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Kitchen closing: ‘Rachael Ray’ bids farewell to daytime TV

If you’re not ashamed of where you come from, you never have to be ashamed of where you might go.”

When “Rachael Ray” began in 2006, its bubbly host already was widely known for the cooking shows she made principally for Food Network, including “30 Minute Meals,” a concept the former waitress and pub manager originated while she was a buyer for an upscale food market in Upstate New York. She parlayed that job into classes she taught to customers, which drew the interest of an area television station;

the segments she did there paved the way for NBC’s “Today” to feature her regularly, then for Food Network to begin showcasing her. Recurring spots on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” progressed to the point where Winfrey became an executive producer of Ray’s own talk show from its inception.

Throughout the run of “Rachael Ray,” the host has had a true partner in her husband, musician and lawyer John Cusimano. Besides contributing melodically to the program, he effectively became Ray’s co-host when the coronavirus pandemic forced her to shift production from a Manhattan studio to the couple’s home in Lake Luzerne, New York.

As for what lies ahead for Ray, she intends to work again with many of her “Rachael Ray”

colleagues in channeling much of her focus and energy into her new venture, Free Food Studios. It has a commitment for an A&E series tentatively titled “Rachael Ray Meals in Minutes,” the first effort in a new library of programming she intends to build with fellow producers she has worked with before. She also plans to nurture new talent in the foodshow space.

“There’s tons of great content out there, now more than ever,” Ray reasons. “We’re going to be working on platforms on multiple levels. The world is constantly changing in that way, and I feel so lucky as an American woman in her 50s to still be relevant. It’s exciting and cool, and it proves the point that you can do anything you want.”

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May 21

“The Ferragnez - The SeriesSeason 2”

This Italian Original unscripted show gives audiences a peek at the professional and private lives of digital entrepreneur and fashion icon Chiara Ferragni and versatile artist and entrepreneur Fedez, along with their firstborn son Leone and new child Vittoria. Chiara Ferragni and Fedez are back to tell the viewers about new challenges and successes, but also about their relationship as young couple and as parents. (ORIGINAL)

May 21

“The Secrets of Hillsong”

This four-part documentary series, directed by Stacey Lee (“Underplayed,” 2020) is based on the explosive original reporting on the megachurch’s scandals by Vanity Fair journalists Alex French and Dan Adler. It features the first interviews with former pastors Carl and Laura Lentz since their public ousting from the church, which for years counted musicians, actors, athletes and other celebrities among its flock.

May 23

“Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer”

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May 21

“Eureka!Season 1, New Episodes”

Legendary comedian, actress and producer Wanda Sykes returns for her second hourlong Netflix comedy special. From the challenges of raising Gen Z teens to the dilemmas of being a liberal in a hyper charged political climate, Sykes, renowned for her social commentary, delivers her insightful and ferocious wit and candor audiences have come to know and love. (ORIGINAL) New

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“Nancy Drew: Season 4” (CW — final season premiere, May 31)

The fourth and final season of the mystery drama follows legendary teen detective Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann, “Tell Me Lies”) as she solves crimes in the town of Horseshoe Bay, Maine, with her friends George (Leah Lewis, “The Half of It,” 2020), Nick (Tunji Kasim, “The Good Liar,” 2019), Bess (Maddison Jaizani, “Into the Badlands”) and Ace (Alex Saxon, “The Fosters”). In the new season, Nancy launches an investigation to find a group of bodies that have been dug up and stolen from the Horseshoe Bay cemetary.

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Katie Lee Biegel shares her jerkstyle burgers with coconut lime slaw, Alex Guarnaschelli shakes up a blue raspberry lemonade slushy and Geoffrey Zakarian rethinks the blueberry pie in an episode of “The Kitchen,” airing Saturday, May 27, on Food Network. To take a peek behind the scenes and find more delicious recipes, visit www.foodnetwork.com/shows /the-kitchen

This Disney Junior series is centered on Eureka (voiced by Ruth Righi, “Sydney to the Max”), a young prehistoric inventor who is way ahead of her time. She uses out-of-the box thinking to design new inventions and contraptions, hoping to make the world a better place and move her stone age community into the modern era with some help from her friends, family, teachers and her pet mammoth, Murphy. (ORIGINAL)

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Verstappen is in it to win it

At just 25 years old, Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has already made his mark in the racing world, taking home the F1 World Drivers’ Championship two years in a row, in 2021 and 2022. Verstappen shows no sign of slowing down in 2023 as the racing season starts to ramp up.

The son of two racing drivers, many would agree that Verstappen has a “need for speed” in his blood. He began competing at the junior level in 2006 and, by 2014, had risen to the professional level, becoming the youngest driver in history to complete in an F1 racing weekend. By the end of the season the next year, Verstappen had taken the title of F1A Rookie of the Year, cementing his place in the racing world.

In 2016, Verstappen signed with Red Bull Racing, the team he currently drives for.

Since signing, Verstappen has clinched several awards and championships and then dominated the 2022 racing season. Verstappen has taken that energy into the 2023 season, as he’s currently ranked the top driver in Formula 1 racing just a few rounds in. Racing fans and experts noticed that throughout 2022, Verstappen’s style and skill were bumped to the next level compared to previous seasons. Some noted that winning the championship title in 2021 gave Verstappen a boost of confidence that worked its way into his driving. He found a way to be both energetic and relaxed, helping him win 15 races out of 22 and take home his second consecutive drivers’ championship.

