It’s even more highly-anticipated than the Victoria’s Secret Semi-Annual Bra Sale. Well, at least in my house it is. Burlesque star Dita Von Teese revealed her newest collection for Wonderbra in a splashy London event, and these pretty things are a bit more racy and revealing than her last collection. While both still celebrate the 40′s and 50′s style for which Dita is famous, the new line, called the “Party Edition,” shows a lot more skin.

Burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese kept her stunning figure under wraps and left the stripping to models as she launched her latest set of undies.

The 36-year-old performer appeared to come over all shy as she revealed her new Wonderbra ‘party edition’ range at London’s Dorchester Hotel.

The stunning pin-up first launched her range last year with lingerie inspired by the ’40s and ’50s.

The latest line features five styles and includes the Multi Teese Party Edition bra and thong set, with elegant velvet straps, bow detail and sequins.

Other items to inspire you to get into the party mood include a vintage-style red and black high suspender belt, black lace bra and knicker set, and a red and black cleavage-enhancing bra with lace detail and a ribbon bow.

[From Metro UK]

Now that does sound like a party! I love wearing lingerie and I especially love the retro style – it’s very flattering to those of us who are not stick figures. One word that kind of kills the sexy buzz for me, though, is “knickers.” I know the show was in London and this reporter is a Brit, but “knickers” always makes me think of big giant granny panties. Something I’m sure Dita wouldn’t be caught dead in!

Here’s Dita Von Teese with two models showing off her new “Party Edition” Lingerie in London. Photos: Fame.

Here are some new pictures of Clive Owen out and about in New York yesterday, looking fabulous. Note: This is how Clive Owen looks on any given day. He’s not wearing that suit for a film role, he’s not carrying his tie because he’s about to strangle someone in some high-octane action shot. He really does walk around like friggin’ James Bond all the time. The man is such a panty-dropper, it’s not even funny. He’s stunning. Sigh. It’s a good day for some Clive.

Clive is actually doing some promotional duties for The Boys Are Back, his family drama based on the true story of a British ex-pat widower in Australia, learning how to raise his three sons alone. Clive was just in Toronto to promote the film, and he sat down for a good interview with the Vancouver Sun to discuss the role, his family and why he’s pining away for me (I wish):

You think of Clive Owen and you think of a handsome, elegant man in a tuxedo, or a rugged but charming spy. You don’t really think of a slightly disreputable sports writer throwing water balloons at his rambunctious seven-year-old son, or smacking him on the head in a no-holds-barred pillow fight.

That’s the Clive Owen of The Boys Are Back, a family drama, based on a true story, about a journalist name Joe whose wife dies of cancer, leaving him to raise a young son and a teenager. They live in a rambling house in Australia where a visitor might find a frozen chicken defrosting in the bathtub, and where dad and the kids cope with their grief by running amok: “free range parenting,” Joe calls it.

And here’s yet another Clive Owen — the one sitting in a Toronto hotel room whose bathtubs have obviously never seen a chicken, frozen or unfrozen — an imposingly sturdy-looking man, handsome and elegant in a black open-necked shirt, and also a father who knows what it’s like to deal with kids. The Boys Are Back seems like a departure, but Owen says it doesn’t feel like one.

“It felt like I was exploring a big part of my life that I haven’t explored in my work before,” he said on the eve of the premiere of The Boys Are Back at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“I am a parent of two girls and I’ve always seen that as very separate. I go off and make movies and the rest of the time I’m a parent. And this was a script exploring all that world.”

The Boys Are Back sounds like sentimental material — Joe’s wife dies at the beginning of the movie, and his young son (played by the remarkable Nicholas McAnulty) is alternately silent with mourning or off carelessly playing — but Owen says he took steps to make sure it wouldn’t be mushy.

“It was always a big thing for me, I had very strong antennae for any sentiment,” he said.

“I didn’t want it to be sentimental. I wanted to make it tougher in some areas and difficult, and show things not working and not worry that people would be upset by the way he was doing things.”

