UFC 92 Results

Results from Saturday's UFC 92:

Rashad Evans beat Forrest Griffin to become the new Light Heavyweight Champion.

Frank Mir beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

CB Dollaway beat Mike Massenzio.

Quinton Jackson beat Wanderlei Silva.

Cheick Kongo beat Mostapha Al Turk.

Yushin Okami beat Dean Lister.

Antoni Hardonk beat Mike Wessel.

Matt Hamill beat Reese Andy.

Brad Blackburn beat Ryo Chonan.

Pat Barry beat Dan Evensen.

Eartha Kitt, 1927-2008

I was saddened to hear about the passing of Eartha Kitt on Thursday, who died at the age of 81. Here's a clip of some of her work from one of my favorite TV shows:

Mimi Update

I haven't posted anything recently about Mariah Carey. Against all odds, she is still married to that guy who hosted a show on MTV whose name escapes me. And it's possible that she is pregnant-- or not. The photo above is from a couple of days ago in Aspen, Colorado. It's funny that no matter how cold it is, she's still gotta show the boobs. But then again, it's just good marketing sense-- after all, it got her yet another mention on Hollywood Nation.

(Photo from mariahdaily.com)

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas. Hopefully you didn't get too much coal. I just finished watching the Ralphie vs. Scott Farkus fight in a A Christmas Story so I'm hyped. I still can't believe that the wife player-hated on that leg lamp. She knows damn well that she broke it on purpose. Anyway, enjoy the Christmas edition of TNA's Spin Cycle with Mick Foley, Jay Lethal, Robert Roode and Sojournor Bolt with a a special guest appearance by THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!

New Releases

Not much in the new release section this week on the music end. However there is a big release out on DVD this week: A Decade of Decadence, the best of Edge 3-disc set featuring all of his great matches and moments. If not for yourself, get it for Vickie Guerrero's sake.

(A Decade of Decadence available at the usual outlets including Amazon.com)

Trish Returns/Beautiful People Bonus Match

It was great to see WWE legend Trish Stratus return to the ring for one night last night on Raw, as she teamed up with John Cena to go against Santino and Beth Phoenix. She was in good shape and did well in the match. It would be nice to see here return for a singles match at WrestleMania. And speaking of women's wrestling, TNAwrestling.com posted a bonus match of my favorite tag team The Beautiful People vs. Roxxi and Taylor Wilde. Catch it on their website or just click below:

Rock of Love Charm School Finale

And the last woman standing is .... Brandi M. (above) who pulled off the victory on Rock of Love: Charm School and won $100,000. As the most consistently funny member of the cast, she deserved the victory. She also had to overcome the biggest obstacle in the last challenge. The last three ladies had to raise money for the homeless but they got paired with their biggest enemies from the show. And for some reason the enemies (Heather, Brandi C. and Megan) were all dressed as hookers. It was good to have them back though because it added a spark to the show. Brandi C. needs to be on TV every week. Brandi M. got stuck with Megan and her boobs, who tried to sabotage Brandi, but failed. Brandi M. raised the most money and advanced to the final two. Lacey finally got cut as the nation rejoiced. This left Brandi M. and Destiney in the finals and Brandi was awarded the money. Maybe she can use some of it to remove that awful necklace tattoo (why, baby, why would you do that?). Anyway, it was a fun season but now it's on to Rock of Love Bus, which from the previews looks to have assembled perhaps the most skanky cast in the history of man. Can't wait.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Impact Highlights

Couldn't you just put Christy Hemme on a plate and sop her up with a biscuit?:

Why do they want to go and put The Beautiful People on TV with no makeup? Angelina looked a little different without the blue eye shadow, but Velvet looked pretty much the same. And can we finally stop with these "Sarah Palin" skits and get these broads back in the ring?:

Tonight on Impact

Tonight on Impact:

- Six Sides of Steel: Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles vs. Sting and Kevin Nash

- Abyss and Matt Morgan vs. Scott Steiner and Booker T

- ODB and Christy Hemme vs. Raisha Saeed and Rhaka Khan

- X-Division tournament continues

- The return of Suicide and perhaps even the Beautiful People

(Photo from tnawrestling.com)

The Wrestler

The movie The Wrestler is finally out in some areas of the country (it's not coming to Hollywood Nation's homebase of St. Louis until January). In addition to all of the other great buzz, it also got two more positive reviews this week: Howard Stern liked it and said Marisa Tomei was hot and ESPN.com's Bill Simmons raved about it also. Doesn't get better than that. I'm still amazed that a movie got made about wrestling that didn't have Hulk Hogan in a tutu.

New Music

New music this week:

Ghostface Killah: Ghostdeini The Great-- looks like a collection of greatest hits and remixes from the great Wu-Tang Clan M.C. As soon as we thaw out from the ice and snow, I'll head to the record store for this.

