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Aaron Ybarra has a blog entry about his competitive eating career which mentions his appearance on the competitive eating episode of Bones and recording a song with Mary Bowers.
"Nacho Extreme", a competitor in several eating contests on the A & E reality series Wahlburgerers, qualified for Wing Bowl 23 today by completing a cheesesteak sandwich eating stunt. He will face Lee Woodall, a former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, in a celebrity boxing match in Broomall, PA on January 31 and will also compete in a wing eating contest in Beverly, MA on January 17.
Rhys Hocking edited "Battle of the Big Eaters 2" to produce a version with only the segments featuring the Australian team.
Actress Donna Douglas passed away earlier this week. A 1962 Miami News article describes how she defeated the reigning champion at a pepper eating contest in New Iberia, LA before landing the role of Elly Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies. (She was hired to be a model at that competition).
Team Japan reportedly defeated Team USA in a in a tag team Mexican Chicken Steak eating contest in Battle of the Big Eaters 2. update A playlist of videos from the program is available (via Molly Schuyler facebook) update Jan 9 A playlist of the entire program is now available (via Rhys Hocking)
TV Tokyo has produced a commercial about Battle of the Big Eaters 2, which will be televised tomorrow.
The Ohio Deli, site of the Dagwood sandwich challenge in the Columbus episode of Man vs. Food was destroyed by fire early this morning.
TV Tokyo has a web page about Battle of the Big Eaters with pictures of the 4 person teams from the USA, Japan, China and Australia that faced off in Los Angeles last month. Molly Schuyler and Natsuko "Gal" Sone receive top billing. The program will be televised on January 1.
The New York Post has an article about Stephen J. Douglas, who has worn the "Frankster" hot dog costume during the Nathan's finals. He will play his grandfather, a crew member of the B-24 bomber shot down in Unbroken, the upcoming World War II movie directed by Angelina Jolie.
The Guardian has a cartoon about the World Pie Eating Contest in Wigan, England on December 18.
ComicBook.com has a preview of Uncle Grandpa #3, which features a tragic pickle eating contest.
Newshopper.co.uk has an article about the series of dessert eating contest videos produced by London rapper Joe Grind.
Archive of Our Own has a fan fiction about Marvel Comics superheroes competing in restaurant eating challenges.
In a Journal Star interview, comedian Barry Rothbart answers questions about filming Takeru Kobayashi for his documentary Hungry.
Adam Richman traveled to Decatur, IL to visit fan Silas Martin, who is currently in a hospice with an inoperable brain tumor.
One of the members of the Japanese "Battle of the Big Eaters" team was pop singer Moeno Azuki. She has a blog and twitter.
ScreenCrush has a list of the best acts of gluttony on film which does not include the The Blues Brothers ordering four fried chickens, a Coke and dry white toast or LeeLoo, the genetically enhanced superwoman from The Fifth Element pounding down whole chickens as if they were McNuggets. Does anyone have other notable omissions?
Col the Conqueror reports that Pat Bertoletti and Molly Schuyler were members of the USA team for Battle of the Big Eaters 2. update Gal Sone was on the Japanese team.
The 1958 episode of The Real McCoys featuring a corn eating contest can be viewed on youtube.
DK's Donuts & Bakery has a gallery of Beverly (Hills) Gardens Park, where a team from the United States will face a Chinese team in a Maple Bacon Bliss bar eating contest for Battle of the Big Eaters 2, which will be televised by TV Tokyo on New Year's Day.
The New York Times obituary for Mike Nichols, director of The Graduate, mentions his victory in a pie eating contest.
New Media Rockstars has an interview with Harley Morenstein of Epic Meal Time about the second season of Epic Meal Empire, his show on A & E's FYI channel.
Col the Conqueror reports that TV Tokyo's Battle of the Big Eaters 2 will be recorded next weekend in Los Angeles. Quartets from Japan, Australia, China and the USA will face off.
Extras are needed for a waffle eating contest scene for "Williamsport," a Chapman University student movie filming this weekend in Costa Mesa, CA.
The LA Times has an article about Syrian rebels. The insurgent known as Qusai Zakarya was a big Man v. Food fan before he became an activist against the Assad regime.
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