return of the hot chixxx #50-26
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ans99remember this? this is where i objectify women in a horribly lascivious manner and post other people's portraits of them with abandon (don't worry guys, you get your turn next). anyhoo, here are hot chix #50-26 in the countdown (and for 100-76 and 75-51, click the appropriate links):
50. catherine tate. i hated her in "the runaway bride," but upon her dramatic return to doctor who she made some style changes and almost reminded me of tori amos in her first fourth season episode. that hair and that brown jacket were very flattering, but even in "turn left" sans most of her makeup she was incredible.
49. felicia day. she stole my heart (and everyone else's) in dr. horrible's sing-along blog, but she's been involved in her own projects too, like the guild (another cool web series) in which she gets to be much more like i imagine her-- a gorgeous quirky dork.
48. rhona mitra. as tara in boston legal, she was the best match for alan shore in the history of the series. her cheekbones are a bit of a turn-off to me, but she pulls out of the stereotypical "supermodel" look with her long hair, which almost covers up her features at times, and her lazy sort of expression. her chemistry with james spader is amazing.
47. aishwarya rai. i first saw her in bride and prejudice and just couldn't believe how striking her eyes are.
46. alyson hannigan. i didn't want to put her on this list, because i resisted being attracted to willow on buffy the vampire slayer for the longest time. but after her turn playing a witch gone bad in season 6 i started to realize that-- just like everyone else-- i'm totally gay for willow!
45. amber benson. and coming in just a squeak above willow is tara. i think tara is much more of a sensual character than willow, and amber benson herself is more gorgeous than the character design gives her credit for.
44. kristin davis. this picture expresses perfectly my love of kristin davis. here you have sarah jessica parker, her sex and the city co-star and the supposed "hottie" of the show, looking like a total hosebag, and smug little kristin davis sitting next to her all bundled up in a coat and KNITTING and still looking ten times hotter than parker ever could. davis really owned the sunshiney personality of charlotte in the show, but tempered it with some deep wisdom lying somewhere beneath and surfacing at odd times. i think at one point i compared her to marshy from ken's web-comic "tsuduku."
43. amanda palmer. she's intelligent, creative, blessed with nimble fingers, genuinely in love with her fans, and incredibly comfortable with her body. it is hard not to fall a little bit in love with amanda palmer if you interact with her in any way. i think my favorite story about her was when she serenaded neil gaiman with a ukelele in her underwear.
42. nicole kidman. i cannot believe tom cruise gave her up. he's got to be insane. oh wait.
41. michelle yeoh. i've already discussed much of what i love about the women in crouching tiger. michelle's character is the kind of woman i'd like to be-- someone who is coolly, quietly confident of her abilities, but not brash or bragging. she's such an amazing actress-- to convey so much by saying so little.
40. katharine mcphee. this woman is terribly hot, and a great singer. when she was on american idol i was really hoping she would win, because she's seriously the whole package.
39. jennifer morrison. i have been rooting for the character of cameron on house forever, and keep hoping she'll end up with the title character. it surprised me that she's a natural blonde, and it took some adjustment when she stopped dying it brunette-- but her cheerful, cheeky face with the killer eyebrows looks beautiful no matter what the hair color. i really miss the dorky little collared outfits she used to wear when she was a regular member of the team, and i always saw her as the most intelligent duckling house has ever had.
38. olivia wilde. another hot chick from house, olivia wilde as "thirteen" caught me from the beginning. she's so mysterious, a perfect foil for house since she is so unwilling to play his games, and hey, she's not a bad diagnostician either. or, judging by recent events, not a bad baroness. i think i really started to fall in love with her when i saw some of her behind the scenes stuff, like the on-set april fool's prank this year. of all the actors on set, she and hugh laurie just beamed like happy children when the event took place. it's hard not to instantly love that.
37. alicia witt. one fateful college evening, i was watching my roommate's tv, bored. i stumbled upon urban legend, that horror film where, you know. urban legends are being reenacted by some crazed serial killer. alicia witt came onto the screen and she was just a vision, like some sort of a younger tori amos. later i learned she's also a piano prodigy or something-- who'da thought?
36. aimee mann. after digging on her wonderfully sardonic lyrics and refreshingly less than perfect almost-tenor voice, i saw her in concert. she came out in sneakers and blue jeans like some sort of doe-faced folk-rock angel, and i've been smitten ever since.
35. lisa bastoni. seeing lisa bastoni live will always be one of the highlights of my existence. a genuine folk/hippie busker, with a voice like a songbird's and beautiful long hair, and i'm willing to bet not a mean bone in her body.
