The Wo Poll – November 08

We all make mistakes. The WO Poll editorial staff made a huge one by not putting pressure on ourselves to get the poll out in November. Yes I know it is December 1st, but deal with it. The Red Bulls had a hell of a miracle MLS playoff run, which we couldn’t stop obsessing over. Beyond our half assed apology… four new women make their way into the poll, and for the first time ever… Mandy Moore is not on the list. Let’s see how it turned out… cough cough ahem… a month late.

1. (1) Jennifer Love Hewitt – No. The WO staff will not give up on her. The good news? Ghost Whisperer is in full swing, so we can see her week in and week out. The bad news? Word on the street is that she already has a wedding dress picked out for her eventual wedding with Ross McCall. We love her too much, and can’t possibly hope it gets called off. Still it saddens us that we never got our shot.

2. (2) Kristen Bell – I (Barry) have DVR’d the entire season of Heroes, but have heard through the grape vine that I won’t be happy with the Bell exposure. She’s been with Dax Shepard for around a year now, which we can live with. Our main problem lies in the fact that they will be co-stars in the upcoming When In Rome. Couples working together in Hollywood upsets us. Deeply.

3. (NR) Mila Kunis – God damn you’re hot. Sorry for the language Bible thumpers. Mila is just everywhere these days, and just keeps getting hotter and hotter. She recently signed on for the Denzel Washington vehicle The Book of Eli, where he travels around a post apocalyptic USA. I don’t predict Mad Max level awesomeness, but Mila Kunis can run our Bartertown any day.

4. (3) Elisha Cuthbert – Turned (at press time) 26 years old this month (Nov. 30th for the fanboys). She is a beautiful young working actress…. I really don’t know what else to say this month.

5. (9) Megan Fox – Skyrocketing up from the nine spot is overly sexy Megan. If you’re not into geek culture you might not have heard of the Wonder Woman hoax. Well that’s what the Brits are calling it. Megan Fox dressed up like Wonder Woman (not picked for the movie… yet… ) fake or not… was enough to get our blood boiling with geekified lust.


6. (NR) Kristen Stewart – It takes a certain type of woman to put up with a WO staff member, and although it comes into question at times… yes we are all straight. There is give and take in relationships though, and some of us may or may not have seen Twilight. Now beyond the bad kabuki makeup on the vampires and the fact that they invented stupid new rules and descriptions for/about vampires… Kristen Stewart is the only thing that made this movie tolerable. Although Stephanie Meyer may never figure out what a real vampire is… Kristen Stewart (and the rest of the girls in the movie) made a shitty waste of time almost watchable.

7. (10) Katherine Heigl – Knocked Up is on while I type this. It just kind or turned out that way. She’s still hot. I can’t really say anything else about her. I’m just going to leave it at that.

8. (8) Blake Lively – Staying strong in the eight spot is Blake. I’m not going to lie. I google news’d her to see if there was anything to say about her. I should have let Buford write this up. He’s the Gossip Girl fan. Lively is smoking though. That should be enough.




9. (NR) Olivia Munn – Back from the bubble is Olivia. Ms. Attack of the Show finds herself back on the list, because… well… those pictures of her as Chung Li last month were just hot. Real hot.


10. (NR) Hayden Panettiere – Heroes is back and so is Hayden. The WO loves her, but somehow always seems to overlook her due to the hotness of some of the other Heroes girls. They know who they are. She is still an up and comer, and should be around for quite some time.


The bubble this week brings us newcomers Elizabeth Banks (Go see Zack and Miri Make a Porno… the WO supports Kevin Smith), Heroes and Jersey Girl Ali Larter, the always sexy Natalie Portman and Julia Stiles, and finally the beautiful Brazilian Sabrina Sato. Keira Knightley slides out of the top ten into the bubble, but her stay shouldn’t be long. Gracyanne Barbosa, Eliza Dushku, Brooke Burke and Jessica Alba remain in bubble limbo from last month. What will December bring?

