Morning Legal Wood

After seeing billboards around town, I've been meaning to check into this one. Lucky for all of us, a friend of mine kindly did the legwork for us. He writes:

Have you seen this guy in the new show "The Deep End"? His name is Ben Lawson and he's Australian, mate! YUM. He plays this hot, hunky stud who screws everything in sight. You should see if you can find more pics. He might make a nice Legal Wood.

I didn't find any other pics (he's a newbie), but I think these two tell you everything you need to know.

Best. Commercial. Ever.

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This is either real, or we have a future Oscar-winning actress on our hands.

Bachelor Party

Click HERE to meet New York's 12 most eligible bachelors, Rupert Murdoch style. W Hotel club owners Mark Birnbaum and Eugene Remm are your No. 1 and No. 2 guys.

Dateline: ANNAPOLIS, Md.

Apparently, drunk people really like fudge. (Click to play.)

Very Mary-Kate

Having never seen an episode of "Full House" in my life, it took me about 10 years in New York City to figure out why NYU dropouts Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are treated by the tabloids like "celebrities" instead of the former child star punchlines they deserve to be. (Oh, wait. Scratch that. I still haven't figured it out.) Luckily for all of us, comedian Elaine Carroll is on to this scam too, and has started the Web series Very Mary-Kate: The Unofficial Biography of Mary-Kate Olsen. Having never heard the real Mary-Kate speak, I can't say for sure that her impersonation is any good (I'm getting more of a Drew Barrymore vibe, with a slightly less-twisted mouth). I can, however, vouch for the fact that it's pretty fucking hilarious. (You can follow Mary-Kate HERE.)

Sour Notes

Although it certainly would be fair to say the Academy Awards are every bit as much a popularity contest as the Grammys are, for some reason I'm OK with Mr. Oscar, yet have never watched a single Grammy show in my entire life. (Probably a bit surprising given my music obsession.) I'm not entirely sure why, but it seems like you can find a general consensus as to what a good movie is, yet music is somehow far more personal. A recent article in USA Today ("Grammy's Top Song Not Always in Tune") completely confirmed everything I already knew about the music awards when it made cringe-inducing statements like "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt would have been a better choice than "Not Ready to Make Nice" by the Dixie Chicks in 2006 (I don't know much about the Chicks, but I do know that James Blunt is the most annoying vocalist of all time), "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion was an example of a "great choice," and that Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis" (a song I like) should have won instead Natalie Cole's version of "Unforgettable." (Never mind the fact that the person who wrote this article makes fun of Grammy for giving Christopher Cross a bunch of awards in 1980 -- including Best New Artist -- but then complains that Cohn -- who was way more of a one-hit wonder than Cross and actually WON Best New Artist in 1991 -- didn't win another?!!) And do we even need to talk about the year Herbie Hancock took home top honors?