The Random Stuff of Interests Page

So I was sitting at home, as I am wont to do, and it’s really late at night (because, you know, I have absolutely no life whatsoever), and I was watching a repeat of the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN. Suddenly this really cute Japanese girl, dressed in a kimono, shows up onscreen. The announcer says her name is Tamao Sato, and that she “won” her seat at the WSOP (a $10,000 buy-in!) on a Japanese game show. Which spurred me to find out more about her. I can’t help it, when I see someone this captivating, I must know more! Well I’ve found out more: Apparently Tamao Sato is an actress/TV host in Japan, and she actually hosts a Saturday morning show in Japan! And oh yeah, she’s also a well-known bikini model in Japan. Me likey long time!

I’m still kind of stunned that British actress Rosamund Pike is not more famous than she is in the States. What does a woman have to do to gain worldwide fame? She’s been in major movies (”Die Another Day”), she’s starred in big movies (”Doom”), and she’s done movies with big name actors like Anthony Hopkins (”Fracture”), and yet if you were to ask 10 people if they knew who Rosamund Pike was, I’m willing to bet 9 of them wouldn’t have a clue, and the 10th one would have to think about it. Which is a crying shame, as Rosamund Pike deserves to be recognized everywhere. In any case, here’s my little part in helping Rosamund to get noticed some more. Sundays with Rosamund Pike (here attending the Toronto Film Festival) is always a good thing.

The beautiful Malin Akerman’s latest movie is the Ben Stiller comedy “The Heartbreak Kid”, one of those movies I’ll never end up seeing because, well, truth be told, I sort of think Ben Stiller comedies are kinda sucky, and as such wouldn’t voluntarily seek it out, even if it does star the lovely Malin Akerman. And make no mistake, Malin Akerman is quite the heartbreaker. Here are some pictures of Malin Akerman from “The Heartbreak Kid” and a couple of her attending the movie’s premiere. The film co-stars Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, and the extremely unfunny Carlos Mencia.

The Vanessa Anne Hudgens sex scandal continues unabated, as pervy kids (and adults, and you know who you are) were all over the Internet searching for nude pictures of the “High School Musical” star. After some denials and finally confirmation that Yes, those were indeed picture of the 18-year old Disney Channel star that were floating around the net, in case you’re still wondering, Vanessa has now issued an apology to “her fans”, which means not you and me, unless you consider being her “fans” means liking the fact that she’s a pretty girl who likes to get nude for her boyfriends and send them pictures of her being said nude, then yeah, I’m a pretty big fan of hers!

Talk about a literal British Babe Invasion! Nowadays you can’t turn on an American TV show without seeing a British lass parlaying an excellent command of the American accent into a starring role. One such babe is Anastasia Griffith, who has used having an American father into a co-starring role on the FX Channel’s critically acclaimed show “Damages”, which stars Glenn Close as a cut-throat lawyer that goes around suing people. I think. I haven’t actually seen the show, but I hear it’s pretty bloody good, so you might want to take a look at it. And oh yeah; when you have a name like “Anastasia”, it certainly helps to be hot, and Anastasia Griffith is certainly hot.

After seven years of marriage, “The Office” star Jenna Fischer and her writer/director husband James Gunn (”Dawn of the Dead”, “Slithers”) are calling it quits. They said this in a joint statement posted on Fischer’s Myspace page: “We (James and Jenna) need to announce that we have chosen to separate. We are sorry for any pain this causes family and friends. The enthusiasm we have expressed for each other’s lives, spirits, and careers is real – we have been each other’s cheerleader and friend during the past six years and continue to be so now and in the future.” Normally I can find someone to blame when celebrities divorce, but in this case? I don’t know. They both seem like good people, so a divorce is probably the product of never seeing each other and just falling out of love. Oh well. Call me, Jenna! I’m listed in the book!

Oh dear, there goes the Disney movie contracts. It would appear that previous reports that High School Musical star (parts 1 and 2) Vanessa Anne Hudgens has indeed been a naughty girl, snapping naked pictures of herself and sending them to boyfriend and HSM co-star Zac Efron. Earlier today, the nude pictures started surfacing all over the web, sending Vanessa’s no-doubt mammoth team of lawyers on a “we’ll sue your ass!” spree. Obviously we don’t have the nude pictures, and we don’t intend to have them, so if you came here hoping to see them, sorry, kids, it ain’t gonna happen. We’re a family site. Well, sort off. But these guys here aren’t.