Stay tuned for the December poll later this week. Also this month or next depending on our scheduling meeting… The WO Poll Women for 2008. Stay tuned.
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-barry

The WO Poll - October 08

I beg all of your forgiveness. I know how obsessed you all are with the WO Poll, because I know how obsessed we are. It is late, and I apologize. You can stop sending the hate mail now. Let’s get it started….

1. (2) Jennifer Love Hewitt – It’s a little known fact, but before the WO Poll existed in reality, JLH was our go to girl. Number one in all of our hearts, the WO Queen was knocked off by Kristen Bell in the creation of the first recorded poll. Jennifer returns to greatness this month, and the majority of WO Headquarters is glad. Over the course of the year she has fluctuated, but the new found body has found her back to the top. We still love you J.Love.

2. (1) Kristen Bell – The Queen is dead… long live the Queen… I think more than anything Kristen’s slip comes from lack of exposure. Sure she’s around, but not around enough. Don’t get too upset if you’re in Ms. Bell’s corner, nine months in the top spot is quite the feat. She isn’t disappearing from the list anytime soon, so we’ll just chalk up this fall to the re-emergence of Ms. Love Hewitt.






3. (3) Elisha Cuthbert – Holding steady in the number three spot we have Elisha. Still hot and still on the list. The only problem I’m running into is something to fill up the rest of this space…. Forget it. Let’s just look at Elisha. On a rare side note, it should be stated that points wise the top three women are far ahead of the rest, with a huge point drop off. There was a lot of movement this week, starting with…



4. (NR) Summer Glau – Summer bypasses the bubble, and shoots straight into the number four spot this month. The Sarah Connor Chronicles are back on, and she is smoking in the print ads. If the robots that rise up and take over the world look like this… the WO might have to join their side in the revolution. You may say, “Seriously?!? Robots over real live breathing flesh?” I would reply, “Look at her. ‘Nuff said.”




5. (6) Keira Knightley – Up a spot this month we find Miss Period Piece herself. I’m still waiting on Bend It Like Beckham 2. I got the script all planned out in my head, and it doesn’t involve her fighting over an Irish coach. So, Hollywood if you’re listening… get in touch with my people.








6. (8) Nastia Liukin – Alright look… Yes. She’s young (but legal), and has a lot of future potential. We here at the WO are just extremely impressed with athletes, and we have no doubt in our minds that her tiny frame could brutalize any of us in a fight. Not that it would come to that. Exceptional women not only scare us at times, but fascinate us. She’s got the Wheaties box and the medals to back up any detractors that think she shouldn’t be on the list. We hope she has a long bright future in whatever she does, and we are sure she will with the endorsement dollars she’s pulling in right now.


7. (5) Mandy Moore – What happened Mandy? I’ll tell you... Where are you? The last time we heard about you, you were rushing to the bedside of injured famous-overrated-nobody DJ AM. We respect you for that. It shows loyalty, to friends in times of need. Still that’s all we’ve heard in forever. Give Michael Stipe a call. The world needs a Saved 2. While you’re on the phone with him, ask him if REM is going to return to it’s college rock roots ever. Some of us don’t like the trying-to-hard-artsy direction they’ve gone. We miss you Mandy.


8. (10) Blake Lively – Up two spots is the woman that Buford continues to campaign for, Ms. Lively. She has been on the bubble/list boarder for quite some time, and looks like she’s gaining strength in the poll. This is a good thing for all parties involved. At the next WO Editorial Staff Meeting, maybe we can get Buford to do an in-depth review/piece on Blake and the rest of the Gossip Girl cast. I think it could be a classic.



9. (NR) Megan Fox – So she wanted to date a stripper. I’m sure you all know this by now, believe me the WO staff knows this by now. Could there be anything hotter than Megan Fox in the arms of a woman? No. Brian Austin Green does not count, because after doing some research he is technically a man. Ms. Fox gives us hope (much like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore and Kristen Bell) that any man has a shot at her. Side note: WO story idea. Hollywood vixens and the nobodies they date. I like it.


