I've ALWAYS thought Mormon men were hot. Now you don't have to wait for a knock on your door --- you can enjoy "Men on a Mission" the 2008 Calendar!!!

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Ha ha -check out the YouTube of the "Church of the Latter Day Hunks!" mmmm, Men on Bikes!!


Even our friends at TMZ have caught on -- see, I'm actually mainstream!!!


NOW we all know what to get Heidi for Christmas (seeing as I have this year's "Men of Mortuaries" calendar -thank you VERY much Lara : )

ahhhh, NOW its a Happy Friday for real...

You might have heard last week that Jennifer Hudson is joining the cast of the Sex and the City movie. According to our friends at Buzz Sugar she is going to play Carrie Bradshaw's assistant!



For awhile it looked like it would never happen, but now all four chicks are signed on and Mr. Big. Hot Damn!


Our friends in the U.K. are so excited, they are already claiming spoilers!!!

I know I know, it can never be "as good" - but I miss it so much, I'll take whatever I can get!!

I never got into football (was more of a basketball chick), but my fiance is all into it. I'm going to keep this list handy (thanks AskMen.com) and see how long it takes my fiance to realize that I'm not actually talking about football:

Things In Football That Sound Dirty
20. The hole closed on him before he could penetrate it.
19. He came at his blind side and got him from behind.
18. He's off to the sidelines for a quick blow.
17. It's a game of inches.
16. That hole was so big, you could drive a truck through it.
15. When you get down in this area, you just gotta start pounding.
14. He's gonna feel that one tomorrow.
13. He found his tight end.
12. End around.
11. He had to stretch to get it in.
10. He gets penetration into the backfield.
9. He blows them off (at the line).
8. He bangs it in.
7. He could go all the way.
6. He gets it off just in time.
5. He goes deep.
4. He found a hole and slid through it.
3. He pounds it in.
2. He beats them off (the line).
1. He's got great hands.

I watch a lot of tv, and a lot of it falls into the guilty pleasure category. But one of "my" shows actually makes me feel guilty because of what it's about.

Have you seen "Beauty & The Geek"? I admit, I started watching because I lurve Ashton Kutcher (no rational explanation, I just think he's dreamy!). Now I'm into the show. And boy do I feel guilty.

The premise is for a bunch of geeks to live with a bunch of beauties, and they're supposed to help each other get a little smarter (girls) or a little less geeky (guys). This years' twist is that there's one beauty guy and one geeky girl.

Here are my picks to win:


Hollie is a 26-year-old real life Betty Boop. I mean that literally! She's a "theme park performer" and she plays Betty Boop. On the premiere she did her "boop boop de boop, squeee!" thang for the boys. Her goal in 5 years is to be married to a rich guy.


Joshua is 26 and a grad student in astrophysics. His hobbies include chess. When he introduced himself to the girls, he actually called his mom and held up the cellphone so that moms could explain what a sweetheart he is. That's right - he called his mom to pimp him out!

Half the time watching the show you're expecting one of the guys to have a heart attack from the stress of talking to a girl (a smokin' hot girl, no less). The other half the time you're wondering if the girls are acting that dumb, or if they are that dumb. And then, you feel guilty (hence, guilty pleasure) when someone on the show does something so incredibly dorky (guy) or stupid (girl) that you laugh out loud. It feels mean spirited but it's really neat to see guys who have never kissed a girl finally kiss a girl. And the pretty girls who only go for hot rich guys usually realize that they've been cruel to geeks and say things like, "I didn't realize you guys had feelings!" as they cry.

It's a strong lesson for those of us who fall in the middle. Who hasn't hated on that superhot chick because she's so pretty she doesn't look real? Or tried to avoid the socially awkward geek who seems to have some kind of disability?? Kudos, Ashton. Your show is great.

More info about the show is here.

What's your tv guilty pleasure?

So, Britney Spears not surprisingly looking worse by the day, um, I mean hour.....

Even though FBI investigation into a Federline death threat looks to be untrue according to our pals at TMZ......

For a bodyguard dude to come forward and put himself in this publicity BLENDER is big stuff.....

ANYWHOOO -- Doesn't it make you re-think all those gymnastic, dance and voice classes you are sending your kid to? WHO would want their kid to actually "make it"???

