Recently picked to be the cover model for Sports Illustrated coveted swimsuit edition, the young woman is definitely not afraid of over-exposure. She’s the featured “Woman We Love” in this month’s Esquire magazine and in major motion pictures like the Farrelly Brother’s reprise of The Three Stooges. She plays a nun named Bernice and though the trailer for the film is a nightmare, it does have Kate modeling another swimsuit.

Check out the latest ad for MLB 2K12 (which launches in early March). Kate schools big league stars, Justin Verlander, David Price, Jay Bruce and wide-eyed C.J. Wilson.

The issue, which is now available, also features nine magazine covers of athletes past and present represented on the list. Click here to see the pictures.

A spokesperson for GQ explained, “The athletes featured on GQ’s ’25 Coolest’ list were chosen by the editors of the magazine, and were included based on the fact that they excelled in their sport and showed individuality in the way they played, exemplified cool, and had a unique sense of style/appearance — which are reflected in the photos featured on the nine separate covers.”

Here’s their list in alphabetical order. A few may not be familiar to you and a few may not be popular choices but then again…this isn’t Sports Illustrated’s list.

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest. He was stylish from the very start and will forever be associated with the pinnacle of his sport.

Mario Andretti: A name that translates to speed. The playboy race car driver.  Elegant in and out of the car.

Arthur Ashe: Probably didn’t get his due until he became ill. A legend for his sport and considered as much fierce competitor as he was a consummate gentleman.

George Best: The Mickey Mantle of soccer for Manchester United’s legendary teams from 1963 to 74.  Played hard both on and off the field which led to kidney failure.  No stranger to GQ’s men of style lists.

Bjorn Borg:  Stoic. This guy was the stylish ying to McEnroe’s loutish yang.  Long hair with a sweat band won’t usually qualify you for this list, but this guy cleaned up real nice and continues to prosper.

Tom Brady: Made a wife and mother out of a super model. A few Super Bowls and movie star looks. The guy looks good in shoulder pads or tux.

Jim Brown: Widely considered either the baddest man in football or the best the game ever saw.  He considered Hollywood a better fit for a man with his charisma and he was right. 

Julius Erving: Dr. J. was cool even when not in flight on the basketball court. He was Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan.

Walt Frazier: The guy could really wear a fur. Smooth artist on and off Madison Square Garden. One of the all time great Knicks. He wore wide-brimmed hats (a brown velour Borsalino one was his favorite), and sported a low afro and intense muttonchops . He had full-length mink coats and velvet blazers and rolled to his games  in a Rolls Royce.

Bob Gibson: If being the most feared fire-balling pitcher in the majors doesn’t make you cool, then it least will get you on a list through intimidation.

Allen Iverson: I think Yao Ming is cooler. The DailyHelping isn’t so sure about this one. Someone must have asked Iverson to contribute to the list and he put the coolest guy he knew. Himself.

Bo Jackson:  “Bo knows” will always be one of the great ad campaigns. This guy should be more well-known. A remarkable athlete and remarkable man.

Michael Jordan: His Airness.  The Babe Ruth of his sport.

Jean-Claude Killy: The french playboy who could make the downhill look like ballet. The only thing that could bring him down was a lover’s bullet.

Evel Knievel: Eh, not so cool. A redneck who rode his motorcycle over trucks and buses and tried a canyon. He channeled Elvis and only got the belt buckle part right.  His son who followed in his father’s footsteps all the way to the hospital.

Tim Lincecum: The DailyHelping loves this off-beat choice. Some will claim there are better pitchers in the game (see Philadelphia’s current pitching rotation), but few have the engaging personality of “the Freak”.  A bit of a pothead, small stature, huge heart. The guy looks good in a bow tie.

Pete Maravich: Great nickname: Pistol Pete.  Amazing ball handler and a jump shot that was poetry in vertical motion.  A sharp dressed man when off the court.