10. (7) Katherine Heigl – Katherine Heigl is dropping like a rock. She actually tied for tenth place with Eliza Dushku, but the tie breaker came down to who had a higher rank in the previous poll. It was the only fair way to do it, because I believe Dushku has more potential for upward movement than Heigl at this point. If this is all I have to complain about, the list is not in bad shape. Katherine Heigl is still amazingly hot. No one can argue that.



The Bubble:
So here we are talking about the girls who continue to scrap (Ed. I don’t see no girls, Kenny…) for a spot on the prestigious WO Poll. We already talked about Dushku’s (Sept 08 #9) fall from the list in a tie breaker, what about Mila Kunis (Sept 08 #4) who took the biggest fall this week? I’m sure she’ll be back as well. Stuck in the bubble this week are the always lovely Olivia Munn, Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere, Anne Hathaway and Gracyanne Barbosa. These are all women who have tasted greatness before, and are not ready to give up. Returning to the bubble from her maternity leave is Jessica Alba, who is rocking a post birth body like never before seen. Joining her for their first weeks in the bubble are the ridiculously hot Nicky Whelan, Brooke Burke and the original-Sarah-Palin, Miss Tina Fey.

That’s all for October, and we’ll see you on time in November.
Questions/Comments? Hit us up.

-barry

Barry Watched the 60th Emmy Awards

I noticed a few things about the Emmys that I wanted to share. Sure it’s not an eloquent opening, but I really don’t care.

Side note: I really wanted to edit out the accidental rhyme, but part of the beauty of the WO is the willingness of it’s contributors to jump on the grenade or perhaps under the bus. I should be slapped for that rhyme. I’m just going to let it sit there, and torture myself with it. I really really do hate it. Anyway back to the blog.

Tina Fey is up first. What can one say about Tina? Ms. Fey is hot, smart, funny and just an all around perfect woman. Can people please stop comparing her to Sarah Palin? After all Sarah Palin is none of the above. Why? Have you ever heard Palin during an interview? Not a speech prepared by a team of people trained to shape her image. I’m talking about a legit interview. I honestly think my dog is smarter than her. Tina Fey is amazing. Sarah Palin is a governor of a state no one cares about. Stop the comparisons.



Moving on…. It’s time to scold the Emmy writers. Oscars, Grammys, Mtv Whatever Awards, etc… please take note. You can’t write. You unfunny C’s ruin everything. Why do you torture us year after year with your flat humor? I blame Sean Penn. Sean… Chris Rock was hilarious. Maybe because you don’t have a sense of humor you have to go and be an ass, but don’t ruin it for the rest of us. Same goes to Jordan Sparks. Jordan, no one cares about your opinion. You snaked a career via an ‘effin reality show. So the Jonas Brothers wear promise rings, and someone made fun of them. Big deal. I think the more humorous aspect of the Jonas Brothers wearing promise rings is the fact that they can have almost any girl now, but by the time they’re ready to get busy… their record will be in the 99cent bin and no one would ever consider ‘effing them. Especially now that we realize they can’t defend themselves, and need Jordan Sparks to stand up for them.

Along the same lines, who likes Josh Groban? Seriously? Can someone please make this over dramatic ass stop? Please?

Sorry… back to the writers. You all suck. Give your paychecks back now. You are a disgrace to every writer that was on strike last year.

Finally (and the main reason for this post), the WO’s dreams almost came true. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Hayden Panettiere present an award together. Well that may not be entirely accurate. The dream is to be in a Hewitt-Panettiere sandwich, but lets put that aside for now (perhaps that’s a whole other blog post). Amanda Beckett and Claire Bennet on stage at the same time? Be still my heart. Finally award shows seem to be throwing straight males a bone. It was a beautiful moment, and I nearly cried out of joy. What award did they announce? No clue. All I heard at that moment where birds and choirs of angels. Buford felt the same way, considering it was mentioned in the first email he sent me Monday. The WO thanks the Emmys for that. It was truly the only way to celebrate the 60th anniversary.

