The Random Stuff of Interests Page

I love Charles Barkley. Not because he’s the smartest guy on TV, or the best basketball player to ever play the game despite being grossly overweight, but because it’s so fun watching him on TNT’s pre and post-game shows. I love the fact that Barkley will always say what he thinks, even when it turns out to be completely wrong. And let’s face it, even fans of Charles will have to say that the dude gets a lot of things wrong. Like, 9 out of 10 things he says turns out wrong, especially on basketball. But he’s a riot, and during a recent TNT showing, Charles got punked. Reading teleprompters are so easy that sometimes those reading it don’t even bother to think about what they’re reading. Here’s one such occasion. You’ve been punked, Charles!

It’s TGIF Friday! Wait, if you’ve already shortened Thank God It’s Friday to TGIF, do you then still have to add the extra Friday at the end of TGIF? I don’t know, but people should really look into this so I can either keep using TGIF Friday without having to think about it, or drop the extra Friday completely. I mean, come on, what kind of country is this if we can’t get some scientists into a room to solve this for us? Anyhoo, here’s Marisa Miller, your weekend send-off. Got errands to run over the weekend? Things to do? Girls to mack on? Let Marisa Miller be your guide. Marisa Miller in a two-piece bikini, of course.

Gemma Merna plays a character name Carmel McQueen on the British TV show Hollyoaks, and has appeared on the Reality TV sorta game show Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, and showed up as an extra on the show Little Britain. Aside from all that, she’s got quite the rack on her, and she isn’t afraid to show it off. In fact, Gemma Merna isn’t just unafraid to show off what God gave her, she spends most of her time looking for places to pop out. Okay, maybe that last part isn’t true, but just for the sake of our fantasies, we’re going to pretend it is. Here’s Gemma Merna in the latest issue of Nuts magazine. Yup. You’d be nuts not to salivate all over these pics.

Talk about Brit Babe Invasion! Rachel Shelley has really invaded American soil, with roles on Showtime’s The L Word and CBS’ The Ghost Whisperer. Now you would think I would have noticed Rachel Shelley before, since I have an affinity for lesbians, and shows about lesbians. But hey, I haven’t watched The L Word since, well, it came on the air. Which is to say, I’ve never actually seen the show, which seems like a real shame, considering that I, as previously mentioned, happens to love lesbians. In fact, I would love to love them all night and all day long, if you know what I mean, and I think you do. Hint hint, etc. Here’s some Rachel Shelley, who looks like she should be wrestling instead of acting. The girl’s got some nice muscle tones there…

Now I’m not a Stephen Colbert fan or anything. I think the guy is funny, but I’ve seen him on the Daily Show, and he works in two to five minute spurts, but a whole show around him doing his shtick? I don’t think I could take it. But even as a non-fan, I know he’s been doing this gag where he challenged South Korean pop star and now “Speed Racer” actor Rain (or Bi, as he’s also known) to a dance off. Apparently Rain has been saying no — UNTIL NOW. So yes, there’s Colbert cleaning the cameras in his studio late at night when Rain arrives for the much-anticipated dance off. I have to admit, Colbert is pretty funny here, but pretty much only because he’s not doing his jackass shtick.

No, seriously, he does. Here’s the press release. (Now would they send out a press release if it wasn’t true?) “”…When he isn’t protecting Gotham City from various villains in the Batmobile as his alter ego, Batman, billionaire Bruce Wayne’s vehicle of choice is one of Lamborghini’s sexiest super sports car ever built, the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.” See? Check out the smooth ride below. Batman, of course, chooses his in black. What self-respecting vigilante of the night wouldn’t? Sure beats the Batmobile when you’re taking a gal out on the town. More legroom for, you know, other stuff.

Bye bye, Jason Castro. The dreadlocked one was booted from American Idol earlier today, leaving only three finalists vying for the Season 7 AI crown. They are: David Cook, David Archuleta and Syesha Mercado. If I had to pick a winner, I would go with David Cook, but I have a sneaking suspicion (call me crazy) that the little tyke David Archuleta will come out on top without even a contest. The kid hasn’t been even close to being eliminated this year, and he’s not going to be in the next three weeks. Syesha, the last girl standing, will be gone by next week, leaving the two Davids. And with the kids still voting, Archuleta’s got this thing sown up. How predictable, American Idol.

