The Bring On The Delta Force Post.

But before I post, belated happy birthday to Paula Abdul - 46 yesterday. It seems like only yesterday I was swooning over her in the videos for "Opposites Attract" et al; if only "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" wasn't so lame. I'd still rather her than yet another playing of "Bleeding Love," however. And at least she's gotten back in the spotlight without stripping off for Playboy like Jody Watley, Belinda Carlisle, Debbie Gibson and Tiffany did (which really didn't do much for them in the long run, Ashley Harkleroad take note). Not that I'd complain too much if she did...

Okay, so in four weeks I'll be off in the Caribbean for Sharon's 40th and I'll probably have decided by then if I want to be there for my 40th next year. But in the more immediate future I've got to pack, and more importantly decide what to take to listen to. And, of course, get Gossip Girl and Ghost Whisperer on the Sky planner.

Listening to stuff... like The Delta Force when I manage to pay for it. Intrada's 1000-copy Signature Edition of Alan Silvestri's all-synth score for the '86 epic sold out like that from them and practically every other dealer, so I got lucky. What with that and my plan to order Iron Eagle next week (finally out, a mere 22 years after it should have been released!), it'll be a musical blast next month.

The Rules, People, RULES Post.

Sexy supermodel Cindy Crawford snapped at a fan during a signing session in Dallas, Texas recently - when he asked her to autograph a copy of men's magazine Playboy. The bold fan took his copy of the 1998 Playboy, which featured nude shots of Crawford - and asked the model to sign away. But Cindy was far from amused, according to the National Enquirer, and she stopped the session - at Bachendorf's jewellery store - there and then. A fellow fan says, "Cindy was furious." Sources tell the publication that Crawford was told she'd only be signing promotional pictures of her wearing an Omega watch she was there to promote, and when she was handed the Playboy spread she was surprised. The fan adds, "Security promptly threw the fan out." An event spokesperson confirms the incident, explaining the model was put in an awkward position after all fans were told she would only sign authorised photographs, provided at the event.

People can be sooooooooooooooo STUPID!

The Playmates Are People Too Post.

One of the things that being a girl-crazy lifelong singleton has taught me is that it's always fun to see a little more of women who strip off for cameras. Not in that sense, you creep; in terms of internally - it helps remind you that they're people just like the rest of us. Sometimes it's hateful (like the Danielle Lloyd business), sometimes it's saddening (like Sharry Konopski's crippling) and sometimes it's life-affirming (like Rebekka Armstrong not letting HIV ruin her life). And sometimes it's... amusing.

One fan in Steve Sullivan's group (see below) posted images of Playmate/actress Carrie Stevens, and as well as being blown away by the shots it led me to her website, and her blog. I love things like that; Carrie reminds me more of Erica Campbell than Naomi Campbell, and that's A Good Thing. A Very Good Thing. Just for that, this post has a link to HotMomsClub.

And that's not what it sounds like either. Think people, not perving. Just for a change. :)

The Friday Debate: Should Cindy Crawford Do Playboy Again?

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Random irritation time.

The next issue of Playboy (after the one Booch raced down to Borders to get what with Amanda Beard being in it) features a birthday-suit-clad Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (NYPD Blue, Lindsay Lohan's forthcoming I Know Who Killed Me and a lot of TV shows that weren't shown in the UK like The Jamie Foxx Show, were shortlived like Eyes, or were both like The Opposite Sex and Models, Inc.). It's not her nudity that inspired this post, as I'm not interested in her really - it's that a post on BlackSista.com railed about her doing it, about how this almost never really boosts careers (which is true, and to their credit the blog pointed out it applies to white women as much as blacks - for every Pamela Anderson, Marilyn Monroe or Kim Basinger whose career was definitely given a major legup, there's a lot more than one Mercedes McNab or Gena Lee Nolin), how they make black women look bad (citing Robin Givens and Stacey Dash) and... er, I mean how they make Black women look bad, which is the term they used and bringing me to what really inspired this post.

The damn capitals.

Calling someone Black instead of black was a pin in my side years ago with Ebony and Jet, and times haven't changed. Okay, so the terminology is supposed to be signifying strength and meaning, but isn't that being divisive? Whites calling themselves Whites is fucking annoying, and so is this; it's not like there's a country called Black somewhere. That's one reason I stopped checking out black-obsessed papers, media, or whatever... it ain't helping, people.

Of course, there's another problem with this - it's that it isn't Gabrielle Union stripping off. Then I'd be a lot more interested, and this post would be a lot happier.

Yeah, but...

Charlize Theron, Gabrielle Reece, models like Stephanie Seymour and Cindy Crawford, Jamie Pressly -- I respect these women. I looked at the photos they had done. They were beautiful, tasteful pictures. And coming from the modelling world, I certainly was not squeamish about nudity. We all have the same parts ... (Modelling), you have to get used it. Not that that means you're walking down the street flashing everyone. - Tricia Helfer aka Number Six from Battlestar Galactica, on one of the reasons she stripped off for Playboy.

Pros: Being done by Sante d'Orazio, who's also snapped Cindy naked and done a fine job of it.

Cons: Yes... well... all those who wish it had been Grace Park, raise your hands...