“I’m not one of those actors who worries about characters being likable,” Owen said. “I think it’s more important you understand them, it’s more important that you believe and understand. I think it’s a danger some actors fall into. He’s fallible. He’s not perfect. The whole film is about a guy trying to do the best he can. I’ll forgive him everything because he’s trying and he’s not perfect. None of us are.”

“I think there’s huge elements of this film that resonate with everybody. Anyone who’s lost anybody or grieved anybody will relate strongly, anyone whose parents separated . . . a lot of the film resonated with me and will resonate with a lot of people.”

He said he also enjoyed the way the movie depicted the difference between fathers and mothers. “A day with dad is inevitably different from a day with mom,” he said. “It just is. I think that the heavy, nurturing thing that a mother brings to a child is different from a guy. This is taken to the extreme, but there is almost an element of that with dad. I think it’s just an instinct thing. We’re not as overly protective as mothers are. Sometimes that’s not good, but I like that the film is about that, too.”

Owen’s daughters, who are 12 and 10, have seen the movie. Did they recognize his parenting style? “They’re just thrilled they can actually watch one of my movies because usually they can’t — they’re too young,” he said. “They’ll have a lot to catch up (on) when they’re 18.”

[From The Vancouver Sun]

Good Lord, I hope Clive’s daughters don’t see every R-rated film he’s been in. I love Closer, but I think seeing my dad in that way would totally warp me. Remember the scene with Natalie Portman in the strip club? Thinking about some of the quotes that came out of him makes me need to cross my legs – “I think it’s best I don’t attempt to touch you. I’d like to touch you. Later.” Yeah, his daughters shouldn’t see that.

Photo credit: INFphoto.com (sunglass photos) and ANDERSON/VILA/bauergriffinonline.com (without sunglasses)

What’s better than Neil Patrick Harris in general? NPH in a bathtub, looking adorable, that’s what. Seriously, when did Neil Patrick Harris turn into this… this… bombshell? That’s the best word I can use – he looks amazing, and he’s just so handsome. I’m sorry, I’m crushing hard on him. Something about a shirtless gay guy in a bathtub, it gets me going. Call me weird, I dare you. Anyway, this is the photo used to accompany NPH’s interview in Rolling Stone. When asked how easy it was to come out, NPH told Rolling Stone: “I love going to the Playboy Mansion party with my boyfriend. Last year, we got dressed up as dead foppish Brits with topcoats and white contact lenses. These naked girls on Ecstasy kept coming up to us, like, ‘We love your contacts.’ We’d twirl around and say, ‘Well, we like your breasts!’” Love. It.

NPH is also the cover boy for October’s New York Magazine. The complete interview is here, and most of it is about NPH’s hit show (How I Met Your Mother) and his hosting duties at the Emmys. It’s a lovely piece, and very complimentary of NPH, who they declare someone like the next Hugh Grant/Cary Grant type, and applaud his success at “becoming almost supernaturally productive, a kind of human variety show in a range of genres, high and low, mass and niche. With his boyish likability, a gift for banter in the style of Cary Grant (or Hugh Grant—really any Grant), and a versatile range of skills, Harris seems poised to become the first out gay actor to become an A-list star.” He also talks about babies, and whether he and his partner David Burtka plan to adopt:

Despite rumors to the contrary, Neil Patrick Harris, star of How I Met Your Mother and host of this year’s Emmys, says he and partner David Burtka and are not expecting a child – yet.

Still, “We’d make very good parents,” Harris, 36, tells New York Magazine. And they’re already making one very good couple.

“We yin and yang very well,” he tells the magazine. “I’m just bowled over by him. I’m his forever protector, and I’m happiest when he’s happy.”

But coming to terms with his sexuality in Hollywood wasn’t always so easy for the former child star of Doogie Howser, M.D. “I tried … dating different girls, being the funny, witty guy at the party,” he says.

One person that helped inspire him? A gay Real World cast member. Danny Roberts, of The Real World: New Orleans, “was a unique entity at the time, as someone who was seemingly so confident in their own skin,” says Harris.