34.madeline stowe. it's hard to watch "12 monkeys" and not think "god, what a beautiful creature." i'd come back in time for her too, make no mistake.
33. beth gibbons. as the lead singer of portishead, beth's voice is at turns creepy, dark, soaring, and mournful. i would have never expected her to look like she does-- she looks so normal, and could very easily be mistaken for a soccer mom or something. somehow that just makes her even hotter.
32. katarina witt. i couldn't just pick one picture. both of these are from the 1994 olympics. she was and always will be my favorite ice skater, simply because she's just so effortlessly amazing at what she does. i remember people were really snarking during this competition because she was starting to get "too old" to compete (wtf, figure skating profession, she was in her 30's!). but when she came out in the robin hood costume and did her routine (the like of which i haven't seen since), all of a sudden everyone shut up. witt is a really expressive skater with some inventive choreography, and too many these days are just into the jumps and points. it's refreshing to see someone who puts her heart into the sport.
31. audrey tatou. even though she had the oddest haircut i think i've ever seen in amelie, she was so damn beautiful. audrey as a shy, overimaginative recluse with a penchant for zorro masks? all the better!
30. erin mckeown. holy marbles, but her short haircut is hot. when i first saw her she reminded me of ani difranco's sister or something, and she hasn't relinquished that tomboy femininity one bit since. she sings like an honest-to-god lark, too, by the way.
29. bjork. oh, bjork. i don't think you could be ordinary if you tried.
28. vermillion lies. i'm kind of obsessed with this band, and think it makes some of the best music i've heard in a long while. although they have a fairly large following, they've been known to play extremely small venues, like coffeeshops and people's basements. they use instruments that are quite unconventional (if you attend a show, you may end up being asked to play the lobster!). and they are extremely approachable. but really, when it comes down to it-- how could i *not* find a pair of sisters who wear mustaches hot?
27. regina spektor. i didn't want to like her, but her playful melodies and wistful lyrics won out. her music, both confident and introspective, is a large part of what makes regina hot. and once again, it is so fantastically awesome to see a beautiful woman who does not starve herself. boob solidarity!
26. gina torres. do i need to elaborate? really? well ok. she's got really deep, dark eyes and a confident air about her. she was the only female character i could respect on firefly. just one of the guys. i can really appreciate that. and i can also appreciate the polar opposite of zoe, as seen above.
well, that's it. tune in next time (=whenever i get around to it) for the final installment of "100 hot womens"-- where you'll get to see the most fantabulous of them all.
50. catherine tate. i hated her in "the runaway bride," but upon her dramatic return to doctor who she made some style changes and almost reminded me of tori amos in her first fourth season episode. that hair and that brown jacket were very flattering, but even in "turn left" sans most of her makeup she was incredible.
49. felicia day. she stole my heart (and everyone else's) in dr. horrible's sing-along blog, but she's been involved in her own projects too, like the guild (another cool web series) in which she gets to be much more like i imagine her-- a gorgeous quirky dork.
48. rhona mitra. as tara in boston legal, she was the best match for alan shore in the history of the series. her cheekbones are a bit of a turn-off to me, but she pulls out of the stereotypical "supermodel" look with her long hair, which almost covers up her features at times, and her lazy sort of expression. her chemistry with james spader is amazing.
47. aishwarya rai. i first saw her in bride and prejudice and just couldn't believe how striking her eyes are.
46. alyson hannigan. i didn't want to put her on this list, because i resisted being attracted to willow on buffy the vampire slayer for the longest time. but after her turn playing a witch gone bad in season 6 i started to realize that-- just like everyone else-- i'm totally gay for willow!
45. amber benson. and coming in just a squeak above willow is tara. i think tara is much more of a sensual character than willow, and amber benson herself is more gorgeous than the character design gives her credit for.
44. kristin davis. this picture expresses perfectly my love of kristin davis. here you have sarah jessica parker, her sex and the city co-star and the supposed "hottie" of the show, looking like a total hosebag, and smug little kristin davis sitting next to her all bundled up in a coat and KNITTING and still looking ten times hotter than parker ever could. davis really owned the sunshiney personality of charlotte in the show, but tempered it with some deep wisdom lying somewhere beneath and surfacing at odd times. i think at one point i compared her to marshy from ken's web-comic "tsuduku."
43. amanda palmer. she's intelligent, creative, blessed with nimble fingers, genuinely in love with her fans, and incredibly comfortable with her body. it is hard not to fall a little bit in love with amanda palmer if you interact with her in any way. i think my favorite story about her was when she serenaded neil gaiman with a ukelele in her underwear.
42. nicole kidman. i cannot believe tom cruise gave her up. he's got to be insane. oh wait.
