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The HotDkh www.sctimes.comlife Linda Taylor, Life editor, 255-8748 Tell me about it Consider whether woman has integrity2C --v '11 fJt rrv--: I II ire Entertainment 'Gilbert Grape' author to direct 1st film2C St. Cloud Times Monday, Oct. 27, 2003 1C -QJ Compiled from Times staff and news services Gambling comes to TV LOS ANGELES Creators of the Casino and Gaming Television network are betting that a national interest in gambling will translate into a desire to watch it on TV. The new network is scheduled to launch in 2004 as a digital cable and satellite channel with shows such as "Winning Hand," with poker experts offering tips on the game, and "Dusk Til Dawn," a tour of night spots in Las Vegas, Monaco and other gambling destinations. The new channel, being announced today, will target the young male crowd, age 21 to 34, which is valuable to advertisers, said Nicko-las J.

Rhodes, the network's president and chief executive officer. Cooking with Growte Tracy Ore St. Cloud After early mistakes, 'Chainsaw' star Jessica Biel says she's a good girl trying to be a good actress Newsmakers OSCAR-WINNER RUSSELL CROWE can't wait to take on his next role Allergies don't hinder cooking ByAmyBowen abowengistcloudtimes.com Tracy Ore faces challenges every time she steps into a kitchen. Ore's partner, Karin, is allergic to just about every kind of food. She can't have anything with gluten, shellfish or dairy, just to as a father.

"Like, whoa, this is gonna be fun," Crowe said Saturday. Crowe, 39, and his wife. fonielte wllr1 -J name a few. 1 T-l Foods such as tomatoes and potatoes also are off limits. Ore needs to improvise ingredients in just about any recipe she tries.

With practice and unending cre Danielle Spencer, are expecting their first child in January. Crowe, who won an Academy Award for "Gladiator," said he doesn't expect fatherhood will crimp his career, at least not in the beginning. This fall, Crowe appears as a Napoleonic-era naval captain in the film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Country singer-musician Jack Daniels is 54. Author Fran Lebowitz is 53. Actor Peter Firth is 50.

Actor Robert Picardo is 50. Singer Simon Le Bon is 45. Actress-singer Kelly Osbourne is 19. On the tube 'SKIN 8 p.m. Fox Amid the sleek sexuality of "Skin" Details Name: Tracy Ore.

Hometown: St. Cloud. it ativity, Ore makes tasty dishes. She owes part of her success to her mother, she said. Her mother taught her how to make a complete meal from salad to dessert by age 8.

She and her mother even started making wedding cakes when Ore was 14. Knight RidderTribune News Service NEW YORK Sex and violence have been good to Jessica Biel. On TV she plays the minister's daughter on the family-friendly drama "7th Heaven," but today Biel stands atop the movie box office wearing a tight wet T-shirt. Battling a homicidal slasher in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which sold more than $29 million in tickets, has turned the 21-year-old actress into Hollywood's new scream queen. But Biel insists she's not a good girl gone bad despite evidence to the contrary, including her previous movie role, as a coked-up coed running around in her underwear in "The Rules of Attraction." "I never really thought that people might think, 'Oh, she's in that (bad girl) niche, and that's it for she said.

"Maybe I'm a good girl trying to grow up who made some bad mistakes. Or maybe I'm just a good girl trying to be a good ac- tress." Revealing photo The biggest of those mistakes, she said, was Gear's now-infamous photo spread in 2000. Biel who started on "7th Heaven" when she was 14 and had parts in such inoffensive movies as "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "Ulee's Gold" posed with only a strategically placed forearm keeping her from being topless. The revealing photo spread was designed to force "Heaven" producer Aaron Spelling to release her from her contract. Spelling had responded to her first request with a loud "I own you!" Nonetheless, Biel said she regrets the whole thing and is happy to be appearing as a guest star.

This season, she said, Mary will become pregnant on the show. "I was an immature 17-year-old who thought I was a woman, and wanted to explore my sexuality," she said. "(Everyone) was encouraging more risque shots 'Take your shirt off and just ffi ii i', something else becomes clear: Ron Silver, one of the great i actors, has one of his best roles. Silver plays Larry Goldman with layers of texture. He's a pornographer and a warm family man.

He Ron Silver I rages at the fact that his teen daughter is romancing the son of a man bent on destroying him, yet he can't really be mean to her. Tonight, the kids continue their passion, while the man trying to ruin him, District Attorney Tom Roam (Kevin Anderson) pushes hard to get a convict to testify against Goldman. Silver is gentle one moment, blistering the next; it's a great performance. More listings, Page 2C. Knight RidderTribune News Service photos Cast member Jessica Biel attends the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" world premiere Oct.

15 at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. cover your When everyone is saying you look beautiful, you think, 'OK, even though on the inside I was freaking out. "I don't want people to think this is a sob story. The fact is, I was trying to act grownup, and I did it in front of the whole world." How challenging is it to cook for people with allergies? If you're not nervous about cooking, it's not challenging at all I think what my mother taught me most is to relax in the kitchen. What if you're nervous? Start small and start simple.