Other new releases this week include Jamie Foxx, Saliva, Anthony Hamilton and Keyshia Cole.

(Ghostdeini the Great available at amazon.com and the usual outlets)

Beautiful People Update

Because you can't get enough of my favorite tag team, The Beautiful People, here are a couple of news items:

TNAwrestling.com just posted a bunch of personality profiles called "Webography", including the following one on Velvet Sky of the Beautiful People:



Looking for the perfect gift for The Beautiful People fan in your family? Check out this autographed plaque from the TriStar trading card company. And it's only a mere 79 bones! Sure beats the hell out of that Old Spice gift pack you're planning to give.

And for all the ladies out there, TNA Wrestling is now offering the official Beautiful People t-shirt (below). Now you can look just like Angelina or Velvet! Well, probably not, but it will be fun trying! Isn't she great?

Jeff Hardy: WWE Champion

Big shout-out to Jeff Hardy, who finally was awarded the WWE Heavyweight title tonight at the WWE Armageddon pay-per-view show in Buffalo, New York. This honor was long overdue, but I'm just glad that they finally gave the guy a chance. Other results from the show:

- Vladimir Kozlov beat Matt Hardy

- C.M. Punk beat Rey Mysterio

- Fit Finlay beat Mark Henry

- Batista beat Randy Orton

- Three of the broads beat three other broads

- John Cena beat Chris Jericho

- Jeff Hardy beat Triple H and Edge to become the new WWE champ

(Photo from wwe.com)

Guy Throws Shoes at the President

I haven't seen an audience reaction like this since some lady sang "And I Am Telling You" off-key on Amateur Night at the Apollo:

Interview with Rena Riffel

As I've mentioned a couple of times in previous posts, I'm a huge fan of the movie Showgirls (if you've never seen the 10th Anniversary version with audio commentary, it will have you rolling on the floor). One of the stars of the movie was actress Rena Riffel, who played the role of "Penny"/"Hope". Recently she made her own independent film called Trasharella. She was gracious enough to answer the following questions for Hollywood Nation:

1. Can you tell us a little about your movie Trasharella?

I have always wanted to make my own movie. I have been writing scripts and stories for a long time. But, I didn't know how to go about raising money to make them. So, finally I just set out to make a movie and not let anything hold me back from doing it and completing it. I made a very unconventional film and used all my resources to do it. It is about a starlet who becomes a recycling trash bag wearing super hero, Trasharella, in the process of trying to kill the evil Hollywood Vampire (played by the brilliant accordion wizard and vaudevillian comedian, Count Smokula) who destroys starlets. It's a dark comedy, musical, horror, B-movie satire. I tried to make it so bad that it is good. Cuz when I'm good, I'm good.. but when I'm bad, I'm better. A quote from May West. I pay tribute to the bombshells of the past and present, like Marilyn Monroe, Betty Page, May West, Lolita/Sue Lyon, Jane Russell, Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, ect. I want to bring back the musicals and the glittering dance numbers of the past.

2. I understand you do some singing in this film. On a scale of William Hung to Mariah Carey, where do you rate yourself?

I have been getting feedback about the songs and once you hear the songs, you go around singing them all day, they get stuck in your head because they are very catchy. There is magic in a voice and some are more likable than others. People have always liked my voice, since I was 7 years old, singing in the church choir. I was signed to Polygram/Mercury Records as a teenager by the famous Ed Eckstine. I would say I rate myself at a Gwen Stefani or a Britney.

3. Former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey has a role in your movie. Did she talk your ear off about politics during the filming?

No, she is more into having fun and drinking champagne. I think this is Mary Carey's best performance in a film.

4. During your cameo on last season's Celebrity Rehab on VH-1 (while you were visiting Mary), it seemed that Jeff Conaway's spirits picked up when you arrived. Any other interesting stories from that show?

I grew up listening to and watching the movie Grease, so I am a big fan of Jeff Conaway. I was so sad to see him in a wheelchair. He told me he hurt his back while filming the dance number Greased Lightning. But, I think he is an amazing talented actor and I think someone needs to star him in a big movie and get him off the rehab show. When I asked him if he is still acting, he whispered, "of course, that is why I am doing this show".

5. One Showgirls question: Do you think James and your character Penny remained a couple after all these years?

I am actually working on making a follow up movie about Penny and James. But, I bet they had some ups and downs and still both want to be star dancers.. maybe James has his own T-Shirt line by now with the sayings on it like, Life Sucks or something...since he was a student of T-Shirts. But, ya, I think they are still together and they have a child to raise.

