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Kelly Bensimon Is Naked, Dating Sam Talbot

"Real" "housewife" to appear in Playboy.

Kelly Bensimon, one of Bravo's "Real" New York housewives, will appear in the March issue of Playboy, and she's dating Top Chef runner-up Sam Talbot.

Padma Lakshmi Is Pregnant, But Who's The Dad?

Publicist says it's a miracle, but avoids the topic of baby daddy.

Top Chef's host Padma Lakshmi has revealed that she's got a bun in the oven—but remains mum on the identity of the baby daddy.

The Padma Lakshmi Husband Drive

Gawker wants to find Padma Lakshmi a husband.

Padma Lakshmi is single. This greatly concerns Gawker's Joshua Stein. He blames the failure of the Top Chef finale on her singledom. His goal is to find a husband for Padma Lakshmi post haste. And you can help.

Gastrosexuals

The new metrosexual?

He'll seduce with his dicing skills? Yes, the new breed of man works wonders with a whisk. "Gastrosexuals," professional chefs and amateurs alike, are turning women on, according to The Daily Mail.

Padma Lakshmi Moves To Next Billionaire

Padma Lakshmi has an eye for powerful, established men.

The hostess of Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi, is a lady-about-town. She's been linked to several powerful men in the last year. These men included a condemned novelist, a private equity maven, and a technology guru. Pretty good work.

Padma Lakshmi & Billionaire Ted Forstmann An Item

Click for rare images of Padma Lakshmi From New York Daily News By George Rush and Joanna Rush Molloy Billionaire Ted Forstmann has trained his gaze on another world-class beauty. The financier, whose consorts have included Elizabeth Hurley and Princess Diana, has become a fast friend of model, chef and actress Padma Lakshmi. Their mouthpieces maintain that the two are not dating. But that hasn't stopped some from noticing that Forstmann has appeared in Lakshmi's life just as her husband, author Salman Rushdie, is leaving it. Reps say the 67-year-old tycoon and the 36-year-old host of Bravo's "Top Chef" have been meeting simply because she's become a client of Forstmann's International Management Group, the sports and entertainment marketing giant.