Video: Yvonne Strahovski appears in College Humor's "Three Pop Stars, One Song"

"I'm from the year 3000. I'm here to eat your penis."

Chuck's Yvonne Strahovski gets her very own College Humor showcase, in this spoof music video where she takes on the guises of Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Lady Gaga. It's the not-entirely-funny "Three Pop Stars, One Song" music video! But it's worth watching just to see Yvonne wearing a cream-spurting bra and (to a much lesser extent) blowing chunks into a toilet bowl. It's fun seeing her doing something outside of Chuck, anyway.

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Yvonne Strahovski in Pop Magazine

I thought I'd upload this photoshoot of Chuck's Yvonne Strahovski from the latest issue of Pop magazine. Hey, it's Christmas, updates are slow, and she was recently voted the Sexiest Woman of 2010 by Buddy TV, so why not?

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Karen Gillan is 'Miss Universe' for ShortList magazine

I could pretend this post isn't an excuse to post Karen Gillan's sexy photoshoot for ShortList magazine, but you'd see straight through me. There's not much TV to review this week, so please indulge me. I'm sure plenty of people will appreciate reading the Doctor Who star's interview with said publication, but twice as many will be gawping at the leggy photos. To try and add some professionalism here, the Doctor Who festive special "A Christmas Carol" is set to premiere on Christmas Day (BBC/BBC America). I'm sure you know that already, so onto the photos:

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Yvonne Strahovski is... 28 today!

Chuck cutie Yvonne Strahovski was born 28 years ago this very day. There's no other reason for this post, other than the opportunity to upload a sexy photo of Ms Strahovski and wish her a happy birthday. Mission accomplished. Many happy returns!

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Yvonne Strahovski: Saturday Night Magazine

Yvonne Strahovski doing a magazine photoshoot is rarer than chicken teeth, so I think it's worth alerting fellow admirers of her appearance in the current issue of Saturday Night Magazine. You can read their interview with Yvonne here, and there are a few more photos to ogle admire below:

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Face-Off Result: The Cheerleaders [Poll]

My inaugural Face-Off poll came to a close yesterday. I asked you to vote for your favourite TV cheerleader, with Heroes' Hayden Panettiere and Glee's Dianna Agron as the two options. The voting was literally neck-and-neck for the majority of the week, but the last few days saw one competitor slowly pull ahead. 66 people registered their vote and the winner was: Hayden Panettiere with 56%, to Dianna Agron's 43%. For all Quinn Fabray fans, she put up a strong fight against a more famous actress, more closely associated with cheerleading, and from a show that's been around longer. So, there was no dishonour in defeat. The next Face-Off poll will go live later today, so keep an eye out.

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Face-Off: The Cheerleaders [Poll]

I have a new game! The idea behind this one is to hold a week-long poll to determine people's favourite TV/film characters that are similar in some way (occupation, name, archetype, actor, etc.) To get us started, it's a "Battle Of The TV Cheerleaders", as Heroes' Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere) goes up against Glee's Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron). One's an indestructible superhero, the other's a pregnant singer... but who's your favourite? Please cast your vote in the poll below:

This poll will close on Saturday 6 March. The results and a new Face-Off will be posted on Sunday 7 March. If you have a suggestion for a face-off, please e-mail me, and you'll be credited if I use your idea.

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Sexiest Women On TV 2010: #10 - 1

Here we go! The Top 10 Sexiest Women On TV 2010. Please check out part 1, 2 and 3 if you haven't done so already, but here's the final ten for those who have...

She's dropped five places this year because, well, the days of the cheerleader costume are long gone on Heroes, but Hayden Panettiere's still cute as a button and season 4 titillated us with a lesbian kiss -- even if the show just didn't have the maturity to take Claire's sexuality anywhere interesting. Still, Hayden's a diminutive, curvy treat for the eyes. And here she is on a shoot for Self magazine:

A slight drop two places, as Tricia Helfer's status as the statuesque bombshell on Battlestar Galactica kind of got forgotten about in the final season (not least because of an on-screen pregnancy), but she fought back with a guest spot on Chuck as a super-spy who got to wear a rubber police uniform for a pole/lapdance sequence. It wasn't really as hot as you're perhaps imagining (Chuck's a family show), but how can you not find your heart skipping a beat when scenes like that happen? Anyway, here she is posing for an issue of Maxim magazine, with BSG co-star Grace Park:

Quite a tumble down the chart from 4 to 8, once again because Ali Larter's role on Heroes was significantly reduced and, beyond a few near-naked shots the writers threw fans of hers, there wasn't too much to get hot-under-the-collar about in season 3 or 4 of the superhero drama.

