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Case in point, Charlie Sheen. Though more a fan of his work in Platoon, Wall Street and Eight Men Out. The fun-loving star of the insipid “Two and a Half Men”, continues to raise eyebrows given his voracious affection for porn stars, drugs and bad marriages.  Some say Charlie is crying out for help. The DailyHelping would love to be his “wing man”.

A recent co-celebrant, porn thespian Kacey Jordan, recently fired off into the tweetisphere a picture of a coffee table and all the supplies necessary to help make the night something special. Included in the picture, (shown below) is Ms Jordan’s crotch. This is perhaps to give the picture perspective.

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• Mouthwash
• Coca-Cola
• Lysol wipes
• Prescription drugs
• Fiji water
• Marlboros
• Cologne
• “Bedhead After Party” hair cream
• Lube
• An Ikea “Magiker” coffee table
• Ms Jordan’s crotch.

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.

Here is a complete list of nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE:
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
BEST DIRECTOR:
“Black Swan”  –  Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter”  –  David O. Russell
“The King’s Speech”  –  Tom Hooper
“The Social Network”  –  David Fincher
“True Grit”  –   Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful” (Mexico)
“Dogtooth” (Greece)
“In a Better World” (Denmark)
“Incendies” (Canada)
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” (Algeria)
MUSIC (SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”  –  John Powell
“Inception”  –  Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”  –  Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”  –  A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”  –  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (SONG)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3″ Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“True Grit”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”
“I Am Love”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Tempest”
“True Grit”
MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version”
“The Way Back”
“The Wolfman”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Day & Night”
“The Gruffalo”
“Let’s Pollute”
“The Lost Thing”
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Confession”
“The Crush”
“God of Love”
“Na Wewe”
“Wish 143″
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
SOUND EDITING
“Inception”
“Toy Story 3″
“Tron: Legacy”
“True Grit”
“Unstoppable”
SOUND MIXING
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“Salt”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″
“Hereafter”
“Inception”
“Iron Man 2″

If you click on the picture below you’ll get more beach shots. Please note that they are all NSFW.

All the Dude wanted to do was abide.

Public television in America,known as PBS, will open it’s 25th season of it’s highly respected series, American Masters with an episode devoted to the work of veteran actor, Jeff Bridges.  With 40 years on the big screen, Bridge’s reputation is that of a consummate leading man and superior character actor, elevated to the rarefied air of Oscar winner just last year for his turn as Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart”.

The American Masters series is notable for the elevated caliber of it’s subjects. Past subjects have been includes profiles of such American artists as Charlie Chaplin, Andy Warhol, Charlie Parker, Martha Graham, Eugene O’Neill, Paul Simon, and Leonard Bernstein. Clearly the Dude has done well.

The 90-minute film, which will be aired nationally on Wednesday, January 12 comes with Bridges having two movies out in the theaters. He’s in the 3-D cartoon Tron Legacy – reprising a role he played back in 1982, and as Rooster Cogburn in the Coan Brother’s remake of “True Grit”, a film mentioned several times here at DailyHelping.

Shown here is a clip from PBS’s American Masters, Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides. In what must have felt completely surreal for everyone involved, the cameras follow Bridges into a small Greenwich Village shop that caters to everything Lebowski. The proprietor in keeping with the flavor of this claustrophobic shrine to the cult hit, attends to the register in flip-flops, bathrobe and shades.  What makes watching this clip so enjoyable is the obvious amusement of this remarkably mellow celebrity.  Enjoy.

Ordinarily the staff would provide a yuletide image of some sort, contributing to the holiday atmosphere found on the web. This year, in an effort to capture more attention than the ‘next guy’, we’ve opted for something more naughty than nice.

This little pictorial from the good people at SapphicErotica.com should provide just enough Ho, Ho, Hoes.  Click on the picture of Salma and Karie and you should be able to see all the holiday cheer a person could ask for…Merry Christmas.