The Random Stuff of Interests Page

Russia is known for a lot of things — snow, furry hats, and of course, pretty songbirds like Svetlana Svetikova. Okay, so maybe they’re most known for furry hats and vodka, but you know, if you dig deeper, you might catch hints of girls like Svetlana Svetikova plying their trade as pop singers. And of course, let’s not forget all those tall, leggy teen tennis phenoms that the country cranks out at a rate of, oh, a dozen a year. You can count on the Brazilians to deliver the supermodels in droves, and you can count on the Russians for tennis phenoms. And then there is girls like Svetlana Svetikova. Good voice, interesting music video, too bad I can’t understand a lick of it.

Our latest does of Italian Spice comes courtesy of Maddalena Corvaglia, one of the co-hosts of the Italian TV show Balls of Steel. Like her fellow TV hostess Elisabetta Canalis, all that’s required of Maddalena Corvaglia to do her job is to look good on stage and in very tight skirts, two criteria that Maddalena easily meets, and then some. And as all my friends know, there’s nothing I love more than coming home from work and turning on Balls of Steel. Which is a pretty hard thing to do, considering that I don’t even have a job, and spend my days diving in and out of trash dumpsters looking for cans to sell.

Amanda Beard in a two-piece bikini is Heaven on Earth. Then again, when you’ve spent your entire life in a swimsuit and once appeared in Playboy, isn’t it a given that you should look slammin’ in a bikini? In any case, Amanda Beard was somewhere doing something with some guy, and took the time to slip on a red two-piece bikini for all the boys out there. I don’t know who the guy with her is, but he’s one lucky bastard. Also, I don’t know if this is a candid walk on the beach or a photoshoot, because at one point a woman shows up to do Amanda’s hair. Huh? Oh well, the trails and tribulations and bikinis of celebrityhood, I suppose.

So English actress Helena Bonham Carter did this really obscure movie called “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (you may have heard about it?), playing a character called Bellatrix Lestrange (hey, it’s a fantasy novel written by a chick who was pretending to be a man, you figure it out). After “Phoenix”, she came back as the character for the sequel, “Harry Potter and the Half-Prince Blood”. Word is Helena Bonham Carter will be back for another installment, the highly anticipated “Harry Potter and the Chamber Pot That Really, Really Needs to be Emptied”, which I hear is the best Harry Potter yet. Check out Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. Strangely hot, no?

Oh my God, what a bad, weird, and funny video from, from the looks of it, either the ’80s or ’90s. It’s a live-action Winnie the Pooh (a guy in a bear suit) teaching another guy in a bear suit (except this suit is pink) about “bad touching”. I think this is somehow supposed to teach kids about not letting strangers molest them, or something like that. Well, it’s pretty damn creepy, but then again, when you have guys in fake bear suits talking about “bad touch”, how could it NOT be creepy? Holy crap. Quite possibly the greatest (and most disturbing) thing I’ve ever seen.

Mischa Barton’s “people” must have told her in her post-OC career that she needs to get out there and shake that money maker of hers, because frankly, Mischa hasn’t been making money for anyone lately. Her movies have bombed since she left The OC, and that once-promising career seems to have waned a tad. After a fantastic appearance in Arena Magazine, Mischa has now journeyed onto the pages of Maxim Magazine. Check out a couple of pics from her upcoming spread in the men’s mag. Oooh, yes, Mischa definitely puts the “Oh” in “Oh wow, not bad at all. Not bad at all…”

Wow, I can’t believe I’ve never seen this before. It’s the original pilot of Family Guy by show creator Seth MacFarlane that, apparently he sent in to FOX as an example of the show he wanted to do. Everything you know and love about Family Guy and the Griffin family is here, except the art is not exactly smooth stuff, and it kind of looks like Seth ol boy drew everything on paper by hand. Also, not all the voices are the same as the ones from the regular show; Seth Green doesn’t do Chris and there are other differences. If you’ve already seen the episode (and chances are you already have), then there’s nothing really new here, but it’s interesting to see how it all started anyways.