~barry

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The WO Poll - September 08

Are you ready to meet the women of September? I know I am. The poll is late this week, but sometimes life gets in the way. We’ll do our best to keep it updated in the future. Now on to the list…

1. (1) Kristen Bell – Another month for Veronica Mars in the number one spot. She’s starting to lose steam in the votes, but with Heroes coming back (is she even still on that show) it could help her maintain position. Is Fanboys ever going to be released? Why do they insist on keeping Kristen Bell in Leia’s Metal Bikini away from us?








2. (4) Jennifer Love Hewitt – It was an extremely busy August for Miss Jennifer Love. First of all, she is smoking (hot not cigarettes). She lost a few pounds that the press hounded her about earlier in the year. Let’s be honest nobody at The WO was going to kick her out of bed, but words can’t even express how smoking (again… hot not the cigarettes) she is right now. In other Amanda Beckett news, JLH announced to the world that she wished she “had been nude from the time I was 12 until I was 28.” (LINK HERE) Well if you want to change that to 18-28 (keeping it legal -ed.), I’m sure there is not a straight man alive who doesn’t wish the same thing. Could the muse behind the list find her way back to the top? We’ll see.


3. (2) Elisha Cuthbert – Taking a hit from J-Love’s reemergence Ms. Cuthbert drops a spot. Had she announced that she wanted to stay nude as well (hint hint –ed.), I’m sure it would have titillated us enough to keep her in second place. Let’s not kid ourselves. She’s still beautiful, and just being nominated for the WO List puts you in a high position in the world of hotness. Elisha is also returning to 24. Our TV lineup is filling up quickly.






4. (3) Mila Kunis – Mila drops a spot as well this month, thanks to Jennifer Love Hewitt. Why do we love Mila so much? The first reason is she just seems like a cool chick. The second? She gets us crazy amounts of hits. I assume the second reason is directly related to the first, and all of us, readers and fans alike, can agree that she is a sexy woman. Cast as Mona Sax in the upcoming Max Payne film, I can assure you she’ll get continued exposure and keep the fanboys drooling.

5. (5) Mandy Moore – Staying strong in the five spot, without much going on, we have Mandy Moore. She showed up on TV’s Stand Up To Cancer, but we are truly hoping for more exposure. The WO hates cancer, but loves Mandy Moore. We’d love to see her in a lighter mood. Pssst… Mandy. We like mixed martial arts as well, if you want to send us an invite... just saying.

6. (9) Keira Knightley – From nine to six in one month. She was the biggest mover besides those who dropped off the list completely, and the women returning or new this month. Why? I’d love to write something here, but I honestly have no clue. I don’t remember seeing her lately. Better to not over explain. She’s still smoking, and forces us to watch period pieces. How could you not like that in a woman?

7. (7) Katherine Heigl – Staying strong at number seven is Ms. Heigl. Still hot, but doesn’t have much going on besides The Ugly Truth in post-production. We could see her start to slip.





8. (NR) Nastia Liukin – Bypassing the bubble and making her first appearance on the list…. At 5’3’’… 100lbs… bringing the gold back to the United States… Nastia Liukin! (pause for applause) It’s no easy feat to win gold, and it’s not easy to make the WO list either. This woman has it all, and she’s not going away. The girl has Cover Girl ads lined up, Vanilla Star Jeans is releasing signature model Nastia Liukin Gold Jeans, two publishers are scrapping it out with each other to sign her to a two book deal, she makes the cover of the Wheaties box and she’s seen hanging out all over NYC during Fashion Week. She may not stay on the list forever, but welcome to glory Nastia. Congrats on the medals as well.

9. (8) Eliza Dushku – Ms. Dushku drops a spot because she hasn’t won a gold medal… yet. Does anyone know what the word is on Dollhouse? I’m lazy, and haven’t checked in awhile. She’s still hot. She stays on the list another month. We can let that speak for her.









