ShowbizSpy.com reports from the set of Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller’s new movie:

A source said: “Both Keira and Sienna have bigger appetites than many of the men on set. Keira was told to beef up for the role and she and Sienna have been having food competitions to see who can eat the most.

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IFOCE.com reports that Kobayashi’s injury status is listed as “day to day”

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LancasterOnline.com did an article about Sonya Thomas to preview the Shoo Fly Pie contest.

Though Thomas prefers salads and sushi, most days she has to eat on the job. She often avoids her favorite Korean restaurants, where too many fans recognize her.

“When I go eat, I don’t like the people bothering me,” she says. “When I eat, I want to enjoy my food.”

Thomas starts her day with coffee. After the lunch rush, she grabs a crispy chicken sandwich — hold the mayo — chicken tenders and king-sized french fries, washing it down with three or four king-sized Diet Cokes.

“Every day (it’s) the same food,” she says of the approximately 1,900-calorie midday meal. “It never changes.”

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(From R Suzuki) ntv.co.jp reports that Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota remains winless against girl groups after losing to Gyaruru (He lost to Morning Musume in their 2001 Christmas special) Shirota wore a wig and competed as “Jumbo Kurota”

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Brian Seiken has started a page devoted to what he considers mistakes by MLE. The first entries deal with problems at the Shoo Fly Pie contest and Zoo Atlanta Nathan’s qualifier.

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Brian Seiken has a video of the entire Molly Pitcher qualifier along with his appearance on WB 11 at http://hometown.aol.com/beautifulbrian43/pitcherwrap.html

Steakbellie has a gallery of the contest

Wackbag.com has a forum thread devoted to Philbin’s victory

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In his most recent blog entry, Kobayashi reports that he is suffering from temporomandibular joint disorder (which is translated from Japanese as gnathal arthropathy), making opening his mouth difficult (automatically translated):

As for the gnathal arthropathy for the food fighter, if you refer to the baseball, kind of those where the pitcher breaks down the elbow.

Speaking honestly, the finishing the fact that it makes cure almost is desperate circumstance to the conference July 4th.

Say, not to be story of the conference of Nathan’s, the serious problem which relates to also future activity.

It is the fatal wound.

In order to cure, repose and long-term remedy are necessary.

update France24 has a translation of Kobayashi’s blog entry

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PittsburghLive.com has an article about the pierogie contest containing the following results:

1. Ian Hickman, 51 pierogies
2. “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder, 49 (almost DQed)
4. Bob “Killer” Kuhns, 46

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From Erik Denmark’s blog

1 Arturo Rios
2 Erik “the Red” Denmark
3 Crazy Legs Conti

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From IFOCE.com

1. Rich LeFevre, 21 jumbo dogs (equivalent to 34 HDB)
2. Jason “Erbivore” Erb 9 jumbo dogs (equivalent to 16 HDB)
3. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane, 8 jumbo dogs (equivalent to 14 HDB)

update Pat M has a flickr gallery

update #2 Song Monk has a livejournal entry with pictures and videos

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Shoo Fly Pie results from BeautifulBrian.com & Steakbellie

1. Pat Bertoletti 11.1 lbs
2. Sonya Thomas 9.3
3. Humble Bob Shoudt 9.25
4. Hall Hunt 6.74
5. Juliet Lee 6.66
6. Brad Sciullo 6.18
7. Pat Bruss 5.53
Chris Abatsas 5.48
Steakbellie 4.95
Brian Subich 4.88
Kevin Carr 4.5
Pete Mierniki 3.42
Paul Sakelarides 3.12
Wild Bill 2.85
Russ Keeler – not recorded but ate more than Steakbellie
Dave Shoffner – weight not recorded
Barry Shanebrook – not recorded

updated
Amateur contest results

1. Sean Gordon 4.41 pounds. wins amateur contest for second straight year
2. Andy Rearich 2.81 pounds.
3. Eric Detweiler 2.78 pounds

LancasterOnline.com has an article. A press release is also available.

update #2
megamunch has a blog entry and gallery
Steakbellie has also uploaded a gallery with 281 pictures

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Zoo Atlanta Nathan’s qualifier results from IFOCE.com and Paul Barlow

1. Dale Boone, 21 HDB, first trip to finals since 2004
2. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, 20 HDB, 2 HDB deduction for debris
3. Juris Shibayama, 18 HB
? Peter Davekos
? Larry McNeil, 13 HDB
? Paul Barlow, 10 HDB

update ajc.com has an article and photo gallery of the contest. Dale Boone has a manager and dedicated his victory to his grandmother.

update #2 Paul Barlow has a myspace blog entry about the contest

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InsideBayArea.com has a preview of today’s Nathan’s qualifier in the San Francisco area. Bert Chi and Jake True are two locals who will take on Rich LeFevre.

