The Random Stuff of Interests Page

We don’t get Australian TV the way we get British TV (via the BBC America) here in the States, but if we did, I would have posted more spotlights on Australia’s TV starlets like Caitlin Stasey, who plays Rachel Kinski on the show “Neighbours”, which I’ve often heard about, but have never seen. According to IMDB.com, the show is a “serial chronicling the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Australian suburb of Erinsborough.” But don’t pigeonhole Caitlin. You can see her on the big screen in the French action movie “Taken” with Maggie Grace in 2008, and after that, a role in the comedy “Spring Breakdown”, which I think is about Spring Break and, um, a breakdown.

Keegan Connor Tracy has been in a ton of shows, but you probably don’t even know her name, or barely recognizes her. This is probably because, more often than not, she ends up being typecast as nerd-types. Her biggest role to date was on the short-lived sci-fi show “Jake 2.0″, where she played, you guessed it, a nerd scientist. All those stereotype roles keeps us from fully appreciating what Keegan Connor Tracy has to offer — namely a hot babe hidden behind glasses and too many clothes. Her latest stint was as a murder suspect on the USA Network’s “Psyche” and as an unnamed reporter on “Battlestar Galactica”. Someone give this woman a major role and let her shine already.

To be perfectly honest with you, I don’t know why advertisers pay celebrities to shill for their products. Especially perfumes. What are we supposed to do when we see a famous person selling, say, a Chanel perfume? Go, “Oh look, Keira Knightley is selling Chanel! Let’s go buy some!” Naaaah. Then again, Keira Knightley sure looks good in this ad for Chanel perfume, so why am I complaining again? Well, basically because I like to complain, almost as much as I like to gawk at hot women. It’s a win-win situation, baby! So here’s Keira Knightley’s latest ad for Chanel. Stupid hat. It never fails. Whenever a beautiful woman is trying to get topless for me, a stupid hat shows up to ruin things.

If you watch a lot of TV poker on ESPN (and ESPN 2 and ESPN Classic and ESPN Infinity), then you’ve probably noticed that on the women’s side, there are a lot of Asian chicks who likes to gamble for the cash. But for some reason, I’ve never seen Evelyn Ng before. Now this can be of two reasons — maybe she plays a lot of cash games, so don’t show up on TV, which tends to show a lot of tournament play; or I’m blind, because the girl is gorgeous. I first saw Evelyn Ng playing around with that magician dork Criss Angel on his “Mindfreak” show. Keep a look-out for Evelyn Ng when you hit the Vegas tables, boys, you might just end up sitting next to one smoking Asian poker babe.

Initially I was a little bit disappointed by these pictures of Anne Hathaway in a bikini — and no, the fugly bikini she’s wearing has nothing to do with it. Then I realized, Yeah, I think I always expected that Anne Hathaway would look this curvaceous, and all of a sudden my disappointment turned to gratification. What I’m saying is, even when a celebrity doesn’t pull off the “bikini body” as well as we’d like, they’re still celebrities in their bikinis and that’s like, 5 times better than a regular ugly person in a bikini. And if you understand what all of that meant, then I got some swamp in Florida to sell ya. Anyways, Anne Hathaway bikini pictures.

Elisha Cuthbert is such a strange girl. Undoubtedly a very attractive girl, there are times when she can look pretty darn plain, and sometimes, even mildly unattractive. I say “mildly” because, let’s face it, when you’re born with good genes, even when you look ugly you’re still looking pretty good. Here’s Elisha Cuthbert at the beach, apparently taking pictures because she’s been told that she’s pretty good at it. Or not. You know how it is; hot girls are always told they can do anything because guys are secret hoping to get “with” them, as the kids say. Anyhoo, here’s Elisha Cuthbert hanging out at the beach in a two-piece bikini that she insists on covering up the bottom part. What a gyp. Almost, guys, almost…

The Sci Fi Channel has a new show, an “update” of the sci-fi camp classic “Flash Gordon”. The show, called the same thing, stars Eric Johnson as Flash, and Gina Holden as his ex-girlfriend turned TV reporter Dale Arden. The premiere was last night, and it’s actually not bad. Mind you, it’s not entirely great, either. I’m not sure about the Mongol setting, it looks so…lame. And Ming, which they made a Caucasian guy with blond hair, probably so they won’t be accused of being racists if they kept the Asian guy from the original movie, is really not that scary. The entire show is kind of plain, and the 90-minute pilot doesn’t really do anything all that awesome. Still, it’s got Gina Holden, and she’s quite the babe.

