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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 26 april 2018
'Fixer Upper' star debuts cook-book, talks post-show plans

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY inspiration for the book, time when her fifth child is
AP Entertainment Writer which was finding time to born in a few months.
NEW YORK (AP) — Even spend time together with "I think once this baby
though "Fixer Upper" has their four children. comes along, I'm really hop-
come to an end, Joanna "I just craved those mo- ing to find time. That's what
Gaines is still going strong. ments around the table we're really just preparing
The designing half of the with our family," she said. for, just this new baby com-
just-wrapped HGTV show "If we weren't intentional ing along and cherishing
is showcasing her cook- about it, life would just re- that time as a family," she
ing skills with the release of ally fly by really fast." said. The Gaines also have
her "Magnolia Table" cook- "Fixer Upper" has been one a home decorating line
book. She showcased tasty of HGTV's most success- at Target; a restaurant; a
food made from the book's ful shows, but the couple bed and breakfast in their
recipes at a recent lunch decided to call it quits af- Waco, Texas, town; and a
in New York as hubby Chip ter the show's fifth season, magazine.
cracked jokes and playfully which wrapped up earlier "My last baby she's eight
teased his pregnant wife this month. (years old) now, so I think
while prepping biscuits in Gaines says while she's not this is something I'm learn-
front of guests. slowing down, she is look- ing all over again, even in
The pair talked about the ing forward to some down- buying all the stuff — what In this March 29, 2016 file photo, TV personality Joanna Gaines
poses for a portrait in New York. Associated Press
'Imposters' star Inbar Lavi gets do I need for a newborn? "It feels like it started, then it

was over, and you kind of
It's been a really fun sea-
real about playing pretend son," she said. look back and you notice
While "Fixer Upper" won't all of these once-in-a-life-
have any new episodes, it time experiences that had
will air in reruns on HGTV, happened in your wake,
"I think the rule I made for and wood craftsman Clint but it's really hard to appre-
myself walking in was not Harp is getting a spinoff ciate them because it felt
to be Maddie. It was to be on the DIY channel called like they were stacked one
Inbar because Inbar is an "Wood Work." on top of the other, then
actress who plays other Chip Gaines says the cou- they were coming at you
people for a living. As long ple is close to Harp and his at the speed of light," he
as I could be true to myself wife, Kelly. He hopes the said. "Somehow figure out
as I could be, I would be couple takes time to en- how to slow the experience
true to Maddie. That was joy the experience of the down somehow and enjoy
my focus."q show. the ride."q

In this March 29, 2017 file photo, Israeli actress Inbar Lavi attends
the special screening of "Prison Break" Season Five in Beverly
Hills, Calif.
Associated Press

By ALICIA RANCILIO her around with a video
NEW YORK (AP) — On the camera, encourage her to
Bravo series "Imposters," put on plays and skits and
Inbar Lavi plays a young was a devoted audience
woman named Maddie for her impromptu perfor-
who is constantly reinvent- mances.
ing herself, creating new As her TV character strug-
identities to marry men and gles with allowing others to
women and then steal their see her true self, Lavi, 31,
money. Off-screen, Lavi is hopes that others can see
no con artist but she says the beauty in being real.
she can relate to the de- "I'm still far away from the
sire to hide behind different person I want to be but
personas. whoever this is for now,
Born and raised in Israel, she's all right," she laughed.
the actress admits to being "Imposters" airs Thursdays
"quite insecure" and "un- on Bravo. It is the network's
happy" as a child. third original scripted series
"The happiest that I remem- in a lineup dominated by
ber myself was putting on reality shows.
plays and pretending to be Lavi recalls the audition
other people," said Lavi. process for the role was
She credits her father for challenging because she
giving her the space to ex- was essentially playing a
plore that. He would follow shape shifter.