Our first new entry in the Top 10 is former-Firefly babe Morena Baccarin, who's now playing the lead sexy alien in the remake of V. In a grey suit and pixie haircut, Morena's elfin goodlooks and svelte physique are certainly enough to charm most men into alien servitude. Here's a quick video of Morena, with V co-stars Elizabeth Mitchell and Scott Wolf, behind-the-scenes for a TV Guide shoot:

Yet another victim of a drop down the chart, Summer Glau falls four places to land at #6, primarily because the final seasons of both Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse didn't do much to promote Summer's sexuality. Still, she's always very cute and her role as an egghead on Dollhouse was sweetly done, which ensured she didn't slip put of the Top 10 this year. Here's Summer on a photoshoot with GQ magazine last year:

Our second new entry for 2010, Eliza Dushku's lead role on Dollhouse was perfect the perfect way to tease audiences with a variety of saucy outfits and her appearance in a tastefully nude advertising campaign. Considering the show's parallels to a high-tech brothel, it was no surprise to see the writers find ways to put Eliza in knee-high socks, short skirts and dominatrix leather every other week. Last year Eliza posed for Maxim as their March covergirl, so why not take a look behind-the-scenes:

Unarguably the most successful new entrant, if only because India de Beaufort's placing is based entirely on six appearances in comedy dud Krod Mandoon & The Flaming Sword Of Fire. Maybe it's adolescent memories of Xena at play here, but there's just something about longhaired girls in medieval garb showing plenty of thigh. India played a promiscuous, feisty warrioress in this short-lived series, and her fun attitude and beaming smiles were its only highlight. And yes, after the pagan striptease sequence below, I'm not surprised she became a few people's favourite pinup.

I haven't seen much of Smallville, where Laura Vandervoort played the leggy Supergirl for awhile, otherwise she'd have been a veteran of SWOT by now. Thankfully, she's now playing a sweet alien teen in V, who's designed to be every randy teenage boy's fantasy girl come true. It's a job well done. The fact her character's actually a gross green lizard underneath that flesh? Ignorance is bliss. Anyway, here's a rather good video montage someone put together of Laura, set to Beyonce's "Halo":

The highest new entry this year is the best thing the Cassidt family Cassidy ever did; create the stunning beauty that is actor/singer David Cassidy's daughter, Katie Cassidy -- best known to me thanks to her role as the plucky bride in Harper's Island, but also now playing a bitch on Melrose Place. Basically, imagine a healthier-looking Megan Fox without the ugly tattoos, who can actually act. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Katie's shoot for Saturday Night Magazine last year:

Predictable? Yeah, maybe. For the second year running Yvonne Strahovski is still my #1, although there are worrying signs she might not be next year. Don't get me wrong, I still think she's dazzlingly cute and a genuinely pleasant and humble person in real life, too, but her character on Chuck's beginning to grow tiresome. A lot of that is because Yvonne's rarely allowed to smile -- instead, her character's usually required to look pensive, upset or moody. And that's a shame, because whenever Yvonne's gets to play sexy, playful and funloving, you're in for a good time watching her. Still, her regular sexy scenes and variety of revealing dresses/costumes are still a source of delight for "Strahotski" admirers, which is great. But I do wish they'd just let her have some fun on the show. Anyway, she's still wonderful, and fans are still making funky video montages of her like the one below:

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Sexiest Women On TV 2010: #19 - 11

The penultimate part of my annual Sexiest Women On TV countdown is here for the final weekend! If you haven't already, please check out part 1 and part 2, before continuing with #19 below...

She's dropped a mammoth 16 places from #3 in my list because, well, she hasn't been on TV all that much in 2009. But Kristen Bell's stint in Heroes' third season guaranteed her a place somewhere, so the blonde cutie will have to make do with the outer fringes of my Top 20.

The super-hot January Jones has to play a quiet housewife in Mad Men, with only rare opportunities to rock some '60s fashions, but January's glassy beauty still shines through the demure, introverted Betty Draper. And how could you not at least fall in love with her name?