Our British lass for the day, Coleen McLoughlin, is famous for being famous. Or in this case, famous for being married to a football player. (That’s soccer to you Americanos.) According to her entry in Wikipedia, Coleen “regularly appears in the English tabloids amidst accusations of doing nothing but shopping all day and frequently holidaying in sunny locations.” And they say that like it’s a bad thing! I mean, come on, if all you have to do is shop all day and holiday in sunny locations, wouldn’t you go for it? What, there’s something better? (Well, maybe not the shopping part. I’m not much of a shopper. In fact, I only do my shopping on people’s lawns when they’re not home, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.)

Okay, so maybe Alli Spencer is the ONLY reason to watch golf, because let’s face it, any sport that requires total silence from everyone can’t be called an actual “sport”. If you’re such a weak assling that you can’t “putt” or “stroke” your little white ball while people are talking, then you’re just as lame as tennis players, and as we all know, tennis players BARELY qualifies as real athletes. Now, if you can make that putt while people are screaming your mother’s name behind your back, then okay, I’ll bow down to your skills. But where was I? Oh right, Alli Spencer. She’s the girlfriend of a golfer who is currently making waves by showing up in FHM. Some pictures of the lovely lass below.

The lovely Linda Cardellini plays Nurse Samantha Taggert on the long-running NBC show ER, which as we all know is short for, erm, emergency…something. Anyways. Before that, Linda Cardellini was in the Scooby Doo movies, and in 2008 you can see her in the feature-length flick “The Heaven Project”. Here she is in the January 2008 issue of Maxim Magazine, and looking all kinds of fine. If there was a scale for “okay fine” and “really fine”, Linda would end up somewhere towards the “really fine” end. And if you like that wacky analogy, you’ll love my pet rock collection. Linda in Maxim. Please to enjoy.

Our Picture of the Day is Scarlett Johansson, in the one picture that had men everywhere in a-twitter when it came out a few years back. I’m not sure when that was, but it was a while ago, but to this day I can’t get this picture out of my mind. Tell me this is not, bar none, the sexiest damn picture of Scarlett Johansson you’ve ever seen? I don’t know if it’s the sweater, the lack of a shirt underneath the sweater, or those knee-high cotton socks. We haven’t heard a whole lot from Scarlett Johansson lately (did anyone actually see “The Nanny Diaries”?), but damn, we sure saw a lot of her here. Picture of the Day, indeed!

In this week’s Totally Unnecessary Phallic Symbol of the Day, Megan Fox likes it very hard and very long. I’m talking about the glass thingamagig they give to winners of the Annual Hollywood Life Breakthrough Awards, of course. (What did you think I mean? Hush your dirty mind!) And no, I don’t know what the Annual Hollywood Life Breakthrough Awards is, and I don’t really want to know. It’s probably for something lame because if the Oscars or Golden Globes are lame, how unlame can something called the “Annual Hollywood Life Breakthrough” not be? My point exactly. Now watch Megan Fox get her hand on something hard and long and let’s call it a day.

Shannyn Sossamon starring in the Hollywood remake of the Japanese horror movie “One Missed Call” isn’t a surprise, because she’s mostly been doing genre work now, but I am shock to see Edward Burns co-starring. Didn’t this guy used to have an actual movie career? Oh well. Anyways, here are some “One Missed Call” stills with Shannyn Sossamon. And yes, that name is very, very hard to spell. I have to look it up every single time, and I really wish she would change her name to something else, maybe like, “Shannon Sass” or something similar. Is that too much to ask? Well probably, but Shannyn looks good in the movie, which I’m sure will blow. But don’t take my word for it. (Although you should.)

