TOP 50 list of the hottest women of the world, July '98 ======================================================= (Numbers within parenthesis indicates last month's positions) 1 (4) Gillian Anderson, actress, USA 2 (3) Madonna, singer/actress, USA 3 (1) Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, USA 4 (7) Neve Campbell, actress, Canada 5 (17) Jennifer Lopez, actress, USA 6 (2) Meg Ryan, actress, USA 7 (19) Denise Richards, actress, USA 8 (9) Calista Flockhart, actress, USA 9 (5) Kate Winslet, actress, UK 10 (15) Anne Heche, actress, USA 11 (6) Nicole Appleton, singer, Canada 12 (8) Helen Hunt, actress, USA 13 (13) Tea Leoni, actress, USA 14 (10) Jennifer Aniston, actress, USA 15 (23) Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, USA 16 (14) Kim Basinger, actress, USA 17 (38) Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress/singer, USA 18 (16) Melissa Joan Hart, actress, USA 19 (18) Janet Jackson, musician/actress, USA 20 (40) D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, musician, USA 21 (12) Celine Dion, singer, Canada 22 (26) Tori Amos, musician, USA 23 (22) Mariah Carey, musician, USA 24 (24) Jada Pinkett, actress, USA 25 (11) Pam Grier, actress, USA 26 (27) Lisa Kudrow, actress, USA 27 (41) Jenna Elfman, actress, USA 28 (20) Natalie Imbruglia, actress/singer, Australia 29 (30) Shirley Manson, singer, UK 30 (42) Shania Twain, musician, Canada 31 (21) Mira Sorvino, actress, USA 32 (Re) Anna Kournikova, tennis player, Russia 33 (31) Salma Hayek, actress, Mexico 34 (-) Christina Ricci, actress, USA 35 (35) Helen Baxendale, actress, UK 36 (33) Shazney Lewis, singer, UK 37 (29) Sharon Stone, actress, USA 38 (-) Katie Holmes, actress, USA 39 (32) Heather Graham, actress, USA 40 (Re) Andrea Corr, singer/actress, Ireland 41 (45) Demi Moore, actress, USA 42 (-) Sharon Corr, musician, Ireland 43 (25) Helena Christensen, supermodel, Denmark 44 (-) Caroline Corr, musician, Ireland 45 (34) Courteney Cox, actress, USA 46 (28) Angelina Jolie, actress, USA 47 (36) Laetitia Casta, model, France 48 (47) Martina Hingis, tennis player, Switzerland 49 (39) Ashley Judd, actress, USA 50 (44) Minnie Driver, actress, UK Bye to: Geri Halliwell, singer, UK Courtney Love, singer/musician/actress, USA Linda Lampenius, musician, Finland Charlize Theron, actress/model, South Africa Alicia Silverstone, actress/model, USA Georgina Grenville, model, South Africa The list is as usual based on qualities such as beauty, sex appeal, charisma, intelligence, recent efforts and charm. Newcomers in this month's chart: - The highest new entry on this month's list is Anna Kournikova, the talented young tennis player. More popular than any other female athlete right now and just blossomed into womanhood. She is still not ranked as the number one tennis player though, Martina Hingis is still considered to be the best one. Wimbledon has started now, so we can once again enjoy Anna's great play as well as her traditionally short tennis skirts... - A lot of eyebrows were raised when Christina Ricci presented an award during the recently showed MTV Movie Awards ceremony. The girl that most of us know as Wednesday Addams of the Addams family sure had grown up and filled her dress very well. Christina seems to be working hard now, her two latest movies "The opposite of sex" and "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas" actually had their premiere on the same day. A very interesting project that she has in store is "Asylum", a movie which script she has written herself and also will direct. Not bad, huh... - Katie Holmes who stars in the TV series "Dawson's Creek" is one of the biggest new stars of Television. Katie got her break when she auditioned for and got a role in the movie "The ice storm" which also starred another newcomer on this month's list (guess who). Now she also is about to be seen in her first leading role in a movie, called "Disturbing behavior". "Dawson's Creek" will continue in the fall, so American viewers will be able to continue to see her on the small screen then, while some of us still eagerly awaits the premiere of the show in our "backward" home countries... - I couldn't resist doing something that I never have done before, i.e. to let three sisters enter the list at the same time. The three sisters I'm referring to are Andrea, Sharon and Caroline Corr who are three fourths of the Irish group the Corrs. The Corrs have most of their fans in Australia, Ireland and Scandinavia, while they are close to unknown in North America so far. They BTW just have had their commercial breakthrough in the UK as well, with their second album "Talk on Corners" topping the album chart, much thanks to the success of the single "Dream" which began to do well when it was remixed by Tee. The Corrs sisters are breathtakingly beautiful, but also talented musicians, so if you haven't started to enjoy them yet, make sure that you do so ASAP... Movers: - Well, what did you expect anyway? The movie "The X-files: Fight the Future" hit the American box office really hard and just about no one even raised an eye brow. We knew that X-files the movie would do well and it did. Equally obvious is the fact that Gillian Anderson tops this list. Gillian has been one of the most popular actresses in the world for a couple of years now and according to reviews of the movie it is she who carries the movie and makes it a supernatural experience. I don't want to give anything away (OK, so I really do), but Mulder and Scully have been reported to be doing the dirty deed in this movie. Or was that rumor just another conspiracy thingie...? If any of the above made any sense what so ever, let me know. - I'm not sure if there is a point with publishing a top 50 hottest women list this month, since most men in the world actually spend more time watching men than women right now. No, I'm not saying that the world's going gay, just that the World Championship in Soccer is what occupy most men's minds right now. If you don't know what I'm talking about you probably either don't care much for sports or you're an American... - Jennifer Lopez looked really great in the latest issue of "Vanity Fair". She is definitely star quality material and will be one of the leading stars in the beginning of the next millenium. - I was just about ready to actually kick Demi Moore out from the list when she once again manages to create headlines. Yes, this time she is really going to divorce Bruce Willis, something that a lot of us unfortunately had seen coming for years now. Although their marriage was looked upon as one of the most stable ones in Hollywood, both Demi and Bruce have been seen with other people in compromising situations. - The new Smashing Pumpkins album turned out to be even better than I suspected at first. Bass player D'Arcy made a lot of male fans happy during the Pumpkins' European tour recently since she wore a see-through outfit on stage which left little to the imagination. Major bummer for me and a lot of other Swedish fans that it was so cold in Sweden when the band played here that DŽArcy chose to wear a leather jacket covering that transparent shirt... Almost made it into the list (we'll see next month): - Laura Linney, starring in the blockbuster (and new Jim Carrey) movie "The Truman Show". - Sarah O'Hare, Elle isn't the only model that Australia has to offer. - Sandra Bullock, back at last with "Hope Floats". - The youngsters Natalie Portman, Katherine Heigl and Ivanka Trump (model whose father is a rich guy named Donald). - Joey Lauren Adams, yet another American actress who is doing well. - Claire Forlani, perhaps most well-known as one of the "Mallrats". - Cameron Diaz, who really deserve to get back on the list. - Heather Medway, Viper woman. - Stephanie Seymour, who is as popular as ever. - Alyson Hannigan, one of the "Buffy the Slayer" girls. - Brooke Satchwell, Aussie actress, starring in the no 1 soap of Australia, "Neighbours". - Josie Maran, fresh new model. - Tyra Banks, cool supermodel. 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