It’s hard for me to believe that Prince and Michelle Pfeiffer both turn 50 next year.  Where did the time go?   Other celebs who’ll be hitting the half-century mark:

January 26th: Ellen DeGeneres turns the big 5-0 and she’ll be throwing a birthday bash on her daytime talk show, “Ellen.”
 
March 10: Sharon Stone says she loves dark chocolate but works out religiously to keep the calories from sticking to her slender hips. 

April 29: Mother of two teenagers, Michelle Pfeiffer, finally kicked the smoking habit this year. 

June 7: Prince is still a one-man band and launched a new fragrance this year, 3121.

August 16: Madonna, mom of three, is scheduled to release a new CD this year and is mulling over a “Madonna at 50” tour next summer. 

October 20: Viggo Mortensen isn’t just an actor, he’s also a poet, photographer, painter and fluent in four languages.  

It’s one thing to make the list of the ”Super Beautiful” and yet quite another to make the list of ”Top 10 Hollywood Meltdowns of 2007.”  That said, who now can say she’s had the honor of being tops in both? Why, it’s our Miss Brit – who else?! 

Britney had some stiff competition this year, and even managed to beat out Owen Wilson for the coveted spot, but with her no panties philosophy, shaving her head, a couple of weeks in rehab, a forgettable performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, and a divorce from Kevin Federline, not to mention that ongoing custody battle over the kids, there’s nobody who came close this year – but Wilson did come in at the number two spot for his suicide attempt in August.  

That said, I give you the Top 10 Hollywood Meltdowns of 2007, as compiled by Us Weekly:

1. Britney Spears
2. Owen Wilson
3. Paris Hilton
4. Lindsay Lohan
5. Amy Winehouse
6. Cameron Diaz
7. Rosie O’Donnell
8. Ellen DeGeneres
9. Alec Baldwin
10. David Hasselhoff

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse have taken the lead in the nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. West’s “Graduation” is nominated for both Album Of The Year and Rap Album Of The Year, while ”Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and “Good Life” have both been nominated for Best Rap Song.

Winehouse’s “Back To Black” has been nominated for the Album Of The Year and her hit single “Rehab” is up for both Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year. 

The nominations:

Record Of The Year
Irreplaceable, Beyonce
The Pretender, Foo Fighters
Umbrella, Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
What Goes Around…Comes Around, Justin Timberlake
Rehab, Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
These Days, Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
Graduation, Kanye West
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year
Before He Cheats, Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins
Hey There Delilah, Tom Higgenson
Like A Star, Corinne Bailey Rae
Rehab, Amy Winehouse
Umbrella, Shawn Carter

Best New Artist
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Candyman, Christina Aguilera
1234, Feist
Big Girls Don’t Cry, Fergie
Say It Right, Nelly Furtado
Rehab, Amy Winehouse

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Everything, Michael Buble
Belief, John Mayer
Dance Tonight, Paul McCartney
Amazing, Seal
What Goes Around … Comes Around, Justin Timberlake

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Everything, Michael Buble
Belief, John Mayer
Dance Tonight, Paul McCartney
Amazing, Seal
What Goes Around…Comes Around, Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(You Want To) Make A Memory, Bon Jovi
Home, Daughtry
Makes Me Wonder, Maroon5
Hey There Delilah, Plain White T’s
Window In The Skies, U2

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Steppin’ Out, Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
Beautiful Liar, Beyonce & Shakira
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On), Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani & Akon
Give It To Me, Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

In AOL’s newest “TV’s Sexiest Women – Ever” poll, website editors gave Pamela Anderson top honors for being television’s hottest woman.  There were some on the list that I haven’t thought about in a long time, like Julie Newmar, who was the original ‘Catwoman’ in “Batman,” Elizabeth Montgomery, who played the character of Samantha Stevens on the hit show, “Bewitched,” Donna Douglas, who was Elly Mae on “The Beverly Hillbillies” and Maureen McCormick from “The Brady Bunch.”

