• English language tribute to Gal Sone
• Videos of Lynchburg, VA Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Forney, TX Christmas pie eating contest December 6 (open only to Forney residents) first prize is a large flat screen TV
• Kobayashi dyes his hair green
• Request for Atlanta area Tostino’s Pizza Roll eating contest competitor
• Picture of Juris Shibayama at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
• B. C. Pizza (MI, GA & KY) to offer Sarge pizza challenge

• The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
• Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
• NYC wing eating contest tonight
• Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
• A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
• Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
• Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes

Video from a quiz show in which the audience guesses how much Gal Sone’s waistline expands after eating a big meal has been uploaded to youtube.

• BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
• Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
• Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
• Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
• Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
• Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
• Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
• Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
• Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession

• Whoopie Pie contest preview
• Marshall Tucker Band to play at Krystal finals
• Bronx Bun & Cheese contest Saturday
• TV Champion, birthplace of the oogui boom, is canceled
• Gal Sone in Belgium videos

• Joey Chestnut no longer listed on IMDB page for Nacho Mountain in actors list
• Connecticut Post article about competitive eating and Ash Creek Saloon rib contest (link fixed, thanks Pat from Moonachie)
• English article and podcast about Czech dumpling contest
• Joey Chestnut to appear at final Battle of the Bone contest
• Short English article about Gal Sone biography

• Paul Barlow wins Six Flags Eating Triathlon (video file)
• Its eating challenges week at Two Bites in Suburbia
• Orlando columnist attempts Michael Phelps’ diet
• Wiki listing big eaters and extreme omnivores in popular culture
• Gal Sone samples and ranks all the items at an Italian restaurant and the pudding she chose for #1 becomes sold out

• Nathan’s hot dog eating contest August 16 in Stuarts Draft, VA. Prize is $100 gas card.
• Nathan’s finals gallery by FooBarDude
• Video of butter eating contest (will Don Lerman sue for intellectual property violation?)
• Website for Brooklyn pizza contest at http://annualbrooklynpizzaeatingcontest.com/
• Gal Sone goes to Tokyo Disneyland. (Her favorite rides are Space Mountain and Splash Mountain)

• Swallow Your Pride Wing Bowl documentary to be screened at the First Person Festival in Philadelphia in November
• English article (from Austraila) about Gal Sone’s loss in this year’s Gluttonous Queen contest
• Preferred seating for spectators at Chattanooga Krystal qualifier available
• Vancouver, Canada hot dog eating contest August 18
• Short article about Arkansas City, Kansas hot dog eating contest.

• 2008 IFOCE La Costena Chicago jalapeno eating contest September 14, registration opens Thursday (from Crawfish comment)
• Washington, DC pizza eating contest Friday
• UEPa involvement in Taste of Hamburg eating contest
• Jill Stoler on her appearance on the History Channel last night - future showings of Evolve: Guts
• Video of Gal Sone in Spain

The Mainichi Shimbun reports that a media event was held to promote the August 9 release of the movie, Kamen Rider Kiva: The King of Hell Castle Natsuko “Gal” Sone, who will play a Medusa character in the movie, appeared with two other actors. Variety of Japan also has an article.

The blog for Dirt Productions reports that principal photography for Nacho Mountain has been completed, although the final contest scene has yet to be filmed. A myspace comment says the final scene will be filmed on August 23. A LehighValleyLive.com article about the movie says that the filmmakers hope to release the movie on the internet in January and also play at independent film festivals.

Takeru Kobayashi is not the only Japanese competitive eater visiting Southeast Asia this week. Macau.com has a blog entry about Gal Sone’s event at the MGM Grand Macau where she ate 11 Shark Fin Soups, 6 French courses and 10 desserts. Gal Sone will next travel to Thailand. A show about her trip will air on Japanese television on September 16.

OnlineGamer.jp reports that a game called “Battle Eating Sushi Gal” will debut. Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s name is not mentioned in the article, so she probably does not endorse the game. The game will be free, but might be for cell phones only. No link is provided for online play.