Let’s face it, when Ashlee Simpson first came onto the scene, it was pretty easy to tell her apart from her big sis Jessica. Pretty much everything she did was designed to remind you she WASN’T big sis. Then, something strange happened, and Ashlee started to look more and more like Jessica. For a while there, it was really, really weird. Now it appears as if Ashlee has once again gone her own way, and I have to say — not bad. Not bad at all. Ashlee Simpson showed up in the June issue of Shape Magazine in, as is Shape’s wont, a two-piece bikini, and let me tell you — not bad. Not bad at all, kids. But hey, don’t take my word for it; judge for yourself. Ashlee Simpson bikini pictures from Shape magazine.

Speaking of Australia (weren’t we just talking about Australia? well I was, even if it was to myself), one of its more famous faces, at least to us, is model Emily Scott. And hey, we aren’t the only ones saying it. In 2007, she was crowned “Sexiest Aussie Babe” by FHM magazine’s readers, and who is going to argue with those bright lads? Exactly. Anyhoo, here are some promo work that Emily Scott did for the cover of Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 3 which, according to the cover, comes with a bonus Hixxy CD, and come on, who doesn’t want their very own Hixxy CD? I know I do.

Let’s face it, Elisha Cuthbert’s movie career hasn’t exactly been going great. Of course, acting alongside Paris Hilton, aka the Movie Career Killer, didn’t exactly help, but we’re going to ignore that because, gosh dang it, we really like Elisha Cuthbert, and want her to resurrect her movie career, if only because we’re hoping to see something like this on the big screen very soon. Or on the small screen, preferably on DVD, where the pause button works a lot better than on the big screen. Wait, what? Yeah, I said it. Anyways. Elisha Cuthbert bikini pictures. Please to ogle.

As far as I know, Amanda Hinchcliffe is an Australian model, from, you know, Australia, and she seems to have the ability to look extremely good in a two-piece bikini. And lest you think that’s not a very extraordinary ability, let me assure you that it is indeed very much so. Have you ever gone to the beach lately? If I have to stare at a fatass staring back at me, covered in cellulite, I might just have to shoot myself. No, that would be too pain-free; I might have to stab myself in the eye, pull out the eyeball, and then throw it into the ocean. But I digress. Amanda Hinchcliffe. Hot. Check her out.

Obviously these pictures of Minnie Driver were taken a while ago, before she was pregnant, which she currently is, and is ready to drop that load any day now. (Mind you, not that I’m equating babies with, like, laundry, where you can just drop them, ahem.) Wait, where was I? Oh right. I’ve personally always found Minnie Driver to be very hot, but not a lot of people have agreed with me. Family Guy even had a great gag about how her head is so mammoth it can’t fit into a movie screen. But hey, for my money, that combination of British accent and the devil-may-care personality revs me all kinds of ways, all of them good. Here are what could possibly be some of the hottest Minnie Driver pictures I’ve ever seen. Change your minds yet?

If you’re an NBA fan, then you must be loving the playoffs. Forget the overrated Boston Celtics or the Lakers — it’s all about Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets. Yes, you heard me correct: Chris Paul and the bloody New Orleans Hornets. Now when was the last time you heard of the Hornets making waves in the Playoffs? Well they’re doing it now, and it’s all because of #3, third-year player Chris Paul. And no, I’m not being hyperbolic when I say this guy is, quite possibly, the best point guard to ever suit up for an NBA game since — well, I don’t know who has been this good in my lifetime. I’m sure there are old timers who were this good, but in MY time? Chris Paul is simply unstoppable on the court. Some highlights from his Game 2 against the Spurs for your viewing pleasure. I mean, he’s doing this against THE SPURS, for God’s sake.