Among the other contenders: 

• Eva Longoria
• Katherine Heigl
• Jessica Alba
• Charisma Carpenter
• Jaclyn Smith
• Lisa Bonet 
• Loni Anderson
• Teri Hatcher
• Carmen Electra
• Jennifer Aniston
• Jessica Biel
• Goldie Hawn
• Christina Applegate

Visit AOL to see the full list.

FAT bastard, described as “wine for the anti-snob” by Time and Newsweek, so dislikes the snooty shenanigans of self-importance in the world of wine (and elsewhere!) and identifies the most offensively officious folks of the year. Now, the company reveals the second annual FAT bastard Most Pretentious Poll, a poll of 100 lifestyle editors from newspapers coast to coast.

Among some of this years most obnoxious poseurs who made the cut:

• Donald Trump: After the war of the Rosie, the Donald’s new claim
          to fame is his elevation to first place in Fat Bastard’s most
          pretentious poll.  In fact, his pretensions seem to never end: he
          puts his name on everything from buildings and business suits to
          vodka and cologne.
• Paris Hilton:  Can this woman get no respect?  Falling from first on
          our poll, she can’t seem to convince our respondents that she’s now
          taken the high road in life.  Perhaps in 2008, we’ll see her spurn
          the spotlight in favor of some serious do-gooding.
• Tom Cruise:  About to become the subject of a tell-all book, the
          inimitable Mr. Cruise is another personality who’s incredibly
          high — on himself.  He’ll always be remembered for his
          couch-leaping craze, the value of his advice to new mothers and his
          ongoing crusade for Scientology.
• Victoria Beckham:  Her Spice Girls nickname wasn’t “Posh” for
          nothing though her musical contributions seem to have made a bigger
          impression on Victoria herself than they ever did on the music
          industry.  “Coronated” when she wed  - at least in her own mind - 
          she and her soccer sweetie sat on golden thrones as they surveyed
          the subjects at their nuptials.
• Tyra Banks:  If considering yourself to be extraordinarily talented
          is a sure sign of being pretentious, claiming you are the next Oprah
          may reach a new high. Though she’s no journalist, the Victoria
          Secret’s supermodel thinks she has all the answers. 

Visit the site to see who made the list last year – and yes – there are some repeat offenders!  This year’s full list should be available on the website soon. 

Here’s one for the record books: Kevin Federline has been given a huge ego boost by being named the seventh most influntial guy under 45 in DETAILS newest Power 50 list. 

I know – I was shocked, too – especially since he shares the honor with Anna Nicole Smith’s ex, Larry Birkhead.  These two probably have more in common than they realize and not just coming in at #7, either.  Afterall, they’ve both been with blonde trainwrecks.

According to DETAILS:

“By being more visible presences in their children’s lives than many Hollywood A-listers, they emerged as unlikely candidates for Dad of Year.”

Other notables – both good and bad – are Zac Efron, Perez Hilton, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Andrew Giuliani, Seth Rogen, Shia LaBoeuf and Jay-Z.

image courtesy: DETAILS Magazine

TV Land is scheduled to air a two-hour special on Friday, November 16 at 8 p.m. EST, where it will count down the Top 50 television icons, beginning with Larry Hagman and winding it’s way down to Johnny Carson, who tops the list.  The special will feature mini-profiles of each icon.

A TV icon can be described as “someone who jumps off the screen into your home,”says Henry Winkler, who comes in at number 32 on the list, while Regis Philbin (number 27) says it could have more to do with stability: “If you hang around long enough, they call you an icon.”

The Top 10 TV Icons are listed below:

10. Dick Clark
9. Homer Simpson
8. Jerry Seinfeld
7. Mary Tyler Moore
6. Carol Burnett
5. Walter Cronkite
4. Bill Cosby
3. Oprah Winfrey
2. Lucille Ball
1. Johnny Carson

The list also recognises Lassie, Kermit, the entire cast of the original Not Ready for Primetime Players from NBC’s “Saturday Night Live, ” Jennifer Aniston, Jon Stewart and David Letterman.

