Short Hiatus

Just to let you know, Cup of Shirt is going on a short hiatus. You can keep voting below - I'll announce the winners and the next rounds on Sunday, so come back Sunday for new candy.



To be brief, I just learned one of our internet friends has passed away. My heart hurts, and I just don't feel into the eye candy right now. I'm sure you understand, and I'll see you all back here on Sunday.



Jen XO

Cup of Chick Candy Round 52 - Lauren Graham vs Linda Evangelista

Lauren Graham is now in her second round, and will be taking on Linda Evangelista, as nominated by David.



You have until end of day Tuesday to vote!

Current List of Chick Candy Nominees

Adriana Lima - Vanina

Alexis Bledel - Vanina

Alicia Witt - Jamie

Alison Goldfrapp - me

Alyson Hannigan - Jamie

Amber Benson - purplefeen

America Ferrara - Biznatch

Amy Acker - Prico

Amy Adams - me

Amy Smart - Jacquie

Angela Bassett - David

Angelica Huston - David

Ann-Margret Olsson - David

Annie Lennox - David

Arianne Zuker - Jacquie



Bai Ling - You Bloody Whore (the artist formerly known as Daya)

Beatrice Dalle - El Bastardo

Beyoncé Knowles - Paula

Brigitte Bardot - me

Britney Spears (aka Baldy Shears) - John Boy Galton

Bryce Dallas Howard - Jamie



Carre Otis - me

Carrie Ann Moss - prico

Catherine Bell - Bonnie Blue

Catherine Deneuve - David

Catherine Keener - me

Cerys Matthews - me

Chan Marshall - me

Charlotte Rampling - David

Cher - David

Christina Aguilera - me



Dayanara Torres - Prico

Diana Rigg - David

Diana Ross - David

Diane Lane - Pookie

Dolly Parton - Bonnie Blue



Elizabeth Taylor - David

Elle Macpherson - me

Ellen Barkin - David

Emmanuelle Béart - El Bastardo

Emmy Rossum - Jacquie

Estella Warren - me

Eva Green - English Muffin



Feist - me

Fiona Apple - Vanina



Geneviève Bujold - David

Gisele Bundchen- English Muffin

Grey DeLisle - Jamie

Gwen Stefani - me



Heather Graham - me

Heidi Range - El Bastardo

Helen Mirren - Jamie

Helena Bonham Carter - David

Helena Christensen - Vanina

Hilary Swank - David



Isabella Rossellini - David



Jacqueline Bisset - David

Jane Fonda - David

Jenna Jameson - me (I know, I know, but I dig this woman LOL)

Jennifer Garner - me

Jennifer Lopez - Paula

Jennifer Tilly - Jenn

Jeri Lynn Ryan - David

Jessica Alba - JT

Jessica Lange - David

Jessica Simpson - me (and all you fans who've recently come out of the closet ;)

Jolene Blalock - David

Jordan aka Katie Price - You Bloody Whore (the artist formerly known as Daya)

Julia Ormond - El Bastardo

Julie Christie - David



Kathleen Robertson - me

Kelly Clarkson - me

Kelly Macdonald - me

Keri Russell - Vanina

Kim Basinger - David

Kimberly Elise - El Bastardo

Kristin Kreuk - El Bastardo



Lauren Ambrose - me

Lauren Bacall - David

Lena Olin - David

Leona Lewis - Paula

Lily Allen - me

Lisa Chappell - Jacquie

Lisa Loeb - Debbie



Maggie Gyllenhaal - me

Mandy Moore - me

Marcia Cross - Maluse

Margaret Cho - me

Maria Bello - El Bastardo

Mariska Hargitay - Bonnie Blue

Mary J Blige - David

Maureen O'Hara - Jamie

Michelle Rodriguez - JT

Mila Kunis - Vanina

Molly Parker - me

Monica Bellucci - Jamie

Morena Baccarin - Jamie



Naomi Watts - English Muffin

Naomie Harris - El Bastardo

Natalie Portman - me

Natassia Malthe - El Bastardo

Navi Rawat - El Bastardo

Neko Case - Jamie

Nelly Furtado - David

Neve Campbell - Jacquie

Nina Persson - Vanina



Paris Hilton - John Boy Galton (JOHN BOY is IN LOOOOOVE with her, she is his IDEAL WOMAN, what can I do???!?)

