A Little Pick Me Up

Here in New England, the after effects of Black Sunday are still resonating (at least for me anyways).

Between the misfires of Papelbon and the Sox (could Pap have been any more hittable?), Brady (who easily choked two easy TD passes, to Moss and Welker) and the Patriots, the usual suckiness of the Boston Bruins (how's that opening season 5-game home stand working out for you now?), it appears that Boston sports fans could be in for a long winter (hopefully the Boston Celtics won't fall into this trap). The Decade of Excellence for Boston sports teams maybe coming to a close.

On a night that sure feels like the coldest so far of the fall season, I've decided to lift up our collective spirits a little bit.

Esquire magazine has recently featured British hottie Kate Beckinsale as their Sexiest Woman Alive. While all sexy and sultry, Ms. Beckinsale has that girl-next-door quality that many guys (especially me) are looking for.

I'm not a Johnny-come-lately to the Beckinsale bandwagon either, as she is at the top of my Hollywood Top 5 wish list (followed by Rachel McAdams, who has gotten mad love from the Chicks Dig McLovin site, Elizabeth Shue, Heather Graham and Tina Fey, again another Chicks Dig favorite). Kate Beckinsale is Outstanding - well, done, Esquire magazine, well done indeed.

Here's a link to her video from the Esquire photo shoot (I may also post the video in a separate post). I bet the old man from the previous post who's in the Mac Store checking out porn will be looking at Kate Beckinsale's photo shoot video once he gets off the Hot College Co-Ed's website.

And to show that this post isn't for Guys only, here's a video from the first movie that Ms. Beckinsale caught my eye, the romantic comedy, Serendipity. She stars along side one of my favorite actors John Cusack (of course he is, I'm a child from the 80's). Kate first appears at the 2:35 mark - fantastic.

Yes, Serendipity is a chick flick but it's got a great cast. In addition to Cusack and Beckinsale (love the British accent), it's got Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), before he was Ari Gold. Tom's Brady's Baby Momma and Mrs. Tom Brady wanna-be, Bridget Moynihan plays Cusack's financee. John Corbett is Beckinsale's eccentric financee, who wants to have a feast with Viking warriors while playing Midevil music with a fancy flute. All that put together with some Molly Shannon splashed in for flavor makes for a great movie.