Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford was on hand at Two Trees Farm in Bridgehampton, NY for the opening day festivities for the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge lookin’ very much like a big polo fan … but I suspect the lad has no real prior experience with the sport and was just there to pretty up the event. Here are a few pics:

Aww … it really looks like they handed him that huge polo mallet and asked them to just pose with it as if he knew what he was doing. To tell the truth, I don’t even care. He can stand there and hold in his hands whatever he wants and I think I’d be okay with it. It’s too bad his GG co-stars Ed Westwick and Penn Badgley weren’t around to attend the event with him … I like it when the GG boys horse around together. OY! What that terrible? Yeah, mebbe just a touch.

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Here are a few pics of Ugly Betty stars Ana Ortiz and Eddie Cibrian filming new scenes for the upcoming third season of the show on location in Queens, NY earlier this week:

Now, while these pics would be much more … enjoyable … if Eddie were shirtless (which is really what everyone is waiting for whenever he shows up on TV), I can make do with his bulging muscles showing thru his tight shirt. I’m so glad he joined the cast of the show last season … I look forward to many more scenes of him mackin’ on Ana’s character Hilda … hopefully shirtless and hopefully often.

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Trent Reznor updated the official Nine Inch Nails website with a couple photos of the physical copies of the new NIN album The Slip. As you should be well aware, The Slip is available for free download HERE (it will always be available for free download) but physical copies have been made for the rabid NIN fans (like me) who want to own a hard copy. The domestic version of the album will be released in numbered limited edition and Trent is showing off the first and last numbered copies of the album:

I can’t wait to get my copy. I’ve already received confirmation from Amazon that my copy of The Slip is on its way. I’m fairly certain I won’t be getting either of these two copies of the album but I’m geeked to be getting a limited edition version of the album (international copies of the disc will be unnumbered, non limited edition). NIN hit the road for their Lights in the Sky tour next month … and I can’t wait for that either! More NIN, Trent … gimme more!

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Ack … my time in LA is running out really fast so I’m scrambling today (as I usually do on travel days) to get everything done before I have to jet off to NYC this afternoon. I didn’t really leave the house — I had tons of cleaning and packing to take care of, which is fine, cuz I was finally able to finish watching all 7 seasons of The Golden Girls on DVD:

Now, it’s gonna take me some time to work up my Best Of post but it’s coming … stay tuned.

In all of my travel preparations I had to make time to figure out what to do with my brand new VW Tiguan crossover (which I love, love love). The car is only 3 days old and I’m already leaving it parked in my apartment garage for just over 2 weeks! In order to play it safe, I did get a car cover for my baby and had to tuck it in for a long sleep:

Hee hee … I’ve been kicking around German names for my new baby, I think I’m going to call it Wülfgang Jürgen-Klaüs … that has a nice ring to it, I think. It’s hard leaving my car so soon after bringing it home but … it must be done.

And so … I’m off to NYC for a few days before David and I fly off to London and then Paris. It’s deffo looking like it’s gonna be a great birthday trip … we’ve got a few things in mind to do — we’ll be seeing Kylie Minogue live in concert next weekend — so I’m pretty geeked. No worries, I’ll be working on a daily basis, as usual, so things should be relatively normal along the way. Wee!

• Tori Spelling is very excited to join Shannen Doherty on 90210.
• DMX enjoys his daily arrest.
• Batman: The Dark Knight is lookin’ to set the box office record for the biggest opening weekend ever.
• CBS says Katie Couric will be staying with them for some time.
• Coldplay <3 Jonas Brothers.
• Simon Rex is 34, Vitamin C & Josh Holloway are 39 and Carlos Santana is 61 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Guitar Hero scores Jimi Hendrix.

Woot! It’s that time of the week again … time for the Hot Dude of the Week … and since this week’s pic is way hawt, let’s just skip the formalities and get right to the goods … say hello to John:

Oh my lordy, lordy, lordy … what else is there to say. We’ve got a hot hunk of manbeef who is soaking wet … and he’s wearing white undies. There needs to be a stronger word than just Woot!, I think. This is Woot!¹⁰, this is Woot!imus Maximus :) See, it’s guys like John that make waking up on Sunday morning worthwhile … hee hee, it must be really nice for whoever gets to wake up with him on Sunday morning in person. If that person is out there … send us stories or, better yet, more pics. Yeah, that would be awesome. We’ll be waiting … and gawking. Enjoy!!

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Lance Bass hosted a kickoff event for the 4th Annual GLSEN Respect Awards which was held at Blu in Beverly Hills, CA this past Friday and he called on a bunch of his friends, including new boyfriend Sebastian Leal, to come out in support. Here are a few pics from the event:

First off, much props and love goes out to Lance for his continued involvement with the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network. They provide such an important service for schools across the country. I worked with them extensively when I was a teacher back in Michigan and they were integral in helping us get our Gay, Straight Alliance club off the ground in a very conservative community. Props also go out to Lance’s friends for coming out in support of this event. I love that Lance brought along Sebastian to attend the soiree as well … things must be pretty serious if he’s bringing the guy along as his date to public events (tho, I could do without the macho posturing in the first pic of the LaBastian). I absolutely and fully support Lance in all of his GLSEN endeavors and it is my pleasure to help spread the word.

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