Science fiction geeks were steaming when Fox cancelled “Firefly”, Joss Whedon’s show about space cowboys in, er, space. Personally I think they were just mad that a show with the gorgeous Morena Baccarin had been cancelled, and now they had to get their fill of space hotness elsewhere. Well they were probably happy when Morena Baccarin appeared in another sci-fi show, Stargate SG1, where she played a major baddie. But come on, how can we take it seriously? If Morena Baccarin wanted to convert me to some weird space religion, I’d go in a second. Why all the resistance, SG1 guys? She’s hot. And really, isn’t that what we all look for from our space demi-Goddesses?

I feel kinda bad for Hilary Swank. She’s such a good and talented actress, but she’s such the anti-thesis of Hollywood. Girls like Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson gets by on their looks (hell, I’m still of the belief that neither women can act their way out of a paper bag), but Hilary Swank has to win two Oscars just to be taken seriously. And even then, she still had to go through a make-over to remove the “harshness”, if you will from her face. But I’ll tell you what, she may not have succeeded in the face area (short of plastic surgery, I don’t think Hilary can do a whole lot there, alas), but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that body. I mean, holy cow, that’s one hot bod, baby.

News reporting at the national level is a cutthroat business. Then you take that to a local level, and cutthroat becomes “you die now!” This might be what’s happening here, when Chicago NBC reporter Amy Jacobson was videotaped at the house of murder suspect Craig Stebic, who may or may not have something to do with his wife Lisa’s disappearance. Wait, you say, so what? A reporter is caught at a murder suspect’s house, what’s the big deal? Well, the problem was, she was wearing a two-piece bikini and Stebic was home, and the two were having a pool party! To make matters worst, Jacobson apparently also brought her two kids along with her for the “date”! The video footage, which you can see here, was taken by rival Chicago CBS station, when Stebic’s neighbors started noticing Jacobson was showing up at the house quite “frequently”.

Now before you get all uppity and indignant at the question, think about this: Sure, Peter Griffin of “Family Guy” fame is in his ’40s (I think) and weighs over 200 pounds, and the 13-year old kid is just a bratty 13-year old, but that little punk has a pretty sharp tongue on his face. And come on, who didn’t feel like punching the living snot out of these 13-year olds every now and then? As in, every time you see them make some smart-aleck remark? If I had a penny for every kid I wanted to punch out…

If you’re like me, you’ve been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the New Seven Wonders of the World, because let’s face it, what’s more exciting than a list of, um, old places. And it’s not like these latest Seven Wonders were just picked willy nilly by stuffy Professors, they were chosen by over 100 million votes by people in over 200 countries. (via) And so, without further ado, what are the New Seven Wonders of the World? They are: Chichén Itzá in Mexico; Christ the Redeemer in Brazil; The Great Wall in China; Machu Picchu in Peru; Petra in Jordan; The Roman Colosseum in Italy; and The Taj Mahal in India. Yeah, I’d have to go with Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, too, because no list is complete without, er, Christ, and redeeming stuff.

Here’s more of French singer Alizee Jacotey, because there’s not a whole lot of things French that you can stand too much of, and when you do run across one, it’s a good idea to get your fill. Fans of Alizee have been eagerly awaiting her return following a voluntary sabbatical from the music biz after the release of her second CD, “Mes Courants Électriques”, which translates into English as, “I like Jerry Lewis”. (No, no, I’m just kidding, don’t send me letters.) But recently Alizee has delighted her fans with a note telling them that she’s currently in the studio working on a new album. So can we expect to see more from Alizee? Maybe, maybe not. And besides, the songs will be in French, so it’s not like I’ll understand it anyhow.

Now you may be wondering why I didn’t include Charlotte Gainsbourg in the Brit Babe Invasion category, and that’s because although she was born a Brit, Charlotte Gainsbourg is more French than English, having moved to France with the family when she was a child. It’s also there that she entered the film industry, and released two albums. In 1986, Gainsbourg won a César Award for “Most Promising Actress” for L’effrontée (source), and soon you’ll be able to see Charlotte in the Martin Scorsese “presented” movie “The Golden Door” from writer/director Emanuele Crialese, where she goes back to her roots to play a British woman trying to make her way to America.