6. Any plugs or closing comments?

Trasharella is available on Amazon.com and on Createspace.com. It is truly a gem and the performances in the movie are so funny and amazing. People are loving Trasharella. It is punk rock and raw and homemade. It is sexy and entertaining. It's got these catchy phrases that are now becoming part of an underground culture, people write me and use all th e sayings in the movie. Count Smokula's sayings are so far out and hilarious. Even my Mom is quoting him and Mary and the others. And then when ever you see a trash bag or recycled trash turned into fashion, you will think of Trasharella. I know it sounds crazy, but it's a wild movie.

(Photo from renariffel.com/Trasharella is available at amazon.com)

Jennifer Aniston's GQ Magazine Cover

Here's the heavily publicized photo of Jennifer Aniston on the cover of the new GQ Magazine. It gets the Hollywood Nation Seal of Approval. Somebody must have a new box office flop debuting soon.

(Photo from GQ Magazine)

Tonight On Impact

Tonight on TNA Impact:

- The X-Division title tournament begins

- Abyss vs. James Storm

- Christy Hemme vs. Sojournor Bolt

- Brother Ray vs. Kurt Angle

Tonight at 9PM EST/8PM CST only on Spike TV!

(Photo from tnawrestling.com)

New Releases

New at the record shop this week: Common (above) with his latest release, Universal Mind Control. I picked it up on Tuesday and listened to some of it at work. The man seems to grow and change his style with each album and this is no exception. The Neptunes helped to produce the CD so you know it's on point. I liked what I've heard so far. You gotta pick this one up.

Also this week: Brandy's latest CD Human and Musiq Soulchild's On My Radio. In addition, The Dark Knight came out on DVD this week. I got the deluxe version at Target that has the DVDs packaged in a Batman mask with 40 minutes of extras that I will never watch. What a fool!

(Common's Universal Mind Control available at amazon.com and the usual outlets)

Kim K's Sister

Wow, I guess big asses do run in the family. Exhibit A, PETA's latest anti-fur ad (above) featuring Kim Kardashian's usually annoying sister Khloe. It's amazing how appealing someone can be when you take away the sass, the backtalk, the headshaking, and the clothes. Props!

(Photo from peta.org)

JBL Gets Knocked the F*** Out

In perhaps the greatest story that I have ever heard, WWE's John "Bradshaw" Layfield (who has been known for bullying people in the locker room for years) finally got what was coming to him. And from all people, it was former ECW announcer Joey Styles who knocked him in the hell out. Here's the full story from Mike Johnson of pwinsider.com:

"I was told JBL was trying to bully Styles with a lot of condescending comments and actions, including allegedly spilling a drink on Styles on purpose. JBL was more or less pulling a lot of the shenanigans that a lot of of the performers in the company can't stand but deal with since he has the political stroke of being a tenured veteran.

Several days into the tour, JBL (who by all accounts had been drinking) did something that caused Styles to physically retaliate in defense. A number of wrestlers stepped in between them and held the two apart. When JBL broke free, he went towards Styles, who "nailed him perfectly with a pretty good shot" according to one witness, laying JBL out and blackening his eye. There were no further incidents between the two on the tour after that."

HAHAHA!!! The big jackass finally got what he deserved. As one message board poster noted, this is the WWE version of Scott Farkus vs. Ralphie.

(Photo from wwe.com)

Rock of Love: Charm School

Charm School has been kind of dull since Brandi C. left. This is further evidence that she needs her own show. Things don't look to get any better now that Heather has been booted also. Poor delusional girl-- no one wants to buy a shirt with your face on it! Now mine maybe, but not Heather's. I guess she deserved the boot for that alone. Next week: more Brandi-less hijinx.

(Photo from vh1.com)

TNA Final Resolution Results

Results from last night's TNA Final Resolution PPV:

- In the Feast or Fired Match, Hernandez, Homicide, Jay Lethal and Curry Man won the briefcases. Homicide's briefcase had a tag team title shot. The rest will be revealed on Impact.

- Taylor Wilde, ODB, and Roxxi beat the Beautiful People and Sharmell

- Eric Young beat Sheik Abdul Bashir to win the X-Division title (it was later held up)

- Christy Hemme beat Awesome Kong by DQ

- Beer Money beat Matt Morgan and Abyss to retain the tag team titles

- Suicide debuted and beat up Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin

- Kurt Angle beat Rhino. Al Snow interfered to help set up the finish.

- The Main Event Mafia beat Team 3D, A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe

Celebrity Championship Wrestling Season Finale

I hate to see it go, but this week was the season finale of Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. After the training session, they actually had three matches this week. It was good to see the return of "M.O.M." Erin Murphy, Trishelle and The Candygirl but that was quickly dampened by the sight of Frank Stallone in drag. In the semi-final match, Dennis Rodman, Butterbean, Screech and Mr. Not So Perfect had a tag team match. From that match the judges picked Rodman and MNSP to have a match to decide the winner. In the end, it was Dennis Rodman, who has actually had about four high-profile matches in the past, who was declared the winner of the show.