I don’t know if former Big Brother UK contestant Chanelle Hayes will have an actual career past these next few years, after the glow of being a contestant on a Reality TV show has faded away into the night like Paris Hilton’s movie career, but if I have anything to say about it, the woman is going to live on well pass her fame. Why would I wish to do this? One reason: Chanelle Hayes is friggin’ hot. That’s basically all there is to get into my good graces, boys and girls. So let this be a lesson to you: I like hot people; I don’t like hot people not so much. And Chanelle Hayes? Definitely smoking hot.

I don’t know if these pictures of Michelle Ryan doing a one-arm pull-up are promo images from her upcoming show “Bionic Woman”, but either way, it just turns me on something awful. I don’t know what it is about an attractive woman who can do one-arm pull-ups and kick my ass, but I can’t get enough of them. Chances are, these are just promo images from the show, but it’s the illusion that matters, and right now the illusion makes me just so Godawful hot for Michelle Ryan…

It’s been a looooooooong time since we’ve had a good ol fashion Western, and while I don’t know if the upcoming 3:10 to Yuma qualifies as a “good ol fashion” Western, it is a Western with major Hollywood names behind it, so whatever it is, it should look pretty damn good. But since it’s been so damn long since a good Western made me go nuts over it, I’m going to give the film every leeway I can, because frankly, Westerns are a dying breed, and it’s up to us to support them. Plus, 3:10 to Yuma stars Vinessa Shaw, who is one hot cookie. I hear tell she has a major nude scene in the movie, which is a major plus. But make no mistake, I’m there for the cowboy action. Uh, I mean, “action” as in gunfights and whatnot, not the Brokeback Mountain type of “cowboy action”. Ahem.

I don’t know what they’re feeding these country girls down on the farm, but they need to keep it up, because they’re producing some incredibly hot women. Give them a slinging guitar and some cowboy boots, and we’re talking Country Goodness in the extreme. While I’m sure airbrushing played a part in making Miranda Lambert look practically angelic in these pictures, I’m going out on a limb and attributing to the good looks to good genes and lots of corn. If Miranda looks familiar, you probably recognize her as one of the finalists on the Reality TV singing competition “Nashville Star”, but from now on you can just call her the girl in your dreams that you’ll never get to first base with.

Who is Belen Rodriguez, our Latin Flavor of the day? I don’t know, but I sure would like to get to know her a little bit more, and by “know her” I of course mean hide behind the bush in front of her house with a telephoto lens, except, of course, I don’t have a camera, and I can’t work a telephoto camera to save my life, which is really weird and pathetic, in case you were wondering. Anyhoo. As far as I can tell, Belen Rodriguez is a model and actress, but more of a model, since IMDB only lists a couple of credits to her name, and she’s seen a lot in magazines like Matrix and others. And plus, anyone who looks this fantastic in a two-piece bikini is more model than actress, I don’t know what anyone else says.

The big news around the celebrity gossip watercooler (a place I try to avoid, it being kinda stinky and all, especially in the afternoons) is that Oscar winner Halle Berry is 3-months preggers with the love child of Canadian male model Gabriel Aubrey (the couple pictured left). And here I thought the only good thing about being a male model was banging hot chicks and, er, well, I guess that’s pretty great, considering who Aubry has bee putting it to since 2005. Says Berry about the news: “Gabriel and I are beyond excited, and I’ve waited a long time for this moment in life. Now the next seven months will be the longest of my life!” Expect a rush marriage followed by a divorced a year or two from now.

Wow, Whoopi Goldberg didn’t waste anytime making her mark on The View, did she? And of course by “her mark” I mean make people think Rosie O’Donnell wasn’t really as crazy as we all thought. Goldberg’s ingenious take on the Michael Vick situation? “He’s from the South, from the Deep South … This is part of his cultural upbringing. Instead of just saying he is a beast and he’s a monster, this is a kid who comes from a culture where this is not questioned.” Oooookay. You know, I don’t live in the Deep South or anything, but I’m pretty sure other bad shit happened down there that Whoopi, being a woman of African descent, might want to rethink about. *cough*KKK*cough* So maybe it’s not such a good idea to depend the “traditions” of the Deep South, Whoopi. Witness Whoopi’s stupidity for yourself below via video.

