This question is directed at all the ladies out there: have you ever been so completely attracted to a man that you can’t even concentrate on something truly terrible and heart-wrenching, just because you’re too busy fantasizing about what the guy looks like naked? I find myself in that position as I watch this PSA Daniel Craig recorded on behalf of Artists for Peace and Justice, an organization that is currently organizing money and personnel for Haitian relief. It’s all very important and tragic and sad and overwhelming, but hearing Daniel describe, with that incredible, sexy, slightly raspy, panty-dropper voice of his, I can barely focus.
That being said, Daniel doesn’t look all that great in the PSA. The lighting is kind of meh, and Daniel could use a hot bath and a shave. Which gets me thinking about him naked again. Daniel tells us about Artists for Peace and Justice, saying: “This wonderful organization, which has been operating for over two years in Haiti, has suddenly become much more important because, obviously, of the events of the past few weeks.” The website for Artists for Peace and Justice is here, and the site has even more videos up – including two more panty-droppers, Simon Baker and Javier Bardem. Jesus, do they want us to donate money or take off our drawers?!? I can’t tell!
Rest in peace, Sexy Beard. Jon Hamm decided to shave his awesome, lickable, sexy, amazing, hot beard. BOO! The Hamm has been rocking the Hotness Beard for about a month, which he attributed to as being unemployed and not caring. Not caring was never sexier, that’s all I have to say. Above is The Hamm’s newly clean-shaven face in this week’s Saturday Night Live promotional videos. He’s going to be the host this week, which I will try to stay up for. Mmm… and now I totally want The Hamm to scream “It’s not Bubble!” at me. While I lick him. Weird sexual fantasies, right?
So much for Jon Hamm’s new look.
Just when Mad Men fans were getting used to seeing Don Draper with a beard, the actor shaved it off!
Hamm — who said he’d been “utterly lazy” about staying clean-shaven while on hiatus from the hit AMC show — was last photographed with scruff on Saturday but looked fresh-faced in new promos for his upcoming Saturday Night Live hosting gig.
Still, there’s one person who may be upset Hamm, 38, is now going without whiskers.
When asked how the beard affected his longtime love Jennifer Westfeldt, he said, “Amazingly!”
In other news about The Hamm, he was at the Sundance Film Festival promoting his role in Howl, where he plays the lawyer defending Allen Ginsberg’s seminal piece of poetry on First Amendment grounds. James Franco plays the young Ginsberg, and both Hamm and Franco are getting great early reviews. Here’s a preview of the film, and here’s a charming interview with Hamm where he’s been asked to name some of the people he thinks are groundbreaking iconoclasts today. The Hamm names Lady Gaga! He’s so fabulous.
And just because, let’s review The Hamm: The Bearded Weeks:
One of my favorite British dudes is talking about one of my other favorite British dudes! And it’s all so charming. Or is it just the accent? We’ll never know. Anyhoodle, Hugh Grant is still doing endless promotion for that turd of a film, Did You Hear About the Morgans? Which, by the way, Sarah Jessica Parker has been largely absent from, so poor Hugh, right? I keep seeing photos of Hugh as he fulfills what must be three months worth of worldwide promotion, but I haven’t been seeing any of his charming interviews. Perhaps Hugh hasn’t been saying anything of note? Well, he rectified that! Hugh name-dropped Robert Pattinson, and voila, headlines! Hugh thinks Robert Pattinson is “sexy”! Hugh just got on the good side of every Twihard on the globe.
AS WELL as his hoards of screaming teenage fans and their mums, Twilight star Robert Pattinson also has a fan in Hugh Grant.
British A-list actor Hugh Grant reckons heartthrob Robert Pattinson is “sexy” and can totally see why women of all ages fawn over him.
Hugh said: “I haven’t watched the second part yet of Twilight yet, but I understand the fascination with Robert. I think he’s really sexy!”
The 49-year-old also revealed how he thought he looked sexy when he wore a cowboy hat in his latest movie Did You Hear About The Morgans? – until he saw himself on screen.
He said: “I thought I looked pretty sexy with the Stetson hat. At least I was hoping I would. But after watching the film I have to admit I looked quite daft. But you have to know that I always tell the costume designers to make me look as attractive as possible.”
Hugh has previously threatened to quit acting but now he has just decided to see what projects come his way.
He told Germany’s OK! magazine: “I realized that I’m going to make a fool of myself if I keep talking about it. So from now on I’m going to shut up about it.”