I hope they bring this show back for a second season because it was something fun to look forward to each week. Rumors also persist that they might take the show on the road for a tour of live shows. I would surely check that out.

(Photo from cmt.com)

Torrie Wilson Shoot Interview

One of my favorite things in the world is shoot interviews. If you have no idea what a shoot interview is, that is where a wrestler sits down for 2 to 4 hours (sometimes more) and tells the inside stories about their wrestling career and gives their opinions about others in the wrestling industry. Everybody from Terry Funk to So Cal Val to Ric Flair to The Sandman to everyone in between has done one. Last night, I watched the Torrie Wilson shoot interview, one of the latest offerings from RF Video. First of all, this is probably the second most visually appealing shoot ever (right behind the Kristi Myst shoot-- who did hers naked for some reason) just because she is so hot. Her perspective is pretty interesting too as someone who came into wrestling not really knowing anything about the industry and all of a sudden she was thrust into the spotlight. She has good stories on Scott Steiner, most of the WWE Divas, Vince, and a great story about the Undertaker's ex-wife Sara. Add her to the shortlist of people who cried during their shoot (it was perfectly acceptable though). She also managed to smartly not say anything bad about Triple H and Stephanie. Hey, you never know when you're going back. Anyway, I give it a high recommendation. Check out the preview clip below and you can buy the DVD right here:

Just Because

As DeBarge once said "oooooh, and I like it":

TNA Spin Cycle

It's a special all-Knockouts edition of the Spin Cycle this week. The guests are Rhaka Khan, So Cal Val, Christy Hemme and ODB. Mick Foley and his family make a special guest appearance with some holiday hijinx. My favorite on the panel is Rhaka Khan. They need to feature her more on Impact-- just not in the ring. Anyway, enjoy the show:

Last Night's Impact

My favorite part of last night's TNA Impact was when The Beautiful People and the fake Sarah Palin (played by Daffney, above, who I hope they bring back) were in Booker T's dressing room and he told Billy Gunn "get those two bimbos and that yak outta here!" (seen below). I'm going to try to revive the word "yak". I also enjoyed Sting vs. Rhino, Booker T vs. Samoa Joe, and the mixed tag with A.J. Styles and Christy Hemme vs. Scott Steiner and Awesome Kong. Is Christy the most adorable human on the planet? Seriously, who is more adorable: Christy or a panda bear? You can't decide! Further evidence in the bottom clip.

New Music

The big release this week is the new Britney Spears CD "Circus". I picked this up at Target on Tuesday. They had the regular version available as well as a "deluxe" version for a couple of bucks more with a bonus DVD of interview and behind-the-scenes footage. I just got the basic one because that's all I need is to pay extra money to hear this broad rattle on about nothing. Anyway, the CD is about what you would expect from a Britney Spears offering: a few good dance songs, two or three destined-to-be strip club classics, a couple of cringe-worthy songs that you wonder how they made the final cut, a couple of slow songs that you will never listen to again, and some nice booklet photos. My verdict after the first listen? It was worth the ten bucks. Find it on sale at Target, Best Buy or the usual online outlets.

Also out this week: Rap legend Scarface "Emeritus" and the soundtrack to the movie Cadillac Records, featuring my boy Mos Def singing. I may have to check that one out.

WWE Diva Update

Ever wonder what happened to former WWE Diva Debra McMichael (former wife of Steve Austin and Steve "Mongo" McMichael)? She has a role in the upcoming movie Gathering of Heroes: Legends of the Seven Swords. She plays the role of "Reina". According to IMDB, she is about 48 years old, so she is holding up pretty well. I hope she does well in her second career.

And speaking of WWE Divas, check out my new favorite, Alicia Fox, formerly the wedding planner on Smackdown. They now have her paired with some guy that looks like Alex Wright on the Tuesday ECW show. I guess I have to start watching that show again:





(Debra photo from gatheringofheroesmovie.com)

TNA Spin Cycle

It's back! The return of my favorite internet show, TNA Spin Cycle. This time on the panel is Kurt Angle, Lauren the interview girl, Earl Hebner, and Eric Young:

Weekend Wrap-Up

I haven't posted in a couple of days due to celebrating Thanksgiving, doing some online shopping on Friday and general laziness. In the meantime, here is some stuff that slipped through the cracks:

Dancing with the Stars: Brooke Burke won! Congratulations. She should be back in Playboy within six months. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Rams vs. Dolphins: The Rams didn't get blown out by 40! Talk about progress!

Rock of Love Charm School: Last week's episode was perhaps the best of all-time with Brandi C. spitting and Heather's drunken meltdown. Then they followed it this week with a lame episode where two girls got cut for no reason. I'm changing my prediction and going with Brandi M. as the winner.

Kiana's Flex Appeal: I am watching this right now on ESPN Classic. This reminds me of that legendary block of programming that ESPN 2 used to run with Kiana, Cory Everson's show and Bodyshaping. Never has there ever been a finer block of television. I'm getting all nostalgic.

