Padma Lakshmi

The auction, which is being organized by Lark Mason Associates, will run from Oct. 9 through Oct. 30. It will showcase over 200 items that Bourdain personally acquired during his life.

“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi is heading to MIT — this time as a visiting scholar. The celebrity host starts her appointment on Friday to discuss women’s health and gynecology diseases at the university’s Open Endoscopy Forum, MIT announced.

Celebrities, politicians and people around the country are staging walkouts in solidarity with the women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

They were honoring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke — a name unknown to most people until six months ago — who got the biggest ovation at Variety’s annual Power of Women event on Friday. Burke, who founded the MeToo movement 12 years ago and runs it out of...

The biggest fashion statement the stars were making on the red carpet at the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards? Turns out it was simply a small blue ribbon.

Four union members have been acquitted of extortion charges after being accused of intimidating staff and crew of the reality show “Top Chef” when it was shooting in Massachusetts.

The jury in the trial of four Teamsters accused of threatening and harassing the cast and nonunion crew of the TV reality show “Top Chef” has told the judge there is one juror who is “assuming guilt over innocence.”

The defense did not call any witnesses in the trial against four Boston Teamsters accused of intimidating staff and crew while “Top Chef” was shooting in Massachusetts.

In a surprising move, the defense has rested without calling a witness in the trial of four Boston Teamsters accused of intimidating the staff and crew of the popular reality TV show “Top Chef” during a shoot in Massachusetts.

“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi was in Boston Monday to testify against four Boston Teamsters accused of intimidating the show’s staff and crew.

Padma Lakshmi, the host of “Top Chef,” was in court Monday in the trial against four Boston Teamsters accused of intimidating the show’s staff and crew.

“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi testified Monday against four Boston Teamsters who are accused of intimidating the staff and crew of the reality show, saying she felt “bullied” and was afraid of being assaulted.

“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi will testify today against four Teamsters who are accused of intimidating the staff and crew of the reality TV show.

Jurors will be hearing opening arguments Tuesday in the federal trial in Boston of four Teamsters accused of intimidating the staff and crew of the “Top Chef” reality TV show.

Given what the cameras add, Hollywood stars start out some 10 pounds behind the game. Little wonder so many actors are serious weight watchers.