Hugh’s so lovely, in my opinion. I love his little asides, I love his opinions and his self-deprecating humor. The world needs more Hugh! Moving on… Sparkles! My mother and I had never discussed Sparkles before, and somehow he came up in conversation over the weekend, and I mentioned that I found Pattinson to be very beautiful, almost girlishly pretty. My mother was not impressed. But she doesn’t understand!
Now, I can’t find Hugh’s name on any of the lists of people who have signed up for Clooney’s Haiti telethon, but Sparkles has been confirmed! According to most sources, Pattinson will be doing a little speech or something via satellite from London, and Jay-Z and Bono will be performing on his end. Which is really cool! Ah, if only Hugh had signed on!
Hugh Grant being interviewed on a French television show, in Paris on January 13, 2010. Pattinson in LA on November 16, 2009. Credit: WENN.
My mother and I were talking about Daniel Day-Lewis the other day, and I was surprised to learn that she doesn’t find him sexy. My mom’s favorites are men like James Garner, Jack Nicholson, and George Clooney, if, in my mom’s words, “he’s not being so boring and artsy-fartsy like he was in Solaris”. Daniel Day-Lewis is dark and brooding, he’s got the accent, he seems like a decent family man in real life, and he’s got talent oozing out of his pores. What’s not to love? Well, my mom thinks he’s a “strange bird” and he seems “off”. To me, however, Daniel is the total package – I love his voice, I love his talent, I love the strange way he dresses (he really does have style!) and I love the way he looks. He’s not a pretty man, like, say Robert Pattinson. But there’s something beautiful about him, I find.
You know who else has a crush on Daniel? Oprah! I finally saw Daniel’s interview on Oprah to promote Nine, and Oprah had to stop herself mid-question to say “you’re so cute!” He is, too. I even like him with the full head of grey hair. Sigh… here’s part of Oprah’s interview with Daniel:
Next up is Daniel’s interview with The Daily Mail. It’s actually a really great piece, and Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, and Nicole Kidman are interviewed as well. Since I don’t care about those bitches (no… I do, I just want to talk about Daniel), I’ll just give you Daniel’s part of the interview. He’s amazing.
Daniel Day-Lewis has portrayed all manner of hard men in his career: warriors, a boxer, thugs. But the thought of playing a song-and-dance man frightened the life out of him.
Rob Marshall, who made the Oscar-winning Chicago, was determined to secure Day-Lewis to play Guido Contini, an Italian film director suffering a creative and personal crisis in the film musical Nine, certainly one of the year’s best movies and, believe me, the sexiest.
‘Guido is four or five days away from shooting a film and he hasn’t a f***ing idea in his head,’ Daniel told me in Manhattan this week. ‘I did say to Robin the early stages: “Is there any way of getting out of this? I have a list of actors who could do it tomorrow!” He tried to convince me I could sing and I said: “You’ve no idea if I can sing or not!”‘
Day-Lewis said the last time he’d sung publicly was when he was in the local church choir when he was a child.
‘I sang feebly a couple of times, and on the grounds of that Rob managed to convince me it was worth pursuing,’ he continued, adding that dancing was out of the question. ‘I know dancers, and I know what they have to do with their bodies. I can do a lot of stuff: I can climb, I can run, I can cycle, I can box. But I can’t dance.’
I’ve seen Nine twice and Day-Lewis doesn’t do a lot of dancing – but his Guido moves with a dancer’s grace. He laughs when I tell him this, eyeing me as if I’d had a few drinks with breakfast.
‘I used a lot of 3-In-1 to lubricate those stiff old joints,’ joked Day-Lewis, 52. ‘It’s not natural grace – that’s sheer effort of will. Like a lot of ageing athletes, I tend to be creaky. I work at staying looser, but my limbs are a mass of scar tissue through years of doing things I shouldn’t have.’
Ultimately, what swung it for him was Marshall’s enthusiasm. ‘Rob’s principal weapon in his armoury is the weapon of constant encourangement,’ he said. ‘It somehow makes you believe this thing isn’t completely beyond your reach.’
While he was finding his singing voice (a rich baritone, by the way), he was able to study why Guido found himself locked in a wasteland of his own making. In his head, all the important women in Guido’s life swirl about in a jumble of fantasy, memory and reality. But at its heart, the film is all about winning back the love of one woman: his wife.
Daniel watched all of his leading ladies rehearse. He would dress in character and sit in a corner for hours and simply observe. Danny Boyle, who directed Slumdog Millionaire, wanted Day-Lewis to play Henry Higgins in the much talked about new My Fair Lady film, but Boyle left the project when he was not able to secure the actor’s services.
