Trick (1999) is a series of improbabilities. A new romantic musical comedy is a rare thing these days. The fact that it is about two guys is even less probably. Then, there is the fact that I enjoyed it very much, which I wouldn't have predicted. Then, there is a long topless scene from a woman, Lorri Bagley. And most improbable of all is a good performance from Torri Spelling as a hag fag wannabe actress, and best friend to one of the guys.

Neve Campbell's brother Christian is out, but shy and inexperienced. His ambition is to be a musical comedy writer. He has known Tori Spelling all his life. He lives in Manhattan with a testosterone driven straight roommate, and often finds himself sleeping in the hallway which his roomie entertains. One night he goes to a gay club, and, on the subway home, connects with a go go boy. They go to his apartment, but are interrupted by his roomie, and Lorri Bagley. For the rest of the film, they struggle to find privacy, as they get to know each other.

I did not see this as a gay film. The leads were so likable, and the emotions and situations so honest, that it was impossible not to root for them. When the two return to the apartment for missing keys, there is a lengthy topless scene from Begley, as she practices her avocation of sex councilor with them. IMDb readers have this at 6.8. Berardinelli liked it as much as I did, awarding 3 stars. Director Jim Fall received two awards and a nomination, and Torri was nominated for a best supporting actress Golden Satellite. Fall is quoted as saying that he made this film for a gay audience. It is a tribute to the freshness and honesty of the script, excellent performances, and good directing that it has obvious crossover appeal. With a genre of, approximately Musical, Romantic, Gay comedy, there should be one or more reasons for you to not expect to enjoy it. However, It is a wonderful little comedy that I think most will enjoy, hence B-.

Shining Through (1992):

Shining Through was the Pearl Harbor or Alexander of its day, an overblown big budget epic which ended up doing minimal box office and winning the major Razzies. Melanie Griffith defeats the Nazis.

I wrote a lot, and I think it is pretty entertaining. Check it out here.

• Melanie Griffith. (1, 2) This is kind of her forgotten nude scene. Also, it must be the calmest sex scene Michael Douglas has ever done.

The Getaway (1972):

The 1994 remake with Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin had bolder sex scenes, but the 1972 original had the king of cool, Steve McQueen. Here's a brief peek at Ali MacGraw's nipple in their sex scene. (very short zipped .wmv, no sound)

Other Crap:

• The trailer from Lovewrecked
  • "'Lovewrecked' tells the story of Jenny (Amanda Bynes), an eighteen year-old girl who is ecstatic when she finds that her favorite rock star, Jason (Chris Carmack), is a guest at the tropical resort where she is working for the summer. When Jason falls off a cruise ship, Jenny dives in to save him, and the two raft their way onto a nearby 'desert island' -- actually just a stone's throw from a luxury resort. However, Jenny wants to spend some time alone with Jason, so she lets him continue to believe that they are desperate castaways-- at least for now. Things get even more complicated when Jenny's rival Alexis (Jamie-Lynn DiScala) pretends to be shipwrecked too, and they both compete for Jason's affections. When Jenny's plan blows up in her face, her lifelong friend Ryan (Jonathan Bennett) is there to pick up the pieces."
• Here's a first look at the trailer from Stealth. Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, and Sam Shepard star in an epic action thriller about a squadron of elite pilots who embark on a mission to neutralize an out-of-control prototype drone fighter plane equipped with artificial intelligence and the ability to precipitate a nuclear war.
• Charlie Parker sax headlines historic jazz auction.
• Ashley Olsen sues the National Enquirer.
  • "Actress Ashley Olsen, who with her twin, Mary-Kate, runs a multimillion dollar entertainment empire, is suing the National Enquirer for $40 million, saying the tabloid is trying to ruin her career by linking her to a phony drug scandal."
• If you know that Kenny Kramer is the guy upon whom Cosmo Kramer was based, then the URL says it all: KennyKramer.com
• eBay to give away $200,000 in online treasure hunt
• Jackie Stallone says she was going to phone the Queen to complain about the British press after she appeared in Celebrity Big Brother. Yeah, I did that quite a bit when I was stationed in London. "Hello, Buckingham Palace, is the Queen there, please? What do you mean 'who's calling?' Um, just tell her ... um ... Hugh Grant is on the line. Yeah, Hugh Grant, that's the ticket." It worked great, except that she'd always start talking dirty to me before she realized I wasn't really Hugh.
• "Paris and Nicole are 'bitches from hell'"
• The police crack down on America's greatest criminal shame - unlicensed Cher shirts.
• If you think you are Tara Reid's Mr Right, you can file your application here. That is no joke. It's from the home page of the Ellen Degeneres show.
• Bugs Bunny, we hardly knew ye. For WB's new show "Loonatics," a futuristic bugs Bunny loses his light-and-fluffy look to become a fierce, sharpclawed beast with superpowers.
• Lewis Black weighs in on indecency complaints.
• Alan Cumming talks to Jon about the myriad double entendres that can be derived from his name.
• The Daily Show's Stephen Colbert analyzes the legitimacy of bloggers who collate and publish accurate information.
• David Spade Says He's One Of Chris Rock's Oscar Writers. Spade's best line so far: "and the award goes to ... " In addition to Spade, Rock is also expected to employ some COMEDY writers.
• ESPN.com: Page 2 : Return of The Ramblings
• Great stuff - Vintage, Salacious Movie Posters
• Mr Pirelli and his wacky calendar
• Bikini Art
• "If you don't want to know when you'll die, DON'T read this story"
• The grand canyon of Mars. Click on the pic to see the larger pic and get the full effect. Looks a lot like a riverbed.