Her enormous beaming smiles and effervescent Southern élan caught my eye during True Blood's second season, even if it was all cranked up to the max to try and overwhelm you with gooey sweetness. Still, petite Anna Camp's toothy cuteness and, ahem, a certain bath tub scene, assured her an appearance in SWOT10.

The heroine of True Blood herself, Anna Paquin's single-handedly made tight white tops and tiny black skirts a waitress uniform I think all bars should adopt. Factor in her doe-eyes, gapped tooth and partiality to nudity for her art, and I think it's clear why the former-X Girl's at #16.

I keep coming back to this summation: Katie McGrath is basically Keira Knightley's tomboy sister. She gets to wear a variety of beautiful coloured gowns for telefantasy Merlin, with porcelain white skin and bright lipsticks. The fact she's a villainess-in-waiting only adds to the sexy sense of danger.

To be honest, I don't watch much of The Mentalist, and I doubt there are many police officers with the broad-shouldered fitness of Amanda Righetti out there in real life.

She's been missing from SWOT these past few eyars, but Elisha Cuthbert earns back a placing because she starred in enough season 7 episodes of 24 to be eligible. While looking a little older than her Girl Next Door prime, Elisha's still one of the hotter petite blondes around, and possibly still has the cuter features than all the others combined.

She was #6 last year, but 2009 wasn't a great year for the beautiful Michelle Ryan. Sure, there was a high-profile Doctor Who role last Easter, but that was followed by dud rom-com Mister Eleven on ITV. Sigh. It's a shame, because Michelle just has an innate likeability that makes her sexiness all the hotter because, well, she just seems more attainable somehow. You know you don't have a chance with 99% of the people on this list, but Michelle's in that elusive 1%. Or so it seems.

Deborah Ann Woll stole the show from under the noses of her more prolific co-stars in True Blood last year, playing naughty vampire teen Jessica, whose puppy love relationship with yokel Hoyt often steamed up the screen more effectively than the Paquin/Moyer coupling. Adorable, pale-skinned, red-haired, long-legged and with a megawatt smile, hopefully we'll see more of Ms Woll in season 3.

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Sexiest Women On TV 2010: #39 - 20

The annual Sexiest Women On Television list continues with part 2 below, and the final two parts should arrive next weekend. But, for now, enjoy #39 onwards...

Another casualty of Pushing Daisies' cancellation, but petite n' busty Kristen Chenoweth will hardly struggle to find work. She can sing, she can act, she's perfect for a multitide of quirky/ditzy roles that crop up with great regularity. She's already appeared in Glee, which gave her the chance to sing, grin and act like a crazy drunk. (USA, DOB: 24 July 1968)

Her character was a detestable pain on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, so that colours how you perceive Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen slightly. But it's also the sign of a good actress, as I doubt she's that horrible in real-life. Right? (AUS, DOB: 22 June 1980)

A very beautiful, willowy beauty, brought back into Prison Break for its final season, despite the fact her character (supposedly) had her head cut off in season 3. TV, eh. A mass outcry eventually led to Sarah Wayne Callies' return (with head), and fans were even treated to a few scenes of Callies in a bikini to make amends. (USA, DOB: 1 June 1977)

The tweety-voiced, buxom ex-girlfriend of Kenny Powers in HBO's Eastbound & Down, Katy Mixon's the sweet country gal with the calendar pinup goodlooks. (USA, DOB: May 1981)

The dimunitive Courtney Ford co-starred in the fourth season of Dexter, playing the sly reporter who would regularly go topless to remind you Dexter's on subscription-only cable. She also has interesting family connections; her husband's is hunky Superman star Brandon Routh, and she's the stepsister of screenwriters Robert and J.R Orci, who work on Fringe. I'm willing to bet she'll make an appearance on that show someday, although the nudity probably won't feature. (USA, DOB: 7 June 1978)

The sweet, sexy and posh Lucy Brown stopped fighting dinosaurs midway through Primeval's third series, to get a job on the NBC's shortlived The Philanthropist. Who knows what lays in store for her in 2010, but it would be a shame if Lucy was off the box for too long. (UK, DOB: 13 February 1979)

The Summer Glau lookalike is one of very few female characters on Stargate Universe, and the writers didn't waste much time giving Elyse Levesque a (sanitized) shower scene, either. I'm sure most people aren't complaining too much about that, but I'm just saying. (CAN, DOB: 10 September 1985)

