Posted on 02/12/2014 12:00:01 PM PST by kingattax
Paula Deen is trying to reheat her career.
A recently formed new company, Paula Deen Ventures, said it has received an investment of between $75 million and $100 million from Najafi Cos., a private-equity company led by Jahm Najafi, who owns BMG Music Service and the Book-of-the-Month Club.
Phoenix-based Najafi Cos. said the cash infusion will be used to help Ms. Deen establish new deals and move away from a pure licensing model, in which she sells her likeness and expertise to others. Instead, she hopes to take more ownership and control in partnerships with retailers and other companies.
Steven Nanula, a food-industry veteran brought in to be chief executive of Paula Deen Ventures, said the company is in talks with TV networks, retail chains and other possible partners, but has yet to announce a television contract or a major deal. The company declined to name the TV networks and potential partners it has contacted.
A Food Network spokeswoman said the cable-TV channel hasn't had any talks with Ms. Deen about re-appearing on the network.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
Paula, Oprah and Gayle also sit down for an intimate interview in Paula’s dock house. Paula opens up about her private and debilitating struggle with agoraphobia, the loss of her parents, her tumultuous first marriage and how she found the strength to overcome it all.
Later, Paula introduces her husband, Michael Groover; her brother, Bubba Hiers; her aunt Peggy; and her sons, Jamie Deen and Bobby Deen, as they all enjoy brunch. At the table, Paula’s sons reveal what it’s like working for their famous mother...and they don’t hold back. Paula also talks about her 10-year affair with a married man and preparing herself for love with her second husband.
http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/Oprahs-Next-Chapter-Paula-Deen#ixzz2t9DkKaLb
I dislike her even more, now.
As a big lefty herself, I hope this taught her what the left is really like. I want her back (but forget visiting Jimmah Charath to do a show this time!).
Same here. My wife and I used to watch her and even tried a few recipes. But she became too much to take when she became a cackling caricature that made the Beverly Hillbillies seem low-key.
I miss the 5 Ingredient Fix gal.
It sho' nuff ain't!
Oh - and to keep seeing the married man while in “love” with her soon to be second husband ?!
LOLOLOL.
Your snark is much appreciated, as always.
Book review...
You would think this would be just a minor part of the book—but it’s about two-thirds of the pages. She admits to lying on an application to get her food license, having a ten-year affair with a married man (which continued until just a few years ago, ending it just weeks before she married her second husband!), and allows herself to be used as a doormat by her drinking first husband.
Even her kids don’t have much enthusiasm for their mother because their memories of her are negative. Her children and step-children get thrown under the bus, especially her teenage step-daughter, who gets slammed quite a bit here. The problem is that Paula is a know-it-all workaholic who rarely takes much personal responsibility for her actions.
Instead she says to readers, “Don’t judge. It could have been you.” Well, Paula, most people would not have made some of the poor choices you made. Or if they did they would later admit more of their part in making mistakes. She not only preaches a bit, but she claims to follow God—though it’s hard to see that through her many bad choices.
This first half of the book seems to be just the sad story of a loser who goes through life directionless and depressed. The irony is she claims to have made good decisions. “I rely on my intuition and my gut feelings, and I’ve rarely been wrong.” She also says, “I can always tell about people” and yet consistently makes bad people choices. She even hilariously writes, “It was not in my nature to be with a married man,” after having a ten-year affair with him, including while she was engaged to her current husband! Those statements alone prove she isn’t being honest with herself since most of her life was one bad decision after another.
Then her life turns around due completely to circumstances and not her making changes. Rain brings a book editor into her restaurant, which turns into her becoming famous. Her dogs run away and lead her to her second husband (who surprisingly accepts her even though she’s sleeping with another married man when they’re dating). And then most of the last part of the book is her advice regarding cooking, business and family (all of which she seems to have had little success in).
LOL.
You’re too kind.
Thank you so much, Scoutmaster!
And thank you again for giving us the source of that information!
Another book review...
I’m so glad that I’m not the only one who had the same reactions. I read the book, and when Paula kept going on and on about how she had two sons to support I did the math and figured out that her poor babies were in their twenties. Hardly a poor starving mother with two toddlers or school-age children who would be truly dependent.
I also thought that the 10 year fling with a married man was incredible considering that her own grandmother suffered with a philandering husband. Paula showed little concern over the man’s wife or family, but mentioned a couple of times how she didn’t get to spend any holidays with him. So sad and so self-centered. I suppose she didn’t have to bring up any of this, but it gave me a really bad feeling.
I didn’t say that and there is no way you can suggest that my post even came close to your supposed interpretation.
What’s the point of having any name on a brand???
Buying made in America is not as easy as you would suggest. i do so as much as I can. I certainly do so in terms of food.
Computers, radios, televisions, cameras, most clothing (though not all), furniture, steel, ... pretty much everything that USED to be manufactured here has been moved out of the country.
'Cuz she's a liberal communist, too. Though, down-home and folksy as all get out.
“Her cooking is gross and toxic.”
And Moochelle will tell us to eat tofu and sprouts while stuffing her fat face with fried chicken, cheeseburgers and foie gras.
So true. I used to be addicted to their programming. The ideas and creativity. Now it is all contests and reality tv. Where is the cooking?? I am not interested in a bad show hosted by a winner from one of their contests. I miss the chefs and real cooking!
There was a stretch about twelve years ago when I got laid off and, at least until finding work again, spent a lot of time watching TV. Food Network at that time got me interested in doing stuff that didn’t come from cans or boxes. I especially enjoyed Good Eats and Naked Chef at that time (Alton Brown’s recipe for chocolate mousse from the “Art of Darkness” episode is to die for).
I can think of at least a couple former FN personalities who now have shows on PBS, and I even enjoy watching them.
Don't be suckered by the hype. 40% of our imports come from China, with only 2.7% of consumables, which isn't even a "majority," let alone a "great majority."
“A common rebuttal I got was, “How can it only be 2.7% when almost everything in Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) is made in China?” Because Wal-Mart’s $260 billion in U.S. revenue isn’t exactly reflective of America’s $14.5 trillion economy. Wal-Mart might sell a broad range of knickknacks, many of which are made in China, but the vast majority of what Americans spend their money on is not knickknacks.”
88.5% of consumables are made in the USA.
“Goods and services from China accounted for only 2.7% of U.S. personal consumption expenditures in 2010, of which less than half reflected the actual costs of Chinese imports. The rest went to U.S. businesses and workers transporting, selling, and marketing goods carrying the “Made in China” label. “
Statistics can be made to prove anything.
Tell me what is manufactured in the US with ONLY US components. The so called ‘made in America’ label has been a lie for years. Best example is car manufacturing.
Steel is no longer made in the US. Televisions are no longer made in the US. Most clothing (and I don’t mean Walmart) is no longer made in the US. IC are mainly manufactured in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and Korea. A few are done state side but not the bulk. Most computers are mad outside the US. We do still make airplanes.
Your point obfuscates my comments by not dealing with the actual specifics of what I said. I was talking about what we manufacture that list is short and dwindling. To tell me that a good has transportation, marketing, sales, etc costs built into the price is a straw man.
Your points deserved obfuscation, and I’d gladly do it again if I thought it were necessary. It is simpleminded to simply declare “Things aren’t made in America anymore.” I was merely pointing out you are wrong about that. If you had limited it to textiles and shoes (ie “Handbags and Glad Rags”), I’d have agreed.
Oh, BTW, it’s obvious you didn’t bother to read either of the links I provided for you, so “Bye.”
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