Earlier today I posted a newslink regarding Jessica Simpson’s new gig as a beer spokesperson … and now we have our first look at the new ad campaign for Stampede Light Plus beer:

Jessica Simpson is now selling beer. The singer and actress has signed on as spokeswoman for Stampede Light Plus, made by Dallas’ Stampede Brewing Co. Simpson will appear in ads in stores for the beer and is taking a 15% stake in the brewer. The Dallas Morning News says terms were not disclosed. Lawrence Schwartz, Stampede’s president and chief executive, says Simpson is the now face of the brand. Simpson said in a statement that as an entrepreneur she’s “always looking for ways to diversify my portfolio with good ideas and good people.” Stampede Light bills itself as a beer for active people.

UHHH … is it just me or does anyone else think this is a horrrrrrible idea. I get that Jessica is trying to break into the Country Music market but does that mean she has to become a beer spokesperson? Trust me, I like beer but … I dunno … something about shilling for booze seems a bit … trashy. Olympic athletes score campaigns for healthy breakfast foods and poor Jess is trying to get people to drink “beer for active people”. This whole thing just smells like a Papa Joe Simpson idea … to me, it just fees like a really bad idea. Thoughts?

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Okay … y’all will have to indulge me for a sec … I realize that this photo is about 5 years old now but Pink reader Faith recently stumbled upon it and reminded me of how awesome it really is. After all, some of you may have missed it the first time … so without further ado … Here is a pic of Jewel Kilcher and a guy, who may or may not be her new husband Ty Murray (it does look like it could be him), flashing Jewel’s right breast inside the famed photo booth at MTV studios in Times Square back in 2003. Guests of TRL used to pop into (and pop out, apparently) the photo booth to take photos for the network and may or may not have been aware that a video camera was also inside the booth to videotape the guests:

After the jump, check out the racy and fun NSFW uncensored photo …

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Anyone with merely a passing knowledge of celebritydom knows that Jennifer Aniston is not a fan of being photographed by the paparazzi. She, very famously, bragged about how she owns multiple pieces of the same outfits so that she can wear the same thing day after day to try and discourage the paps from taking photos of her that all look the same. Someone who would go to these lengths does not expend a lot of energy smiling for pap shots either … especially when pretty much everyone is all abuzz about her recent breakup with John Mayer. This is why I was pretty surprised to see these new photos of Jen making her way out of a dinner with friends at Nobu in NYC lookin’ rosy-cheeked and doing the seemingly impossible … she was actually smiling:

Unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston is probably feeling hurt after her latest break-up, with rocker John Mayer. But the 39-year-old certainly didn’t show it as she left an exclusive New York eatery with a big smile on her face after dining with friends. The former Friends star and the musician split over his lack of commitment according to sources. He blamed their “different chemistry”.

You know what, good for her. I sometimes give Jen grief but I do feel a bit bad things don’t seem to work out for her romantically. I actually liked her with John Mayer but … well … sometimes you have to just pick up and move on … and that’s what she looks like she’s doing. Any of y’all have any thoughts on who would make a nice new guy for Ms. Aniston?

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Sorry Wheaties, Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes beat you to the punch … 14-time Olympic Gold Medalist (8-time Gold Medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games alone) Michael Phelps will appear on new boxes of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes (this news comes one day after Sports Illustrated revealed the cover of their new issue which features Phelps and his 8 Gold Medals) this Fall … here is our first look his Corn Flakes box and a portion of the Kellogg’s press release:

He’s already taken his place in history alongside the legends, but now Michael Phelps can add one more milestone to the list. After earning eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympic Games, Michael Phelps has earned a place of honor on the front of specially-marked Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes® and Kellogg’s Corn Flakes® cereal boxes. The gold medal winning Olympic champion from Baltimore, Maryland will be featured on Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal packages that are expected to hit grocery store shelves across the U.S. in mid-September. The boxes will feature images of Phelps during what were some of the most memorable moments of this summer’s Olympic Games. “As an Official Sponsor of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and a proud sponsor of Phelps, it is only fitting that Kellogg Company feature this world-class athlete on its iconic boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereals,” said Marta Cyhan, Vice President, Global Promotions, Kellogg Company. “Michael embodies the values behind our Frosted Flakes Earn Your Stripes(TM) program. He knows that winning is not just about the glory that comes with gold medals, but about good sportsmanship, working hard and being your best.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if Phelps does also end up on a Wheaties boxes, too (Wheaties very famously puts sports heroes, including many Olympians, on their boxes). Or, mebbe gymnast(s) Nastia Luiken and/or Shawn Johnson will be the ones to score the Wheaties box. In any event, I would think it’d be a great honor to be put on any cereal box … right?

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Sadly, David had to fly back to NYC yesterday after his quick trip out West for Sashie and Will’s wedding … because he’s got, like, a million things to take care of in NYC he couldn’t stay longer. It’s gonna be a little while until I’ll get to see him again … I have a week trip in Detroit coming up and then a couple weeks back here in LA before I jet off to NY again for his birthday next month.