Even though the 2023 season just started in March, Verstappen has already won two of the first four, taking the top spot in the Bahrain Grand Prix and the Australia Grand Prix and second in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. Currently, Verstappen has 93 points (six more than teammate Sergio Perez) heading into the coming races. Red Bull Racing has 180 points, leading the Constructor Championship standings ahead of teams Aston Martin (87) and Mercedes (76). Verstappen is slated to race in the Italian Grand Prix, with ESPN2 providing live coverage on Sunday, May 21; and in the Monaco Grand Prix, which will air live on ABC Sunday, May 28.

Verstappen is a fan favorite worldwide — especially with his Dutch countrymen in the Netherlands. He was voted the most popular F1 driver in 2021 and consistently fills dedicated sections of Grand Prix grandstands with excited fans. If the 2023 season is to be anything like Verstappen’s last couple of seasons, fans will surely be in for a heart-racing schedule of races with Max Verstappen leading the way.

Full name: Max Emilian Verstappen

Birth date: Sept. 30, 1997

Birthplace: Hasselt, Belgium

Height/weight: 5’9”/158 lbs

Teams: Scuderia Toro Rosso (2014-2016), Red Bull Racing (2016-present) 2023 F1 Race Number: 1

Honors and achievements: Dutch Sportsman of the Year (2016, 2021),

Autosport International Racing

Driver of the Year (2021), Laureus

World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (2022), Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2022)

Did you know: Even though Verstappen was born in Belgium, he also holds Dutch citizenship. Because he competes professionally with a Dutch racing license, he is considered a Dutch competitor. Verstappen speaks four languages: Dutch, Limburgish, German and English.

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BEST ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIES

“Conan the Barbarian” (1982): The sheer physique that Schwarzenegger displayed was more than enough to make him perfectly suitable for the title role of this famously violent adventure.

“The Terminator” (1984): “He’ll be back,” indeed … and Schwarzenegger was, in several sequels to this James Cameron-directed action classic that was conflated by some with another “role” the star had later to get him dubbed “The Governator.”

“Predator” (1987): A clever merging of brawny military adventure and sci-fi saga casts Schwarzenegger as the leader of a team sent into a jungle on a mission that eventually pits them against a lethal alien.

“Total Recall” (1990): Easily one of Schwarzenegger’s best movies, director Paul Verhoeven’s intriguing sci-fi fantasy features the star as a man who carries another

person’s memories on Mars. And that’s just one slice of the plot that also includes Sharon Stone and probably the most unusual cabbie you’ve ever seen.

“Kindergarten Cop” (1990): Though the picture has its tougher moments, this Schwarzenegger vehicle has mass appeal as his police-detective character opposes as a schoolteacher and wins over his very young class.

“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991): Some smart shifts are made in Schwarzenegger’s character – giving him an upgraded, even deadlier Terminator (Robert Patrick) to deal with – in this excellent sequel.

“True Lies” (1994): Though this movie became a television series almost 30 years later, director James Cameron’s original version remains great fun thanks to Schwarzenegger as a very secret secret

agent and Jamie Lee Curtis as his wife, who learns his true profession in a complicated way.

“Eraser” (1996): Schwarzenegger sees plenty of action as a marshal in the Witness Protection Program who tries to keep a corporate whistleblower (Vanessa Williams) safe … but some of his opponents turn out to be quite close to home.

“Jingle All the Way” (1996): Schwarzenegger had a fun change of pace with this family comedy about a devoted dad determined to get a much-coveted and scarce action figure for his son as a holiday present.

“The 6th Day” (2000): Shocked to find that a clone of himself has replaced him at home, a man (Schwarzenegger) sets out to make things right before he can be eliminated.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Conan the Barbarian”

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Q: As your “Mayans M.C.” character — biker-group chapter president Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes — nears the end of his journey on the series as the fifth and final season starts, how do you see his arc?

A: Especially when I think about it, when it comes to EZ, it’s in these dark places that there’s a sense like an awakening that happens. It’s like you almost have to go through the fire, and experience the lowest of the lows, to understand who you are and to test it. I think that that’s where you find these characters.

Q: What do you think EZ represents on the broader scale of the human condition?

A: It’s like a lot of times, we use people or situations as excuses and crutches because we are afraid to be who we are. We are afraid to acknowledge who we might be.

What I have always loved about “Mayans M.C.,” and it’s a separation from “Sons of Anarchy” and other shows of this nature, is that this isn’t a character that just goes into prison and spends time there and comes out and it’s like, “Oh, it is just another day.” It is the story of this human being who goes to prison and who is transformed by it, who is traumatized by it, who carries that with him every day.

Q: How do you think that manifests itself in who we now see EZ to be?

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“Searching For Soul Food” (Hulu — series premiere, June 2)

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A: Especially when I think about it, when it comes to EZ, it’s in these dark places that there’s a sense like an awakening that happens. It’s like you almost have to go through the fire, and experience the lowest of the lows, to understand who you are and to test it. I think that that’s where you find these characters.

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This series follows rock star celebrity chef Alisa Reynolds as she discovers what soul food looks like around the world. As she seeks out the food, she’ll also explore the stories, the people, and the traditions of each place she visits, bringing her own flavor right along with her.

Q: What do you think EZ represents on the broader scale of the human condition?

A: It’s like a lot of times, we use people or situations as excuses and crutches because we are afraid to be who we are. We are afraid to acknowledge who we might be.

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What I have always loved about “Mayans M.C.,” and it’s a separation from “Sons of Anarchy” and other shows of this nature, is that this isn’t a character that and comes out and it’s like, “Oh, it is just another day.” It is the story who is transformed by it, who is traumatized by it, who carries that manifests itself in who we now see EZ to be? “died” in there. So, EZ has always been trying to go back to this place not the truth anymore.

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