As host of this year’s Emmy Awards, Harris jokes that he hoped to include the Muppets – specifically Statler and Waldorf up in the balcony – in the opening number. And while that plan didn’t pan out, the actor jokes, with self-mocking air quotes, that he’ll make this year’s show the “classy Emmys.” Tune in to the show Sept. 20 to see what he means!

[From People]

The NY Mag piece also cites NPH’s numerous YouTube sensations, and points out that his status is coming close to a fully saturated pop-culture icon, the kind of guy that all people adore. NPH himself seems totally charming, intelligent, and fascinating. Like, he’s the kind of guy you would love to have at a dinner party. He does magic tricks, breaks out into song, does a flawless British accent, and “he adores variety shows, Buster Keaton, slapstick and acrobatics, cryptography and treasure hunts. He worships Sondheim; he collects puzzles. He’s “very reverential” about puppets and has been reading Street Gang, a history of Sesame Street. (He hopes to reinvent the children’s-show format someday.) The man is seemingly incapable of having a conversation without making a reference to Cirque du Soleil. This spring, in his spare time, he produced a Hollywood version of Accomplice, an interactive theatrical game in which participants mingle with actors and solve puzzles.” I love this man. I want him in the tub with me, doing magic tricks.

Neil Patrick Harris is shown on 9/12/09 at the premiere of Cloudy With a Chance of Meat Balls. Credit: WENN.com. He’s also shown in the header in a sexy photo from RollingStone, via CoverAwards

Sometimes, when it’s a slow day, CB and I e-mail about boys, like Gerard Butler, Matt Damon, or even Ralph Fiennes. Colin Farrell is a favorite, but CB can’t get over the fact that Colin smokes like a chimney. Personally, I’m just happy he’s not all drunk and coked-up anymore. He seems to be healthier than ever, and working steadily. His name rarely pops up in the tabloids these days, and I don’t even know if he’s still with his maybe live-in love, Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curus. My guess is that they’re still together, considering Colin has been keeping his head down while filming London Boulevard - in London, obviously. There have been no reports about crazy womanizing, or hotel hookups, or strippers. So either Colin has gotten better at hiding that stuff, or he’s staying loyal to Alicja. These are some new pictures from the set of London Boulevard. Colin looks sweet, doesn’t he? Like a lost puppy. I like his hair cut short like that.

Colin met his lady love Alicja on the set of Ondine, which was filmed and set in Ireland. It’s about a fisherman (Colin) who finds a mermaid (Alicja) out at sea. First Showing has some exclusive images from the film, and they’re just gorgeous. Colin’s hair is really long in the film, and he looks good and dirty and scruffy. Alicja really is f-cking gorgeous. Gah! They look so pretty together.

More good news for Colin: he topped a recent poll in Ireland for “Favorite Fantasy Father”. This means that “Irish women said they would like hard-partying Farrell to be the father of their child” more than anyone else. Now, I love me some Colin Farrell, but I don’t really want to have his baby. I save my baby-daddy fantasies for Gerard Butler, Seth MacFarlane and Keith Olbermann (seriously). But it’s nice that Irish women think “Colin Farrell” when they hear the words “Daddy”. And “Daddy” wasn’t even proceeded by “Spank me”!

Here’s Colin Farrell shooting a scene in Notting Hill for ‘London Boulevard’ yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.com .

Does anyone else think Justin Timberlake has been looking a little depressed lately? I think he’s been having a rough couple of weeks. He’s dealing with relationship drama as rumors heat up that he and Jessica Biel are minutes away from being dunzo. He just lost the Green Lantern role he was hoping for… to Ryan Reynolds. Then on Tuesday he gets into some kind of beef with a paparazzo, the cause of which is still unknown. I think JT has been taken down a few pegs, but we’ll see. Meanwhile, one of JT’s friends is trying to damage control on the paparazzo incident – saying that the photographer caught Justin “at the wrong time”:

Following Tuesday’s public confrontation between Justin Timberlake and a paparazzo outside a Beverly Hills hotel, a friend of the pop star spoke to OK! to defend JT’s actions.