Is British glamour model and occasional Hollywood stuntwoman Thekla Roth the next Pamela Anderson? Maybe, but she won’t be playing the same character that made Pamela Anderson an international superstar on the TV show in the movie version. Instead, Roth will be playing a “bad girl” in the movie, at least according to The Sun Online, which says of the former tomboy turned British bombshell: “But sadly for any fellas who are already conjuring up mental pictures of Thekla in the famous red swimsuit, she won’t get to wear it. She explains: ‘I play a gang leader in it. I always get those roles for some reason – I’m forever playing the bad girl.’” Oh well, close enough. Even bad girl gang leaders take their tops off, right?

I’ve always loved Emmanuelle Vaugier. She’s got that look that just makes her stand out, and there’s that thing she does with her lips via some kind of smile or smirk or a combination of both that drives me nuts. She is, bar none, one of the most gorgeous women on the planet, and it’s a shame Emmanuelle Vaugier is not more famous than she currently is. She’s done more than enough movies to be famous, but alas, those films were primiarly B-movies like the recent zombie flick “House of the Dead 2″ and now, the upcoming Uwe Boll movie “Far Cry”. She needs to stay away from Uwe Boll, but other than that, Emmanuelle Vaugier will destined for greatness — if only in my dreams.

Like most Italians, I don’t know a whole lot about Giorgia Palmas, except that according to Wikipedia, she’s an Italian TV personality, which basically means she either hosts a TV show on Italian TV or she’s a very good chat show host. Before her TV career took off, Giorgia came in second in the 2000 Miss World beauty pageant, losing out to Miss India. But don’t cry for Giorgia; after losing, she’s developed a thriving TV career, and looks very good in a two-piece bikini. (You know I had to include gratuitous bikini pictures, didn’t you? Oh kids, you know me too well.) Yes, that body is not exactly super tight, but she’s Italian, so you gotta give the girl a little leeway. The Italian version of “super hot bikini body” is not the same as the Stateside version.

I have never never watched the soap opera “Passions” and I don’t plan to anytime soon, but damn, after seeing these promo shots of Priscilla Garita for the show, I’m starting to change my tune. Okay, so I probably still won’t watch the show, but when did daytime soaps start getting this spicy hot? Here’s more about Priscilla from Wikipedia: “She is best known for playing the role of Gabi Martinez on the now-defunct NBC soap Sunset Beach… Garita has also portrayed the role of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane on another NBC soap, Passions on a temporary basis from August to September 2004. During this time, Lindsay Hartley (the original Theresa) was on maternity leave with husband Justin Hartley.” Hah. So the original castmember got preggers and had to leave so Priscilla is now pitch-starring for her. Daytime soaps are hilarious.

It’s been a while since we made a totally gratuitous post on Keeley Hazell, so today is a good day as any to remedy that mistake. Here’s Keeley, apparently having survived her sex tape scandal (right, like that was EVER going to do anything but make her more famous, har har), back in Zoo Magazine looking as good as ever. I tell you, I don’t know what they’re feeding the British girls over there in Great Britain land, but they should keep it up. Every one of these glamour models look spectacularly good. Not just good, but SPECTACULARLY good.

Without a doubt, I don’t think anyone has a more recognizable face than Monica Bellucci. I think the only woman who comes close is Angelina Jolie, but that’s only if you don’t look at Jolie’s other, ahem, attributes. (Remember those old lady hands of hers? Brrrr. Still gives me nightmares.) Monica Bellucci, on the other hand, is nearly perfect from head to toe, and that’s after giving birth to how many kids? Well I don’t know, but that face of hers will live on forever. Even when Monica Bellucci turns 60, that face will still be just as recognizable, still as incredible, as it was today, or 10 years ago. If anything, I think age has made Monica Bellucci even more beautiful. Is that possible? I believe it is.