10. (NR) Blake Lively – That’s right folks. She’s back from the bubble, and Gossip Girl has a new season. I wonder how The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 went… I should ask Buford later. Beautiful as ever, we end the list this month with Blake. That’s not bad… not bad at all.










The Bubble: Crashing out of the top ten this month are Olivia Munn (Aug #6) and Gracyanne Barbosa (Aug #10). Other women in the bubble this month include Reby Sky, Anne Hathaway and Hayden Panettiere (Heroes is coming back). Jessica Alba makes an appearance, and word on the street is that the baby is out and she’s looking sexy. Could she find herself back on the list soon? I assume so. Jess Weixler makes an appearance on the bubble, but without any real fame can it last? Still, we love her this month. Rounding out the bubble for September is Sarah Palin. With a slight resemblance to Tina Fey, she’s just MILF-tastic. Vice President worthy? Who knows? But we’d shoot off some rounds with her any day.

That’s all for this month. Questions? Comments? You know where to reach us.

-Barry

The WO Poll - August 08

Another month… another poll… or so it goes. The WO Academy has compiled the votes, and the poll is starting to change. Two unranked women shot into the top ten this month, and a few ladies took a nasty dive. The WO Poll still represents the best of the best, so without further ado. It’s not like anyone reads the intro anyway. I don’t even edit it.

1. (1) Kristen Bell – What more is left to be said? The girl is on fire without really doing anything. With The WO Poll Woman of the Year Award all but wrapped up, she really just seems untouchable at this point.

2. (2) Elisha Cuthbert – Once again, Elisha keeps the number two spot on lock down. With only a few points between her and Kristen, we might finally have a contender to steal the top spot.

3. (NR) Mila Kunis - …and we have a shocker. No, we know she’s hot, and will not contest that issue. Mila sneaks out of the bubble, and straight into the number 3 spot. She just happens to be everywhere these days. We eagerly wait to see her in Max Payne. She’ll most likely be the only worthwhile thing about that movie. The WO Propaganda Office feels strongly that Miss Kunis will not be leaving the poll anytime soon.





4. (3) Jennifer Love Hewitt - Yes we still love her, but she needs to make herself more visible in a hurry if she plans on remaining in the top half of the list. We are starting to accept her lack of visibility, and that is truly a shame. When does the new Ghost Whisperer season start? Anyone?








5. (6) Mandy Moore – Mandy wears many faces… music, film, TV and whatever else she can get involved with. Now we’re not really sure what she’s doing these days, but she manages to climb a spot to the top half of the poll. I wish she’d let us know what she has going on; because I assure you… we’d promote the hell out of it.





6. (5) Olivia Munn – Swapping spots with Mandy, Olivia drops a spot. She’s working though, and that means we’ll be seeing a lot of her. There’s no reason to fret over the spot change, especially with the Broken Lizard movie in the works.









7. (4) Katherine Heigl – If anyone fell victim to Mila this month it was Katherine. Buford seems to be tired of watching Knocked Up, and to be honest I don’t blame him. She drops, but still manages to grab a decent amount of votes to stay alive. I’m sure she will remain on the list next month as well.


8. (NR) Eliza Dushku – Unlike Mila, Eliza comes out of nowhere. Not even selected for the bubble last month, she breaks into the top ten like a rocket. It’s not because of her likeness in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 (for you fellow comic book geeks out there), but geek TV genius Josh Whedon has a new show called Dollhouse coming out. Yes we are excited. Dushku and Whedon equal something a lot of us will make sure to DVR.



9. (7) Keira Knightley – Last month we proclaimed her the number 7 girl, for holding on to the spot like a vice grip. This month she falls. Maybe we shouldn’t make predictions anymore. A few of us are getting tired of period pieces, and we aren’t ashamed to admit that. She’s going to have to pull off something big to gain some ground next month.

10. (10) Gracyanne Barbosa – Holding on to the number 10 spot is Gracyanne. Maybe our Brazilian expert Speed can post a comment about her, because Brazilian papers look like gibberish to me. One thing that crosses all language barriers is hotness, and she has it.