Parker Posey - me

Parminder Nagra - Larissa

Penelope Cruz - me



Queen Latifah - Jenn



Rachael McAdams - me

Raquel Welch - David

Rebecca Romijn - David

Reeta Leena Korhola - me

Reese Witherspoon - Larissa

Rene Russo - Bonnie Blue

Rosanna Arquette - David

Rosario Dawson - Jacquie

Rose Byrne - El Bastardo



Samantha Eggar - David

Samantha Morton - me

Sanaa Lathan - me

Sandra Bullock - me

Sara Ramirez - Jacquie

Sarah Mclachlan - Sabine

Sarah Polley - Vanina

Sarah Silverman - me

Selma Blair - me

Shalom Harlow - me & Vanina

Sherilyn Fenn - Vanina

Shilpa Shetty - El Bastardo

Sigourney Weaver - David

Sophia Loren - David

Susan Sarandon - David



Talisa Soto - Prico

Thandie Newton - Bonnie Blue

Thora Birch - Vanina

Tilda Swinson - me & Harper

Tina Fey - Jenn

Tina Turner - Pookie

Toni Collette - David

Tyra Banks - Maluse



Vanessa Marcil - Bonnie Blue

Vanessa Paradis - El Bastardo

Vanessa L. Williams - David

Virginia Madsen - me



Zara Phillips - Larissa

Ziyi Zhang - me

Zuleyka Rivera - Prico

Shout Out Out Out Out

A different kind of music post today. What I want you to do is click on the link below, and listen to this band. It's a live recording from a bar in Kingston, Ontario (Ontario is the province in which I live, for all you non-Canadians) and IT. IS. SWEET. The music, not Ontario. Although Ontario isn't half bad either.



I've heard of this band before but had never heard their music until very recently. And I am already totally addicted. The description of their music that I like the best is 'robo-electro-rock'.



They're from Edmonton, Alberta (Alberta is another Canadian province, far far FAR west of Ontario, for all you non-Canadians. It's a big big BIG country, yo.) Anyway the music is GREAT, but what really strikes me about them is that you can tell that they would be FUCKING AWESOME live. Apparently they like to incorporate a lot of jumping and dancing in their performance, and are particularly fond of scissor kicks.



I can get behind that.



So CLICK HERE and then click on the individual songs, they'll open up in your Windows Media Player. Do it. It's worth it.



I especially recommend 'Forever Indebted'.

Cup of Chick Candy Round 51 - Patricia Velasquez vs Lauren Graham

Cup of Dead Candy Round 35 - Veronica Lake vs Hedy Lamarr, Errol Flynn vs Chet Baker

Our next two nominees are Hedy Lamarr, as nominated by me, and Chet Baker, as nominated by David.



You have until end of day Saturday to vote!



Clockwise from top left:



Hedy Lamarr

Veronica Lake

Errol Flynn

Chet Baker

Cup of Eye Candy Round 58 - Robbie Williams vs Niclas Alexandersson LAST DAY FOR VOTING!

Cup of Eye Candy Round 57 - Robbie Williams vs Jon Bon Jovi

The battle of the singers is ON, yo. It's pretty close at this point, and I have NO idea how this one is gonna turn out.



Keep the votes coming - you have until end of day Saturday!

Cup of Chick Candy Round 49 - Paz Vega vs Patricia Velasquez

Paz Vega is now in her fourth round - CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BOUND! - and is now taking on Patricia Velasquez, as nominated by Prico.



Patricia is another one of those people I thought I'd never heard of until looking up pictures of her. She is/was a supermodel, and has done a fair amount of acting - most notably (in my opinion, anyway) The Mummy. You might recognize her from The Mummy from this picture.



SO - will Paz continue her Chick Candy reign and move on to a fifth and final round? Or will Patricia be our next Chick Candy winner?



You have until end of day this Saturday - get voting!

Current List of Chick Candy Nominees

THANK YOU TO JAMIE FOR BRINGING THIS WOMAN INTO MY LIFE........



Adriana Lima - Vanina

Alicia Witt - Jamie

Alison Goldfrapp - me

Alyson Hannigan - Jamie

Amber Benson - purplefeen

America Ferrara - Biznatch

Amy Acker - Prico

Amy Adams - me

Amy Smart - Jacquie

Angela Bassett - David

Angelica Huston - David

Ann-Margret Olsson - David

Annie Lennox - David

Arianne Zuker - Jacquie



Bai Ling - You Bloody Whore (the artist formerly known as Daya)

