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House M.D. Actress, Olivia Wilde, in the Cosmopolitan Style and Beauty Issue for 2008 (P.S. I Like Books, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jaws)

Olivia Wilde (The O.C., House M.D.) is featured in a photo shoot spread for the Cosmopolitan Style and Beauty fall 2008 issue. Never going to be mistaken for anything less than stunningly beautiful to those with functional eyes, Wilde sports some key fall 2008 fashion trends (specifically of the Boho Chic or Boho Luxe variety - it’s really the same thing). I am going to show you my two favorite pictures from this photo shoot. Click on them to see larger versions. View the rest of the Olivia Wilde pictures here.

Analyzing the style tips that are given, I must point one serious flaw. No matter how cute lace-up boots are (and they look AMAZING), they’re almost never worth the annoyance they prove to be. But maybe you’re more determined than I am, and will still try them. After all, I never finished reading the Harry Potter series. But I only have one book left, and everyone already spoiled it anyway! Plus, my ‘to read’ book list is so long, I have to prioritize and make tough choices.

I actually might be embarrassed to admit that I’ve read these books (I don’t like the movies) except Sarah Michelle Gellar loves them. So if you mock me, you’re mocking her by default. And do you really, really and TRULY want to mess with Buffy? I didn’t think so.

Since I’m talking about books, I might as well keep talking about them. First off, every How I Met Your Mother fan should smile when they hear that Matt Kuhn is penning The Bro Code, a book based on the philosophies that Barney Stinson hold sacred. Neil Patrick Harris will even be recording the audio books. You can read more about that here.

I can’t recall whether or not I’ve told you guys that I read The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie (House). But I did, and it was the kind of brilliantly compelling read that sometimes I forget books can still be. I don’t mean to sound dour towards all contemporary authors, I like several.

I think I have just been exposed to too many of the (now) standard chick lit novels about British women finding love in all the most obvious places. (Should we blame Bridget Jones and her pesky diary?) As an American, I am insulted that writers and publishers would think I’d enjoy a bad book simply because it has a few ‘cheeky’ words and jargon thrown in that I’m not used to. A bad book is a bad book. I used to adhere to a very strict code that meant I would finish any and every book I started. But now I give myself the liberty to put down any book that I can tell is wasting my time.

I still seem to finish every bad movie, though. And boy are there some bad movies on late at night. Jaws is classic. But have you SEEN Jaws 4: The Revenge?!? I’m sad to report that I now have.

For more Sirlinksalot.net: House M.D.

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Totally Obsessed: The Tudors, Secret Diary of a Callgirl, Supernatural, and WAY More

Hello! I decided to interview myself. (Yes, you read that right.) That’s just the kind of wacky thing I do. That’s how I got my nickname ‘wacky-doer-of-things-Jessica’.

Sofachip: So, Jessica, what is it that you’ve been watching these days - besides what you’ve mentioned on Sofachip already?

Jessica: A crazy amount of goodness that fills me up with all the angst, joy, and vitamins I need.

SC: But you didn’t answer - What exactly have you been watching, though? What did you watch today?

Jessica: Fine, fine. I’ll speak. I currently have Supernatural season one on DVD which I’ve been watching and just flat-out adoring. I just watched the Bloody Mary episode about an hour ago. See, I had seen most of the first half of the season, but not the rest. I saw the majority of season two, and all of season three. So I wanted to go back - it’s very rewarding to have seen the recent episodes and then go back to the initial ones and see how it all started. Also, these DVDs are honestly possibly the best DVDs I’ve ever seen in terms of TV shows on DVD.

SC: Why is that?

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Joss Whedon Makes Me Giddy and I am Not Ashamed (Dr. Horrible PLAN + Matt Rousch Weighs in on Whedon)

Let’s say you could make a list of five people, living or dead, you’d like to have lunch with. Or dinner - if they’ll spring for the tip. That’s a hard list to think of making. But I’m sure of one person that would be on my list: Joss Whedon. Needless to say, when he does something, I’m interested.