New Music: Last week Kanye West dropped (decent CD but not a lot of rapping surprisingly), new Ludacris, and finally the new Guns N Roses (I need a second listen).

Hulk Hogan's CCW: Another good episode. This week Danny Bonaduce got cut again. Todd Bridges is still my favorite and keeps getting better. WWE should sign him. I'd rather see him than Triple H.

I hope you had a great holiday. I'll be back on my regular schedule this week.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Britney Update

Look who's back on the cover of the latest Rolling Stone magazine; it's Britney. And even though she looks like a muppet, at least she is back in shape. The new album hits on Tuesday.

(Photo from rollingstone.com)

24: Redemption

The show 24 returned last night for a 2-hour movie and holy smokes it was great. If you missed it, try to catch a replay or you can buy it on DVD on Tuesday. Can't wait for the new season in January!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to one of my all-time favorite WWE Divas, Kristal Marshall, who won the Ms. Bikini America contest over 400 other contestants on Saturday in Las Vegas. Even more amazing, this woman just recently gave birth within the last couple of months. If you would like to know why she won the competition, check out the clip below (from a WWE show from last year) and scroll to the 2:00 mark. Mercy. Note to TNA Wrestling: Please sign this woman and put her with the Beautiful People. Pronto:

Celebrity Championship Wrestling

It was a wild week on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. First of all, for some reason, they let Danny Bonaduce come back even though he got cut last week. Screech took exception to it and they let them settle their feud in a scripted, pre-determined "hardcore" wrestling match. Insanity. Goldberg made a brief appearance this week also. I loved the part where Danny Bonaduce hit him with a trash can, Goldberg didn't move, then said "now hit me like a man". He was so great during his "streak" storyline in WCW and I miss seeing him in wrestling. Too bad WWE has shitheads running the ship and TNA would have him in climbing matches, because he could have a great last run in either league if they could get themselves together. But hey, what company these days wants to make money? The part of the show that I had a problem with was when the group practiced how to hit each other with chairs. The last remaining female, Trishelle (above), got hit hard in the back with a chairshot from Brian Knobbs of the Nasty Boys. I could not believe that they did it. Why would they strike a 100 pound woman with a steel chair right in the back? How about using some common sense? It was absurd (plus, if you just had to hit a woman with a steel chair, shouldn't they have chosen someone more deserving like Sarah Palin?). Anyway, she rightfully went directly to the medical staff and was hesitant to participate in some of the drills when she returned. In the end, the judges said that she "didn't give 100%" which led to her being cut this week. It was ridiculous. She seemed happy to leave though. Oh well. See ya on the next Real World/Road Rules Challenge, kid. Of course, now all the eye candy is gone and we're now stuck looking at a bunch of goofy guys. Do these people want ratings or what? Next week: more contrived madness!

(Photo from cmt.com)

"The Wrestler" Trailer

I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie. In case you haven't heard of it, it's a movie called The Wrestler and it has been receiving Oscar buzz. It is being touted as Mickey Rourke's big comeback role. It won awards at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Bruce Springsteen has contributed to the soundtrack. Some of it was shot at Ring of Honor events. This will be my "Batman" movie for 2009. Should be good:

Disgraceful

I usually try to keep the tone of Hollywood Nation lighthearted with my usual player-hating and oogling of women, but I have to make an exception with this post. It has to do with the most lowlife and disgraceful company in this country-- World Wrestling Entertainment. This morning I woke up and checked a couple of wrestling sites. All were reporting that WWE's own website had posted an article that wrestler, I'm sorry, "entertainer" Jeff Hardy was found passed out in a Boston hotel stairway and rushed to the hospital. It was even posted in AOL's "Top Stories" section on its homepage. With Hardy's well-known substance abuse history and the fact that seemingly every few months a wrestler passes away, the natural inclination was to think that Jeff Hardy had either died or best case had some kind of drug overdose. Well, it turns out now that the story was part of a storyline for tonight's WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view show.

What kind of decent company pulls this kind of crap? The message boards were filled with posts from worried fans specualting on Hardy's health. I myself had that dreaded "here we go again" feeling. What kind of scumbags would do this to their own customers and fans? What goes through the minds of people like Vince and Stephanie McMahon, because surely one of them had to have signed off on this. Do they think even one step ahead before pulling a stunt like this? Does anyone at the top have any common sense, let alone common deceny? And then they sit and actually wonder why they can't attract high-brow advertisers. This is why! It's an utter disgrace and I'll remember this the next time I consider buying one of their overpriced pay-per-view events, souvenirs, video games, etc. They should be embarrassed but history shows us that I should know better than that.

The Beautiful People vs. Sojournor Bolt & Christy

From last night's Impact. Isn't Christy adorable? Someone wanna pull Billy Gunn off of this poor woman?