Marcella Lindeberg, a friend of Justin and also a designer at the singer’s William Rast clothing line tells OK! she was surprised by news of the confrontation.

“I think [the photographer] caught Justin at the wrong time,” she explained to OK! at the launch of the Charlotte Russe fall collections in NYC. “He must have said something really wrong.”

Lindeberg added that the outburst is out of character for the Justin. “He’s really, really nice. But you need to understand also that he has 20 people constantly on him,” she said. “And most of the time he’s fine with it. He’s excellent about it. He’s really welcoming and friendly.”

[From OK! Magazine]

I would love to know what the paparazzo said to him. But I really enjoyed your theories from yesterday! Stuff like “Bend over” and “kiss me”. I really think the pap must have said something about either Jessica Biel or JT being a p-ssy.

Justin recently sat down for a Twitter question-and-answer. All of the questions were pop culture related, stuff about Robert Pattinson and the Jonas Brothers. JT is pretty funny:

Justin Timberlake reckons Twilight actor Robert Pattinson was blessed with better looks than him.

The star has given his first Twitter Q and A with fans, and when one naughty Tweeter teasingly asked “why aren’t u sexy like Robert Pattinson”, JT replied: “Because God loved him more than me.”

The singer didn’t seem to take things too seriously in the online chat, giving comic responses to questions.

When asked to choose between The Beatles or Stones, the Sexyback singer suggests “they should have made a super group called the Bones”.

As for how he sees himself in 10 years, Justin joked: “Through a mirror and with more wrinkles.”

Fans demanded the answers to some tough questions, like the star’s favourite sauces.

“I believe mustard to be one of the most amazing condiments,” Justin revealed.

But most importantly, we now know who JT’s favourite Jonas Brother is, well, sort of…

“It’s a toss up,” he joked. “Sleepy Jonas or Bashful Jonas?”

[From The Press Association]

Yeah, I don’t think JT sees the Jonas Brothers as any kind of threat to his career. But he does see Robert Pattinson as a threat to his wannabe movie-star career. Is JT seething with jealousy at the thought of guys like Pattinson, Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Reynolds and JT’s former fellow-Mousekeeter Ryan Gosling getting all of the really good scripts? I bet Gosling’s career really irks him in particular. They both started out in Mickey Mouse ears, for the love of God!

Robert Pattinson and Emile de Ravin are shown on the NY Set of “Remember Me” on 7/14/09. Pierce Brosnan is also shown that day. Credit: Fame Pictures. Pattinson is also shown looking beat-up for the film on 7/15/09. Credit: WENN.com. Header image credit: PRPhotos

I have a less-than-secret addiction to lists, and this one I particularly liked. It’s the sexiest woman poll, taken by Details magazine. Details is a male fashion magazine that features men on the cover, instead of busty women, and has been described as ‘Vogue for men’ in their 20′s and 30′s.

1. Jennifer Aniston
2. Megan Fox
3. Gisele Bundchen
4. Frieda Pinto
5. Kim Kardashian

list via Times of India

This is a fabulous list, considering the sexiest woman lists are usually dominated by 20 year olds with big boobies. While all the women are attractive – sexy, even – they aren’t the usual fodder dished up in lad’s mags. Jennifer Aniston is 40 years old, Megan Fox is unconventional in her appearance, Gisele Bundchen is a supermodel but at least she’s got some curves! Frieda Pinto is Indian, and usually these lists are dominated by caucasians.

Just to compare this to last year’s Maxim Hottest Women poll.

1. Marissa Miller (model)
2. Scarlett Johansson
3. Jessica Biel
4. Eva Longoria Parker
5. Sarah Michelle Geller

Maxim

These woman are also very sexy, but the eldest is 34. They don’t exactly cover a wide spectrum of beauty. They are all perfect examples of Hollywood hotness – not that there’s anything wrong with that – but it’s nice to see a few new names on the list. On the 2008 Maxim list Jennifer Aniston didn’t make the top 100, neither did Kim Kardashian, Gisele Bundchen or Freida Pinto (who was unknown at the time).