If you've ever seen one of those biography shows on Britney, its FASCINATING. The girl spent more of her early life in a CAR shuttling from her rural home to professional gymnasiums and professional dance studios. She WAS her parents entire life....and its no wonder she can't figure out how to have her own.

Now, if I can just get MYSELF to dance class once a week : )

I LOVE awards shows! And I LOVE TV! And the EMMY'S are on Sunday! Yay!!

Programming notes:
Joey Fatone and Lisa "The Lips" Rinna are taking over for Joan and Melissa Rivers on the red carpet for the TV Guide station. Oh, you never figured out which channel that was? Me either.

It's at 8 pm ET on Fox this Sunday night, and Ryan Seacrest will be hosting.

Here are my picks for the important categories. And by my picks I mean who I WANT to win, not WHO will actually win.

DRAMA
Outstanding Drama Series
“Boston Legal” (ABC)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
“Heroes” (NBC)
“House” (Fox)
The Winner: “The Sopranos” (HBO)
* I still have "Don't Stop Belivin'" in my head from the finale.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos” (HBO)
Hugh Laurie, “House” (Fox)
The Winner: Denis Leary, “Rescue Me” (FX)
James Spader, “Boston Legal” (ABC)
Kiefer Sutherland, “24” (Fox)
*I watch all of these shows, and Denis Leary deserves to win (even though he'll lose to Gandolfini, who I also love, but he always wins and it's another day, c'mon c'mon).

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, “Medium” (NBC)
Minnie Driver, “The Riches” (FX)
The Winner: Edie Falco, “The Sopranos” (HBO)
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer” (TNT)
*Honestly, I only watched the Sopranos. Go Edie!

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Michael Emerson, “Lost” (ABC)
The Winner: Michael Imperioli, “The Sopranos” (HBO)
T.R. Knight, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Terry O’Quinn, “Lost” (ABC)
Masi Oka, “Heroes” (NBC)
William Shatner, “Boston Legal” (ABC)
*Michael Imperioli was SO good this season (even though he died, but whatever). I'd also be happy with a Shatner win, because I love Boston Legal and he's so good on that show! And TR is cool, I wouldn't throw things at the tv screen if he won.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Lorraine Bracco, “The Sopranos” (HBO)
Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
The Winner: Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Aida Turturro, “The Sopranos” (HBO)
Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
*Any of these chicks from Greys would be fine by me. But, I really thought Katherine rocked last season (and I have a girl-crush on her). Chandra's character got screwed by the writers, cause I love her. And Sandra just belongs on the big screen.

COMEDY
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Entourage” (HBO)
The Winner: “The Office” (NBC)
“30 Rock” (NBC)
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
“Ugly Betty” (ABC)
*No contest. The Office wins or I'm turning off the tv.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” (NBC)
The Winner: Steve Carell, “The Office” (NBC)
Ricky Gervais, “Extras” (HBO)
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk” (USA Network)
Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
*No contest. Tony Shaloub has won enough times, right??

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Tina Fey, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Felicity Huffman, “Desperate Housewives” (ABC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
The Winner: Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds” (Showtime)
*Mary-Louise Parker is the cool chick you wish would have talked with you in high school. She should win everything, every time.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
The Winner: Kevin Dillon, “Entourage” (HBO)
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
Rainn Wilson, “The Office” (NBC)
*Kevin Dillon tried to pick me up in a (dark) bar back in '93 and I haven't gotten over it. Anyway - he was the highlight of the show this year.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Conchata Ferrell, “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
The Winner: Jenna Fischer, “The Office” (NBC)
Jaime Pressly, “My Name is Earl” (NBC)
Holland Taylor, “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds” (Showtime)
*Love Jenna Fischer!

Your turn...

There was not a woman on this planet between the ages of 8 and 18 who didn't have a Forenza Shaker Knit sweater from The Limited in 1984. Even I dragged my parents to a mall and got one -- and clothes outside of Xmas and Birthday were RARE!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I SCANNED the internets....and this is the ONLY mention or picture of Forenza that I could find. Anywhere!



Can you believe it? None of us want to remember I guess... but I have a "Forenza Label" in my closet, and its not a sweater. I'll have to take a picture...

Scary thing is that although I had contacts already in High School, my glasses looked just like this girls....

Ahhhh, didn't we look HOT. These were the days before low slung jeans and camisole tops -- we COVERED IT UP!!