The Bubble:


There were some changes to the bubble this week. Mila of course sky rocketed into the rankings, while Megan Fox and Blake Lively fell back into the honorable mentions. They join bubble contenders Reby Sky and Vida Guerra. Making their first appearances on the WO Bubble or WO Poll in any form are Kim Kardashian and Dichen Lachman. Now we all know Kardashian for one reason or another, but Dichen Lachman? Remember that name. WO Contributor Train mentioned her while watching Aztec Rex on the Sci-Fi Channel…. Don’t ask. Well it turns out that Miss Lachman is also working on the very same Whedon project as Number 8 Eliza Dushku. Keep an eye out.

Until next time…

~Barry

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The WO Poll - July 08

Life has been hectic for us all, but with the help of R.U.D.I. (Referential Universal Digital Indexer) the WO’s computer, July’s list is done. The numbers have been crunched, the ties have been broken, and now it’s up for you to enjoy.

1. (1) Kristen Bell – Once again, Kristen has a tight grasp on the number one spot. Once again, she blew all the other competition out of the water. What more can be said about her? It’s been proven time and time again, that Kristen Bell is the W.O. “it” girl of the year… so far.











2. (2) Elisha Cuthbert – Another month removed from Sean Avery, and another month in the number two slot. Buford recently watched Old School again, and was quite impressed. With a few projects in production and in post-production, we’re willing to bet she’ll be near the top for awhile.

3.(3) Jennifer Love Hewitt – Holding on strong in the number three spot once again, JLH remains in our minds and hearts. Ghost Whisperer still makes it on TV, and she is executive producing and voicing a character for the upcoming animated series, Angry Little Girls. The girl is keeping busy.






4.(5) Katherine Heigl – Another romantic comedy in the works. Go figure. Heigl moves up a slot. Although some at the WO feel that Knocked Up is a tad overrated, she was in it, and a few of us watched it again recently.









5.(4) Olivia Munn – Down a spot, but don’t fret Olivia. We still love you. I’m sure we’ll love you even more when The Slammin’ Salmon comes out. You know how we love Broken Lizard movies.









6.(9) Mandy Moore – Taking a huge leap up the list. We’ll maybe not huge, but she moves a few spots. Who knew Mandy was a UFC fan? That’s pretty sexy. Also, it doesn’t hurt that this video was brought to our attention. Click Here For Link Thank you Smash on Yahoo! Music for making this HOT cover of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” possible. Shut up. It’s good.






7.(7) Keira Knightley – Miss Number Seven. She pulled into the seven slot in May, and hasn’t left since. What’s ahead for Keira? More period pieces. She’s most likely the only reason any of us would even consider sitting through them. God bless you for making us all cultured.








8.(8) Blake Lively – Holding strong in the number eight slot is Buford’s discovery. If I’m going under the bus for the Mandy Moore video, then he goes under for being an avid Gossip Girl watcher.









9.(6) Megan Fox – Taking a dive, Megan switches spots with Mandy. It happens from time to time. We haven’t seen her in awhile, but I don’t see her dropping off the list next month. She’s in Whore with Ron Jeremy and a Transformers sequel. If that isn’t geek cred, well I just don’t know what is.

10.(NR) Gracyanne Barbosa – Climbing back out of the bubble and sending Vida Guerra down, Gracyanne pulls through with big news. She has been reupped as a Carnaval Queen. At least that’s what our Brazilian informants have told us. I can’t read the link, but maybe you can. Click Here For Link









And once again the list comes to a close. Vida Guerra, as mentioned before, finds her way into the bubble. The company remains good down there with Lingerie Football League player Reby Sky, Mila Kunis and Jessica Alba. There are also some new comers to the bubble including Julia Stiles, Anne “Agent 99” Hathaway and Cynthia “I’m getting half of everything” Rodriguez.

We’ll see you next month, and don’t be afraid to leave a comment. Let us know how you feel about the list. Who’s missing? Who shouldn’t be there? You know the drill.

-barry