So you’re bored, and bungee jumping just isn’t what it used to be. What’s a guy to do? Well, if you have the money, you fly to Spain to “run” with the bulls so you can go home and brag about it to your “boring” friends. What a great idea! Of course, you didn’t count on the bulls goring or crushing your dumb ass, which is what happened to 9 lucky idiots on Sunday in Pamplona, Spain. Two people were gored by a couple of Miura bulls, the largest fighting bulls in Spain, while 7 others just got crushed. (I’m guessing the gored dudes had better stories to tell their buddies.) Since records began in 1924, 13 people have been killed during the Pamplona Bull Run, with the last fatality being a 22-year-old American, who was gored to death in 1995. I bet he had a great story to tell. Well, maybe not. (via)

Speaking of attractive young actresses making a good example of themselves for the kids, here’s “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere (and yes, I do have to look up her last name everytime I type it; damn thing is harder to memorize than a crack junkie taking the SAT while on crack) at the beach in a two-piece bikini showing how it’s done. Pay attention, Mandy Moore! When you’re a star, you gotta pay attention to the body, and not indulge in fatty food all day long, even when your movie bombs like there’s no tomorrow. But nevermind the other girl, let’s concentrate on Hayden Panettiere and that bikini. Have I mentioned how much I love the guy who invented the bikini?

Now I’m not saying Mandy Moore is fat in these pictures of her taking a trip down South to Mexico for a little relaxation (she probably wanted to get as far away from the stink of “License to Wed” as much as possible; Holy God that was a piece of crap, wasn’t it?), but she looks like she’s getting there. Which is a damn shame. Mandy Moore is the cute as a button girl who got her start in the movies by starring as the earnest Christian girl in “A Walk to Remember”. She went from that to one major Hollywood stinker after another. That much failure is enough to drive a girl to eating binges. But hey, maybe I’m just being a little too hard on the girl, but come on, you’re a movie star, shouldn’t you at LEAST make an effort to maintain the look? Although to be fair, she doesn’t look half bad in a couple of the first pictures, but when that belly gets to flex… Urgh, I’m so disillusioned.

Apparently Americans have heard everything Al Gore has to say about global warming, and their response is a big fat: “Who gives a crap?” That is, if you can go by the ratings for Al Gore’s three-hour concert special from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., which pulled in paltry numbers for NBC during its Sunday night run, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In fact, NBC would have gotten equal or better ratings had they just ran a rerun of, well, basically anything in the time slot. Which comes as a big surprise to just about anyone, considering the concert’s line-up of heavy hitters, including Kelly Clarkson, Kaney West, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, and The Smashing Pumpkins, just to name a few.

So the ladies of “Sex and the City” have finally decided that a nice big paycheck is worth putting up with one another (apparently they hate each other — or to be more precise, they all hate Kim Cattrall and vice versa) and make a movie. Isn’t that sweet? Personally, I could do without having to see Sarah Jessica Parker’s horse face on a giant movie screen, or Kim Cattrall’s prune, wrinkled skin in close-up. Then again, a major movie would provide Kristin Davis fans the chance to see Kristin naked. Or close to naked. (What’s the point of a “Sex and the City” movie if no one gets naked? None!) And let’s face it, kids, the only reason to even consider renting a “Sex and the City” movie when it hits DVD is the promise of Kristin Davis skin. It sure as hell ain’t for Kim Cattrall or Sarah Jessica Parker or the redhead whose name no one knows.

Norwegian singer/model Lene Alexandra wants you to know that her boobs are A-Okay. In fact, she’s so determined that you know her boobs are okay she even released a single called “My Boobs Are OK”. (Now that’s commitment! When I want people to know something great about me, all I could think off to do was try to start a rumor that never went anywhere. Damn, I suck.) More info about our bouncy Norwegian: she went from starring in the Norwegian version of “Survivor” to making a music CD, and she boasts the ability to speak Norwegian, English AND Swedish. Although I’m not sure if the last part is really all that impressive. Isn’t Norwegian and Swedish like the same language? (Yes, my geography and my world knowledge sucks, too, what of it?)

