Television star Rachael Ray is promoting her latest cookbook, "My Year in Meals," with an event at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at Meredith College.

Quail Ridge Books & Music is sponsoring the event. Tickets cost $5 or are free with the purchase of Ray's book.

Ray will autograph all the books ahead of time. The event will held at Meredith College's Jones Auditorium. Ray will be interviewed on the stage by Lisa Prince, host of the UNC-TV's "Flavor N.C." Then Ray will answer questions from the audience.

The first 10 people who purchase five or more books will have the chance to meet privately with Ray to pose for photos and have her personalize their books.

For more information, go to quailridgebooks.com or call 919-828-1588.

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But the super new one I saw this weekend about Badin, NC's own Starlet Jones was Snickers. It wasn't because I learned something new about her, but because it seemed really honest about who Star is and what went wrong. Even Star's surrogate, Vivica A. Fox, (Star only speaks in old interview clips) admitted that Star fell because she lost her doggone mind. Or as Vivica put it "she liked the fame" and the fame can be "intoxicating."

I interviewed Star when her first book came out and she went all diva on me, so the THS rang true. And since during the course of the show Star says her weight-reduction surgery was the first time she had to shut up and listen to other people because she didn't have the answers -- and mind you, she was about 40 -- well, let's just say Star loves her some Star.

Also interesting, Star got away with all this until she got skinny. She was just as diva before as after, but it only got on folk's nerves after. Could it be that folks could tolerate her attitude as long as she had a visible flaw that diminished her a bit?

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