AskMen.com's Top 99 Women 2008 Edition: One of my favorite all-time list features, EVER.

AskMen.com just posted its Top 99 Women 2008 edition, which is without a doubt my favorite feature that they do every year. Not only does the feature have tons of pictures, but it has boatloads of awesome editorial content, relevant links, comparisons to the 2007 list, quotations, and fun ways that you can compare your rankings of the women with those of other AskMen users, even without registering!

Needless to say, it's awesome. AskMen.com, this list is one of my favorite all-time features, even if it refreshes the whole page instead of just flipping the picture like I wish it did. I gave AskMen about 200 page views in less than 10 minutes because of the feature and chances are I'll be back doing it again before the end of the week. Definitely check it out!

AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women is an annual list compiled by AskMen.com readers and staff, ranking the famous females deemed to be the year's most alluring. In casting their votes, readers are asked to look beyond sex appeal and beauty to pick women who have the characteristics they value in a potential companion, like intelligence, humor, charisma, and ambition. The result is an annual list that acts as the definitive gauge for identifying what modern men desire most in their female companions.

This year, over 5 million votes were cast as AskMen.com readers identified the females from the worlds of music, fashion, sports, and entertainment who they felt best represented their ideal woman. So who has joined the likes of Jessica Alba, Beyonce and Adriana Lima in being named 2008's No. 1? Find out by making your way up through the list.




AskMen also used one of the quotations I gathered for them at a roundtable interview with Eva Longoria, which I thought was pretty cool, on her profile page!

Notables who I thought should be higher (my own personal biases aside, as they'd all be in my personal top 10):
#43: Katharine McPhee (Should be Top 15)
#23: Carrie Underwood (Should be Top 10)
#37: Rachel McAdams (Should be Top 25)
#98: Jenna Fischer (Should be Top 50)


#88: Jessica Chobot (Should be Top 30, though she'd be in my personal Top 5)

I heart Chobot

The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Found Dead at Age 28

MSNBC and TMZ are both reporting that Brokeback Mountain star and The Dark Knight's Joker, Heath Ledger, has been found dead in his New York apartment.

R.I.P. Heath Ledger

American Idol's Renaldo Lapuz - "We're Brothers Forever" Dance Remix

One of the best auditions from Week 1 of American Idol has to be Renaldo Lapuz's "We're Brothers Forever."





Through the magic of YouTube, the song has been remixed into many an incredible techno/dance song for the clubs.


They only get better.

Listen. Enjoy. Lose sleep over it.

Here's the original:

Though I might be Republican, Chelsea Clinton does an amazing job campaigning for her mom

Here's a pretty cool YouTube video that Perez Hilton posted of Chelsea Clinton and America Ferrera pounding the pavement a little bit for Hillary Clinton.


Though I feel like H. Clinton has absolutely no charisma, to the point that I honestly don't even listen to anything she says (and I wish I could), I thought this video went a long way to humanize her a little bit... BY NOT INCLUDING HER IN THE VIDEO.

Of course, I'm pretty obsessed with election media coverage right now and how interesting it is to see the different strategies, so this one gets a big thumbs up from me!

Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day: Newest Famous Stars and Straps Model

Way back in the day, Aubrey O'Day was one of many girls trying out for Diddy's "international phenomenon" girl group (Danity Kane) in MTV's Making the Band, after the fizzle-age of Diddy's first reality group "Da Band." Through the auditions, Aubrey was never the best singer, but she was always a great dancer and man, she was hot. Really hot.

Aubrey: Early stardom.

The UC Irvine sorority girl still manages to be in the spotlight after"making the band" in Danity Kane, the platinum selling Bad Boy girl group. Whether it's rumors of her joining the Pussycat Dolls, the Danity Kane album cover, or the Showstopper music video, Aubrey always manages to find herself at the center of DK's media attention. Even though people say she looks tore up a lot of times, underneath all that makeup and extra hair is a girl who stole my reality TV heart years ago.

Aubrey: Front and center. Bad Boy, baby.


Showstoppin'...Show Show StoppIN!!!!

And now, Danity's hottie has become the latest model for skater clothing brand Famous Stars & Straps, of Blink 182's Travis Barker fame. Over made up, but there's no denying that while scary, Aubrey O'Day is still really hot.

To check out the whole set, check out The Beatniks Celebrity Gossip!

Eliza Skinner impersonates a girl at the club on College Humor

This guy Eliza Skinner does an amazing impersonation (Amy at the club) of what it's like for a guy to meet an annoying girl at the club for College Humor.

Normally, these viral videos have to be pretty good for me to like them and this is one of them.


And people wonder why I generally don't like going out to the clubs.

Blake Lewis performs "Break Anotha" on New Year's Eve

If you've been reading my blog, you know I'm the biggest Blake Lewis supporter out there from his time on American Idol. Since leaving the show, he's just been "aight wit me, dawg." I thought his CD was going to be better and Blake wouldn't have "made the band" with this performance from New Year's Day.



However, I'm sure it was freezing cold and miserable, which is going to make it next to impossible to beatbox.

Panoramic New Year's Celebration Pictures

Though this made me motion sick in seconds, I really thought this was pretty cool! They're panoramic views in 2D/3D of different New Year's celebrations from all around the world. Check it out!

USC Trojans: 2008 Rose Bowl Champions

You know what it is...

Two quarters later, this guy still sleeping.

Amazing!

Illini fan excited at the Rose Bowl

$135 down the drain.