Don't worry about making mistakes. Experiment That's a lot of what cooking for someone with allergies really is. How do you know what you can improvise in a recipe when cooking for someone with food allergies? Cooking is a little bit about chemistry. I've looked a lot online. There are a lot of support groups out there for gluten-free diets.

Have you ever screwed up? Oh yeah. I've made a cake or a soup, and it hasn't tasted right. I don't think I've ever made something inedible. I don't think I've ever made anything that could not be saved. What are your secrets? I don't think I have any secrets.

I have tricks that my mom gave me or I've read See ALLERGIES, 3C Recipe for tamari and ginger-marinated salmon and rice noodles3C Web sitings WWW.BICYCLINGINF0.ORG Surf this site for bicycle safety tips, articles on health and transportation, and an interesting link to bicycle crashes. And Thursday you can apply for the first iwalk Award. The award recognizes programs worldwide that encourage kids to walk to school. Jessica Biel (from left Mike Vogel, Erica Leerhsen, Jonathan Tucker and Kemper Eric Balfour star in New Line Cinema's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." 'Chainsaw' role That experience, Biel said, solidified her feelings about on-screen nudity which explains why she is fully clothed when she smashes psycho killers in "Chainsaw Massacre." "Chainsaw" is a remake of the classic 1974 gorefest. Biel plays one of five teenagers who picks up a survivor of a mass slaughter and are used as bloody bait to entice the killer into the open.

"As confident as you are with your body, it changes when you take your clothes off," she said. "I wouldn't have done the See STRONG, 3C Help schools LOOKING FOR SIMPLE WAYS to be involved in your child's school? Here are some suggestions: Speak to the class about a job or hobby. To spice it up, bring a small project for the kids. Help the teacher decorate the classroom for the holidays. Put together a phone or e-mail list for parents.

Make calls to help arrange a class trip, or make a supply run before a party. Share videos of school events with other parents in the class. Caffeine is a necessity when raising Mds Monday Family Family times Elizabeth Verdick Times columnist Foundation saver FOUNDATION IS A WONDERFUL thing. Unless it's too heavy. And streaky.

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The magnet reads, "The coffee's not working. Get the jumper cables!" For me and some my fellow moms, the 21st century means a different coffee-drinking experience, as we guzzle 16 or 20 oz. lattes at a time. We're juggling jobs and kids and housekeeping and keeping one hand free for that tall cardboard cup. Elizabeth Verdick is a full-time mom and a writer.

Her publications include the children's books "How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger" and "Teeth Are Not for Biting." She lives in Woodbury, Minn. do more than multitask we megatask. As moms, we have to be able to do things such as prepare tonight's dinner in advance so the afternoon's free for carpooling; we toss ingredients into the Crockpot while on hold with the doctor's office or the vet, all the while scanning the calendar and watching to make sure the kids are OK. Whether we're on the job or on the go, many of us "refuel" with a swig from one of those tall white cups. We caffeinat-ed moms are great at going through life one-handed.

We've got households to run and coffee to drink. The trouble is, it seems I've developed a tolerance to those cafleinated double lattes I'm so fond of. These days I have to ask for a triple, or else I'm only Sometimes I think if Starbucks had been around when I was in college, I would have accomplished a lot more than I did. But no, we didn't have luxuries like cappuccino or the Internet. We drank sludge from a communal coffee pot and trudged to the library to do our research on microfiche.

Today fancy coffee isn't a luxury it's a basic necessity. For me, it's right up there with food, water and shelter. I could stand in the pouring rain if I had a fresh, hot "mochachino" in my hands. I remember discovering my first latte many years ago, back when we lived in an urban neighborhood in St. Paul, and Starbucks and Caribou Coffee began appearing on every street corner.

I drank that mix of dark espresso and foamy 30 words per minute on the keyboard practically doubled. Who cared if my errors tripled I was exhilarated, and my job actually seemed like fun. But the real secret of caffeine's power, I discovered, comes when you're a parent and sleep deprivation is the name of the game. Bleary-eyed from another sleepless night with a new baby, my husband would make me a bargain: "If you get up with the baby this time, I'll run and get you a latte." Deal. Riding the wave of a double dose of espresso, I could multitask like a fiend.

And that's what moms have to do a lot of: multitasking. Some days we milk, wondering where this strange brew had been all my life. The surge of caffeine left me on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but who cared? After drinking that drink, I had the energy to scrub the bathroom and kitchen top to bottom, reorganize all my drawers and do an hour of aerobics. Thus began a caffeine addiction that not only helped me stay awake at work but also helped me get things done twice as fast One latte in the morning, and my usual They said it "THE REVOLUTION is a of the exploited against the exploiters." Fidel Castro, Cuban leader.