Rachael Ray filmed her fourth season premiere as part of a “Big Block Party” on Friday on the streets surrounding Wrigley Field. At the event the Emmy winning talk-show host brought in people from the city to enjoy a free family-friendly street fest filled with delicious local food, Chicago sports teams, celebs, cooking demos, karaoke and even Cookie Monster!

To kick off the event, Rachael welcomed friends and fans with the Chicago Fire Department. They even made her an honorary Chicago Firefighter! Following her intro, people piled into the streets where they were offered fresh fruit, Frontera faves, frozen yogurt, sliders, and hot dogs!

On the main stage of the event, Rachael brought in some exceptional faces. First up, Kool and The Gang played some of their most well known hits, opening their set with “Get Down On It” shouting to the crowd, “Ya’ll ready to get down with Rachael Ray?!!!!”

Following the upbeat and impressive performance from Kool, Rachael introduced her next guest and Chicago Native, Jenny McCarthy! Jenny, now an LA vegan, claims she grew up a Giordano’s girl and swears by their sausage pizza!

The two discussed a lot of the recent activity in Jenny’s life, including her love for Chicago, work with Weight Watchers, her son Evan, and Jim Carrey, the main man in her life.

Jenny loves her hometown Chicago and exclaimed how proud she is to be a part of it. However, mid-interview, as the Red Line rushed by, she made the shocking confession that in all her time in the city, she’s never been on the “L”!

A Chicago girl who doesn’t ride the train or eat pizza? We were struck with disbelief!

We can’t really blame her though. Jenny confessed that during her pregnancy with her son Evan, who’s now seven, she reached her heaviest weight at 211 pounds. However, her sudden weight gain appears to have been a blessing in disguise.

Throughout her weight loss project, Jenny not only learned how to be healthy but she discovered how food can truly shape your life. Evan, who was born autistic, shaped his diet into a cleansing ritual that improved his life, severely decreasing his autistic tendencies, almost curing him entirely. As Jenny put it, “removing certain foods changed Evan’s life. Food is everything in health.”

Additionally, to drop the LB’s, Jenny joined Weight Watchers where in about one year, she reached her goal weight, in addition to adopting a lead in the companies’ Lose For Good program, encouraging people to join by announcing, “now is the time to join. You can lose weight while giving back.”

Seems like things in Jenny’s life are going pretty well. Hot new bod, fabulous family, not to mention a handsome and hysterical man!

Jenny admitted that Jim Carrey is “everything I’ve ever dreamed a man could be. We all go through our struggles, but now, things are so good.”

Rachael took one glance at Jenny’s life and and sarcastically exclaimed, “oh yea Jenny, our hearts bleed for you!”

Following the interview, Rachael made her way around to all the local food booths to enjoy some tasty bites, and offer her appreciation for their help in the event.

While she was touring the tents, some fellow chefs got up to demo some of their favorite flavors. Rocco DiSpirito made some delicious looking swiss steaks, while another Chicago name, Rick Bayless (winner of Top Chef Masters) also offered some quick recipes.

The Boots Girls got a quick minute to chat with the chef where he told us about his new restaurant and his experience on Top Chef.

On his new restaurant, Xoco, opening up in two weeks on the corner of Clark and Illinois, Rick described the food as being “all inspired by Mexican street food.”

More detailed, Rick revealed, “we’re going to be featuring two really delicious preparations; the first is tortas, which are like Mexican submarine type sandwiches, but with a rustic element, as wells as meal-in-a-bowl soups called caldos. Very simple food but gutsy and full of flavor like everyone expects from us.”

On his time on Top Chef Masters, Rick admitted, “it was really hard but I’m glad I did it. It was a really serious competition, but an amazing experience to go through.”

Some other celebrity appearances included Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels who had an active children’s play area, and American Idol’s Kimberly Locke and Justin Guarini who helped kid’s in the audience sing some killer karaoke.

We even got a chance to chat up our new furry bestie C. Monster!