Gametime in 47 minutes

Illini fans are great clappers!

Lots of Illini Space at Rose Bowl

There will be lots of orange Illini fans here today. It should be exciting!

Lotsa stuff going on...

Just finished a delicious cheesesteak and off to meet up with people.

We're Here!

Welcome to the Rose Bowl!

At the Rose Bowl. This guy is cute!

Plenty of Illini around these parts today.

Weekly Wrap Up - Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, WeAreSC, and Rotten Tomatoes close out my 2007

As we close out 2007, here are some published goodies of mine that made their way to the web this past week.

AmericanIdol.com
- Carrie Underwood is one of Elle's Best Dressed of 2007
- Clay Aiken Helps Out During the Holidays

It'd been too long since we had a Carrie pic.

RottenTomatoes.com
- Jen Yamato pulled together the RT Editors' Best Movie Picks of 2007. My shoutout is on Page 4.

WeAreSC.com
- Student Athlete: Brad Smith

That's a lot of words, folks. This is why my blogging has slowed down, but my word vomit is still all over the web!

Joining the Marathon World

Though I haven't run "for fun" in almost a year, if not more, I went on a long run today to begin my preparation for two long runs that I hope to take on in 2008 - The Great Race of Agoura Hills Chesebro Half Marathon in April and the Disneyland Half Marathon in August.


Because it was my first time back running in a very long time, I decided not to be too ambitious and that I would start out slow. My intentions of starting out slow turned into a winding, hill-filled 4.8 mile round trip from my apartment to Fox Studios. My legs are in pain and I honestly don't know if I'm going to be able to walk at the Rose Bowl tomorrow, but I was really happy that I did it. I finished off my run with some vegan pad thai from The Vegan Joint here in Palms and I'm hoping to go to sleep as soon as the New Year hits so I can be well-rested for Rose Bowl traffic tomorrow.

As I ran with my iPod shuffle to the tunes of Carrie Underwood, 50 Cent, Rakim, Rascal Flatts, Kanye West, and Eminem, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there is a really large unspoken community of runners here in Los Angeles. People gave me a thumbs up when they passed me (and people did because I wasn't going very fast) or a smile at the very least. And yes, I almost got hit by a car and I basically was jogging at the pace of a fast walk on uphills portions, but it felt really good to be part of this friendly community. It didn't matter how fast I was going or they were going, people just seemed supportive and I'm sure that this is the feeling that many people get on race day with the clapping crowd cheering along the way. It sounds stupid, but it really made me feel good and made it a lot easier for me to keep going because I felt like these people accepted me into their mobile community.

I know that you're supposed to train a solid 3 times a week, but I think I can realistically get in a short run during the week and then a long run on the weekends. If I did 4.8 miles the first time while being completely out of shape, 13.1 miles doesn't seem like it would be too bad (famous last words). I hope that I'll be able to run a full marathon one day and it'll be a huge accomplishment.

Running a half-marathon isn't really a life goal for me, but it's rather something that I want to see if I can do. It's kind of like when I went periods of time without eating red meat, or my current 3 year caffeine drought. Sometimes, you just want to see if you can do something and this is my new thing. Hopefully, I'll have cool pictures of some medals to share and it'll be one more thing that I've done that I've wondered if I could do.

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno is Nicer than I would be to Texas A&M Idiot Yell Leader

I don't know if everyone has heard this story yet, but I'll let the Dallas Morning News tell the gist of the story:

SAN ANTONIO – Penn State coach Joe Paterno was asked if he could still "do it" at a Valero Alamo Bowl news conference Friday. Coach, that is.

"Holy smokes," Paterno said. "I'm not Hugh Hefner, ya know."

Paterno thought the Texas A&M yell leader who made a disparaging remark about the 81-year-old legend during a joint pep rally was "trying to be funny." Paterno otherwise brushed off the yell leader's comment, which prompted quick apologies from A&M officials.

"Joe Paterno's on his death bed! And someone needs to find him a casket!" the yell leader screamed Thursday night in a Riverwalk auditorium filled with A&M and Penn State fans."

This came from AggieMoms.org, hope they're proud!

I'm not out to condemn someone for one thing that they said. Part of what makes this story so sad is that there's something really endearing about watching the 81 year old Paterno still coaching at Penn State after all these years AND a broken leg on the sidelines a couple years back.

Good lord, I'd retire after that.

Being mean to old people is like being mean to waiters at a restaurant who are trying really hard to be nice. There's just no reason to do it (especially if they weren't provoked) and I think that this A&M Yell Leader suffers from a problem that a lot of sports fans have - talking crap and not being funny, while also not knowing a lot about the game.

There have been way too many USC Football games that I've been to where annoying fans have caused a ruckus in the stands - mispronouncing names, calling our guys by the name of the player who wore the jersey the previous year, and cheering for penalties that actually net us fewer yards. If this Texas A & M yell leader knew more about the game of college football beyond his beloved Aggies, he would know that Joe Paterno is one of the most respected coaches in college football and a true living legend in the sport. Never EVER should a true college football fan say something like that to someone who has earned and deserves the respect that Paterno should have after his illustrious career.

If you go to a game or you're one of those loud, screaming types? Know what you're talking about or at the very least, be funny, not an asshole.

Rotten Tomatoes Editors' Best Movie Picks of 2007

Check out RT Editors' Best Movie Picks of 2007!

The Rotten Tomatoes editors and I all made lists of our favorite movies of 2007.

I'm all the way on Page 4.