I’ve never seen Linkin Park perform live LIVE (as in, I was there, in person), but from everything I’ve seen of them (including recordings of their live shows), they give a pretty incredible performance, even better than the studio versions. Here’s Linkin Park taking part in Al Gore’s worldwide Live Earth thingamagig. You gotta sit through about 2 and a half minutes of some preacy crap about global warming and emissions, but I recommend just fast-forwarding through all that junk to the live performance. It’s good stuff.

It’s not a good idea to be a beauty queen nowadays. Just as Tara Connor, or now, Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo, who has decided to strike back at a blackmailer by going public with the blackmail. At the heart of the blackmail? Supposedly nude pictures of the gorgeous blonde 22-year old beauty queen. The blackmailer demanded that Polumbo give up her grown or face the release of the pictures. Here’s the thing: the fact that Polumbo is going public with this? It means those photos really DOES exist! Ooooh. You can read more about this here. But nevermind the article, just scroll down to see pictures of Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo. And yes, I did include two very gratuitous bikini pictures of the Jersey girl.

Can you believe Catherine Bell is playing someone’s mom on the Lifetime Channel’s original series “Army Wives”? (And yeah, I watch the Lifetime Channel. What of it? Actually, I don’t. I just sort of stumbled across it one day and ended up watching all the episodes of “Army Wives”. Um, yeah, that’s the ticket.) But where was I? Oh right. On the show, Catherine Bell plays an army wife who is married and has a son. And not just a son, but a TEENAGE son. I mean, come on, I know this show is fictional, but you expect me to buy that Catherine Bell is someone’s mom? Some teenage boy’s mom? And not just a teenager, but one that is old enough to join the army? That would make him 18. Oh come on! Catherine Bell ain’t the mother of some 18 year old! Then again, the possibilities are so delicious…

Back in the day (a Wednesday, as I recall Dane Cook saying — or was it a Monday?), Tyra Banks wasn’t always the crazy, slightly chubby chick with the talk show and narcissistic personality. Okay, so maybe she’s always had the narcissistic personality, but at least she didn’t have a talk show to continually talk about herself back then. In fact, back then guys slobbered over pictures of Tyra Banks. I know, it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Here, then, I present you with Tyra Banks’ greatest hits via pictures. It is, of course, a bikini-themed presentation. What, you shocked? Dumbass.

I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since we last posted any pictures of Amy Weber. What a terrible thing to do. Imagine, going a full year ignoring this wonderfully gorgeous woman. I feel sick just thinking about. Just sick, I tell ya! Well, if we’re anything here, we’re the kind of folk who likes to remedy our stupidity, so in that spirit, here are some Amy Weber. We don’t know if they’re new, old, present, or what, but one thing’s for certain: a year later, and Amy Weber is still frakkin’ gorgeous. Seriously, folks, it should be a crime to look this good.

Yah, it’s another supermodel from Brazil. What, you complaining? Our Random Supermodel of the Day Fernanda Mello may just be one of the most gorgeous thing to come out of Brazil in a long while. She’s got that a great body, one of those “not too skinny, but just right” body types, and just a killer face. She’s been working the runways since 1996, but I’ve never heard of her until now, which is more my fault than hers. Fernanda Mello is a face, and body to remember. Now if only she’ll return my phone call. Is calling a girl 50 times in one day too much?

Our Brit Babe of the day is Dannielle Brent, a former “Hollyoaks” girl who turned bad. As in, “Bad Girls”. Yes, that’s right. She went from “Hollyoaks” to playing Natalie Buxton on “Bad Girls”, which I hear is very, er, bad. Okay, so I’ve never seen either shows, but I hear it’s very good. Or sexy. Or maybe both. Whatever the case, it must be very good, because according to IMDB.com, they even had a Christmas Special, and come on, you don’t give Christmas Specials to just about any show. Heck, even Star Wars had a Christmas Special, and it sucked. Wait, what was I saying? Oh right, here’s Dannielle Brent.