New Releases

This week in the new release bin:

Beyonce: I Am Sasha Fierce- I actually picked this up yesterday. It's eleven songs but they split it over two discs. The first one is all slow songs (I kind of skipped through those) and the second disc is the dance songs, which are actually really good. Expect lots of radio and video play. You'll like this one for the pictures alone. Available on sale this week at most of the usual outlets including for download and at Amazon, Target, etc.

Also this week: American Idol winner David Cook, Shontelle, and Nickelback plus Target has released exclusive Christmas CDs by Musiq Soulchild and Dancing with the Stars young thing, Julianne Hough. And don't forget that Q-Tip CD!

MVP!

On the heels of the Rams getting slaughtered once again, it was nice to get some good sports news here in St. Louis. Congratulations to Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals, who won his second MLB MVP award yesterday. Second place was Ryan Howard of the Phillies, a St. Louis native, so we were covered either way. Since neither of these guys are busy right now and probably hanging around St. Louis doing nothing, can we can get them in the Rams backfield? Or in the secondary? I'm beggin' ya!

Rock of Love: Charm School

It would be great if VH-1 could give Brandi M. and Brandi C. a show together. That would have "Bobby and Whitney" trainwreck potential. We could see them go shopping together, getting hideous tattoos together, making brownies together and performing carnal knowledge together. I smell a hit. Until then, we will have the memories of the two Brandis teaming up on last week's show to do a public service announcement. It was nothing short of magic. Their PSA with the blow-up guys was sick genius. These two would make even the most mundane task seem amazing. We better enjoy Brandi C. while we can however because next week it looks like she spits in someone's face, so I can't imagine she will be long for this show. But there's always the potential "The Two Brandis" show. Someone point me to the VH-1 Suggestion Box. It's Money Time.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Celebrity Championship Wrestling

The Whole F'N Show, Rob Van Dam, was the special guest on this week's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. He was great, but then again, what did you expect? He was teaching the remaining five how to fall over the top rope. Danny Bonaduce immediately charged full force over the top and injured his back. Sucks to be him. The rest of the group did a battle royal for this week's match. It had it's moments. They put over Trishelle as the winner. In the end, they seemingly cut Danny Bonaduce, but then I noticed he was all over the previews for next week. Damn, they can't shake him. If this fool gets to come back, then so should Erin and Nikki. Next week: Hardcore action!

(Photo from cmt.com)

"Gettin' Up"

Have you bought the new Q-Tip CD "The Renaissance" yet? What are you waiting on? It debuted at #11 on last week's Billboard album chart and at #3 on the Hip Hop album chart. Still not sold? Check out the video for "Gettin' Up" below:

Brock Lesnar: UFC Heavyweight Champion

Congratulations to Brock Lesnar, who beat Randy Couture last night in Las Vegas to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion. Lesnar won in the second round after he knocked Couture down with a punch then swooped down on him like a pterodactyl and peppered him with about 20 punches before the referee stopped it. Lesnar becomes the first man to ever win both the WWE World Title and the UFC Heavyweight Title. He also becomes the first UFC Heavyweight Champion to have once been pinned by Eddie Guerrero's frog splash. Congrats on the victory!

New Release Tuesday

Only two days too late! It's that time of the year where record companies put out some of their biggest releases of the year to capatalize on the holiday buying season. Here is some music of interest that came out this week:

- Seal "Soul": Seal remade a bunch of classic soul songs such as "It's A Man's World" and "A Change Is Gonna Come". I picked this up on Tuesday. It's a hit. It's on sale at Target, Amazon, and it's surely available at whatever the hell I-Tunes is.

- Christina Aquilera "Keeps Gettin' Better": This is Christina's greatest hits package and it's available exclusively at Target. It includes all of her hits plus two new songs and two remixes. Spend the extra two bucks to get the version with the DVD of her greatest videos. You know you wanna see her in those assless chaps in the "Dirrty" video.

- Now That's What I Call Music 10th Anniversary: A pretty good collection of hits from the last ten years. For those people that never picked up "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys and "Get The Party Started" by Pink.

Also this week, American Idol loser David Archuleta, country sensation Taylor Swift, T-Pain, NOW 29 and the Best of Hilary Duff (is that a 3-disc set?)

Palin To TNA?

From the company that brought you Pacman Jones and Toby Keith in the ring, TNA Wrestling has unveiled it's latest publicity stunt:

"Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling has announced that it is formally inviting Alaska governor and former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin to become an honorary member of “The Beautiful People,” the elite group of TNA Knockouts led by Angelina Love and Velvet Sky (above).

TNA officials said a “Sarah Palin Ceremony” is scheduled for December 7 at its “Final Resolution” pay-per-view as part of her “Honorary TNA Knockout” membership in The Beautiful People, and TNA President Dixie Carter will personally fly Gov. Palin and her husband, Todd, from their home in Anchorage to Orlando, Florida, for the December event.

