Food Network Star Paula Deen Wins Two Emmys at the 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards

Food Network Star Paula Deen Wins Two Emmys at the 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards Presented Same Day Deen is Listed on Forbes Magazine 2007 Most Powerful Celebrities

SAVANNAH, Ga., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards were presented on Thursday, June 14th at a black-tie gala hosted at Hollywood's Hollywood & Highland Ballroom. The event awards performers, producers, and craftspeople in daytime television including drama, talk shows, children's programming, game shows, and lifestyle programs. More than 1000 people from both the East and West Coasts participated in the event.

For the first time, Savannah's own Paula Deen was presented with two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lifestyle Host (Paula's Home Cooking) and Outstanding Lifestyle Program (Paula's Home Cooking).

"This has clearly been the most surreal week for me," commented Paula Deen. "I am grateful for this honor and for everyone on my team who worked so hard to make this possible. I feel truly blessed."

The Emmy awards come on the heels of Ms. Deen being voted by Forbes Magazine as one of the 2007 100 Most Powerful Celebrities. The annual list is comprised of the world's influential and powerful celebrities. Celebrities are nominated by their celebrity earnings, media metrics like Google hits, press mentions in Lexis/Nexis, TV/Radio mentions and appearances on the cover of 32 major consumer magazines.

The 2007 100 Most Powerful Celebrity Forbes list also included Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp.

In addition to her two shows on the Food Network, Cooking with Paula Deen and Paula's Party, Ms. Deen is the author of six best selling cookbooks and most recently her memoir, "Paula Deen: It Ain't All About The Cookin'" published by Simon & Schuster. The memoir has been on the New York Times Best Seller List since it was released in April. Her magazine, Cooking With Paula Deen is published by Hoffman Media and is #1 in its category.

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