season 2 launches Sunday, Jan. 6, with new episodes taped in California. "I told Guy if my team won the first season, we'd go to his turf for the next one," Ray explains. "Every day was a separate location, so it was like making a movie per day. We worked these guys and ladies even harder than the first group, and it was incredible." Among the new contenders: Chilli of music's TLC, comedian Gilbert Gottfried, designer-author Cornelia Guest; actor (and Tori Spelling spouse) Dean McDermott, actress Kathy Najimy, football veteran and Season 12 "Dancing With the Stars" winner Hines Ward, singer Carnie Wilson, and Olympic medalist figure skater Johnny Weir. "There are no people behind the scenes making the food for them," Ray stresses, "or helping them out in any special way, and it's grueling. You think, 'Cornelia Guest, socialite,' but she worked like an animal in the kitchen. It's very humbling to see these people working so hard." In a way, Ray isn't surprised by such dedication: "We're only dealing with people who want to learn more about cooking. It's lovely to meet with all of them, but Hines Ward is the one I was so excited about. I'm a big 'Dancing With the Stars' fan and a big football fan, and here's this guy who loves to cook for his son. I found it so warm and sweet." Whatever the outcome of the second "Celebrity Cook-Off," Ray knows there won't be any permanent bruising between her and Fieri. "We've always said this is the most intense, exciting project we've ever been a part of," she says. "We were nervous to go back, because we can't physically show (the contestants) how to do things. We can only coach them, so it's nerveracking." Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? " 'The Leopard,' the Jo Nesbo book. It's a thriller." WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT? "We got out of a book signing late, so I was in a Georgetown hotel, and I had a small flatiron steak at the bar." Rachael Ray is ready to take on Guy Fieri again on Food Network Robert Downey Jr. Jesse Eisenberg Jim Sturgess 8 The Goshen News • Viewer's Choice • Jan. 7-13, 2013 WHAT IS YOUR NEXT PROJECT? "I'm finishing up my latest book tour, then I'm going back to finish up Season 7 of the daytime show ('Rachael Ray'). And I'm looking forward to the season debut of 'Rachael vs. Guy.' " BEST MOVIES ABOUT NERDS BY KATE O'HARE "PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY" (1999) Nerds and personal computers go together like peanut butter and jelly, and this movie told the story of how that happened. Noah Wyle stars as the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, while Anthony Michael Hall stars as Microsoft founder Bill Gates. "THE SOCIAL NETWORK" (2010) At the other end from "Pirates" is this 2010 blockbuster, written by social networking neophyte Aaron Sorkin, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the massive Facebook empire. Justin Timberlake stars as fellow uber-nerd Sean Parker, one of the founders of the musicsharing site Napster. "IRON MAN 2" (2010) Robert Downey Jr. stars as tech and engineering genius Tony Stark, a billionaire playboy who becomes a superhero after donning his creation – the high-flying Iron Man armor. Real-life geek heroes also have cameo appearances in this movie: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Tesla Chairman Elon Musk. "REVENGE OF THE NERDS" (1984) On the campus at Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits fights back. Freshmen Gilbert and Lewis (Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine) join forces to form their own fraternity in self-defense and embark on a high-tech war against the jock Alpha Beta fraternity. Also starring are Curtis Armstrong and Timothy Busfield. "21" (2008) Jim Sturgess stars as Ben Campbell, a superbright MIT student who wants to be able to afford to attend Harvard Medical School. His unorthodox math professor (Kevin Spacey) introduces him to an elite clique of students learning the skill of card counting at blackjack. Together they make secret weekend trips to Las Vegas to see what they can win. "WARGAMES" (1983) Matthew Broderick stars as a computer whiz kid who accidentally connects to a topsecret supercomputer that has complete control of America's nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game, which turns out to be the countdown to World War III.

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