They want to get their lives back on track, and it's cold outside.

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Deschanel, who's dabbled in jazz cabaret and sung on the occasional film soundtrack, has starred in such movies as Elf (you might remember her in-the-shower rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside") and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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And when it's cold outside, few things sound as appealing as a hearty onion soup with a layer of baked Gruyere so thick it almost requires a fork and knife, especially when it's part of a prix fixe lunch.

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There are times you have to run through the rain and it's cold and it's minus whatever degrees outside, but you just have to get up and you go and do the work.

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It is a cold, wet day outside RTE's Dublin headquarters.

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