It’s also nice to finally have a story about Jennifer Ansiton that isn’t a ‘poor dumped Jen with no babies’ tale.

Jennifer Aniston is shown at the UK premiere of Marley and Me on 3/2/09. Credit: WENN.com

The Mentalist’s Simon Baker has replaced Patrick “The Hair” Dempsey’s two-year reign as the sexiest man on television. Praise it! Simon Baker is gorgeous, and he has that “naughty boy” look that so works. Dempsey has… the hair. Other than the hair, I’ve never gotten the attraction to Patrick Dempsey. He’s always seemed like a neutered Ken doll to me. Not like my Simon. Simon has… much more than great hair. Contact Music has more:

Aussie hunk Simon Baker has ended Patrick Dempsey’s two-year reign as the sexiest man on U.S. TV.

Baker’s show The Mentalist became an instant hit when it debuted in America last year (08) and now The Devil Wears Prada star has toppled Grey’s Anatomy doctor Dempsey as TV Guide magazine’s most desired actor.

Dempsey was the publication’s sexiest man on TV two years in row.

Baker’s wife isn’t convinced she’s married to the sexiest guy on TV. He explains, “My wife said to me this morning, ‘I could take a photo of you right now and they might take that title away from you.’”

Also making the new top 10 are David Boreanaz, new dad Matthew Settle and reality TV star Brody Jenner.

From Contact Music

As I said last week, I’m totally on board with David Boreanaz. That man is a total sweetheart, and very sexy. But Brody “Epic Douchebag” Jenner? I’d rather get busy with Patrick Dempsey’s flattened groin area than even spend two seconds with Brody Jenner.

I can’t find the complete Top Ten list, so I have no idea if my favorite television boys are on it. Can I get a shout-out to Lost’s Naveen Andrews and Josh Holloway? How about Law and Order: SVU’s Christopher Meloni? And how about the totally underrated Damien Lewis? I totally love the gingers! It’s a real shame the list had to be tainted by Brody Jenner. It screwed the curve.

Simon Baker is shown at the Golden Globe Awards on 1/11/09 with his wife of 11 years, Rebecca Rigg. He is also shown out with his family outside a restaurant in Brentwood on 1/18/09. Credit: Fame Pictures

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, y’all! To celebrate, let’s drink some green beer and get into a drunken debate about who, exactly, is the sexiest Irishman. My vote is for Colin Farrell, but it seems like there’s actual hard data on this stuff. A poll was commissioned for St. Patrick’s Day to find the sexiest Irish celebrities. Pierce Brosnan won! What the …? He really wasn’t that awesome as James Bond, and anyone who disagrees can fight me in a drunken Irish death match. The Press Association has more:

Pierce Brosnan is the sexiest Irish celebrity, according to a new poll.

Over a quarter of UK women decided the Mamma Mia! man is the sexiest Irish star as he beat Swat star Colin Farrell and Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating to first place.

The women polled decided to forgive his questionable singing in the smash hit film and instead remembered his suave performance as James Bond to name him the hottest man from across the ocean.

Sadly there was bad news for X Factor judge Louis Walsh, who didn’t manage to swing a single vote. Even TV presenter Terry Wogan managed to wangle 2 per cent, and Bono and Bob Geldof managed 1 per cent.

The top three sexiest Irish women, as voted by the men, were deemed to be Andrea Corr, the One Show’s Christine Bleakley and Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle. Bangor beauty and Dancing On Ice star Zoe Salmon also scored highly.

The YouGov survey was commissioned by Irish London-based communications consultancy, Eulogy!, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

From The Press Association Hosted By Google

I have absolutely no idea who those women are. But back to the men… friggin’ Bono and Bob Geldof get one percent each, and yet there’s no mention of Liam Neeson? No Jonathan Rhys Meyers? I realize Jonathan is struggling right now, but he’s still hot. Here’s another name that goes utterly unmentioned: Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel wasn’t born an Irish citizen, but he became one in 1993. Honorary Irish Daniel with mind-blowing talent is better than Natural-born Irish, stuffy gentleman Pierce Brosnan.