For a group of people who are known for their stout personality and stuffiness, the British are incredibly sexual when it comes to their newspapers. I mean, where else would you get half-naked lingerie models gracing real newspapers??? Okay, there are probably a lot of places, but definitely not in a country as advance as the UK. Mind you, not that we’re complaining, because every day with a half-naked Gemma Atkinson is a good day as far as we’re concern. Having said that, here’s Gemma Atkinson doing the half-naked thing in lingerie. Have I mentioned that British newspapers rule?

Josie Maran was a model turned actress turned woman of my dreams. Here she is at an old movie premiere. But nevermind that. Let’s talk Josie Maran. You gotta appreciate the way Josie is working her way through Hollywood, and she’s doing it in the way that’ll last, too. Instead of being given leading roles right off the bat, she’s had to slave her way through background roles in big and small movies, slowly but surely moving towards leading lady status. That’s the kind of experience in the movie business that will allow you to keep your head on your shoulders when you finally do hit it big. And make no mistake, Josie Maran WILL hit it big one of these days. Besides the fact that she’s an uber babe? She’s also very talented. But the uber babe part doesn’t hurt.

One of these days Americans will wise up and give Jennifer Love Hewitt her due, at which point she’ll be made a National Treasure and all the world will rejoice. Well, the parts of the world that has TV and likes shows like “Ghost Whisperer”, anyway, because unless you’ve seen the TV series, you’ve probably never seen Jennifer Love Hewitt before, and in which case I guess you wouldn’t care if she was made a national treasure of any country or whatnot. Um, okay, now that I’ve rambled on long enough, here’s some Jennifer Love Hewitt to get you excited about my turning her into a national treasure plan. Jennifer Love Hewitt: Hot as hell, except when you let her dress herself, in which case it’s an epic disaster.

Everybody’s going nuts for Chanelle Hayes. Heh heh, get it? Anyhoo. I guess the UK version of Big Brother chooses its female contestants the same way the American version does — by how hot they are. And Chanelle Hayes, one of the latest Big Brother girls, definitely qualifies. Here’s Chanelle Hayes in Nuts magazine. So the question is, is it a compliment or an insult to say that Chanelle Hayes looks a lot like Paris Hilton from certain angles? Hmm, I’m still not sure. (Of course we know what Paris would say, but nevermind her opinions.)

Krystal Forscutt is one of those women who are, shall we say, smokin’ hot. Which means she invades men’s dreams when they least expect it, but instead of waking up screaming, they do everything they can not to wake up. It’s a tough life, but someone’s gotta do it. Having said that, here’s your Daily Dose of Krystal Forscutt, because a woman this smokin’ needs to be taken in doses, lest you fry your brains and become a vegetable. And there’s nothing worst than a guy with a T1 Internet connection and the inability to use it to search for hot babes on the net. Brrrrrrrr. Don’t even make me think about it.

Fans of good TV rejoice! News from TVLand is that the USA network, doing the very smart thing, has already renewed its original show “Burn Notice” for a second season, while the show is still on episode 7 (a great episode, by the way). I don’t know how many episodes USA gives their shows per season, but this is a major coup for the producers of the show, and a real treat to fans of Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan) and his pursuit of finding out who “burned” him. Plus, fans of Gabrielle Anwar can also rejoice. I’ve never seen Gabrielle look hotter or tougher (the combination of that is just irresistible) on any movie or show. My favorite actors in a show that’s become my favorite show plus a guaranteed second season? Damn, my day is looking up!