TNA Wrestling will make the formal invitation to Gov. Palin Thursday, November 13, on “TNA iMPACT!” at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Spike. TNA will present Gov. Palin with a $50,000 check at “Final Resolution” made out to the charity of her choice, or will make the donation to the youth hockey association in her native Wasilla, Alaska."

Wow, and I thought it was bad when Billy Gunn joined the Beautiful People. That's all I need is this broad ruining their act. If she joins, is she going to get in the ring and wiggle her butt like the BP's? Now that would be funny. She's just a bad fit for the Beautiful People. Wouldn't she have been better in wrestling groups from the past? The (Washington) Outsiders? The JOB Squad? The West Texas Rednecks? The Filthy Animals? I could go on for days.

Dancing with the Stars

With Toni Braxton and Kim Kardashian gone, it was good to see Edyta (above) back on Dancing with the Stars. From my expert perspective, she was pretty much carrying the show on Monday. Too bad it's just temporary (she was subbing for Julianne Hough, who was out due to surgery). Olympian Maurice Green was cut this week, leaving a final four of Brooke Burke, Warren Sapp, Lance Bass and the guy from Hannah Montana (who Edyta carried to victory this week). I think Brooke will edge out Warren to be this season's winner. And with Edyta back, let's face it, we're all winners!

(Photo from abc.com)

Rock of Love Charm School

This week's episode of Charm School was decent. They brought in a fake royal from England and the girls had to try to act proper in front of her. The girls actually surprised me as they looked respectable when they are sober and not dressed in stripper clothing. In the end, it was Inna who got the boot this week. She was the only one who showed cleavage during the challenge (she just couldn't get rid of the trampy ways) which was reason enough to show her the door. The woman is a giant. She towered over Sharon Osborne when she hugged her on the way out and I thought she was going to give her the Black Hole Slam. Oh well, good luck in the clubs, toots.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Celebrity Championship Wrestling

It was the first post-Erin Murphy episode of the show and oddly enough, a lot of the show centered around Erin. Nikki had trouble learning the new moves and the team was growing frustrated with her. She walked out in a huff and suggested that they bring Erin back. Hulk showed up, consoled her and offered to give her some one-on-one training time. Isn't he a nice guy?

The group also learned how to cut promos/interviews this week. This led to an almost believable altercation between Screech and Danny Bonaduce. Screech continues to amaze me by being actually likeable on this show, as opposed to his time on Celebrity Fit Club. The matches were better this week, including Todd Bridges and his "Mr. Not-So-Perfect" persona, who is emerging as my favorite. In the end, it was Nikki who got the boot, leaving Trishelle and five guys (probably not the first time that's happened). Next week: ROB VAN DAM!

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TNA Turning Point Results

Results from last night's TNA Turning Point PPV from the Impact Zone in Orlando, FL:

- Eric Young won an X-Division Rankings match. Typical X-Division stuff.

- Taylor Wilde and Roxxi beat Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed. Where are the Beautiful People?

- Rhino beat Sheik Abdul Bashir. During this match, Scott Hall and the Insane Clown Posse arrived in the crowd and just happen to have seats in the front row right across from the hard camera. I hope this is not a new heel faction.

- Beer Money Inc. beat The Motor City Machine Guns

- Booker T beat Christian Cage, meaning Cage has to join the Main Event Mafia.

- Kurt Angle beat Abyss in the best match of the night. They brawled all over the arena.

- Kevin Nash beat Samoa Joe after a ton of cheating. I don't think this is really helping Joe.

- Sting beat A.J. Styles to retain the TNA World Title.

CD Review: Q-Tip "The Renaissance"

A Tribe Called Quest has always been one of my favorite rap groups so I had to pick up Q-Tip's new CD "The Renaissance" on Tuesday. I think this is his first official release since 1999's "Amplified". And it was damn near worth the wait. The CD is excellent from beginning to end. It's just great, laid back, Quest-style hip-hop that you don't hear much anymore. There are guest appearances by Raphael Saddiq, Norah Jones, and D'Angelo (which is my favorite cut). This is probably my choice for CD of the year. Don't sleep on this! Get it at cduniverse.com, Target, Amazon, itunes, or wherever the hell else music is sold. Just get it!

Flair Knows Best?

From wrestlingfigs.com:

"Pink Sneakers Productions the same company that produced the 'Hogan Knows Best' and 'Brooke Knows Best' Reality TV shows for VH1 are working on a pilot with WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair (Richard Morgan Fliehr) and his son Reid that will be pitched to networks in the next few weeks. Filming on the show began last week and it will follow Ric and Reid who are now living together as bachelors. If the series gets picked up by anyone the tentative date to start production is the beginning of 2009."

