We here in Alberta have a new “Distracted Driving” law that states that we can’t eat, text, read, put on make up, talk on the phone or do pretty much anything else while we’re driving. Which, if you think about it, is kind of common sense. If you’re not really paying attention to driving… well, you’re not paying attention to driving.

But it’s a little ridiculous that I can’t eat my sausage & egg McMuffin at a red light while Robert Pattinson can drive while covering his eyes. Maybe I’m just not as great of a driver as Pattz, but I think I’d be a danger on the road if I drove with my eyes shielded.

I don’t blame him though. Trying to drive with a dozen or so photographer flash bulbs in your eyes has to be hard too. In all fairness, you shouldn’t be allowed to take photos of people in their cars. It would stop the car chases, it would stop people getting run over, and it would stop people from driving while covering their eyes.

Problem solved.

Stacey: What?  You can’t drive with your eyes closed?  Well then you must not be a very good driver.  

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I get that travelling around the world to pose for pictures and walk a million red carpets must loose it’s lustre pretty quickly. Here’s Reese Witherspoon doing a serious fake smile and Robert Pattinson, well he’s having a staring contest with an elephant. Some animals aren’t great to have staring contests with because the eye contact doesn’t really mean anything to them (like reptiles) whereas others will hold a gaze for quite awhile (cats). Anyone know what elephants are like?

Stacey: I like to have staring contests with my female dog, Anni.  But that is because she thinks she is the Alpha female in the house.  And when I win the staring contests it shows that I am the alpha, not her.  I know that sounds weird but it is true.  She adores my husband and I am constantly fighting with her for attention.  In fact, I sometimes think that she is plotting my death so that she can have him all to herself.  If I ever mysteriously go missing, you know who did it.

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You know who else didn’t make our hot list this year? Robert Pattinson.

Look, with the right styling he can be hot but overall he’s not. I like scrawny, troubled musicians and Pattinson still does nothing for me and he’s never really done anything for Stacey so we couldn’t rightfully include him.

And look at this photo. This is supposed to be Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, enjoying his honeymoon with Bella Swan. Edward Cullen who is supposed to have a totally ripped body like a marble sculpture. Uh… ? Ok. Some guys work out when they’re supposed to be playing a shirtless heartthrob, but I guess Pattinson just doesn’t roll like that.

More pics of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart filming a beach scene over at Us Weekly.

Stacey: That is what I never understood about casting R-Pattz…he shares pretty much ZERO characteristics with Edward in the book.  Like, in Breaking Dawn he is pretty much supposed to bang her up and bruise her so badly from being so muscular.  By these pictures it looks like he could do about as much damage as a wet noodle.

Awwww!

For a couple that’s incredibly good about keeping their romance out of the spotlight, it’s rare for us to get any Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart PDA. But here it is. And I gotta say it makes me like them more. Weird, hey?

The two left the Water for Elephants premier together and they actually look really happy. <3

Stacey: Really?  It gives me the creeps for some reason. 

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Never have I agreed more with something Robert Pattinson has said.  Well, not that I pay much attention to him anyways, but this quote from Elle grabbed my attention.  He is being asked about a quote from an author…something about girls butts…you can see it in context here…but his response was this:

“Round female bottoms are very much a miracle”.

Now this is an R-Patz I can get on board with…one that likes big butts.  Because you all know how I feel about big butts.  But in case you didn’t, please see my girl, Coco’s Plixi account…if you are brave enough

I love how proper he is about it though…bottoms.  Teehee.  I am going to start saying “bottoms”.

Tanya: I can’t understand how RPattz can look so hot sometimes (as above) and then so un-hot other times. I don’t think he needs styling to make him look good, I think he intentionally goes out of his way to look like crap when he knows there’s going to be photographers. I had written him off for our hot guys list this year, but then pics like this make me reconsider…

Because “facts” are something that we hold in low esteem around here I’d like to take a quote way out of context and share with you how I read into it.

Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon have a movie coming out called Water for Elephants and this month they’re on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and give the mag an interview. Here’s what Pattinson says in the interview:

Rob, on working with Reese: “There’s something about her. She’s just this genuinely nice person. I don’t know if she puts an effort into creating a nice aura, but her mood dissipates over the whole set. It was a completely different environment from when she wasn’t there. All the kids and the animals were just drawn to her. It made it incredibly easy to do my part – all my reaction shots are just watching her work brilliantly. She’s really cool and she’s just…never, ever annoying. God, that’s the worst description, isn’t it?”

This is how I interpreted that:

“Most of the movies I’ve worked on the actors think they’re entitled superstars and it’s really annoying. It was nice to work with an actual superstar who shows a level of professionalism” which is summarized by saying “my Twilight costars are super annoying”.

Beautiful.