Anyways, I was able to finally finish Book 2 of the Twilight series, New Moon, last night and again found that I enjoyed the book very much:

I liked the way the story shifted in this second book … introducing the werewolves was a very smart move and I liked the author’s allusions to the Romeo and Juliet story (likening the protagonist’s feelings for Edward and Jacob to Juliet’s feelings towards Romeo and Paris, respectively). My one complaint with the series, thus far, is the weakness of the main character Bella. She is always hurting herself and causing accidents that put her in harm’s way … she is always overdramatically pining for Edward, sometimes to the point of nausea. I mean, I get that young girls may eat this stuff up but I think making the character a little stronger, a little less reliant on the boys in the story would make her more interesting. I have a hard time feeling sympathy for a girl who cries profusely at the sight of the beautiful boy she’s in desperate love of … and then hates herself for crying so much that her tears keep her from being able to look at him (this actually happens at the end of New Moon). That being said, tho, the story is compelling … once you get into it, you don’t want to put down the books. I’m looking forward to starting Book 3, Eclipse, later on today.

I have a dinner date later on with my good friends Gillian and Tim, who I haven’t seen in a couple of months … we’re long overdue for hanging out so I’m really looking forward to seeing them tonight. So yeah, reading and hanging … keeping things pretty quiet these days :)

• Reports of a McGosling reunification are starting to really sound promising.
• Dave Matthews pays homage to his fallen bandmate, LeRoi Moore.
• Heidi Montag is helping Spencer Pratt foster a relationship with Jesus.
• France bans TV programs aimed at preschoolers.
• John Lennon’s killer says he’s sorry while trying to win parole.
• Is the TMZ ship sinking … fast?
• Mayerston came to an end … by txt msg?
• Janice Dickinson’s newest model has hidden talents.
• Losing a race by 0.01 of a second ain’t a pretty picture.
• Audrey Tautou hits the beach.
• Jessica Simpson to become a new spokesmodel for a beer, with vitamins.
• Gisele Bundchen is gettin’ ready for some football.
• No more Cheetos for Britney Spears.
• James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) is 46, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin is 60 and Connie Chung is 62 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Rumors that Russell Brand is helping Amy Winehouse get back into rehab are wrong; her publicist is denying that she is seeking help.
• Roseanne Barr apologizes to Brangelina for her previous attack on them.
• Memphis International Airport prolly not going to be renamed for the late Isaac Hayes.

Jason Statham, who is all kinds of manly man hot, is featured in the new issue of GQ magazine modeling suits and accessories that show GQ readers how to be the Best Dressed Man at the Office. Uh hun, whatevs … you put Jason Statham in a suit and I’ll stand up and take notice, behold:

Jason Statham’s voice marks him immediately not so much as an alpha male, but as an alpha bloke. It’s gravelly but melodic in that working-class-Brit way, and it’s on good display in this month’s Death Race, a sort of amped-up remake of the Stallone-Carradine film from 1975. This time out, a prison warden played by Joan Allen forces her cons to compete in a deadly NASCAR game. “The cars are a bit ‘ard to drive,” explains Statham, “because dey got aull dese guns mounted on ‘em.” It’s no surprise that Statham scored his first acting job — in 1998’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels — by doing an impression of a street vendor for director Guy Ritchie. It helped that his day job at the time was what Londoners call fly pitching. “It’s street-corner sales, on the fly,” Statham says. “You open up your case, and when the police come you close up. It’s kind of illegal. That’s why you work with lookouts and several stooges wiffin the crowd.” Two modest Ritchie parts were enough to convince Luc Besson that this man could carry The Transporter in 2002. With his brand of athleticism in short supply, he’s worked steadily ever since (like in this year’s surprisingly good hit The Bank Job). The hardest part of staying in action-hero shape? “Booze is difficult to give up if you’re from the UK,” Statham says. Though his work is in L.A., the 36-year-old actor holds on to a place in London. “When I get sick of one, I go to the other,” he says. “Hollywood’s a desperate town; people are obsessed with the industry, and there’s all the horrible bullshit that goes with that, so it’s hard to find a nice girl. But Brits walk around hanging their heads and moaning all day.” “So,” he concludes, with a cheerful little lift in pitch, “you just can’t win.”

Generally, I’m on board with Jason Statham films … they’re usually mindlessly fun movies … but I must confess that I have zero interest in Death Race. I can take comfort, tho, in the fact that Statham has signed on to make a third Transporter movie for which I will be eternally grateful. If you’ve never seen either the Transporter or Transporter 2 I urge you to check either of them out. Seeing the first one isn’t a requirement to enjoy the second one … they each stand pretty much on their own. I find them both horribly entertaining. They feature feats that are physically impossible and, yet, totally believable. This man does things with his body — while wearing a suit, I might add — that is not to be missed. Oh yes, I’m a big Statham fan … Woot!

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