PLEASE, let this happen. This show has the potential to be better than Charm School.

Impact Preview

Tonight on Impact:

- A Ladder Match (with the winners earning a shot at the Tag Team title): Team 3D vs. The Latin American Xchange vs. Abyss & Matt Morgan vs. Tanahashi & Volador

- Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Taylor Wilde and Roxxi

- Sting, Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash vs. Jay Lethal, Eric Young and Consequences Creed

What, nothing from the Beautiful People? Do these people want ratings?

YES WE CAN!

Congratulations, President-Elect Obama!

Rock of Love: Charm School

The more this season of Charm School goes on, the more it reminds me of how the girls behaved when I was in third grade. But at least those broads could read. On Sunday's show, Megan absolutely lost her mind and kicked Brandi M. pretty hard in the midsection. Brandi M. must have really wanted to stay on the show badly because she didn't retaliate-- and she looks like she could probably beat up some men. This led to Megan getting the boot (her act was getting tired anyway) and also led to Brandi C. having the most ridiculous crying fit in the history of reality TV as her friend was being cut. They had to convince her not to walk off the show. Her makeup was running and she looked like Ronald McDonald after he fell out of a chimney on a cold December night. Pathetic. And to think that I thought this girl was adorable just weeks ago. Anyway, Megan is now gone, but we still have Lacey and Brandi C. to carry the heel drama side of the show. Fantastic season.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Britney's New CD Cover

Here's the cover for Britney's new CD, Circus, which will be released on December 2nd. It's already an improvement over the last one where she wore that black hat. Man, you could tell she didn't give a damn back then. This time around, the music could be atrocious but at least the cover art is competent.

Celebrity Championship Wrestling

It was another fun week of Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling-- until the end! This week, in addition to learning the three moves, each celebrity chose a wrestling character. For instance, Dennis Rodman was "Rodzilla", Trishelle was "The Red Hot Redneck", Screech was "The Winner", Nikki Ziering was "Candy Girl", and Erin Murphy was "Mistress of Mayhem" (M.O.M.). The matches were a little bit better this week. The judges decided that Team Brutus had the best match, so someone from Team Nasty was on the chopping block. It came down to Erin and Nikki. Nikki had the foresight to wear this amazingly tiny pair of shorts, which likely was the deciding factor. Smart move. So they sent Erin and her cute little M.O.M. outfit packing. Very disappointing-- Hollywood Nation's favorite contestant has been eliminated. Nikki better show up in a thong next week to make up for this.

(Photo from cmt.com)

Rams vs. Cardinals

I was actually live in the Edward Jones Dome for yesterday's game, as the Arizona Cardinals handed the St. Louis Rams their second loss in a row. It was a slaughter, but two things struck me as I sat through this debacle:

1. We have some really hot cheerleaders

2. At least we're not Detroit

Next week: the New York Jets!

Halloween with Kim K. and Mariah

How did two of Hollywood Nation's favorite celebs dress up for Halloween? Check out the pictures below. Kim Kardashian dressed up as a big bootied Wonder Woman and Mariah was a slutty fireman, uh, firewoman, whatever. There's a ho's/hose joke in here somewhere, but I'm too full of candy to make it. I'll give the edge to Kim on this one.

(Kim photo from kimkardashian.com and the Mimi photo is from mariahdaily.com)

New Mariah!

Here's the latest video from Mariah Carey, "I Stay In Love". I think it's directed by that toad Nick Cannon. Enjoy!

Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling

Even though I had a busy weekend of criss-crossing the midwest catching Madonna concerts and seeing Kurt Angle wrestling, I was still able to catch some reality TV. Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling got even better in the second week. It started off with the two teams talking trash after last week's match. It was mainly Danny Bonaduce and Hollywood Nation's favorite MILF Erin Murphy going at it. Poor Erin was in tears by the end of the exchange (and not for the last time during the show). Not surprising that Danny was a jerk, but one thing that shocked me during the show was that Screech actually came off as a cool guy. Anyone who saw him on Celebrity Fit Club would know that was seemingly impossible, but it really happened.

Anyway, this week the contestants had to jump off of a high platform onto a crash pad. Some were reluctant put they all did it-- except for Frank Stallone, a man after my own heart. No way would I have done that. After that, the teams learned three more moves. Erin struggled to learn the moves and was in tears again. Luckily, unlike baseball, there IS crying in wrestling. I saw Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels do it. Also, during the practing session, Dennis Rodman hurt his arm, Danny Bonaduce skipped out to do his radio show, and Trishelle looked hot in her little wrestling outfit.

In the end, the two teams had their matches. This week Team Beefcake won, which put Erin and Stallone as the two contestants in jeopardy of being cut. Thankfully it was Stallone that was sent packing, thus leaving all the hot broads still on the show. More wackiness next week!

(Photo from cmt.com)