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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• The yellow asterisks indicate that I wrote the review, and am deluded into thinking it includes humor.
• If there is a white asterisk, it means that there isn't any significant humor, but I inexplicably determined there might be something else of interest.
• A blue asterisk indicates the review is written by Tuna (or Junior or Brainscan, or somebody else besides me)
• If there is no asterisk, I wrote it, but am too ashamed to admit it.

Best All Time Television Comedy

This is one we did a while back, but I thought it would be fun to see what, if anything, has changed.

I did leave out some wonderful sketch comedy shows, as well as one of the best shows ever..."The Daily Show with Jon Stewart", but that leaves this poll more focused on traditional TV formula comedies. Any exceptions (like MST3K) were added in because they were featured in the poll last time.

Here are the final results and comments for last week's poll Who has the best bum in Hollywood?

Here are the results of our most recent other polls...
The Top 20 Nude Scenes of 2004

The Best Nude Film Debuts of the 80s

The Best Nude Film Debuts of the 90s

Which actress has been the most convincing playing a stripper.

Please Email Scoopy Jr. with more nominees, comments or suggestions.

Today from the Ghost...Here are a couple of zipped .wmvs featuring the gorgeous and exotic Charlotte Lewis topless in scenes from the grade-D action/drama "Men of War" (1994) starring Dolph Lundgren.

• Charlotte Lewis (1, 2)

"Frostbite"
This 2004 comedy is American Pie/Animal House for snowboards. It's extremely funny, loaded with beautiful women, and full of great snowboarding footage.

The plot is fairly basic: it's the "richies" from the snowboarding academy vs. the "poories" from town as slacker Billy Wagstaff enrolls in Pine Mountain Snowboarding Academy to become a world class snowboarder. Needless to say things don't go smoothly, but that's good, because you'll laugh your butt off at some of the goings-on (that is, if you can take your eyes off of the women).

This apparently never had a theatrical release, and I don't know why, because it was damned well filmed, and very, very funny. Definitely worth your time.

• Suzanne Stokes, Buffy Tyler, Katie Thomas & Michela Catando
• Michelle Gould & Nikol Nesbitt
• Nicole O'Brian, Kimberly Choma & Nicole Bennett
• Baelyn Neff
• Traci Lords
• Unidentified

Here are some bonus 'caps from "Frostibite" by the Skinmeister.

• Nikol Nesbitt (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
• Buffy Tyler (former Heffer-November 2000) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Suzanne Stokes (former Heffer-February 2000) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Teri Hatcher
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Longoria is seen in lingerie. (links 5-7 are my favorites of this batch)

Hatcher shows a little cleavage while wearing a pretty hot, silver dress.

ASHLEY OLSEN SUES TABLOID FOR $40 MIL
Not Even Diet Pills? - Ashley Olsen filed a $40 million lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a cover story headlined "Ashley Olsen Caught in Drug Scandal." The drug allegation was actually against her boyfriend before she met him. The lawsuit says Ashley has never been involved with any illegal drug, and the impression left by the story is harmful to her squeaky-clean image.