Last week, I got my hair did. When I got home, my fiance said, "Hey, I thought you were getting your hair done today - it looks exactly the same as it did yesterday!" I was a little annoyed, but had loved being in the salon so much that I didn't care. I love getting my hair cut so much that I try to tip well, even if my 'do didn't come out so good.

There's a new study that says that if the stylist compliments you, you give them a better tip. Is that true for you??

What if you walked out with this do? Doesn't she look ANGRY??
Appropriate tip: "Best of Blondie" cd, with picture of Debbie Harry to use as guide for the next time.



How did this chick find her way home - she couldn't see!
Appropriate tip: "Look both ways before crossing the road - or doing my hair!"



And this one looks like the before picture, no??
Appropriate tip: "Use deep conditioner on your next client"



I figure, I only go to a nice salon 2-3 times a year - I get to pretend I'm part of the cast of the movie, "The Women," and feel all girly and stuff, and relax. The experience alone is worth it to me, so I usually give the hair-washer a couple of bucks, and the stylist around 20% whether or not I actually like the outcome.

How do you determine the tip in a hair salon??

Fashion Week is all about creativity - and I think that's cool...but messin' with our Peanuts??


That's Charlie Brown by Isaac Mizrahi



That's Peppermint Patty by Pamella Roland


Can you figure this one out? Me neither, its Sally!



No explanation needed. Its Woodstock! my favorite!


Who would tackle PigPen? Why Laura Bennett.


Are you buyin' it???

How is it possible that Britney Spears went from this...



...to this...



...in just four years?

That's right, I watched the MTV Music Awards last night! For an entire half hour!

Was Sarah Silverman right when she said that BritBrit has already done everything good that she's going to do, and she's only 25? I say NO.

Today will be filled with Britney-bashing. She's an easy target! She lip-synched. That picture doesn't show how flabby she looked - Who let her on stage in her underwears???? The dancing was weak, and where were the Criss Angel effects? I think she was self-medicated.

But can we get a little Brit-love, too? She is 25, has two kids, and her career is a little bit of a mess. How would YOU be doin' in that sitch? Hope may spring eternal, but I believe that Britney has nowhere to go but up from here. I've never bought any of her music but I always liked her and I think her new song will grow on me.

What do you think: Is BritBrit DoneDone?

I saw this photo - and KNEW someday, I'd HAVE HAVE HAVE to have a banquette like this in my home.....



Wouldn't your entire house win the 'War on Frumpiness' if only you had just this???

(Martini not included - but strongly advised!!)

Cheers!

Va-va-va-voom!

Agent Provocateur wants to sell more lingerie to Moms, so they recruited Maggie Gyllenhaal to be their spokesperson. Think it'll work? I do!







I thought Maggie was hot in the movie Secretary, but WOW!

HALFTIME SHOW FOR THE SUPERBOWL

This is Winnie Langley. She's lighting a cigarette off her 100th birthday cake candles. She's smoked 5 cigarettes a day since the day WORLD WAR ONE broke out in 1914. She has buried a husband and a son and says smoking never made her sick, since she says she NEVER INHALED.

OK, whatever on that "never inhaled" part. I didn't inhale either, that time I stole cigarettes from my babysitter in the 6th grade, locked myself in the bathroom, and tried smoking for the first time.

But I digress - she's 100 years old and is lucid enough to light a cigarette off her birthday candles! Happy Birthday Winnie, I hope you had a great day!

Now, on my 100th birthday I plan to sleep late, eat chocolate cake and ice cream, drink champagne, and get a massage from a 24-year-old male model with gentle hands.

I'll do whatever I please, just like Winnie. If I want to smoke crack, skydive or fly to the moon, that's what I'll do. I don't care how common it is by then - turning 100 is a big deal!

What are your plans for your 100th birthday?

Why Patrick Rafter OF COURSE!




And why didn't anyone tell me about his UNDERWEAR CAMPAIGN???



My husband is FULLY aware of my internet picture addiction -- its HIS FAULT afterall --- he watches a LOT of tennis, and I just happened to fall for an Aussie tennis player who at the time, had long hair. He does GREATLY resemble my husband - they have the SAME LEGS.



I DETEST scrawny legs. I'm a leg woman.

Anyone else a legwoman?????? Am I alone????