Day-Lewis is not keen to talk about it. ‘I feel that until this (Nine) has moved along, I can’t contemplate doing something else,’ he told me.
Daniel Day-Lewis as Henry Higgins? I would f-cking die. Previously, I’ve felt very strongly that My Fair Lady did not need to be remade. But Daniel as Prof. Higgins. Oh, yes. Yes, dear God. That would be incredible. If you’d like to see the first trailer released from Nine, go here. There’s a second one with Kate Hudson too - and she sounds good. But here’s the rehearsal footage/montage from Nine:
Stills from ‘Nine’ courtesy of WENN. Additional photos of Daniel at LAX on November 18, credit: Michael Wright/WENN.com
Oh, thank the Lord. People Magazine has made a real man, a wonderful man, a lovely man as their Sexiest Man Alive 2009. The rumor going into this thing was that Robert Pattinson was a lock, what with New Moon coming out and the general Twihard lunacy. But People Magazine went for maturity instead, and chose Johnny Depp, the actor who used to be a teen sensation, but grew up to be one of Hollywood’s greatest actors. No fears, though – Pattinson was chosen as one of the other “sexiest men” of the year. It’s a list that also includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper, Robert Downey Jr., David Beckham, Nick “Personal Assistant” Cannon, the boys from Glee, Adam “Women Are Gross and Dirty” Lambert, and John Legend (a personal favorite of mine) – here’s People’s slideshow of their top guys.
Break out the Bordeaux, the whoopee cushions and the bangin’ Keith Richards guitar solos, because the 2009 Sexiest Man Alive party is officially under way.
Bringing the fun with him wherever he goes – whether it’s onscreen in fizzy roles like Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise or at home with his family on their private Bahamian island – is just one reason why Johnny Depp, who also scored the honor in 2003, has joined an elite club of two-time SMA title holders (only Brad Pitt and George Clooney have matched the feat).
At 46, the father of two still reigns as Hollywood’s most irresistible iconoclast; as one-of-a-kind as his beloved 15-year-old boots and as smoldering as his favorite Cuban cigars.
Just at first glance through the list of the top 15 sexiest men of the year, there seems to be a lack of previous office holders – no Brad Pitt, no George Clooney, no Hugh Jackman, no Matt Damon. They might be on the list somewhere, but they didn’t get pushed and promoted for the top spot.
Johnny is becoming more and more “establishment” Hollywood by the year, and yet he’s still able to keep his artistic cred, which is cool. Part of the reason may be that he plays the game really well – this year he sat down for an intimate interview with Vanity Fair… and yet, at the end of the day, he didn’t really reveal much. It was also just announced that Johnny Depp is likely the newest highest paid actor in Hollywood. He’s allegedly signed on for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film for a paycheck of $30 million. Now, other actors have earned more for films (I’m thinking Tom Cruise, back in the day, or Tom Hanks), but that’s because they’re getting a percentage of the gross, or a “back-end” deal. No mention if Johnny has one of those.
In any case, congratulations to our new reigning Sexiest Man Alive! CB threatened to cut me for taking this story. My bad, once again, CB. You deserve it, Johnny!
People Magazine cover courtesy of CoverAwards. Additional photos of Johnny at the ‘Tribute to Tim Burton’ at The Museum of Modern Art on November 17, 2009, and at the French premiere of ‘Public Enemies’ on July 2, 2009. Credit: WENN
A few days ago, I noted that Eva Mendes, world-famous underwear model (and sometimes actress) forgot to wear a bra to a screening of her new film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Which, by the way, is one of the worst movie titles I’ve heard in a while. It’s such a mouthful! Anyhoodle, on the “Eva forgot her bra” post, I mentioned that I find Eva to be very “meh”. What I didn’t mention was that over the weekend I caught part of that dumb Will Smith movie, Hitch. I’ve never seen the whole thing, and I’m not looking to. I literally watch it for five minutes when it’s on television, and then I’m like “Damn, I need to go read a book.” So, I’ve seen the whole Will Smith-Eva meet-cute a few times, but I’ve never before caught the film near the end, where she goes over to his building and tries to apologize. The acting was so horrible – from both Eva and Will – that I was laughing hysterically. I think it was supposed to be emotional and heartbreaking, but both of them just looked farty and bored, and like they forgot their lines.