And what’s with nobody showing Colin Farrell any love anymore? He’s really talented, and he’s gotten his life back together. Even sober, I bet he’s a lot more fun than Pierce Brosnan.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Pierce Brosnan is shown out with his wife at Sundance on 1/16, 1/17, and 1/18/09. I think he’s sexy! Credit: WENN.com

Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics has designed a vibrator with high end sex toy maker JimmyJane that retails for $2,000 USD. The quiet, solid steel 5.25″ long .67″ wide waterproof vibrator has a handwritten inscription with some lyrics from Stewart’s new song, “Let’s Do It Again,” and is ringed with 28 round cut black diamonds. There’s also a “plain” version without the impractical jewels that retails for $195. Non-inscribed vibrators of the same sturdy model are listed at $125 on the JimmyJane website.

Stewart’s single “Let’s Do it Again” comes with the musician’s custom-designed vibrators as a free download after purchase. The video for the song is available on the JimmyJane website and shows his female singer simulating getting off in a dressing room. Although the song is catchy the video isn’t as titillating as it should be for an over $100 vibrator. There’s no nudity and you don’t even see her holding the toy or pretending to use it.

This looks like a decent high end vibrator at the lower price points, but whether it’s even worth $125 is up to question. The $2,000 version is surely just for publicity purposes. Diamonds are scratchy gems that aren’t suited for objects meant to be inserted. They sure are good for making a sex toy expensive enough to get attention, though. There’s little chance we would be paying much attention to Stewart’s solo work without this kind of stunt.

Note: This is not an ad and we were not contacted or encouraged by JimmyJane to promote this product. Thanks to The Sun for featuring this.

Already sick of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? If you’re in the mood for something really really different this holiday season, Entertainment Weekly has listed the 50 Sexiest Movies Ever, and thankfully none of them include Frosty the Snowman.

So, what does EW consider the sexiest movie ever?

1) George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight

It made Clooney a film star, gave Lopez her most well-rounded role to date, and, thanks to director Steven Soderbergh, features a number of scenes that belong in a Sexy Cinema Hall of Fame.

The first is, of course, the Jenny-and-George-in-the-trunk-of-a-car scene. They spoon with an instant intimacy that surprises both of them (and us) — meeting cute in a unique setting that’s become one of the most erotically charged moments of modern movies. Another comes in a hotel lounge at night. Soderbergh flashes forward from their flirtatious conversation to scenes of the lovemaking that results as soon as they leave the bar: The talk and the act exist simultaneously, voluptuously.

Out of Sight is a crackerjack thriller — but it’s also a cinematic aphrodisiac. It’s downright dangerously sexy.

[Entertainment Weekly, print edition, November 28, 2008]

I saw this film years ago, and it wouldn’t top my list, but it is an example of a good film that actually has plot to go along with the sex scenes.

2) His Girl Friday from 1940, with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell

Proof you don’t need sex to be sexy.

3) Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The infamous film that brought Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together, resulting in great chemistry and perfect casting.

4) Body Heat, with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt

Goes without saying.

5) Bull Durham

The film where Kevin Costner was at his sexiest, painting Susan Sarandon’s toenails and honoring “long slow deep soft wet kisses that last three days.”

6) Don’t Look Now

A horror film that includes a sex scene between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie that is so suggestive it’s still debated whether the two were really going at it.

7) Y Tu Mama Tambien

Amen, Hallelujiah. If you don’t see another movie on this list, see this one. Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are phenomenal as two teens who set off on a road trip with an older woman and end up in one of the hottest kisses on film.

8. The Last of the Mohicans

I have to disagree with this one, since I didn’t like this movie at all, despite long-haired shirtless Daniel Day-Lewis.

9) A Walk on the Moon

If you don’t get what people see in Viggo Mortensen, rent this movie. Way before Aragorn, he is pure sex as the hippie Blouse Man who shows frustrated wife and mother Diane Lane the pleasures of the flesh. As an added bonus, Liev Schreiber plays the uptight husband.

10) Before Sunset

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy hook up again in Paris hours before he has to catch a plane.

Read the full list at ew.com.