HUMP DAY HOTTIE: Jon Bon Jovi

Any of the millions of people that watched American Idol last night can tell you why Jon is my Hump Day Hottie this week. It's rock week on AI and this time the music was all Bon Jovi. Though there were some great performances, no one came close to Jon's rock star power. (Okay, Phil Stacey came really, really close!)

Now, he's had his moments... there were some looks in the early years that he probably wishes someone would erase from the 80s yearbook. (I mean, really. A leopard-print glove and fishnet shirt?)

But boy oh boy does he look good in a pair of tight leather pants. Okay, I'm sure he looks good in a tight pair of any kind of pants, but I think the leather brings it home.

There's something special about Jon. Those soulful eyes. That hair (in whatever style). The fact that he's been married to the same woman since 1989 and seems pleased as punch to have 4 kids. (Like when he said, on AI last night, that his kids love the show.) Or it might have something to do with his powerhouse voice.

Whatever makes Jon so quintessentially.... Jon, I like it.

Hugs,
TLC
Growing Up Godly, Summer 2008
Dutton Children's Books

what I'm reading ... Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich (who has shamelessly dragged me off-track on the whole RITA reading thing)

Special VALentine Edition of Hump Day Hottie

Happy Valentine's Day!

In honor of Valentine's Day, Boys week here on the BuzzBlog, and just general boy-craziness on my part, I'm bringing you a special edition of Hump Day Hottie with perennial favorite VAL KILMER.
He hasn't been on the radar much lately, but when you think of VALentine's Day, how can you not think of VAL? I mean, his name is VAL! (Okay, I'm stretching... but you know what I mean.) Over the years he has starred in so many of my favorite movies. He was a star right from the start, kicking off his movie career with Top Secret! and Real Genius--both totally hilarious and so not how you think of VAL now. Then there was Willow, The Doors, and Thunderheart--a truly fab movie if you haven't seen it! He starred with Kim Basinger in one of my all time fave movies, The Real McCoy. He plays a kinda loser thief who's totally in love with Kim and trying to help her get her kid back. Adorable!
More hit-after-hit with Tombstone, Batman Forever, Heat, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. (Ha, just seeing if you're paying attention--that last one was an awful movie!) VAL starred in The Saint, as the emotionally burdened, Alpha male with a billion identities and a soft spot for Elisabeth Shue. His fame has kind of tapered off, but he's still making movies. (And, if the gossip mags are right, he's put on quite a few pounds and won't be fitting back into that Batman costume any time soon...) But I think one of my fave roles VAL has played--the yummiest bad guy of them all--is Iceman in Top Gun. Who can resist a guy who knows he's the best and shows it?

Love to VAL and Happy VALentine's Day, BuzzReaders!