TOP 50 list of the hottest women of the world, November '98 ============================================================ (Numbers within parenthesis indicates last month's positions) 1 (Re) Alanis Morissette, singer, Canada 2 (2) Cameron Diaz, actress/model, USA 3 (6) Catherine Zeta Jones, actress, UK 4 (19) Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress/singer, USA 5 (5) Calista Flockhart, actress, USA 6 (1) Madonna, singer/actress, USA 7 (14) Courtney Love, singer/musician/actress, USA 8 (7) Helen Hunt, actress, USA 9 (15) Liv Tyler, actress/model, USA 10 (Re) Nicole Kidman, actress, Australia 11 (3) Jenna Elfman, actress, USA 12 (8) Gillian Anderson, actress, USA 13 (4) Lisa Kudrow, actress, USA 14 (Re) Sandra Bullock, actress, USA 15 (10) Katie Holmes, actress, USA 16 (13) Neve Campbell, actress, Canada 17 (12) Jennifer Lopez, actress, USA 18 (11) Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, USA 19 (29) Anne Heche, actress, USA 20 (20) Jennifer Aniston, actress, USA 21 (9) Denise Richards, actress, USA 22 (16) Shania Twain, musician, Canada 23 (40) Janet Jackson, musician/actress, USA 24 (24) Natalie Portman, actress, Israel 25 (27) Mariah Carey, musician, USA 26 (18) Mel B, singer, UK 27 (25) Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, USA 28 (26) Christina Ricci, actress, USA 29 (17) Cindy Crawford, supermodel/TV hostess/actress, USA 30 (37) Salma Hayek, actress, Mexico 31 (22) Meg Ryan, actress, USA 32 (33) Drew Barrymore, actress, USA 33 (30) Melissa Joan Hart, actress, USA 34 (28) D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, musician, USA 35 (21) Natalie Imbruglia, actress/singer, Australia 36 (-) Rose McGowan, actress, USA 37 (23) Shirley Manson, singer, UK 38 (31) Alicia Silverstone, actress, USA 39 (32) Laetitia Casta, model, France 40 (Re) Famke Janssen, actress/model, Holland 41 (Re) Nicole Appleton, singer, Canada 42 (34) Ashley Judd, actress, USA 43 (35) Kate Winslet, actress, UK 44 (39) Courteney Cox, actress, USA 45 (44) Celine Dion, singer, Canada 46 (45) Sarah McLachlan, musician, Canada 47 (43) Sharon Stone, actress, USA 48 (36) Christine Lahti, actress, USA 49 (41) Anna Kournikova, tennis player, Russia 50 (47) Isla Fisher, actress, Australia Bye to: Tea Leoni, actress, USA Andrea Corr, singer/actress, Ireland Patricia Kaas, singer/actress, France Mira Sorvino, actress, USA Samantha Morton, actress, UK Jenny McCarthy, actress/model, USA 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 best-selling record artist of the 90s has just released her new album, "Supposed former infatuation junkie". So how could Alanis Morissette possibly make an album that matches the success of her previous album "Jagged little pill"? Well, the answer is simply that she didn't even try. Alanis is not hungry for commercial success, she is a whole lot more interested in keeping her integrity as an artist and continue to do the kind of music that she wants to do. Listening to her just released album, it is very clear that she has managed to do so and that is quite an achievement. Therefore, there was never a doubt in my mind to welcome Alanis back on the list as the new number one. Great work, Alanis... - The second newcomer on this month's list is the excellent actress (and wife of Tom Cruise) Nicole Kidman. Not only did she manage to take London by storm when she recently starred in the play "The Blue Room" on West End, she has also just released a new movie "Practical Magic" together with another newcomer on the list (Sandra Bullock). - Sandra Bullock is still a very popular lady. Although none of her recent movies have been a major hit at the box office, Sandra manages to keep her fans. To be honest, I wonder if not Sandra, just as Julia Roberts, is better off not having be the center of everyone's attention. I don't really think she liked the hype that surrounded her back in the days when "Speed" just was released, she's probably enjoying life a whole lot more now... - Rose McGowan has always been an interesting actress, ever since "The doom generation" was released. Now, she has made a very smart move to get more attention, i.e. she has become the girlfriend of Marilyn Manson (OK, so I may be a bit cynical this time). The couple is probably the oddest one in L.A. right now and Rose didn't exactly make that less obvious by wearing a dress to the recent MTV video music awards that basically didn't cover much of the essentials... This will probably do wonders for her career so we can only wish her good luck. - Famke Janssen enters the list as the most voted for nominee so I guess that you (as I did) may wonder what this Dutch woman is up to these days (if you even recognize her name). Well, Famke who is mostly known for her role as the bad girl in the Bond movie "Golden Eye" that was released a couple of years ago is now.... - All Saints are nominated for a total of four MTV Europe Video Music Awards. The show is set to take place in November and the girls will probably also make an appearance on the show. I guess Melanie Blatt should be big as a house now, since she is pretty close to giving birth to a child. Anyway, it's not Melanie that enters the list, but her colleague Nicole Appleton, who was voted back on the list after leaving it last month. Good luck with that awards thing, girls! Movers: - I don't think I'm the only one who has noticed this fall's trend in the music video business. Yes, I'm taking about nudity. Alanis Morissette walks around naked in the video to "Thank U", Marilyn Manson is wearing some kind of androgynic semi-naked body suit and Janet Jackson is naked in a pool room in the video to "Every time". I always thought that "Every time" would had been an excellent Christmas single, but with that video I wonder if it has any chance... So, who will be naked in a music video next? Phil Collins perhaps... - Catherine Zeta Jones is well on her way to become a Hollywood mega star now. I can't say that I'm surprised, but it took quite a lot of years for her to make it happen. Rumors has it that she and Antonio Banderas flirted with each other through the whole shooting of "The mask of Zorro" and that Antonio's wife Melanie Griffith constantly had to supervise the on-screen couple. It must be a tough job for Melanie to be married to one of the sexiest men on earth... - Jennifer Love Hewitt is getting lots of attention right now and I couldn't be more happy about it. Love seems to be a really nice person so she really deserves all the success she can get. We will be able to see Love in an upcoming TV movie about Audrey Hepburn. Almost made it into the list (we'll see next month): - Hannah Graaf, model/singer,Sweden - Kari Wuhrer, actress, USA - Jeri Ryan, actress, USA - Nicola Charles, actress, Australia - Patsy Kensit, actress, UK - Charlize Theron, actress/model, South Africa - Minnie Driver, actress, UK - Angelina Jolie, actress, USA - Bobbie Phillips, actress, USA - Katarina Witt, athlete, Germany - Tori Amos, musician, USA - Bridget Fonda, actress, USA - Lauryn Hill, musician, USA - Carmen Electra, actress, USA - Carey Lowell, actress, USA - Sabrina Lloyd, actress, USA - Jamie Lee Curtis, actress, USA - Nina Persson, musician, Sweden Comments, nominations, etc. are as always welcome. Just remember that a nomination such as "Ms. x should be in because of er big hooters" hardly will be taken seriously. Until next month, / Mauvaise Honte