To close out her segment, Rachael made her own take on a sweet but healthy lemonade as well as some healthy and delicious looking sliders!

She thoroughly enjoyed her time in our city and hopes to be welcomed back soon! Tune into Rachael’s Big Block Party as it premieres September 14th on WGN-TV airing at 10 am.

Jim Carrey has opened up about his longtime girlfriend Jenny McCarthy and whether there will be wedding bells for them in the future or not.

“We love each other and we are married whether somebody said it or not. Whether we had some kind of ceremony or not, we believe that nothing outside of yourself can make your union sacred except you,” Carey told Hollyscoop.com.

He added, “So that’s where we are, we love it and everybody keeps saying ‘why not put the finishing touches on it’ and my attitude is why ever put the finishing touches on it? Just keep it open, keep it going, court forever, that’s what were into.”

So I guess we won’t see these two walking down the aisle anytime soon because in their minds they already have!

Fashion magazine, Elle, honored eight women in Hollywood last night at the Four Seasons for their contribution to the industry.

The women being honored at the 15th Annual event included Halle Berry, Sigourney Weaver, Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda, Anne Hathaway, Salma Hayek, Isla Fisher and Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.

“The honorees this year are remarkable. They have pushed boundaries both on screen and on behalf of all women in Hollywood,” Elle’s editor-in-chief Robbie Myers said. “They have conquered this industry with grace and style, and we at Elle feel they should be commended for their contributions to this field.”

Also in attendance at the event were celebs such as Jenny McCarthy, Leah Remini, Chelsea Handler, Courteney Cox Arquette, Sheryl Crow and Kerry Washington.

Jim Carrey and girlfriend Jenny McCarthy took a nice leisurely stroll on the beach in Malibu on July 4. The jokester just couldn’t contain himself though and Jim pulled the old switch-a-roo…

into Jenny’s bathing suit! Maybe he was thinking the paparazzi wouldn’t recognize him like that? Or maybe he just wanted to show of his legs? LOL! Either way, thanks for the laugh Jim.

Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy joined forces with national autism advocacy organizations and families today in Washington, DC for the Green Our Vaccines march today.

McCarthy has a son with autism and has been an outspoken advocate of green vaccines and even authored the book Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.

John Mayer attended the opening of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut tonight without his new girlfriend Jennifer Aniston. Hmmm. We know Aniston was filming on Friday in Pennsylvania so maybe her movie schedule prevented her from being with her new beau over the weekend.

Mayer hung out at the opening with other celebs such as Jenny McCarthy, Catherin Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Alicia Keys and Kim Kardashian.

On a side note, is it us or is Mayer starting to look manorexic??? I guess that’s what happens when you date Aniston! Aniston has a very strict diet and Vince Vaughn also started dropping the pounds during their relationship. MAYOREXIC!

Jenny McCarthy talked about her adorable son, Evan, and autism awareness on Larry King Live last night. A few medical experts were brought onto the panel and the debate got pretty heated!

McCarthy offers a strong argument for the theory that autism is linked with vaccines.

On Valentine’s Day Jim Carrey told Oprah during a taping of her show (due to air Monday) that him and girlfriend, Jenny McCarthy, who’s a Chicago native, were going to do this to celebrate the romantic holiday:

“[We're going to] see all those places that were near and dear to her and I’m gonna put my scent all over them … I’ll say, ‘Oh, gee, is that where you had your first kiss with Tony Lobianco?’”

He was kidding…we think. Either way, The Boots Girls know they probably did something more romantic than that, behind closed doors that is. We spotted the two retiring around 10 p.m. on Valentine’s Day to their posh suite at the Peninsula Hotel. I’m guessing they spent the night having some romps of fun!

The Boots Girls spotted love birds Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy in Chicago last night.

The latest buzz is that McCarthy is pregnant so maybe the comedic couple came to the Windy City so they could share the news with her family in person since they all live locally.

Jenny McCarthy dealt cards for a charity fundraiser to benefit the Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program at UCLA Saturday at the Palms in Las Vegas.

Damn can she still pull off the Playboy bunny look!