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A clip with scenes from the making of the “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho” video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dLN3vQsfaM

A slide show set to “Onno no Ultra”, the B-side of “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho”, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8oYxKXhKlI

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(From Erik Denmark) Erik Denmark has written a preview of tomorrow’s pigs feet contest that he will compete in. Some of the other expected entrants are Crazy Legs, Justin Mih and Skinnyboy.

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Tim Brown did an interview with the Boothbay Register on a trip back to his father’s restaurant in Maine.

Brown says that this is the first year that he has taken competitive eating seriously. He is now in training for the primo event of competitive eating, Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship on the 4 th of July in Coney Island. “Right now, I’ve been on the circuit trying to qualify for Nathan’s. It’s like the Super Bowl of competitive eating. There’s no prize money, but it’s the one event every year that everyone tries to get into,” says Brown. Brown has been traveling the qualifying circuit for Nathan’s and thinks he is likely to get into the competition as a wildcard entry. To prepare himself, each morning and evening, he drinks a gallon of water as fast as he can, usually under five minutes. A couple of times a week he will go to a buffet. He shovels downs 10 pounds of zucchini or tofu. Brown also runs five miles a day, six days a week. Despite all this hard work, progress is slow. A year ago Brown could down 21 hot dogs, now he is up to 25.

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(from Dan Cesareo) A clip of next month’s “Science of Speed Eating” documentary on the National Geographic channel is available on the documentary producer’s website, bigfishdc.com

Contest footage from last summer’s Waffle House contest, Cherokee ribs, and Atlanta Zoo qualifier appears in the preview.

update The clip can be downloaded directly from http://bigfishdc.com/BIG%20FISH/Our%20Work_files/Speedeaters_web.mov

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IFOCE.com reports that Pat Philbin won the Nathan’s qualifier held at the Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza for the second consecutive year.

1. Pat Philbin, 27 HDB
2. Allen Goldstein 24 HDB
3. Arturo Rios, Jr. 21 HDB
4. Brian Subich 19 (out of wildcard contention)
5. Steakbellie 17.5 (or 16.5)

updatebeautifulbrian.com has a contest report

Steakbellie has a pre contest report

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Newsday reports that Nathan’s quarterly earnings increased almost 100% between 2006 and 2007:

Westbury-based Nathan’s, which started as a nickel hot-dog stand in Coney Island in 1916, said it earned $1.2 million in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended March 25, compared with earnings of $630,000 in the same period a year ago.

The company said sales in the quarter were $9.8 million, up from $8.7 million in the year-ago period.

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LancasterOnline has a preview of tomorrow’s Shoo Fly Pie contest with quotes from “Humble” Bob Shoudt and Pat Bertoletti.

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A letter to the Brooklyn Paper disputes Gersh Kuntzman’s assertion that Joey Chestnut’s mark of 59.5 received assistance from the Arizona Mills air conditioning:

Gersh is spreading lies — like the one that air-conditioning has a major effect on competitive eaters. It’s false! These eaters have been training — and air conditioning, let me assure you, is not a big factor.

Capacity is the only issue, and air conditioning does not change that.

The author lives in North Carolina, so he had the ability to show off his hot weather hot dog eating expertise at Concord Mills.

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Congratulations to Brian Seiken on ten years in competitive eating. He has uploaded a video from his first contest, the Oceanside Nathan’s qualifier on June 21, 1997.

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An alternate video for “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho”, set in a candy universe can be seen at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v661588CK67feBz

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A press release announces a P’Zone eating contest against Takeru Kobayashi:

Coinciding with the return of P’Zone pizza, Pizza Hut will launch a national competition “Dare You to Still Be Hungry” featuring Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi, world leader in competitive eating. Through the contest, consumers can enter for a chance to win a trip to New York to take on legendary eating champion, Kobayashi, in an event sanctioned by Major League Eating (MLE).

To enter, P’Zone pizza fans should visit pizzahut.com, upload a photo of themselves with their favorite P’Zone and write a brief description stating why they are up to the challenge of competing against Kobayashi. The contest deadline for submitting photos is July 1. The face-off with Kobayashi will take place in early July.

Entries are being accepted at http://www.pizzahut.com/vpofpizza/ The rules announce that one amateur with no competitive eating experience will be selected to compete against Kobayashi. The selected eater will receive $5,000 and a trip to New York City.

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Post-Gazette.com has a preview of Saturday’s AICE pierogie eating contest.

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