Beatrice Dalle - El Bastardo

Beyoncé Knowles - Paula

Brigitte Bardot - me

Britney Spears (aka Baldy Shears) - John Boy Galton

Bryce Dallas Howard - Jamie



Carre Otis - me

Carrie Ann Moss - prico

Catherine Bell - Bonnie Blue

Catherine Deneuve - David

Catherine Keener - me

Cerys Matthews - me

Chan Marshall - me

Charlotte Rampling - David

Cher - David

Christina Aguilera - me



Dayanara Torres - Prico

Diana Rigg - David

Diana Ross - David

Diane Lane - Pookie

Dolly Parton - Bonnie Blue



Elizabeth Taylor - David

Elle Macpherson - me

Ellen Barkin - David

Emmanuelle Béart - El Bastardo

Emmy Rossum - Jacquie

Estella Warren - me

Eva Green - English Muffin



Feist - me

Fiona Apple - Vanina



Geneviève Bujold - David

Gisele Bundchen- English Muffin

Grey DeLisle - Jamie

Gwen Stefani - me



Heather Graham - me

Heidi Range - El Bastardo

Helen Mirren - Jamie

Helena Bonham Carter - David

Helena Christensen - Vanina

Hilary Swank - David



Isabella Rossellini - David



Jacqueline Bisset - David

Jane Fonda - David

Jenna Jameson - me (I know, I know, but I dig this woman LOL)

Jennifer Garner - me

Jennifer Lopez - Paula

Jennifer Tilly - Jenn

Jeri Lynn Ryan - David

Jessica Alba - JT

Jessica Lange - David

Jessica Simpson - me (and all you fans who've recently come out of the closet ;)

Jolene Blalock - David

Jordan aka Katie Price - You Bloody Whore (the artist formerly known as Daya)

Julia Ormond - El Bastardo

Julie Christie - David



Kathleen Robertson - me

Kelly Clarkson - me

Kelly Macdonald - me

Keri Russell - Vanina

Kim Basinger - David

Kimberly Elise - El Bastardo

Kristin Kreuk - El Bastardo



Lauren Ambrose - me

Lauren Bacall - David

Lauren Graham - Jamie

Lena Olin - David

Leona Lewis - Paula

Lily Allen - me

Linda Evangelista - David

Lisa Chappell - Jacquie

Lisa Loeb - Debbie



Maggie Gyllenhaal - me

Mandy Moore - me

Marcia Cross - Maluse

Margaret Cho - me

Maria Bello - El Bastardo

Mariska Hargitay - Bonnie Blue

Mary J Blige - David

Maureen O'Hara - Jamie

Michelle Rodriguez - JT

Mila Kunis - Vanina

Miranda Otto - Maluse

Molly Parker - me

Monica Bellucci - Jamie

Morena Baccarin - Jamie



Naomi Watts - English Muffin

Naomie Harris - El Bastardo

Natalie Portman - me

Natassia Malthe - El Bastardo

Navi Rawat - El Bastardo

Neko Case - Jamie

Nelly Furtado - David

Neve Campbell - Jacquie

Nina Persson - Vanina



Paris Hilton - John Boy Galton (JOHN BOY is IN LOOOOOVE with her, she is his IDEAL WOMAN, what can I do???!?)

Parker Posey - me

Parminder Nagra - Larissa

Penelope Cruz - me



Queen Latifah - Jenn



Rachael McAdams - me

Raquel Welch - David

Rebecca Romijn - David

Reeta Leena Korhola - me

Reese Witherspoon - Larissa

Rene Russo - Bonnie Blue

Rosanna Arquette - David

Rosario Dawson - Jacquie

Rose Byrne - El Bastardo



Samantha Eggar - David

Samantha Morton - me

Sanaa Lathan - me

Sandra Bullock - me

Sara Ramirez - Jacquie

Sarah Mclachlan - Sabine

Sarah Polley - Vanina

Sarah Silverman - me

Selma Blair - me

Shalom Harlow - me & Vanina

Sherilyn Fenn - Vanina

Shilpa Shetty - El Bastardo

Sigourney Weaver - David

Sophia Loren - David

Susan Sarandon - David



Talisa Soto - Prico

Thandie Newton - Bonnie Blue

Thora Birch - Vanina

Tilda Swinson - me & Harper

Tina Fey - Jenn

Tina Turner - Pookie

Toni Collette - David

Tyra Banks - Maluse



Vanessa Marcil - Bonnie Blue

Vanessa Paradis - El Bastardo

Vanessa L. Williams - David

Virginia Madsen - me



Zara Phillips - Larissa

Ziyi Zhang - me

Zuleyka Rivera - Prico

Cup of Dead Candy Round 32 - Yvonne de Carlo et al

Tomorrow is the last day to vote, so if you haven't done so, get those votes in!



Clockwise from top left:



Jane Wyatt

Yvonne de Carlo

Errol Flynn

Robert Mitchum

RIP Don Ho

Don Ho, known for 'Tiny Bubbles,' dies at 76

Associated Press



April 16, 2007



HONOLULU -- Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune 'Tiny Bubbles,' has died. He was 76.