41. michelle yeoh. i've already discussed much of what i love about the women in crouching tiger. michelle's character is the kind of woman i'd like to be-- someone who is coolly, quietly confident of her abilities, but not brash or bragging. she's such an amazing actress-- to convey so much by saying so little.
40. katharine mcphee. this woman is terribly hot, and a great singer. when she was on american idol i was really hoping she would win, because she's seriously the whole package.
39. jennifer morrison. i have been rooting for the character of cameron on house forever, and keep hoping she'll end up with the title character. it surprised me that she's a natural blonde, and it took some adjustment when she stopped dying it brunette-- but her cheerful, cheeky face with the killer eyebrows looks beautiful no matter what the hair color. i really miss the dorky little collared outfits she used to wear when she was a regular member of the team, and i always saw her as the most intelligent duckling house has ever had.
38. olivia wilde. another hot chick from house, olivia wilde as "thirteen" caught me from the beginning. she's so mysterious, a perfect foil for house since she is so unwilling to play his games, and hey, she's not a bad diagnostician either. or, judging by recent events, not a bad baroness. i think i really started to fall in love with her when i saw some of her behind the scenes stuff, like the on-set april fool's prank this year. of all the actors on set, she and hugh laurie just beamed like happy children when the event took place. it's hard not to instantly love that.
37. alicia witt. one fateful college evening, i was watching my roommate's tv, bored. i stumbled upon urban legend, that horror film where, you know. urban legends are being reenacted by some crazed serial killer. alicia witt came onto the screen and she was just a vision, like some sort of a younger tori amos. later i learned she's also a piano prodigy or something-- who'da thought?
36. aimee mann. after digging on her wonderfully sardonic lyrics and refreshingly less than perfect almost-tenor voice, i saw her in concert. she came out in sneakers and blue jeans like some sort of doe-faced folk-rock angel, and i've been smitten ever since.
35. lisa bastoni. seeing lisa bastoni live will always be one of the highlights of my existence. a genuine folk/hippie busker, with a voice like a songbird's and beautiful long hair, and i'm willing to bet not a mean bone in her body.
34.madeline stowe. it's hard to watch "12 monkeys" and not think "god, what a beautiful creature." i'd come back in time for her too, make no mistake.
33. beth gibbons. as the lead singer of portishead, beth's voice is at turns creepy, dark, soaring, and mournful. i would have never expected her to look like she does-- she looks so normal, and could very easily be mistaken for a soccer mom or something. somehow that just makes her even hotter.
32. katarina witt. i couldn't just pick one picture. both of these are from the 1994 olympics. she was and always will be my favorite ice skater, simply because she's just so effortlessly amazing at what she does. i remember people were really snarking during this competition because she was starting to get "too old" to compete (wtf, figure skating profession, she was in her 30's!). but when she came out in the robin hood costume and did her routine (the like of which i haven't seen since), all of a sudden everyone shut up. witt is a really expressive skater with some inventive choreography, and too many these days are just into the jumps and points. it's refreshing to see someone who puts her heart into the sport.
31. audrey tatou. even though she had the oddest haircut i think i've ever seen in amelie, she was so damn beautiful. audrey as a shy, overimaginative recluse with a penchant for zorro masks? all the better!
30. erin mckeown. holy marbles, but her short haircut is hot. when i first saw her she reminded me of ani difranco's sister or something, and she hasn't relinquished that tomboy femininity one bit since. she sings like an honest-to-god lark, too, by the way.
29. bjork. oh, bjork. i don't think you could be ordinary if you tried.
28. vermillion lies. i'm kind of obsessed with this band, and think it makes some of the best music i've heard in a long while. although they have a fairly large following, they've been known to play extremely small venues, like coffeeshops and people's basements. they use instruments that are quite unconventional (if you attend a show, you may end up being asked to play the lobster!). and they are extremely approachable. but really, when it comes down to it-- how could i *not* find a pair of sisters who wear mustaches hot?
27. regina spektor. i didn't want to like her, but her playful melodies and wistful lyrics won out. her music, both confident and introspective, is a large part of what makes regina hot. and once again, it is so fantastically awesome to see a beautiful woman who does not starve herself. boob solidarity!
26. gina torres. do i need to elaborate? really? well ok. she's got really deep, dark eyes and a confident air about her. she was the only female character i could respect on firefly. just one of the guys. i can really appreciate that. and i can also appreciate the polar opposite of zoe, as seen above.
well, that's it. tune in next time (=whenever i get around to it) for the final installment of "100 hot womens"-- where you'll get to see the most fantabulous of them all.