This isn’t so say that I’m interested if he picks his nose or plays a good game of croquet. I’m interested in his projects. The Fox TV show Dollhouse is coming along (with Eliza Dushku and Amy Acker) and I’m already feeling like a diehard fan from what I’ve seen. Whedon always impresses me (with tiny, tiny exceptions), so I’m in a state of anticipatory excitement about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Seriously, I think I’m shaking! Is this vertigo? Hm. I’ll call a Dr. of my own, while you check out all of this info on Dr. Horrible!

The official Dr. Horrible site is a must-see. From there you can access the Dr. Horrible MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. Pay special attention to THE PLAN. If you miss out, and start crying, it will only be your own sadface fault! You have been warned.

Digg away, my fiends, and friends, and friendly fiends! Here!!! Should I namedrop in the process? Joss Whedon (of course), Felicia Day (a former potential on Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Nathan Fillion (Firefly - also, I kept typing Nation Fillion, haha), Jed Whedon, Zack Whedon aaaaaaaaand Neil Patrick Harris (arguably the best character on How I Met Your Mother). Welcome Neil, to our Whedonverse / Jossverse! (Did Alyson Hannigan of Buffy fame introduce you guys? Did you shake hands? Were your hands sweaty? Are you typically a sweaty guy? Wait. Don’t tell me that! Let’s keep this serious. So…what were you wearing?)

Don’t miss THIS piece by Matt Roush of TVguide.com.

If you want to miss out on the witty Joss Banter and really just want the nitty gritty (you are totally lame, but here):

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How I Met Your Mother : Delving into Barney’s Unique Psyche

For those of us who’ve come to know and love (’cause, seriously - how can you not?) Barney Stinson, on CBS’s hit show How I Met Your Mother, there are certain words and phrases we’d never expect to hear. Such as, “I’m sorry”, or, “Porn is dumb and should be outlawed for the sake of all humankind!” On Monday night we heard words from this man that surely shocked most watchers. They were, “But I don’t know the first thing about seducing a woman…”

For anyone who isn’t familiar with Barney, I’ll do my best to sum up his character in five words: womanizer. Oh, look at that, I only needed one.

Now, in all seriousness, there are other layers to his character, but one of his main attributes is being someone who uses women, and gets away with it because he’s smooth and sneaky. In Barney’s philosophy of life, if you can’t get a girl with your natural charm - lie and tell her that you’re in the Peace Corps.

Barney wasn’t always this way. He didn’t always have suave self-confidence, nor was he cocky. In past episodes, we’ve learned that he was a sensitive, emotional hippie-type.

To support my above claims, let me show you something that flashback-Barney exclaimed: “But, James, what woman is going to wanna have sex with me? - it’s not like I’m a Backstreet Boy!” (It appears he also had questionable music taste.)

The clip below is from Monday night’s episode. In it, we see a flashback of Barney with his brother, who is trying to console him after a bad break-up. Seeing no other options, Barney gets sent to “The ManMaker” for some help.

But farther along in this episode, we learned some distressing news (well, distressing for Barney, for us it’s just fun!) - he wasn’t always legendary with women. Barney found himself in an emotional spiral when he learned that the first time he ever had sex (with “The ManMaker”) he did not, in fact, rock the woman’s world. That belief had propelled him to self-confidence heights that, as heels, even Heidi Klum might be nervous to walk in. Speaking of Heidi Klum…

Barney found himself adrift in a sea of beautiful Victoria Secret models, without his magic mojo. And Heidi Klum was there to set him on the right path.

It was nice to see Heidi Klum being funny - because she’s good at it. She has a natural charm. There are some models who are really only good at their niche of modeling, which is fine. But many models do want to branch out and be a triple threat - and Heidi has proved that she can do that. (PS. Did any other Project Runway junkies find themselves waiting for Tim Gunn to walk in beside Heidi and offer pointers to Barney? He would have approved of the suit, no?)

All in all, this was yet another enjoyable episode and I hope you got a chance to see it.

For those of you who can’t wait to get another fix of this great show, you can head over to CBS.com to read Barney’s blog, and read more about Heidi Klum at CelebritySpider.com:Heidi Klum

And of course, you can get your own copies of seasons one and two of the show at Amazon.com!

How I Met Your Mother - Season 1

How I Met Your Mother - Season Two

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