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Is Angelina Jolie a drunk, Sandra Lee-style semi-homemade cook?

By Nathan Sanders |

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There are a few pieces of Angelina Jolie news today, and I just thought I’d put them all in one sketchy post. First up – Britain’s Sun newspaper is running a big story called “Angelina Jolie’s Lolita Secret”. The report consists of what they think will go into Andrew Morton’s biography of Angelina. Unfortunately, this rumor was already promoted by Star Magazine back in May – there really is nothing new. The claim is that a very young (like, 15-year-old) Angelina “seduced” her mother’s boyfriend. Unfortunately for both the original report and this one from The Sun, if it’s true, it’s statutory rape, not “seduction”.

Next up: does Angelina bake? I don’t have an image of her as a baker. Or as any kind of cooker, griller, or fryer. But Sandra Lee, hostess of the Food Network’s “Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee” thinks Angelina is a baker. Sort of. While promoting her show, Sandra Lee told People Magazine that one of Angelina’s friends told her that Angelina used one of Sandra’s recipes for a birthday cake. Right. As fans of Sandra’s show know (and I count myself among them), Sandra gets drunk a lot. She can’t even make herself breakfast without pouring ten jiggers of bourbon into some kind of half-assed breakfast cocktail (“The breakfast bourbon cocktail,” Sandra might say. “Ten shots of Bourbon for every one splash of maple syrup!”). So just read this with the knowledge that Sandra was most likely totally drunk:

She’s a working mom – one who juggles six kids, a movie career and philanthropy – but Angelina Jolie still found time to whip up a sweet treat for son Maddox’s birthday in August, thanks to TV chef Sandra Lee.

“I was really surprised when her friend let me know she made my No Bake birthday cake,” says Lee, whose show hit Food Network show, Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, provides viewers with no-fuss recipes prepared in minutes. “She’s a Semi-Homemade mommy just like the rest of us!”

The cake, which Lee says is “a beautiful display that anyone can do in five minutes,” starts with a store-bought white sheet cake, topped with a plain white round cake and then surrounded by cupcakes and pre-decorated cookies. “What’s great is that you get to personalize that beautiful display,” says Lee.

“She’s a very busy, overextended mother,” Lee, 43, tells PEOPLE. “I’m very proud not just that she made my cake but that someone of her stature isn’t delegating these [tasks], like her children’s birthday, to other people. I’m glad she loves the show and that the kids apparently also watch it too.”

[From People]

Bless her drunk heart. Sandra Lee is one of my favorites, along with Giada deLaurentis and Ina Garten. But my absolute favorite is Paula Deen. Watching her show is like food pr0n. Mmm… butter.

My last piece of Angelina news is actually more about Slumdog Millionaire beauty Freida Pinto. When Pinto was interviewed recently, she talked about how cool Angelina was when they met during the awards season. Freida said: “I think she’s a lovely person who is there for people who are just starting off, for starters like me. She said, ‘Just enjoy this because you never know if it’s going to happen again.’ She’s a lovely lady. I don’t know what else she said to me, but I wanted to go up to her and say, ‘Adopt me!'” Hm… if I was Angelina, I would try to adopt Dev Patel (swoon!) before Freida, but whatever. I’m sure Angelina was considering adopting at least one of those Slumdog child actors.

Sandra Lee is shown at the Daytime Emmy Awards on 8/30/09. Angelina Jolie is shown at the Inglourious Basterds premiere in LA on 8/10/09 Photo Credit: PRPhotos