Famous Food

How do you make years of hardship, arrests, and near homelessness easy to swallow?

Make it into a delectable cake!!!

That's what NBA star Caron Butler did ... or had done for him ... getting surprised for his 36th birthday with a cake made to look like a copy of his 1st book 'Tuff Juice.'

The cake was made by Bree's Cakes ... an L.A. based bakery business that has catered to big celebs like DeMar DeRozan and The Game.

We spoke with Bree herself who tells us Caron's cake cost about $350 -- not bad -- and took over 6 hours to make.

They presented the confectionery genius to Butler after the Kings played the Jazz recently and you can see in the video ... he was ecstatic.

#EatMyPain.

Rob Kardashian unwrapped the best gift of his 29th birthday -- with a little help from Blac Chyna -- late Thursday night ... some In-N-Out!

The couple hit the drive-thru of one of the famed L.A. burger joints around 11 PM for what we hope was a burger and fries. As we've reported, Rob and Chyna have said "no cheat days" on their fitness kick.

But c'mon ... ya gotta indulge on your birthday, right? We're rooting for a double-double ... animal style.

Let the man live!!

Two Cali java fanatics have a bean to grind with Starbucks for refusing to fill their cups to the rim ... according to a new suit.

The duo says every time they order a tall, grande or venti sized latte ... it's grossly underfilled. They point out the menu promises 12, 16 and 20 ounces -- but based on their research Starbucks underfills those cups by about 25% EVERY time.

In the class action suit, they admit occasionally the milk foam on top gets to the rim, but they add ... "In the food science community, as well as in the weights and measures community, foam is not measured on a volumetric basis."

Translation: Foam doesn't count!

Nor do they think this is an accident ... they paint CEO Howard Schultz as the villain for cutting costs by reducing the amount of milk in each latte.

They're seeking damages for Starbucks latte drinkers all across the country.

Harry Styles is either an honorary family member to Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber ... or just a great drinking bud.

The trio did lunch -- with Cindy and Rande's daughter Kaia -- at one of their restaurants ... Cafe Habana.

No word what was on the agenda for this sit down, but 22-year-old Harry's been in with the 50-something Gerbers for a while. He scored a few boxes of Rande's Casamigos tequila for his birthday in January. Maybe the kid wants a piece of the agave game, or maybe he just needs a fresh case.

Here's George Lucas -- seller of Lucasfilm for $4 billion -- throwing down some $6 Asian noodles in a food court in Adelaide, Australia ... all by himself.

#ThaiFighter
#ObiWanKenoodle
#Ewokdintoafoodcourt
#TheFirstOrder
#SobaFett
#BBAte
#C3PPho
#ImSolo

Olympic champion -- and Subway spokesperson -- Apolo Ohno says Jared Fogle's child pornography scandal definitely rocked the company to its core ... and made it tough for the athletes.

Ohno was at LAX when we asked about the whole terrible ordeal ... and what it was like being down with the company when its face was in the middle of such a disgusting story.

Subway employs a ton of athletes as spokespeople ... and Apolo kept it all the way real about what the scandal did to them ... saying it was definitely a 'tough time' for the company.

The Oscars or the Girl Scouts -- or some mystery benefactor ... is hanging 28 little girls out to dry -- after swearing Chris Rock's bit earned $65k ... we've learned the money is nowhere to be found.

You'll recall Rock and the Oscars got Inglewood, CA's Girl Scouts Troop 5215 to work the crowd of celebs, hawking Thin Mints, Tagalongs and more. Near the end of the show, Chris said they raised $65k.

But Latoya Edwards, whose daughter is in Troop 5215 tells TMZ someone's screwing them over. She claims the National Girl Scout Council informed them the Academy would be donating the $65k to the Greater L.A. Council ... but that hasn't happened, and the Academy isn't returning calls.

Mind you, Troop 5215 isn't getting rich quick. Edwards says due to nonprofit rules her local chapter would only get $1,000 of that money, but her bigger concern is her scouts are getting used in a public relations lie.

Previously Girls Scouts of America and the Academy both bragged about the $65k they'd raised -- but now GSA seems to be wiping its hands clean. A rep would only tell us, "The donation process is determined by local councils."

Translation: We have no idea where the $65k is. Edwards claims the Greater L.A. leaders are also in the dark and as for the Academy? We contacted reps, but no word back yet.

Edwards says her Girl Scouts were honored to participate -- and is happy they were able to unload 400 boxes -- but she wants the world to know, as of now, there is NO fat check pouring into the Inglewood chapter.

And yes ... that's how it crumbles.

Donald Trump's catching a lot of flak over his meat -- since those slabs of beef he called his own, "Trump Steaks," aren't really his -- but turns out he IS in bed with the real owner.

After Trump's victory speech from his golf club in Jupiter, Florida ... critics jumped all over him for bragging about the meat. He referred to Trump Steaks ... a now defunct line of meat he sold in the early 2000s, but reporters on scene noticed the packaging said Bush Brothers -- a FL based meat company.