So that got me thinking… has Eva ever been a good actress? Has she ever had a role where people and/or critics were like “Eva shines, she’s awesome”. I’m looking at her filmography… and not so much. So it’s even more amusing to read this new interview with Eva, where she’s talking about how she’s avoided being typecast, and how all of her film nudity (and there’s a lot) was done on “her terms”. Like she’s Meryl Streep or something, and she can go to a director with terms.
Actress Eva Mendes isn’t afraid to admit that she uses her sex-symbol status to help her secure film roles.
“I don’t allow myself to be typecast, but when I have to turn up the heat and turn up the sexuality and I do an amazing Calvin Klein campaign it’s very conscious, that’s no accident. It’s very methodical on my part,” Mendes explained. “If I feel it’s appropriate to show some nudity in the scenes then I go for it. As much as I use my sexuality, I have never felt exploited. I feel like it’s on my terms and I have no problem with it.”
And while Mendes is one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood who has likely been all around the world, interestingly enough, she only made her first visit to the hurricane-torn New Orleans while filming her latest crime drama “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” in August last year.
“It was exciting because we brought business there, but it was pretty devastating. I was in shock at some parts, I hadn’t been there ever so I was still in shock that this happened in our country,” Mendes told us while promoting the flick. “I felt we were somewhere else in certain areas. Our government failed this; you can see they failed this. It was pretty intense.”
Lady, you get hired to play “the sexy girl” in film after film after nauseating film. You are typecast. Probably because you can’t act for sh-t, but you’re pretty, you’ve got a nice body, and you think doing nudity is somehow part of your “method”. I get it… your “method” is to drop your clothes. Try investing in an acting class. I know, I know, I’m being harsh. But this girl makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
Here’s Eva at the after-party for the 9th Annual “24 Hour Plays” on Broadway, in New York on November 9, 2009. Credit: Joseph Marzullo/WENN.com
Megan Fox is beginning her promotional tour in Europe for Jennifer’s Body. I guess the studio hopes that Megan will become one of those American stars that does better overseas. I’d just like to say this to all of our European friends – please don’t judge us based on Megan. We think she’s an idiot too. Anyway, Megan sat down for an interview with The Telegraph to promote the film, and the journalist tried to call her out on all of the crap between her and Transformers director Michael Bay.
To Megan’s credit (sort of), she seems to be trying to roll back some of her nastier comments about Bay lately. Last weekend, when she won the Best Sci-Fi Actress award at the Scream Awards (where these red dress pictures come from), she gave an emotional and gracious acceptance speech. Megan told the audience: “I would like to take this moment to actually say something genuine. There have been a lot of false reports concerning how I feel about this movie and I just want to be very clear that I’ve always felt that I am a very ordinary part of an extraordinary film. These movies took me out of obscurity and they gave me a career and I am completely grateful to everyone involved with this franchise. I don’t know why you guys keep voting for me for these things. I don’t feel like I deserve them but thank you and I love you so much, thank you.” That’s very nice, Megan, but you’re the source of most of the “false reports” about how you feel about Bay (“he’s like Hitler”).
In this interview, Megan loses the graciousness she had at the Scream Awards, and instead snots out this gem: “This is a bull—- industry and I made a decision not to be a bull—- person. I need to hold onto my soul and my integrity and I can’t compromise that.” Right. Because whenever I hear the word “integrity”, Megan’s face always floats up.
Earlier this year, her comments to a magazine journalist that Michael Bay, who directed her in the two Transformers movies, is “like Hitler” on his sets prompted an angry response from three crew members who called her “dumb as a rock”, before going on to dismiss her as “thankless, classless, graceless [and] unfriendly”.
Fox shrugs off the criticism, when I meet her in Toronto – where her new movie, the demonic-possession horror-comedy Jennifer’s Body is getting its world premiere. “I’ve definitely said some things that I shouldn’t say,” she admits. “I sometimes forget how things will translate once they are in print. But this is a bull—- industry and I made a decision not to be a bull—- person. I need to hold onto my soul and my integrity and I can’t compromise that.”
“It was a difficult movie to make because I was under a lot of pressure to do Diablo’s script justice,” says Fox, “so I was nervous about that. I was always questioning myself and trying to bring some real elements to Jennifer. I wanted people to feel empathy for her; I wanted her to be a real person, and not a caricature, like some of the characters I may have played in the past.”
Asked what she makes of the “Sexiest Woman in the World” label, Fox laughs. “I don’t take any notice of those polls. I take it with a grain of salt. I think that because I was in a movie [Transformers] that made $800 million, they threw me on the top of the list.” But what about her remark to Esquire that “I’m just really confident sexually and I think that sort of oozes out of my pores?”