Joe Namath:  The coolest the NFL ever had. Bold predictions, bar owner, ladies man who also looked good in panty hose.

The guy had a bunch of nicknames but the two most associated with the guy was “Broadway Joe” when off the field and “Joe Cool” when leading the Jets.

Arnold Palmer: The Babe Ruth of his sport.

Pelé:  The first guy in sports who only used one name. International cool with a patented “bicycle kick” that kids emulated for decades.

Gary Player: Looked great in black. The best thing about South Africa when it was not a cool place. Unflappable, handsome and skilled. This guy is definitely one of the coolest golfers of all time…and let’s face it, golf is not a cool sport.

Derek Sanderson: Probably a worse choice than Iverson or Knieval. A former Jet receiver and party guy with Namath. Maybe there’s a spot for a wing man on this list.

Kelly Slater: A surfer. GQ has had a thing for this guy and it’s probably because he’s one of the few surfer guys who was willing to put on a shirt, long pants and a jacket. He’s also apparently the best in his sport.

Ken Stabler: “The Snake” was quarterback on a very cool team, The Oakland Raiders. Like the Captain of a pirate ship.

Ted Turner:  Launched a network, built up the Atlanta Braves and dated Jane Fonda. He also had an excellent mustache and could wear a yacht cap without looking like Thurston Howell III.

American actress, Julianne Moore has continually proven time and time that she is more than just a talented actress, she’s also fearless. Her characters tend to be elegant even when given a crazy Boston accent in NBC’s “30 Rock”.

Ms Moore has established herself as one of our generation’s best actresses, but now she’s cashing in on her natural beauty. For example there are the pictorials for Bulgari Though not revered in the same manner as say…Meryl Streep; her reputation prompts great expectations.  A few nude scenes don’t hurt either.

“Chloe” (’09) is a recent sexual noir piece where she plays a doctor who hires an escort to seduce her husband, just to see if he would cheat.  Eventually everyone jumps Chloe’s (Amanda Seyfried) bones. A movie to own this holiday season.

“The Kids Are All Right“(’10), is an even more current, critically-acclaimed effort  where she plays a lesbian parent married to Annette Bening (“American Beauty“, “The American President”).

Early in her career, Julianne was already making impressions with her fem fatale turn in “The Big Lebowski” (’98).

She also has a pretty explicit bedroom scene in Madonna’s trashy sex thriller, “Body of Evidence” (’93).  This is a tough recommendation because aside from her highly erotic scene, the rest of the movie is pretty bad.

For a full taste of Ms Moore’s abilities as an actress and natural sex appeal Daily Helping strongly suggests you see the powerful film, “Blindness” (‘o8).  Her role is quite demanding as the only sighted person left after a sudden mass blindness has turned the world upside down.  It’s a movie that challenges it’s viewer and is rich in suspense.

Kim Kardashian is a high profile member of a family found on the E Network, called, “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, has given us a good reason. She got naked and was then painted in silver.

Kim is perhaps the most exposed of the Kardashian brood.  (Her step-father, Olympic great Bruce Jenner, tends to wander about with a perplexed look on his heavily botoxed face).  Kim has recently done a fairly racy pictorial for W magazine and given the silver coating…DailyHelping would like to share these pictures with it’s discerning readership.

Click on the picture to see the entire pictorial.

Selling the entertainment industry as well as the general public seems like territory not mined this well since the days of Andy Kaufman who could often stun close friends and family with his crazy wrestling and lounge lizard incarnations.

Phoenix grew a Taliban-quality beard and dressed shabbily. His interviews (most notable a barely coherent interview with David Letterman in 2008) sold everyone who saw them that “Hip-Hop” or not, the young actor had probably lost his mind.  It wasn’t unreasonable to believe the actor wasn’t serious, given his disappearance from the screen over time.

