TOP 50 list of the hottest women of the world, August '96 ========================================================= (Numbers within parenthesis are last months positions) 1 (2) Pamela Anderson Lee, actress/model, Canada 2 (3) Alanis Morissette, singer, Canada 3 (5) Liv Tyler, actress/model, USA 4 (4) Salma Hayek, actress, Mexico 5 (10) Emma Thompson, actress/writer, UK 6 (1) Teri Hatcher, actress, USA 7 (19) Lauryn "L" Hill, singer/rapper, USA 8 (17) Sandra Bullock, actress, USA 9 (8) Mira Sorvino, actress, USA 10 (13) Alicia Silverstone, actress/model, USA 11 (9) Jennifer Aniston, actress, USA 12 (12) Gillian Anderson, actress, USA 13 (7) Susan Sarandon, actress, USA 14 (20) Juliette Lewis, actress, USA 15 (18) Demi Moore, actress, USA 16 (21) Madonna, singer/actress, USA 17 (11) Neve Cambell, actress, Canada 18 (16) Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress/singer, USA 19 (6) Julianna Margulies, actress, USA 20 (24) Tyra Banks, supermodel/actress, USA 21 (14) Sharon Stone, actress, USA 22 (15) Angela Bassett, actress, USA 23 (31) Elle MacPherson, supermodel/actress, Australia 24 (33) Bjork, singer, Iceland 25 (22) Julia Ormond, actress, UK 26 (25) Fran Drescher, actress, USA 27 (23) Elisabeth Shue, actress, USA 28 (28) Helena Christensen, supermodel, Denmark 29 (27) Lisa Kudrow, actress, USA 30 (50) Uma Thurman, actress, USA 31 (26) Josie Bissett, actress, USA 32 (30) Sherry Stringfield, actress, USA 33 (-) Cameron Diaz, actress/model, USA 34 (32) Nicole Kidman, actress, Australia 35 (39) Heather Locklear, actress, USA 36 (29) Cybill Shepherd, actress/model/singer, USA 37 (-) D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, musician, USA 38 (35) Julia Roberts, actress, USA 39 (46) Daisy Fuentes, model/TV host, USA 40 (44) Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, USA 41 (37) Naomi Cambell, supermodel/actress, UK 42 (47) Courteney Cox, actress, USA 43 (Re) Shirley Manson, singer, UK 44 (41) Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, actress, USA 45 (Re) Meg Ryan, actress, USA 46 (34) Nadja Auermann, supermodel, Germany 47 (-) Brett Butler, actress, USA 48 (36) Shalom Harlow, supermodel, Canada 49 (45) Claudia Schiffer, supermodel, Germany 50 (48) Elizabeth Hurley, actress/model, UK Bye to: Dolores O'Riordan, singer, Ireland Tori Amos, singer, USA Gina G, singer, Australia Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, USA Cindy Crawford, supermodel/actress, USA The list is as usual based on qualities such as beauty, sex appeal, charisma, intelligence, recent efforts and charm. Although it may not seem so, THE LIST IS BASED ON A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE OF THINGS. Newcomers in this months chart: - Cameron Diaz has a lot of movies going on right now. She is making or has already made "She's the One" with Jennifer Aniston, "My Best Friend's Wedding" with Julia Roberts, "Head Above Water" with Harvey Kietel and "Feeling Minnesota" with Courtney Love and Keanu Reeves. Is she busy or what? - Smashing Pumpkins has had a lot of problems lately. First, a fan was crushed to death during a concert in Ireland and then help keybordist Jonathan Melvoin died of a drug overdose. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was also arrested for possession of drugs and has been kicked out of the band. Female bass player D'Arcy is however still in the group and the video to "Tonight, tonight", inspired by early science fiction movies, is one of the best so far this year. - Shirley Manson, singer in Garbage made a quick comeback to the list, after being away for just a month. Garbage are about to start their European tour now, after having to cancel their tour with Smashing Pumpkins for obvious reasons (see above). - Meg Ryan is a helicopter pilot in her new movie "Courage Under Fire", but if you think that that was a tough role for her, she will surely disagree. According to Meg, making it look like she was flying a helicopter well was no problem at all. - The Brett Butler who is the last newcomer on this month's list is not Brett Butler, the baseball player, but Brett Butler, the star of "Grace under fire". A southern lady who always wants to have the last word and you can bet that it will be both funny and mean. Movers: - It has been kind of a slow month (the media industry has concentrated on the Summer Olympics), so Pamela Anderson Lee could quite easily finally make it to #1. Isn't a bit tacky though to publish the first pictures of you and your baby just a couple of weeks after it has been born? On the other hand I guess that is better than to knock down photographers that gets to close, like Alec Baldwin has been known to do after his wife Kim Basinger has had her kids. - Emma Thompson had a vacation on the isle of Lesbos with a girlfriend. Now, is she trying to tell us something about her sexuality or am I jumping to conclusions here (just kidding)? - Elle McPherson is according to the tabloids now romantically involved with none other than mr. boredom himself, Kevin Costner. Hope she at least can get some good roles in a couple of movies out of that relationship... Almost made it into the list (we'll see next month): - Linda Evangelista, supermodel with a hairy attitude. - Jamie Lee Curtis, always witty and well dressed. - Jenny McCarthy, MTV's little blonde playmate. - Toni Braxton, sexy soul singer with new album out. - Kyra Sedgwick, starring towards John Travolta in "Phenomenom". - Janeane Garofalo, one heck of a comedian. Comments, nominations, etc. are as always welcome. Just remember that a nomination such as "Ms. x should be in because of her big hooters" hardly will be taken seriously. Until next month, //////////////////// // Mauvaise Honte // ////////////////////