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This is amusing. Some magazine (I think it was OK! but I grabbed this list from I’m Not Obsessed) did a poll on who the most and least desirable celebrity spouses are and this is what they came up with:

Least Desirable Celebrity Husband:

1: Charlie Sheen
2: Mel Gibson
3: Tom Cruise
4: Mickey Rourke
5: Pete Doherty
6: Marilyn Manson
7: David Hasselhoff
8: Ricky Gervais
9: Chris Moyles
10: Wayne Rooney

Least Desirable Celebrity Wife:

1: Amy Winehouse
2: Lindsay Lohan
3: Britney Spears
4: Heather Mills
5: Gwyneth Paltrow
6: Katie Holmes
7: Lady Gaga
8: Madonna
9: Nicole Kidman
10: Sarah Jessica Parker

Most Desirable Celebrity Wife:

1: Natalie Portman
2: Megan Fox
3: Katy Perry
4: Kate Moss
5: Gisele Bundchen
6: Cheryl Cole
7: Christina Hendricks
8: Rihanna
9: Kim Kardashian
10: Kate Middleton

Most Desirable Celebrity Husband:

1: Prince Harry
2: Justin Bieber
3: Robert Pattinson
4: David Beckham
5: Russell Brand
6: Colin Firth
7: Prince William
8: George Clooney
9: Piers Morgan
10: Brad Pitt

I agree with most of the “Least Desirable” spouses list but the “Most Desirable” ones are a bit off. Kate Moss & Gisele Bundchen?? Kate Moss is about as desirable and Pete Doherty and Gisele Bundchen sounds like she takes away your balls once she gets the ring.  As for the men, well, we see the problems right off the bat: Prince Harry and Justin Bieber. Bieber’s balls haven’t dropped yet and Prince Harry would probably be one of those “you’re probably going to see something in the tabloids that looks really bad, but it totally isn’t what it looks like” kinda guys. He’d be fun to date, but I’d say not a desirable husband.

Stacey: Clearly this poll came from somewhere overseas and was filled out by Brits and 12 year olds.  Because people like Kate Moss and Cheryl Cole would not even hit the radar over here.  Ok, Russell Brand over Brad Pitt?  That just doesn’t seem right.

Best Movie Poster Ever.

So who really was the worst  of the worst last year? Here’s the list of the movies, actresses and actors who are nominated for sucking BIG TIME last year. Mostly it’s The Last Airbender, Twilight Eclipse and Sex & the City 2, but you can check out the full list and our opinions after the jump. But first I’d like to defend Twilight Eclipse: sure the acting was full fontrum, and the directing was pretty bad but it is EXACTLY the same as the book and you know the author was on hand to make sure it stayed that way so I’m putting most of the blame for that movie on her, not on the people trying to make it less lame.

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While filming Edward & Bella's honeymoon for Breaking Dawn

Fact: When Robert Pattinson was growing up he wanted to be a rapper.

“You want a secret? OK, how about this – I’ve got a whole collection of tapes of me rapping from when I was 13! I wanted to be a rapper so there are hundreds and hundreds of tapes. They’re very amusing!

“I was obsessed with Eminem when I was younger. When he first came out I was about 12 and fanatical about his ‘Slim Shady’ CD. I think he’s a genius.”

“Most of my rhymes were stolen off other people anyway. They were all like, ‘I was raised on these streets..’,  which was a complete farce because I was actually raised in quite a nice area of London called Barnes. Not very ghetto at all!

“I was obsessed with it all, though. I even had my own little crew – we called ourselves Big Tub and the Tappy Cats.” (from I’m Not Obsessed)

Hahahahahah! Big Tub and the Tappy Cats?? That’s a really terrible name if you want to be a rapper. A great one if you want to be a lounge singer, but if you tried to be a rapper with some “street cred” you’d probably get shot.

I don’t know if Robert Pattinson realizes this, but at this very moment there is someone trying to break into his parents house to get their hands on those tapes.

Stacey: I laughed so hard at this whole story.  It is hilarious.  And made him sound really quite endearing.

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Bella & Edward on their Honeymoon

So Breaking Dawn is filming right now and people are getting all excited about what Bella Swan’s wedding dress will look like. People have thrown around names of some pretty great designers who could be designing it but alas, now it’s rumoured that the plan has changed:

“It’s hideous. And it’s not the designer’s fault. Let’s just say someone who has final say on the matter has decided upon a terribly conservative and ugly gown.”

It’s sad because “Conservative” does NOT have to = “Ugly”. I have seen some fantastic uber-conservative and traditional wedding dresses in my day.

Why can’t Miss Meyer (because we know who that someone totally is) just accept that other people might be able to improve on her work instead of insisting on the creative death grip?

Stacey: “In my day”.  Tan, that makes you sound old.  And Stephanie Meyer is insane, that’s why.

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