The documentary filmed by long time actor friend, Casey Affleck, has many scenes that are uncomfortable to watch. At one point in the film it appears as if Phoenix is having a nervous breakdown.  All staged. All filmed over and over until it was right. So effective has been this hoax that one has to wonder what possible professional fallout may come.

Though some participants were never made aware that a scam was going on…(apparently Letterman was clueless), every single frame of the film was fake. An early clip of what is said to be Joaquin as a child is also a fake.

“I’m Still Here” opened in New York two  weeks ago and will begin expanding into further markets.

One can only hope that now that the cat is out of the bag, that Phoenix is coming back to acting.  Crazy as he has to be to immerse himself into a character for two years,  but the guy is a talent.

A sad day in the Hip-Hop universe as Hollywood reclaims one of it’s own.

The Coen’s have put together quite a cast. (One can imagine that most A-listers line up to get a part in their efforts). Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper and Hailee Steinfeld  as a young girl who secures the expertise of old, oft-drunk U.S. Marshal, Rooster J. Cogburn (Bridges) and young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Damon) to track down her father’s killer, Tom Chaney (Brolin), who has taken to a gang led by “Lucky” Ned Pepper (Pepper).

Apparently Matt Damon hadn’t seen the John Wayne version and hadn’t realized his part was played by Country and Western star, Glen Campbell, in what would be his first and  last dramatic role.

He told Entertainment Weekly: “The only reason I know I’m playing Glenn Campbell’s old part is that people keep asking me if I’m going to be singing in the movie. But our movie is totally different. Joel & Ethan just stumbled upon the book and were like, ‘Oh God, this is terrific. The dialogue is just fantastic!’ ”

There’s nothing more enjoyable than a well-scripted western. From Deadwood to The Unforgiven, this is something to look forward to on December 25th, (other than Christmas).

Apparently Mr. West has recently discovered Twitter and is prolific in sharing his never ending flow of wisdom, social commentary and unfettered stream of consciousness.  So random and odd are some of his “tweets” that he’s quickly become a widely followed scribe.

On their own, the “self-absorbed one” puts out  entertaining bits of fluff…but paired as a caption to a random New Yorker cartoon, the result is gold. Kanye gold.

Click on the cartoon for more.

On Tuesday, Playboy Enterprises Inc. launched a website that will be cleaned up and safe to browse.  Even conscious of the implied message that their name and logo conjure, the site will go by a more palatable name.  TheSmokingJacket.com. (More like Hef, less like the Girls Next Door)

TheSmokingJacket.com will contain no nudity instead go with  humor to reach Playboy’s target demographic, men 25 to 34 years old. They also tend to send a lot of cartoons and jokes online.

“A lot of our audience logs on (to Playboy.com) after work and we saw that we were missing a golden opportunity to reach guys when they’re online the most: when they’re sitting at their desk, not working, sending e-mails to their friends,” said Jimmy Jellinek, Playboy’s editorial director.

The site, named after one of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s favorite pieces of clothing (silkpajamas.com was taken), won’t include the long interviews or in-depth articles found in Playboy. Think People magazine but more fun.

The site will still tease. This is still Playboy, after all and man doesn’t live on dirty viral jokes and Axe ads alone .  There will be  some pictorials that are relatively tame by comparison to the parent online magazine Playboy.com. the Playboy archives with photographs like those from the 1983 Playmate Playoffs, in which bathing suit-clad women competed in games such as a tug-of-war. The idea that you can just forget about the site while at work is somewhat foolish as well. The large print article headers still boldy declare that they can provide you with “7 Signs You’ve Given Up On Getting Laid”.

“The ideal is to be … the go-to site for those who are bored at work,” said Matt Gibbs, the lead producer of the site.

Because “Playboy” is just the kind of word that has companies putting up firewalls to keep their workers’ minds on their jobs, the only thing in the name that suggests Playboy is behind the site are the bunny ears inside the ‘o’ in “TheSmokingJacket.”

The site will be updated continually in the hopes that men will return to it throughout the work day.