Her unique features are a result of her Indian mother (of Tibet descent) and Australian father, and Dichen Lachman has been gaining lots of attention from fans of TV's now-defunct Dollhouse, where she regularly put in far more realistic and compelling performances than its star, Eliza Dushku. (AUS, DOB: 22 February 1982)

She was the cute new secretary on Mad Men who fell into bed with her silver fox boss, then turned up on FlashForward as a cute babysitter. Well, I say cute, but that's really just how she's presented in those show -- truth is, I think Peyton List's a bit edgier than her recent subservient roles would have us believe. Mesmerizing eyes, too... (USA, DOB: 8 August 1986)

The one girl I think we'd all love to be stranded on a desert island with (without Jorge Garcia playing gooseberry), is Evangeline Lilly. As Lost's story has evolved, we get less of her character swimming in island pools or strolling around beaches looking hot in swimwear (that survived the crash, thank Jacob), but instead she's more likely to be rocking a figure-hugging powersuit... or, well, DHARMA-issue overalls. A pity, but the story can't be dictated by Ms. Lilly's attire, can it. (USA, DOB: 3 August 1979)

She almost didn't make my list this year, as she no longer co-stars in Robin Hood, but she sneaked in because of her role in ITV's five-part drama Collision. Lucy Griffiths ditched the pastel-coloured medieval dresses, and grabbed herself a rather unflattering tabard to play a motorway services waitress. Still, she still kept that down-to-earth, slightly tomboyish appeal. (UK, DOB: 10 October 1986)

I'd love her to put on a few pounds in weight, as she's about as thin as the stalk on the flower she shares a name with, but Rose Byrne is still an incredibly attractive woman with a face that appears to have exquisitely carved out of marble. Her lawyer character in Damages isn't much of a smiler, because she rarely has much to be happy about ever since her on-screen fiance was murdered, which is a shame. (AUS, DOB: 24 July 1979)

Ashley Jones played the hot new waitress in Merlotte's for season 2 of True Blood, quickly turning owner Sam's head and luring him into taking naked dips in a lake, before having sex on the bar's pool table (I hear they're still missing a few balls, too.) (USA, DOB: 3 September 1976)

The best one-word description I can find is still "voluptuous". Christina Hendricks is still turning men's heads in the offices of Sterling Cooper in Mad Men as Joan, and making a lot of women secretly ache for her '60s fashions, hourglass figure and rather impressive bosom. (USA, DOB: 3 May 1975)

The biggest crime of Battlestar Galactica was how so many of its female cast were stuck wearing green jumpsuits and bulky helmets for four seasons. Grace Park is one such lady, whose cute features and lithe physique only really got people's attention in the pages of various magazines. (USA, DOB: 14 March 1974)

Willowy Cameron Richardson played bride-to-be Chloe in Harper's Island, but has the expected background as a model due to the quirky look she adds to the otherwise traditional tall, blonde, thin catwalker. (USA, DOB: 11 September 1979)

I wasn't a fan of Lena Headey's performance as Sarah Connor on the ill-fated sci-fi series, but she can certainly glower and pout with the best of them. It's a shame her athletic, tattoo'd, tough demeanour didn't quite translate into an appealing heroine on television. (UK, DOB: 3 October 1973)

Alison Brie's a bit of a secret, really. Her character on Mad Men, Trudy Campbell, doesn't have the overt sexuality of Christina Hendricks or January Jones, nor the screen presence of Elisabeth Moss, so most people just forget she's there. Well, this just goes to prove how good a chameleon the actress is, as she's actually one of the sexier ladies on that show (if a little gawky, in a cute way.) I guess fans of Community may have realized, but everyone else should go type "Alison Brie Complex magazine" into Google. (USA, DOB: 29 December 1983)

Quite possible one of the hottest mums on television in Dexter, Julie Benz is now causing mischief on Wisteria Lane as a lesbian pole-dancer in Desperate Housewives. Now that's the kind of career progression I think we can all support. An attractive and sexy woman, yet somehow rather humble with a tangible "loveliness" to her. (USA, DOB: 1 May 1972)

She may have spent the past few years playing a psychologically and physically scarred doctor whose fashion sense only stretches to white coats, but I think Amy Acker's fans already know there's an altogether sexier actress bursting to get out. Tall, elegant, slim, and leggy, fingers crossed she gets to leave the lab coat behind for future roles. (USA, DOB: 5 December 1976)

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