Victoria Pratt has always been one of my favorite actresses. Wait, let me rephrase that: I’ve always loved to see Victoria Pratt on TV. Don’t get me wrong, she’s not a bad actress, but there is room for improvement there. The only bad thing about seeing Victoria on TV is that most of the time she’s required to wear those things — what do you call them? Oh right, clothes. She always end up in too much clothes. But not always. Here’s Victoria Pratt looking like a million bucks in Stuff Magazine from earlier this year. That body is the result of a stringent fitness routine, and one of the reasons why she was a fitness model before she ever got into acting. Hot, hot, hot stuff for sure.

I’ve been hesitant about making this Barry Bonds posting. On the one hand, I think he doesn’t really deserve the home run record, but on the other hand — well, he did hit it, despite all the pressures from the world rooting AGAINST him. Maybe it’s the San Francisco crowd that continues to pump him up, but the guy did take all the weight of the world and still went out and did his job, so in that respect you gotta give him SOME props. Anyways, here’s the video of Barry Bonds hitting home run #756 to break Hank Aaron’s all-time home run record. As a person, he’s still a total douche bag, but as a baseball player, well, he’s got skills, steroids or not.

I’m not sure where Jean Louisa Kelly has been keeping herself lately, but it’s a crying shame she isn’t seen more often on TV, where she used to star on the CBS sitcom “Yes, Dear”. It was one of those dorky guy has a hot wife sitcom — you know, the kind of pairing that can only possibly exist on TV. It ran for a few years, but after that Jean Louisa Kelly hasn’t really done much. Recently, she re-surfaced on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” for one episode. I’m not sure if she’s left TV on purpose to concentrate on a family (she has a couple of kids and lives in L.A.), but here’s a nice bit of trivia: her best friend is Jennifer Garner. What a pair!

Our Latin Flavor of the day, Paola Nunez, was born in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, which I think is somewhere between Mexico and, um, California, but don’t hold me to it. She’s an actress who has worked entirely in the Spanish language markets, with works on “Mientras haya vida”, “Amor en custodia”, and “Lo que callamos las mujeres”. I think she’s been doing mostly just TV work right now, but with those kinds of looks, I’m sure movies won’t be far behind. Then again, one can only hope. Here’s Paola Nunez looking good. Unfortunately there’s not a whole lot about her on the net, but these will just have to do for now.

I could be wrong, but as I recall, Ashanti was one of the first (if not the first) R&B singer to mix her smooth vocals with a rapper, thus setting off a chain reaction where EVERYONE and their momma was pairing up rappers with female R&B singers. My music IQ isn’t exactly “all that” (as the kids would say), so I don’t know if this fad is still in or if it’s gone out, but Ashanti was there at the beginning (or close), and that means she deserves special mention. She’s also very hot, too, and that’s always a plus for the music video generation.

I’ve seen Canadian actress Kari Matchett in a number of movies shot up north, including “Cube 2: Hypercube” and “Cypher”. She’s also done a lot of American work, including a stint on the last season of “24″, and a leading role in “Invasion”. The latter show got cancelled, but “24″ of course was not. Unfortunately, Kari Matchett’s role in “24″ wasn’t that big, although you probably did notice her. She was certainly memorable, playing the secretary and object of affection to the creepy Vice President. She’s very talented and given the right role, very sexy. Hopefully she’ll get more work in the future.

What did we human beings ever did that was so good that God gave us the Hollyoaks TV series and their cornucopia of babes? Eh, I don’t know, probably nothing, but I’m sure damn glad we got it anyway. Here’s more of Jennifer Metcalfe, who plays the character Mercedes McQueen on the show. Before she landed on Hollyoaks, Jennifer was Jade Nicholls on “Emmerdale Farm”, which doesn’t have nearly the same cache as being on Hollyoaks. Besides all that, there’s not a whole lot left to say about Jennifer, except that she looks really good in skimpy lingerie. (Have I thanked whoever invented lingerie yet? I’ve always meant to. He da man!)