She sighs. “Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally. In America we’re still very uptight about sexuality: it’s considered scandalous for women to be sexual or speak about sex in a humorous way,” she says.
“For some reason it makes people very uncomfortable, possibly because our society is still very tied to archaic biblical principles that we try to force on each other and force on our children. It’s very unfortunate because men are embraced for their sexual prowess and women discouraged from it.”
“In Europe, women are celebrated for their sexuality and appreciated for it. There you can still be both sexy and intelligent. Go figure.”
While another actress might bemoan the fact that being named the sexiest woman alive would hinder her goal of becoming “A Serious Actress”, Fox says: “I didn’t decide I’m going to be an actress because I want to be respected for how I play chess. I don’t think men approach me for intellectual conversation. I’m definitely labelled in the pin-up category and I haven’t given people a reason to take my work seriously yet.”
In the past, Fox has been outspoken about being bisexual and having had an affair with a stripper while in her teens. But, for the past five years, she has been in a monogamous relationship with actor Brian Austin Green, who is 13 years her senior.
When discussing Green, Fox suddenly, unexpectedly, begins to cry; then she dabs her eyes with a tissue, smiles and apologises. “Man, I just get emotional,” she says. You don’t come across a lot of genuine people in this industry and I feel blessed to have someone who will stick around through my bull—-”
“I just really want it at some point to be OK for women and young girls to be sexy because I think that’s a power, a gift that we were given by God or the universe or whatever,” she says. “I think I’m a different kind of role model for young girls.” She thinks for a minute and adds with a smile: “But maybe not the kind America is comfortable with.”
Jesus. Has anyone told this girl, “Before you answer a question, just stop and think about the words you are about to say. Just think about what it sounds like.” Because this sounds like Megan wants to teach little girls how to act sexy. No, thanks, Megan. You’re not Miley Cyrus! Besides that, I think the reason Megan thinks “sexiness” is power is because that’s all she’s got. Just FYI, to all young girls out there – intelligence, education, self-respect, grace, humor, talent, compassion and humility are also pretty powerful weapons in the arsenal of modern womanhood too.
The sexy cartoon character with the gravely voice and the tower of blue hair will soon be in Playboy, and she’s even featured on the cover. We won’t be able to tell if the uh carpet matches because Marge will be in lingerie. It seems only fitting for a mother of three children who never age.
I know I’d rather see a cartoon character semi-clothed than a bland naked reality star like Heidi Montag or Aubrey O’Day. Playboy made a smart move with this one. Maybe Hef’s new girls are influencing the magazine, or maybe his sons are starting to make decisions. They’re supposed to take over at some point after all. What better way to make their mark than by paying homage to the blue-haired bombshell who helped define their childhood.
Gerard’s segments are after the second & third commercial breaks. Unfortunately this movie only plays for US visitors
Gerard Butler was Jay Leno’s big guest last night, which was a dumb move, in my opinion. Gerard was competing against the new episode of Project Runway (Gordana!) and I suspect for many of Gerry’s fangirls (ME!), it was a tough call. I would also suspect that most of the fangirls chose Project Runway, because at the end of the day PR drama is better than seeing Gerard talk in his hot Scottish accent. Am I proud of the choice I made? Not really, but I hope Gerry forgives me. Sigh. Will he?
Gerard was wearing a great suit grey suit and no tie, and he looked like the smug, hot bastard that he is. Jay asked him about his trip to India earlier this year – a trip we covered extensively, what with his hooking up with Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, and his sweet gesture treating the young stars of Slumdog Millionaire to a big day out. Anyway, Gerard launches into a story about how he swam in the Ganges River (holy!) and hiked the Himalayas, when his guide got him to drink some of the water. Gerard was both funny and gross describing his stomach pain and subsequent diarrhea from the Ganges water. Apparently, Gerard was so sick he couldn’t even get down the mountain himself, “they had to bring donkeys up to bring me down”. Ha!
After that, Jay asks him about his hosting duties for Saturday Night Live next week. Gerard describes himself as “nervous” and “excited”. Gerard rolls his Rs when he says “nervous” and it’s really hard for me to concentrate after that. Jay points out that Gerard has done live theatre, and Gerard starts looking really nervous, and he mutters a little bit. He does look very nervous. I hope he doesn’t f-ck up.
