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Jamie Oliver’s "Food Revolution" in Los Angeles

Source: LAist - Jamie is trying to get into the LAUSD as part of his food advocacy efforts, but he’s been told he and his Emmy-award winning show are not welcome in our schools. Spend five minutes talking with the impassioned chef, and you’ll know that a “no” won’t stop him from trying. Yesterday, there was a sign that his very vocal perseverance may eventually pay off.

The Huffington Post ran an op-ed piece from Megan Chernin, Chair of the Board of MLA Partner Schools. This organization independently operates two South LA schools in a unique partnership with the LAUSD. Chernin pointed out that a high percentage of the children served by the LAUSD are obese or nearly so, with 50 percent of the 6,300 students at MLA Partner Schools hitting that mark.

“We cannot put this issue on the back burner,” says Chernin, “And, that's why I want to listen to what Jamie Oliver has to say.” She says that at the core, what needs to change is unhealthy diets and poor eating habits. Chernin thinks that if a celebrity chef who happens to have a hit reality show wants to help her to help her students, the least she can do is invite him to lunch.

LAist recently met with Jamie, who has just begun filming the second season of “Food Revolution,” at his set in Westwood near UCLA. The reality crews were rolling as Jamie told us about how he keeps them well-fed on set. He talked about what challenges Americans face and changes they can make to improve their health. And, as it’s the cause close to his heart, Jamie brings it all back to school kids.

Matt Damon's Wife Welcomes Another Girl

Source: US Magazine - Matt Damon and wife Luciana have welcomed another baby girl, his rep tells UsMagazine.com.

Their daughter, Stella Zavala Damon, was born Wednesday.

"My wife is about to have our fourth kid and we've drawn a line in the sand," he recently told Parade. "This is it. Our lives are full and wonderful and we're done having kids."

Married since 2005, the two are already raising three daughters: Isabella, 4, and Gia, 2, plus Luciana's daughter Alexia, 11, from a previous relationship.

"Lucy is in her third trimester for the fourth time and I think that's about enough to ask of any woman," Damon said. "I don't want to turn her into Ethel Kennedy," the political matriarch who famously bore 11 children. 

Added Damon, 40: "If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be number one."

Schwarzenegger Folly at the Ballot Box

Source: LAist - The Governor of California ran into some trouble yesterday while casting his ballot in the Statewide Direct Primary. After filling out his ballot at Kenter Canyon Elementary School, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found it was rejected by the machine since he'd mistakenly marked votes for two Republican Senate candidates, explains KTLA.

Pollworker Keta Hodgson explained the issue to Schwarzenegger, and offered him the option to override the rejection and have his Senate vote not be counted, or destroy the ballot and vote on a new one. Schwarzenegger opted for the "do-over," and went back to the booth to mark a fresh ballot--this time one that was accepted without issue.

Actor Kevin Costner Welcomes Seventh Child

Source: CBS - Oscar-winning director and actor Kevin Costner is a dad for the seventh time. Costner, 55, and his wife Christine Baumgartner, 36, welcomed their third child, a baby girl named Grace Avery Costner, on Wednesday, June 2.

Grace Avery arrived at 5:46 p.m. in California. She weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 21 inches at birth. The couple's rep tells People magazine that both mother and daughter are doing well.

The "Dancing with Wolves" star married Baumgartner, a German model, back in 2004. They have two other sons together - Hayes Loan, 16 months, and Cayden Wyatt, 3. Costner has four other children from a previous marriage. His eldest child is 25 years old.

Costner recently made headlines with his company, Ocean Therapy Solutions. BP officials agreed to test his company's oil-cleaning device, which could separate oil from water, as part of an effort to clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf.

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"Babies" Watched by the Whole World

Source: CBS - If you're a mom, heck, if you're a human, "Babies" might be the ultimate feel-good film.

CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith reports the film chronicles the first year in the lives of four babies from four walks of life: Mongolia, Japan, Namibia, and the United States.

The idea was to make a wildlife film of sorts: just lock down the camera, and watch what happens.

"You can see them learning very little things like eating a rock," said producer Alain Chabat. "It's not good, I won't eat a rock."

While some may gasp at the ideas other cultures have of babyproofing - there is a unifying theme: love.

Every parent knows you put a kid in front of a camera and magic happens. But this is a 79-minute film with no big stars, no dialogue, no narration. So the question are babies bankable box office?

"People are wondering - are 'babies' the new penguins?" asked Entertainment Weekly's Jill Bernstein.

She's referring to "March of the Penguins," which won Best Documentary in 2006, grossing over $77 million. That film had more of a plot, but some say "Babies" makes up for it in cuteness.

"That baby doesn't know you're watching it and it's fascinating to watch a creature that doesn't know he or she is being watched," Bernstein said.

Thanks in part to a perfectly timed Mother's Day release, "Babies" has already gotten lots of attention: Newspaper headlines, a Facebook page, and over 400,000 hits on YouTube.

While it may not be able to take on that other film opening this weekend, "Iron Man 2," "Babies" does have a built in audience. Even Iron Man had a mother.

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