Hey, we all wish we were hot, don’t we? Of course, sometimes being hot just isn’t enough — or maybe, it ends up being too much, and it gets us fired. From our teaching job. Because we moonlight in a two-piece bikini on a yacht and somehow some people who weren’t meant to see it found out. You know, the usual story. That’s exactly what happened to 30-year old Florida teacher Tiffany Shepherd. To be honest with you, she’s not even all that hot — a mildly attractive girl with ugly tattoos and a huge rack. Wait, did I say she wasn’t even all that hot? I meant, she’s incredibly hot. The huge rack really helps, you know. An actual news report (yes, an actual news report) on her firing and some gratuitous shots of her in bikini via a video salute. God bless the public education system. And the Internets.

Let’s face it, hot girls with pretty faces and killer bodies are a dime a dozen in today’s age, but one that comes with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and a specialty in creative writing? That’s exactly what model Nicola Mar has in her bag of goodies. Mar writes on her official site that her passions include writing, traveling, and photography, which is about three passions more than your average bimbette model. Mind you, not that we here at the Random Page have anything against bimbette models; heck, we wouldn’t have any reasons to get out of bed in the morning without them. But you know, every now and then, it’s nice to see a model with brains, too. Of course, the pretty face and killer body don’t hurt, either.

We posted Spanish actress Leonor Watling last year in anticipation of her new movie “The Oxford Murders” — well, okay, not really, we were just using the movie as an excuse to post pictures of her. Then Leonor Watling went and showed up on the cover and in the pages of MAN magazine, which I think is, like, a magazine for man. Or men. Or maybe it really is just for one man. Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if the magazine was made for a man named Man? That would be, you know, really weird, but also really cool. Or maybe just really stupid. Either/or. Anyways, here’s some more Leonor Watling in MAN mag looking, as the kids would say, all kinds of hot and junk.

Singing diva Mariah Carey was never one to keep that nice, voluptuous body of hers hidden behind all that junk girls like to call clothes in her music videos and pretty much wherever she showed up, and as a member of the male species, I’d like to thank her for that open-minded attitude. Word is, Mariah has gotten hitched to some 20-something kid who also raps and acts in movies, and occasionally shows up on MTV or BET or one of those cable shows I try to avoid whenever possible, lest my delicate senses be overrun with crap. I bring all that up to say this: Mariah Carey is in the current issue of Vibe magazine, sporting that diva-ish body in a variety of swimwear.

Let’s face it, no one goes on the game show Deal or No Deal and pays any attention to the models. Or at least, most of the girls don’t. The guys? Well, they’re probably DISTRACTED by the models. Too distracted to, you know, pick numbers, and stuff. (God, is this game for retards or what?) In any case, when the game show puts your SISTER on the game as one of the models, and the host keeps telling you to LOOK at her, don’t you? Apparently not so much, because the contestant on this edition of Deal or No Deal is completely clueless. Not her fault, since it appears her mom is also retarded. “She has to feel it”, says the retarded sister, when prodded by the host to LOOK at the models.

Okay, so yeah, it’s been ages since I made an entry into the Random Supermodel of the Day category, but give me a break, do you know how hard it is to find these girls? It’s not like they come around every other week; there’s a limited number of supermodels, you know. But hey, whose whining? The latest entry is one Esther Canadas, a Spanish actress and supermodel originally from Alicante, Costa Blanca. Among her cinematic credits include an appearance in “The Thomas Crown Affair” remake and “Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble”, which is, you know, the true story of Fanny Kemble, I don’t know if you knew.

I’ve posted Jodi Albert a couple of times before, but when a girl is this easy on the eyes, what the hell, why not a third or fourth time? Jodi Albert is an actress, and a former member of the all-girl band Girl Thing, and she’s currently engaged to Westlife member Kian Egan. Westlife, in case you don’t know, is an all-boy band that does pop music ala N’Sync, The Backstreet Boys, and their ilk. You know, the type of music no one listens to anymore? Anyways, Jodi Albert is a former Hollyoaks babe, and currently spends her time visiting my lustful night dreams. I pay SAG wages, doncha know.