The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan's take on the world of "Batman" is a very dark one indeed. Far removed from the campy interpretations of the 60s TV show and the Val Kilmer and George Clooney movies with their comic book style, Nolan's "Batman" depicts a very real feeling Gotham City on its knees. Society is breaking down. The police are stretched to their limits. Criminal gangs roam around every corner. And standards of journalism have gone through the floor.

Like "Superman", identifying "Batman" shouldn't be a major job for a determined journalist with a little investigative skill. He may be wearing a mask, but he's still very visibly Bruce Wayne, and how hard can it be to track something as massive as the Batmobile back to Wayne Manor? Unfortunately for Gotham, the writers of "The Gotham Times" aren't even capable of spelling the word "heist" correctly on the main headline of their front page.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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