Would you rather pee all over yourself on stage in front of hundreds or thousands of theatergoers or have to listen to Rachael Ray for any particular amount of time?

Poor Hugh Jackman had to go through both. Jackman- who is known for his work on stage as well as in films- experienced a flub-up no actor would want to suffer as he performed as Gaston in the play Beauty and the Beast. Gaston, as you know, is the arrogant and scheming romantic rival of the cursed beast, hopelessly in love with his own reflection first and heroine Belle second.

Jackman wowed as Gaston on stage, and it wasn’t just his well-appreciated pipes. The actor also recounts the embarrassing tale of how and why he came to urinate all over himself while in the midst of a performance of Beauty and the Beast in Melbourne, Australia. Jackman tells Rachael Ray:

“The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was Beauty and the Beast. I was playing Gaston… Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it’s very physical. I had headaches everyday for two months. I went to an astropath [psychic] and he said ‘Well, you’re dehydrated.’ So of course [following his advice] I had four liters of water…”

The X-Men actor continues:

“I go down to the stage, getting ready for my first number… and I’m like I really need to go again. [The routine is] the most cardiovascular song I’ve ever done: literally I’m picking up Belle and as I pick her up, I stopped singing and right in that moment I realized the muscles you need to release in order to sing are the ones you do not want to release if you need to go… I’m carrying her [over one shoulder] not singing, and she’s going ‘What’s going on? What’s going on?’ So finally, it’s embarrassing at this point. I’ve not sung an entire verse.”

Thankfully for Jackman, the actor went on to stardom in the aforementioned X-Men saga as well as winning Tony Awards for Broadway performances. The interview on the Rachael Ray show airs Friday.

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Anthony Bourdain, best-selling author and host of No Reservations on the Travel Channel, apparently isn’t a fan of Paula Deen’s brand of Southern cooking. Well, that might be putting it a little more lightly than Bourdain chose to word it.

In an interview with TV Guide, Bourdain had this to say about Paula Deen:

“The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen,” he said. “She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she’s proud of the fact that her food is f—ing bad for you.”

He didn’t stop there, though. He went on to say that if he were in her shoes, he would “think twice before telling an already obese nation that it’s OK to eat food that is killing us.” Oh, and “her food sucks.”

Naturally, Deen wasn’t very pleased with Bourdain’s comments. Speaking on Fox and Friends, Deen said she was “shocked” over Bourdain’s comments, especially considering she has “never met Anthony.” She added: “I don’t know if it was a publicity thing or if someone had just peed in his bowl of cereal that morning and he was mad.”

Deen wasn’t Bourdain’s only target in the TV Guide interview, though; he also blasted Guy Fieri (“I look at Guy Fieri and I just think, ‘Jesus, I’m glad that’s not me.’”), Sandra Lee (“I hate her works on this planet.”), and even Rachael Ray (“Does she even cook anymore? I don’t know why she bothers.”)

Bourdain may not have responded to Deen’s retort directly, but he did make an attempt at resolving the situation over on Twitter by saying: “Resolved: Next time I’m asked (for the millionth time) who the worst cooks on Food Network are, I’ll just shut up. Who cares?”

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The Rachael Ray show has been renewed on ABC for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Former Food Network hottie Rachael Ray is one of very few to successfully transition from cooking show to hosting her own daytime talk show, winning the best talk show Daytime Emmy Award last year. Her show is also nominated for four 2009 Daytime Emmys, including best talk show and best talk show host.

Terry Wood, president of programming for CBS TV Distribution says:

“Viewers really responded to our initial idea to expand Rachael beyond the kitchen and turn it into a hit daytime show.”

So what do you think of Rachael Ray? Does she do the daytime talk show thing as good as she did the cooking shows? Leave your comments below!

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Rachael Ray’s talk show is facing a lawsuit filed by a former employee claims that he was forced to leave his job because he suffered from an eating disorder.

Aaron Ferguson, an accountant, filed at Manhattan’s Supreme Court against the Rachael Ray Show for discrimination and claimed that his supervisor (not Rachael Ray) made “Vile, discriminatory and hurtful comments” that led to him walking out. Other statements that the supervisor allegedly said to Ferguson included “Anorexics are sick in the head,” and “Anorexics should not be able to work.” Two other employees are mentioned in the suit.

This so doesn’t fly with Rachael’s hyper-happy routine.

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