After that, Jay lets Gerard talk about Law Abiding Citizen. Gerard is really out there selling this movie – much more than he did with Gamer last month. Maybe Gerard is prouder of LAC? Or he really needs it to be a hit? Anyway, Jay describes the performance as “the third time [he’s] been naked” in a film, and asks “Do you have it in your script that you have to be naked in every film?” Gerard replies, “I love to get naked.” Unfortunately for the fantasy now brewing in my mind, Gerry adds, “It was the middle of winter. Do you know what that means?” Sigh. I know what that means. Any hope of Butler-wang is dashed. And I had such high hopes after earlier reports from Philadelphia that Gerard was running around the city naked for the film.
After that, Gerard talks more about LAC, and they show a pretty good clip. Damn, I might have to see this movie this weekend. For the second segment, Gerard “competes” in Jay’s “Green Car Challenge” where various celebrities have been going through a small driving obstacle course in a hybrid car. Gerard admits to being “nervous” again, and he looks it. Here’s the thing… I can totally see why so many people think he’s dorky. But I still love this man so much. Anyway, Gerard is trying to beat other celebrities’ best time. In the “competition” Gerard seems like a very capable driver (very sexy behind the wheel, swoon), and he ends up having the best time ever. Good. He can pick me up for our date.
Gerard Butler is shown at the Law Abiding Citizen premiere on 10/6/09. Credit: WENN.com
Kate Beckinsale is Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive for 2009. Hm. At least it wasn’t Megan Fox, right? Or Olivia Wilde. Although I kind of think Olivia Wilde and Kate Beckinsale are about on par as far as general talent. Meaning, I think they’re both pretty girls, but I don’t really get what all the fuss is about. Sigh. At least Kate has a really lovely, curvy-athletic figure. For this honor, Kate follows in the footsteps of Scarlett Johansson, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie and Jessica Biel, amongst others.
Esquire has a short little two-minute behind-the-scenes video of Kate’s photo shoot, in case anyone wants to watch Kate writhing around in her underwear, high heels and fur coat. On top of a kitchen counter. With water boiling on the stove top. Kate is such a fire hazard.
In the profile, Kate drops curses and fabulous gutter talk from the first moment. I have to admit – I find Kate rather bland and unappealing in films, but she’s a pretty good interview. She drops stuff on the reporter like “F-ck, it’s hot in here” and “Were you worried that there would be a G-spot orgasm class in the corner?” After the interviewer reads from his list of what he finds sexy in a woman (smoking, drinking, attitude, etc), Kate responds: “I do eat meat, I don’t smoke, I don’t really drink, I do sing. I don’t sing well, however. Given that I can’t sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I’m not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?” Here some more of Kate’s greatest hits:
Kate on her early modeling days: “I was on the cover of Elegant Bride magazine when I think I actually cried. I was looking sort of misty, bridey eyed. It was mortifying. There I was, in my riot-grrrl feminist stage, with a puppy.”
On being “the sexiest woman alive”: “This whole notion of being named Sexiest Woman Alive is going to earn me quite a beating. You can’t have that title with four brothers. I’ll get wedgies. Headlocks. Noogies. If you’re any kind of a human, you know the title is utterly ludicrous. But I like the idea of it, too. I do. I’m feeling that I must earn this. I need to go out and become much better at pole dancing or something.”
On doing action films: “What’s dangerous about doing action movies is that I’m used to men on wires. I punch a guy and he flies over a wall. So I tend to feel like that’s me that did that. Which leads me to the fact that yes, I do think I could kick your ass. I know I can’t, though. Sometimes, I’ll get going with my brother, we’ll wrestle, and he’ll hold me down. Once you’re pinned by someone who weighs twice as much as you do, there really isn’t much you can do except flail at the testicles with your toe. I do tend to walk around like a Chihuahua in my house. You know, one of those little dogs that sees the big dogs and starts giving them attitude? I’m a Chihuahua with the soul of a lion.”
Aw, she’s sort of cute. I like her a little more after this interview, but I still think her publicist had to pay someone off to get her the “Sexiest Woman” gig. It could totally be worse, though. I’m glad the magazine picked a woman with some curves, a woman whose actually given birth (Kate has 10-year-old daughter Lily with actor Michael Sheen), and a woman who cusses up a blue streak. She’s not bad at all.
Kate Beckinsale is shown outside of Gwen Stefani’s birthday party at Cecconi’s restaurant in West on 10/3/09 and outside Cedar Sinai hospital with her little dog on 10/1/09. Credit: Fame Pictures