Bush Brothers confirms it was their product onstage with the Donald, and they didn't know he was going to whip out the meat. But the BB rep added they do a lot of biz with the candidate ... as the exclusive steak supplier to all of Trump's South Florida properties.

Sooo ... he definitely stretched the truth, but the beef is at least Trump adjacent.

Besides, he's got bigger steak issues -- like the fact he cops to ordering his "well done."

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna want you to believe he's in the throes of a crash diet, but get a load of his carbo-load and the booze to help wash it down.

Rob and Chyna hit up Benihana in Encino for lunch Tuesday ... and our Far East sources tell us they wolfed down a "whole bunch of sushi," as they sipped on a couple rounds of sake and mimosas.

Rob's had issues with substance abuse, and Chyna's fresh off a daytime arrest in Texas after getting wasted at the airport.

That said ... it looks like Rob's losing a bunch of weight.

The Benihana diet. Who knew?

When it comes to landing a gig ... S.I. Swimsuit model Samantha Hoopes puts on an absolute clinic.

We got the audition tape she submitted to Carl's Jr. for the now classic 'Most American Thickburger' spot she did last year, and let's just say producers did NOT take long to snatch her up.

After seeing this video it's obvious why they just brought Hoopes back for a sequel.

Samantha Hoopes sucked down a ton of meat for her encore performance as a smoking hot burger loving babe in one of those iconic Carl's Jr. ads.

We're told the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model just finished shooting her follow up spot to last year's 4th of July themed one. It was a 2 day shoot in Ecuador, and the script called for her to hose down a sports car, then take a healthy bite.

The belly busting twist -- there were at least 20 takes which means Samantha bit into 20 of the new burgers -- which our spies say features a lot of onion rings. And yes ... we're told she actually swallowed the food on many of the takes.

The only bad news is the ad might only air in Central and South America. Thank God for the Internet.

Sam Smith got a fitting thank you for his Oscars LGBT shout-out -- getting serenaded by a famous drag queen at legendary gay bar, The Abbey.

We're told Sam and his crew rolled into the club around 11 PM for their Monday night Lip Service drag show and stayed till about 1:30 AM fueled on vodka.

It’s quickly becoming Sam’s tradition … he hit the same spot after his Golden Globes win, but this time he was singled out by Vicki Vox ... who's a legend in the drag world for her parody hit, "This Boy Is A Bottom."

Vox had some sweet words for Sam during the show ... for a drag queen at least.

Chris Rock made it look like his battle cry raised a fortune for the Girl Scouts ... sadly, it did not.

A Girl Scout rep tells us they sold around 500 boxes of cookies at $5 a pop. That comes to $2,500 ... far short of the Oscar tote board revealing a grand total of $65,243.

A rep for the Scouts tells us the $65k number was just a joke ... for the skit.

It's possible some of the audience members ordered boxes that would be delivered at a future date.

And it looked like the beneficiaries of the loot were the troop in which his daughters -- Lola and Zahra -- are members. Turns out the money is going to a different troop ... the one based in Inglewood, CA. His daughters are members of a New York-based Girl Scouts troop.

Aaron Rodgers is taking a strong stand against the crappy yellow Girl Scout cookies he got at the Oscars -- insisting he did not seek them out ... it's what he was stuck with.

As we previously reported, Rodgers and his GF Olivia Munn sprung for the cookies at the Oscars last night ... and for some reason, Aaron got a box of Savannah Smiles ... the lowest cookie on the Girl Scout totem pole.

We asked why the hell anyone would actively spring for a box of the Smiles ... and questioned Aaron's taste in cookies. Now, he's finally breaking his silence.

"That was the box that was given to me. I like red, green, purple in that order. #GirlScoutCookies #Oscars."

We checked ... Aaron's ranking is in fact the correct one.

First off ... props to Aaron Rodgers and his girlfriend Olivia Munn for reaching into their pockets and shelling out some cash to help the Girl Scouts at the Oscars Sunday night.

That being said ... WHO THE HELL BUYS SAVANNAH SMILES?!

(FYI, Savannah Smiles are zesty, lemon-flavored cookies dusted with powdered sugar ... which sound fine, but they're no Thin Mints).

The good news ... Munn got a full box of Thin Mints, because she clearly has taste.

Oscars host Chris Rock says he ultimately raised more than $65k in his Oscars Girl Scout cookies stunt -- including $20 from Vice President Joe Biden.

Hopefully, he got something better than SAVANNAH SMILES!!!

Oprah Winfrey took a very unwanted bath after Weight Watchers stock took a huge hit.

WW shares dropped a whopping 20 percent when the company reported a 21 percent drop in fourth-quarter net revenue -- which means O's bank account is about 24 million bucks lighter today.

Cry not for Oprah -- she's still reportedly cleared nearly $75 million since buying a 10-percent stake in the company and joining its board. The stock doubled the day her deal was announced ... but it's looking more like your typical yo-yo dieter now.