secondhandkarl

Surprisingly, I somehow missed out on People's Sexiest Man Alive award this year. Who got it? My archnemesis, Hugh Jackman. The Australian actor, looking scruffy and muscular, is starring in the new film "Australia" with Nicole Kidman.

From the page: "Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, and all that jazz. And Reese Witherspoon is preparing for the holidays just like the rest of us...except she has tons more money and can probably get a Wii Fit without batting an eye."

GQ magazine is coming out with its "Men of the Year" issue and President-elect Barack Obama is one of those men. He graces the cover, companioned with an article written by Senator Ted Kennedy. The other 3 men are...

From the page: "Travis Barker, still recovering from burns he got from a plane crash in September, is going back to work. "I'm already playing my drums again and I'm already back in the studio," Travis told MTV. "

Quote from story: "Meg Ryan, ex movie darling, is back in the movies again. The mother of Jack Henry, 16, with Dennis Quad, and adopted Daisy True, 3, stars in the new movie "The Women." She sat down with the Los Angeles Times and talked about her career and family.

Ryan, 46, hasn't been working much of late. Instead, she's been traveling. She adopted her second child, Daisy, from China in 2006 and spends most of her time with her and Jack. "I've been famous since I was a teenager. There are a lot of empty spaces in that," she says, elusively. "I just feel like I've been filling in the cracks a little bit. I feel very fortunate, very free. I haven't had any big desire to work."

From story: "Tiger's not such a tiger when it comes to being green. He's more like a pig. The Orlando Sentinel recently released the top water users for central Florida (which is where I live, for the record) and Tiger Woods was in the top three, using over 129,000 gallons of water a month at his $39 million Jupiter Island estate. Damn, that dude is thirsty. Tiger is the daddy of Sam, 1, and has been married to wife Elin for 4 years. They've just announced that they're expecting another baby this winter."