He died Saturday morning of heart failure, publicist Donna Jung said.



Ho had suffered with heart problems for the past several years, and had a pacemaker installed last fall. In 2005, he underwent an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart in Thailand.



Promoter Tom Moffatt said he attended Ho's final show Thursday and Ho received a standing ovation. Afterward, Ho reminisced about his many years in Waikiki and talked about how Judy Garland sang with him one night.



'Don was in great spirits,' he said. 'He was fine.'



Ho entertained Hollywood's biggest stars and thousands of tourists for four decades. For many, no trip to Hawaii was complete without seeing his Waikiki show -- a mix of songs, jokes, double entendres, Hawaii history and audience participation.



Shows usually started and ended with the same song, 'Tiny Bubbles.' Ho mostly hummed the song's swaying melody as the audience enthusiastically took over the familiar lyrics: 'Tiny bubbles/in the wine/make me happy/make me feel fine.'



'I hate that song,' he often joked to the crowd. He said he performed it twice because 'people my age can't remember if we did it or not.'



The son of bar owners, Ho broke into the Waikiki entertainment scene in the early 1960s and, except for short periods, never left. Few artists are more associated with one place.



'Hawaii is my partner,' Ho told The Associated Press in 2004.



read entire article here

And the Winners Are...

YES, WE HAVE A TIE. Christina Ricci and Paz Vega TIED! Which means, as you know, that they are going for ANOTHER ROUND. It ALSO means that Paz Vega is still not guaranteed a spot in the Championship Round in July.



Crazy.



Viggo Mortensen defeated Nathan Fillion, which means that both he and Nathan are now done. It also means that Viggo is retired UNDEFEATED, and even though he already confirmed his spot in the Championship Round after winning 3 rounds, it is worth pointing out again - he'll be back in July!



Neither of the Dead Candy Rounds were all that exciting - meaning that neither round was close. Yvonne de Carlo and Robert Mitchum defeated their competitors by pretty significant margins.



SO - next round we will have the same two chicks in Chick Candy, and we will have two NEW men in Eye Candy.



Come back later this afternoon for the next rounds!



Total votes:



Paz Vega 10 Christina Ricci 10

Viggo Mortensen 9 Nathan Fillion 5

Yvonne de Carlo 13 Joan Fontaine 2

Robert Mitchum 12 James Mason 4

RIP June Callwood

June Callwood dies at age 82

By BRIAN GRAY, SUN MEDIA



June Callwood loved her little sports car -- even if it pained her arthritic hands to drive it.



'She was here for lunch last fall and she offered to drive me back to my office in her standard Miata,' Casey House chairman Jamie Watt remembered with a chuckle yesterday, only hours after the death of the revered Toronto author, journalist and social activist.



'She had the old wind-up windows and she couldn't do it any more. She said she would just have to get a new one with power windows.'



Callwood died early yesterday after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 82.



She was a pioneer in the fight to improve the lives of people living with AIDS, founding Casey House hospice in 1988 and naming it after her son, who died in a 1982 motorcycle accident.



'She will always be with us,' Watt said. 'Her legacy is her values. If we always stay true to providing the most compassionate care, looking after the whole person, fighting people no one wants to look after and being courageous then we will always be something that she would be proud of.'



read entire article here

Cup of Dead Candy Round 29 - Dorothy Dandridge et al

Since tomorrow is Good Friday (woohoo, day off!!!!!!!) I don't anticipate many of you being around to vote. SO you better get those votes in today! You still have until end of day Saturday to vote, of course, but yeah, with tomorrow being a holiday, and Saturday being...well, Saturday, today kinda feels like the last day.



Or maybe it's just me and you can just disregard everything I've just said?



Anyway, get those votes in!



Clockwise from top left:



Yvonne de Carlo

Dorothy Dandridge

William Holden

Robert Mitchum

Cup of Chick Candy Round 45 - Milla Jovovich vs Paz Vega

Milla is now in her fourth round, and as mentioned in the winners post, is Championship Round bound! Hey, that rhymes...



Her next nominee is someone I didn't THINK I'd heard of before she was nominated, but I had, I just didn't know her by name. Her name, by the way, is Paz Vega, and she was nominated by Jacquie. She's been in lots of stuff, but where I know her from is the movie Spanglish - never saw it, but did see plenty of commercials for it.



The only other thing I know about her is she's HOT....OOH LA LA, HOT HOT HOT.



I seriously don't know how I'll be voting this round - I'll probably have to hold off for a bit before I vote...



You have until end of day Saturday to vote - Milla or Paz? Get voting!