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[UPDATE: Giveaway is over.] "Due to the large volume of visitors we are experiencing--since our "World's Best" Mac & Cheese became a favorite of a certain TV talkshow diva--we are currently offering a limited version of our website," explains Beechershandmadecheese.com. 

Turns out the "World's Best" Mac & Cheese from Beecher's is a claim Oprah might stand behind. To celebrate the sudden fame, Beecher's is giving away--that's free, folks!--hot dishes of mac & cheese until close of business (6 p.m.) today, November 19. You have three locations to choose from: their Pike Place store, Pasta & Co. at University Village, and Bennett's Pure Food Bistro on Mercer Island.

'Scuse us. Gotta run.

Long live The Lorax! Ten years after Theodor Geisel's demise, the beloved picture book will be made into an animated movie, starring Danny DeVito as the Lorax and Ed Helms (The Office) as the Once-ler. Dr. Seuss's widow, Audrey, is co-producing the film, and has said that the Once-ler will remain a mystery--the new movie will not attempt to draw the character beyond the familiar arms that show up in the book.

There are a couple of new characters in the movie, including a love interest (named Audrey, for Mrs. Geisel), and Rob Riggle (The Hangover) will play O'Hare, an industrialist type. Also, Zac Efron will voice the boy, now named Ted in an homage to the author. Betty White will play Ted's grandmother. In addition to being much bigger than the 1972 animated television musical, the new film will be in 3-D. (This will insure that actual environmentalists will not be able to afford to see it.)

In a world where books, movies, television, and social media are increasingly intertwined, could Tyra Banks be the new Oprah? The ANTM host Twitted that the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire, is “Soooooo good!!!” Somehow, I don't think Scholastic Press is going to issue an emergency reprint based on Ms. Banks' recommendation, even had Oprah already quit.

Speaking of Scholastic, the publisher is celebrating its 90th anniversary by, among other things, launching a social networking site called Bookprints. Users build a profile around the five books that had the most impact on them; the site also allows users to view the favorite books of celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, or former-President Bill Clinton. (I never thought I would ever have reason to mention those three people in the same sentence--I can now die happy.)

Publishers should be turning their attention to Obama's book club: the President's receipt of an advance copy of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom set off a small storm in the publishing industry, back in August, and the book has since sold briskly, despite Oprah rescinding her coveted Book Club invitation. In fact, every time Obama mentions what he is reading (or is pictured with a book) sales jump. That could be celebrity, or perhaps just the novelty of having a President who reads. When was the last time we had one of those?... (more)

Kathy Griffin's a busy lady.  Along with dropping f-bombs on CNN, she's always working on her reality show My Life on the D-List and constantly performing live at clubs across the country.  In fact, she's got two shows coming up in Seattle later this month: January 29th and 30th at the Paramount. 

Now on top of all that, her latest DVD, She'll Cut a Bitch, came out yesterday.  In the hour-plus of comedy, Kathy dishes on celebs, as per usual.  TV Squad put it best: "But the focus is always celebrities, and no one drops a name like Griffin. She tells the story of sharing her birthday cake with Cher (who is apparently a D-List fan), meeting James Gandolfini, trying to resist laughing at Tracy Morgan making fun of Oprah Winfrey while Winfrey is within earshot, and questioning the Jonas Brothers' appeal."

The SunBreak has two copies of the DVD to give away.  Enter below for your chance to win.  We'll be drawing two winners' names Friday at noon.