During the show, viewers will be encouraged to participate via text-message their choice for the No. 1 “TV Icon” and the audience choice will be revealed at the shows end. 

For the complete list, visit Entertainment Weekly at EW.com.

This list is dedicated to ALL the super-hot Girl’s Next Door. There have been so many of them over the years on our TVs and in movies, that it’s almost impossible to pick 10 that everyone can agree on…but we did it anyway!

So, without further adieu, here are the Top 10 Hottest Celebrity “Girls Next Door” – EVER!

10. Maureen McCormick – “Marsha Brady”

09. Allyson Hannigan

Allyson isn’t known for just one role anymore, but she first entered our hearts as Willow on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. She entered the minds of every read blooded American male when she utterd “…this one time, at band camp…”, and now we find ourselves hoping she’ll “cross over” again with that dark haired chick on “How I Met Your Mother”.

Through it all, Allyson has had that cute, sexy smile, and a playful demeanor that scream super hot Girl Next Door…

08. Dawn Wells – Mary Anne from “Gilligan’s Island

07. Tiffany Amber Thiessen – “Kelly Kapowski”

Before the plastic surgery, Tiffany Amber Thiessen was THE Girl Next Door hottie for every male born between 1978 and 1983. Seriously – If you can show me a guy born in that time frame that didn’t have at least a slight crush on Ms. Kapowski here, I’ll show you a sad, sad, shell of a man.

06. Sally Field

What!?!?? Isn’t she that old lady that got cut off at the Emmy’s?Well – yes, but she wasn’t always a grandmother you know – and back in her day she was cute as a button. I mean, seriously, look at her…this pic is from back in her “Gidget” days – now, go rent, buy, or find some place to download “Smokey and the Bandit” – you can’t tell me she’s not a hot little cutie pie….you just can’t….

05. Danica McKellar – Winnie Cooper “The Wonder Years”

Again – it goes back to kids of a certain age – but if you were watching “The Wonder Years” in the 80s, you shared Kevin Arnold’s life long crush with the girl next door…Winnie Cooper. These days she’s guest starring on “How I Met Your Mother”, and has filmed a TV series called “Inspector Mom” where she plays a soccer mom/detective – which has yet to air on any network – but we’ll always…ALWAYS…have a place in our hearts for Winnie Cooper.

04. Kari Byron – Mythbusters

She looks like a super hot “Girl Next Door” – but this time – she’s a SCIENTIST! Oh yes – hot AND smart…wait – can that work together?

03. Laura Prepon – Donna “That 70’s Show”

For the better part of a decade we watched the hottest red head in the world live right next door to the lankiest geek that’s ever lived…and then he started banging her…and we though, “Dammit! Why can’t that be ME?!?!?” He was Eric – She was Donna – and they were totally awesome.Now, she’s playing a single mother on “October Road”, a night time soap that probably won’t last through season two. So she’s now she’s blond and a total MILF, but we’ll always remember her as one of the hottest Girl’s Next Door that’s ever graced our television sets.

02. Jennifer Aniston

She started out as a Friend, and has found her way into our homes in half a dozen movies since. Her haircut inspired a national trend, and the world fell in love with her just as much as Ross ever did.

01. Jenna Fisher – Pam Beasley “The Office”

She’s the ultimate “Girl Next Door” – and we’ve watched with baited breath as Pam and Jim have gone down the long journey to being together on “The Office”….and…just look at that picture – I mean – COME ON…that’s hot.Jenna Fisher is our raining queen of “Girl’s Next Door” hotness – and as far as I’m concerned – it’s going to take an act of the All Mighty to knock her off her throne.

So…that’s it – our Top 10. Agree? Disagree? Sound off in the comments below, and let us know who you think should be #1!