Like a lot of the actresses out there that Hollywood deems “beautiful”, Julia Roberts is one of those women who are very hit-and-miss with me. (Another is Sarah Jessica Parker, in case you were wondering.) Oftentimes Julia Roberts just looks way too, well, raw to me; those high cheekbones can be pretty scary, and that mouth of hers, wow, when she goes for that trademark laugh — brrrrrr. But you know what? Julia Roberts is looking goooooooood here. I don’t know if it’s the photographer or the surroundings or the fact that Julia Roberts has her mouth closed during most of the shoot, but yeah, I can see why people fall all over themselves to praise her looks. Not bad, not bad at all.

I can’t believe I’ve gone years on this site and I’ve never posted a single picture of Louise Glover. What am I, retarded? (Wait, don’t answer that.) Anyhoo, Louise Glover is our Brit Babe for the day, and yes, I’m guessing that her impressive chest has something to do with her popularity in her native England. The 5′5″ bundle of sexiness from St Helens, England boasts 34D breasts (paid for by her family as a Christmas present when she was 20, no less!) and a signed contract with a Swedish record label. You know, to sing. She was supposed to land in the States as one of the WWE Divas, but apparently that didn’t go through. Such is the luck of a super babe.

So where has former American Idol Kimberly Caldwell been keeping herself lately? I haven’t seen a whole lot of her since the first season of American Idol, and there was a bikini shoot a while back, but since then, not so much. Well that changed earlier tonight when I spotted Kimberly Caldwell back in her hometown of Houston, Texas singing the national anthem at the Texans-Bronocs game on the NFL Network, and let me just say — wow, the woman is still gorgeous, with a stunning singing voice. I don’t know why Kimberly Caldwell hasn’t released a CD yet, or if she did, why it didn’t go big. She’s got a great voice, the kind made for love ballads and soulful music.

Hey there, Knight Rider fans. Wait, there are self-admitted Knight Rider fans out there, right? I know I used to watch the show as a youngster, but I wouldn’t be caught dead admitting to people that I used to like that show. Mind you, not that I hate it, or dislike those of you who adore the show, it’s just that — well, it’s kind of a dumb show, isn’t it? A talking car? Come ON. Anyhoo. They’re remaking the thing, and here’s what the new KITT will look like. Like it? Hate it? Eh, don’t tell me about it, I don’t wanna know. Not that I’m judging you or anything, it’s just that — well, okay, I am judging you, actually, and the verdict is NOT good. Head on below to see what the new Knight Rider’s KITT looks like.

When Will Ferrell slips on the fake ’stache and stands in front of the Jeopardy board, it’s good times had by all. There’s a running gag where Alex Trebek is constantly in a battle against Sean Connery, played by Darrell Hammond. Faux Connery is always making sexual innuendos and faux Trebek is constantly exasperated by the stupidity of the celebrity contestants. Oh sure, there are other faux celebrities in the skits, but it’s all about Trebek vs. Connery. There are tons of SNL’s Jeopardy skits all over YouTube, so I’d recommend checking out as many as possible because they’re all gold. Here’s one to get you started.

If I have this correctly, in the upcoming sci-fi sequel “Aliens vs. Predator 2: Requiem” (don’t know why they needed the ‘Requiem’ part, but hey, whatever makes them happy, right?), former 24 babe Reiko Aylesworth plays a soldier returning home to her small Colorado town who ends up having to fight both the Predators and Aliens because those pesky aliens are once again back at it. Man, first Reiko gets blown up on 24, and now she has to battle alien monsters? What’s a girl gotta do to get some respect in Hollywood? Check out some stills of Reiko from the movie. Hot, hot, HOT.

As my five or so daily visitors know, my Spanish begins and ends with the word “hola”, which of course means “Dude, where’s my car?” Because, you know, I lost my car once in Mexico and that’s what people kept saying to me, so that’s what it has to mean, right? Anyhoo. Our Latin Flavor of the day is Andrea Garcia, who if the entry for a “Andrea Garcia” on IMDB.com is correct, means she’s an actress from Mexico who has been in the TV shows “Código postal”, “Pantera, El”, and something called “Al diablo con los guapos”. Then again, if that isn’t her, nevermind.