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Top Chef 7 »     by Andy Dehnart / January 10, 2012, 11:28 AM The cast of Top Chef DC lived in a Washington, DC, home now owned by Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman . It has five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, and it was sold to him in 2010—the same year the show debuted—for $3.6 million. Zillow’s profile of the house has pictures and says its current rent estimate is just over $8,000 a month. There’s a video tour of the house on Bravo’s site if you need to refresh your memory. msnbc.com rounded up images and details about all of the candidates’ houses, and notes that it “housed the seventh season cast of ‘Top Chef’ prior to Huntsman and his family moving in.” View the original article here

Donald Trump’s decision to transition from reality star to nonsense-spewing potential presidential candidate has already threatened Celebrity Apprentice, leading people to tune out when they should be tuned in to one of the better reality shows on TV, from its focus on raising money for charity to its focus on crazypants celebrities. But now, Trump’s decision to use the show’s finale to announce a press conference to announce whether he is running for president or is just full of shit has the potential to further damage the series, because it brings his nutballs politics into a show that is otherwise pretty apolitical. I’ve argued that it’s possible to watch and enjoy the show even though Trump is an ass , but if he starts talking about Obama’s birth certificate on the finale, I hope someone pulls out his weave for being so stupid and hurting his greatest asset. And if he does actually run, it will most likely mean the end of The Apprentice, because NBC would have to give equal time ...