Talk:Giada De Laurentiis/Archive 1

Picture in Article is Unflattering, Should be Changed
Something more neutral would be appropriate. 69.171.160.75 (talk) 04:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Height
how tall is giada? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.212.209 (talk • contribs) 22:26, March 28, 2006 (UTC)
 * No idea, Giada's physical measurements are not included in any of the sources currently available. --Allen3 talk 23:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think there would be any reason to merit such. Michael 04:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The article says just under 5'2". 69.171.160.75 (talk) 04:31, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Spokesperson for Barilla
I have removed the claim that De Laurentiis is the spokesperson for Barilla. The claim was unsourced by the original submitter, and after performing several searches I have been unable to find a source for the claim. There are however several news articles/interviews where she indicate that this brand is her preferred brand of dried pasta. --Allen3 talk 23:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Giada is a spokesperson for Barilla. You can find the info here: http://barillaus.com/Cooking_with_Giada.aspx or here: http://www.giadadelaurentiis.com/about.html. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Floatingpixie (talk • contribs) 03:27, July 23, 2006


 * The link to the Barilla site does not mention Giada being a spokesperson or any equivalent information (endorsement contract,... ), so it does not provide the needed verification. The link from Giada's personal site however does mention that she is a spokesperson so we finally have a source to verify the claim.  I have added the information back to the article. --Allen3 talk 04:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Popularity
I reworded her career section to state she is one of Food Network's popular personalities, rather than the most popular. Partly because there is no citation for the original statement and partly because it could be argued that Emeril Lagasse, Rachel Ray, Alton Brown and Bobby Flay all have legitimate claims to the title as well. Phimu222 16:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Grandmother?
She is also the granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.234.33 (talk • contribs)


 * Martha? There was a Martha De Laurentiis?  Since when? THE evil fluffyface 15:42, 3 November 2007 (UTC) 15:42, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * since 1954 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776646/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.201.90.28 (talk) 19:23, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Birth name
Why does she not have her father's surname, ie from birth, De Benedetti? Or does she use De Laurentiis, her mother's maiden name, for professional reasons?204.126.251.245 17:50, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Never mind; found the answer. According to a 2004 Miramax-published biography of Dino De Laurentiis, Veronica and her husband, Alex De Benedetti, divorced, and their children's surname was changed to De Laurentiis.204.126.250.64 18:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Still, Giada De Laurentiis took her mother's surname when she moved to California, she would not have been "born" with the last name of DeLaurentiis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.16.149 (talk) 23:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

recipe links please!
She does make some really good stuff; I know, I have tried cooking it myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.63.78.4 (talk) 18:51, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Adding recipe links is useless IMO because 1) they're off-topic for an article in Wikipedia and 2) several of her recipes are at foodnetwork.com and/or the Today Show's site because, like the article says, she works for those two companies. THE evil fluffyface 21:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Eloisa's Nickname
I have heard Giada refer to her sister as "Lou" in addition to "Louie" on some episodes of her Food Network shows (i.e. the Las Vegas episode of Giada's Weekend Getaways). I'm not sure what to do about the nickname issue, but I'm so close to removing that information or adding all possible nicknames for Giada and Eloisa that I've heard on Food Network. THE evil fluffyface (talk) 14:37, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Remember, People
Stupid thing to say here but when you add references on Wikipedia you put the period before the reference and after the sentence. Wikipedia is not a MLA-formatted paper. THE evil fluffyface (talk) 01:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Brother Dino
Dino Alexander died in 2003  —Preceding unsigned comment added by GolfWidow65 (talk • contribs) 23:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Name, birthdate, birthplace, etc
The changes in this single edit are a bit dubious. Let's verify the source provided and see if we can find others... I also removed Jade Marie Laurentiis Thopson" in the process. Looks like a WP:MOS issue. I'm not sure if it should be reintroduced. --Ronz (talk) 15:23, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Dating Thompson since?
I cannot find a source so I removed it altogether. The first addition I find is here, without a source, stating it was 1991. It was changed to "July 1989" here without a source. The 1990 claim appears new, or at least any early changes didn't last long enough to easily be found. --Ronz (talk) 21:16, 3 July 2013 (UTC)