Gal Sone’s most recent blog entry reports that her guest for today’s Wednesday morning contest was Keiko Masuda, one of the members of the duo Pink Lady. While Pink Lady had 9 consecutive #1 singles on the Japanese charts from 1976 to 1978, they are best known in the United States for their variety show on NBC in 1980, which is considered one of the least successful series in American television history.

Series DVD, youtube video of “UFO”

The book section of the Mainichi Shibun has an interview with Natsuko “Gal” Sone about her recently released autobiography.

(from Mark Schrimsher) CalorieLab has a short book review in English of Gal Sone’s recently released autobiography.

Gal Sone had a book signing in Tokyo for her autobiography today and she has a blog entry about the appearance. Tomorrow, she will sign autographs in Osaka. The autobiography is currently #131 on the amazon.co.jp rankings (The Japanese translation of the final Harry Potter book, which will be released next month, is #1)

Tomoko Miyake’s book of photographs is now available for preorder on Amazon of Japan. The release date is June 28.

update June 9 Gal Sone’s book is currently ranked #97 on Amazon of Japan, which place it on the bestseller list. A screen capture has been uploaded (click the thumbnail below).

Gal Sone’s blog has a report about today’s Osaka book signing

Yama3 went to the Tokyo autograph session.

• Video of El Toro screaming
• Shannon competes in the men’s division of the Vacaville onion eating contest and finishes third
• Furious Pete to attempt the “Italian Challenge” in Niagara Falls after getting stopped at the US/Canada border crossing update Pete finished the challenge in a record 30 minutes.
• Festival goal of 200,000 brats for the Madison Brat Fest
• Article about the Durham, NC Doughman quadrathlon (triathlon + eating)
• Jill Stoler interviews Ian Hickman
• Gal Sone article in the Mainichi Shimbun

• Sadie of Hungry Sisters got married last weekend and had a “wedding reception” at Krystal
• Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with a report from the Pittsburgh Nathan’s qualifier
• Beautiful Brian has a “bigger bit” about his second cousin Abe Vigoda
• Wing eating contest in Marietta, Georgia on Saturday
• Video of Gal Sone competing against Torii Miyuki in a Wednesday morning eating contest. Torii Miyuki is a comedienne who act consists of acting crazy while wearing pajamas.

Gal Sone’s autobiography is now available for preorder on Amazon of Japan. Amazon claims the book will come out on Saturday, the previously announced release date was May 27.

Sports Hochi announces that Gal Sone will be acting in the upcoming movie based on the television show Masked Rider. The website for the program has a short interview with Gal Sone about her movie debut.

(From R Suzuki) Gal Sone recently appeared on a television program in which she sampled and ranked curries from each of the 47 prefectures of Japan. The curry from Okinawa contained spam and failed to make the top five.

Like the curry Gal Sone chose on her previous appearance on the ranking show, the winning curry, from Toyama, was in short supply after Gal Sone selected it as her favorite.

• Article about Portland mayoral race with coverage of doughnut contest for candidates
• Gothamist preview of Tuesdays promotional watermelon eating contest at Rockefeller Center
• Steakbellie on qualifying for Nathan’s
• Reporter attempts to set personal wing eating record during morning newscast
• Cheeseburger eating contest to be held at Jimmy Buffet night at Newark Bears game May 23.
• Cameron McKirdy uploads 3 new videos
• Jill Stoler gets into Wednesday’s pickle contest at the Carnegie Deli
• Gal Sone gets a haircut and a new hair color

The meals Gal Sone endorsed for the Lawson convenience store chain debuted yesterday. Gal Sone has a blog entry about the release containing pictures of a store containing her advertisement. Gigazine has reviews of the meals. Lawson stores will sell the meals until May 19.

SanSpo.com reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s autobiography will appear in bookstores on May 27. The book will contain Gal Sone’s secret to avoiding weight gain

Tomoko Miyake appears on the cover of this month’s Maruhan Press magazine. Tomoko did an event today to promote the Magazine’s release

A press release announces that Natsuko “Gal” Sone will endorse 9 meals from Lawson stores which are are 1.5 to 2 times larger than normal meals. The meals will debut on May 6. In July, Lawson will sponsor an eating contest between Gal Sone and a team of 10 people chosen by drawing.

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