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Most restaurateurs and bakers will tell you they got into the business because of a love of their craft but quickly found the administrative end took up most of their time. Buddy Valastro, head baker at his family-run Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, N.J., and star of TLC's Monday unscripted series "Cake Boss," is one of the lucky ones. Though he admits he's found he has a flair for business, he still devotes equal time to baking, if for no other reason than quality control. "At the end of the day, I'd rather be doing that than the business end of it. The problem is that I'm actually really good at the business end," he says, laughing. "It's like a blessing and a curse, you know? A lot of people usually can't do both, but I'm pretty good at both. "It's funny," he continues, "I didn't have any schooling or training from a culinary standpoint, and I didn't have any schooling or training from a business or management standpoint. My way of learning was working at Carlo's bakery. And running a small business for 20 years really gave me a business sense to talk to CEOs of companies and heads of networks and stuff like that. I really, truly have to put that as the thing that's helped me so much, and if I didn't have that, I could not be the man that I am today." And after two decades in the business, he still gets a charge out of watching someone enjoy one of his creations. "I have my dream job," Valastro says. "I really do, and yesterday is a testament to that because I just had a long day, and at the end of the day I had to go finish a cake, and I lost myself in the cake. I forgot my problems of earlier that day, and I just kind of concentrated on doing something cool, and I stepped back and I was like, 'Wow, look what I did.' " BY GEORGE DICKIE Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro loses himself in baking What are you currently reading? "To tell you the truth, I don't read too many books, just because of the fact that my schedule is – I'm going to make a little confession. I don't get too much time for anything, and when I have spare time, I catch up on TV rather than read. I just want to veg and watch TV." What did you have for dinner last night? "Veal parm." What is your next project? "Well, we're working on a new show called 'Bakery Boss,' where I go around and fix up old bakeries ... . And this new show is where I go and help struggling family bakeries revert and fix things up and give them a breath of fresh air, whether it's through menu or design or cleanup or whatever it is. And I think it's going to be a really great show because we're really helping people." When was the last vacation you took – where and why? "True vacation, we went to Aruba, me and my family, over the new year. We usually try to go away for the new year, so we usually leave the day after Christmas and then go away until the new year, right before the kids have to go back to school. We loved it. We had a great time." BEST MARILYN MONROE MOVIES "How to Marry a Millionaire" "Bus Stop" 8 "The Misfits" The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • June 17-23, 2013 "Love Happy" (1949) It's surely not the best Marx Brothers movie, but this Broadway-themed comedy is worth noting anyway for one of Monroe's first credited screen appearances. "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) Monroe played some tough stuff early in her career, as in this famously grim John Huston-directed drama about a jewel heist gone haywire. "All About Eve" (1950) While Monroe isn't a major player in this classic backstage drama, it still ranks as one of the best films she was in. "Monkey Business" (1952) A potion that makes people act considerably younger fuels this Howard Hawks-directed comedy that had Monroe working with two other screen icons, Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. "Niagara" (1953) The title falls provides the memorable backdrop to this melodrama about a larcenous newlywed (Monroe). "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953) As Lorelei Lee, a singer on a cruise ship bound for Paris, Monroe is a blonde who certainly is preferred in the musical comedy in which she popularized the tune "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall play models intent on landing rich husbands in this classic comedy. "River of No Return" (1954) A harrowing raft trip, with Monroe on board, is a highlight of this Otto Preminger-directed melodrama. BY JAY BOBBIN "The Seven Year Itch" (1955) Street grate. Billowing skirt. Eternally iconic image. 'Nuff said. "Bus Stop" (1956) Monroe had one of her most challenging roles as a singer who becomes the obsession of a rodeo rider (Don Murray). "Some Like It Hot" (1959) As Sugar Kane, the comely cohort of two disguised musicians on the run (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis), Monroe is a major factor in director Billy Wilder's legendary comedy. "The Misfits" (1961) Written by Arthur Miller, her husband at the time of the drama's filming, Monroe's last completed film – reuniting her with director Huston – casts her and Clark Gable as a romantically involved couple with different takes on the treatment of wild horses.

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