Megan Fox tops the 100 Sexiest Women list; it's tax evasion time for Wesley Snipes

Megan Fox out-foxes Jessica Alba

“Transformers” star Megan Fox beat out reigning champ Jessica Alba, who dropped to number three. She was also foxier than Paris Hilton (No. 77), Angela Jolie (No. 12) and Beyonce (No. 20) . Britney hung in at No. 100. Who else made the cut for The 100 Sexiest Women, according to FHM, Men’s Magazine?

 

It's tax evasion time: Actor Wesley Snipes faces time in the slammer

Wesley Snipes is in central Florida to learn his punishment for three misdemeanor tax convictions. A jury found the 45-year-old action star guilty of willfully failing to file taxes for three years, in which the government said he owed $2.7 million. Ummm….how’d he think the IRS wouldn’t miss nearly 3 million dollars? Prosecutors are  pressing the judge for the maximum sentence of three years in prison, saying he dogged the IRS for years. But it does help Snipes to have connections in Hollywood. Apparently Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson submitted letters on Snipes’ behalf about attesting his character.

 

So if she's not being sexy, what's Paris upto? She's looking for a BFF

More than 85,000 people want to be Paris Hilton's best friend. (We are one of them.) The 27-year-old is using the Internet to cast potential friends for her new reality show, "Paris Hilton's My New BFF." The MTV series, which begins production next month, will follow 20 contestants as they live together and vie for the chance to be Hilton's permanent plus-one. Thousands of candidates have posted profiles and videos on ParisBFF.com in hopes of winning a spot on the show. The site has already collected more than 6 million page views since it  went live five weeks ago. And the heiress herself is among those checking out the daily posts. Hilton, also serves as the show's executive producer, talks with the AP in a Q&A about her serious quest for a new BFF.

 

Ashlee's so dodgy about pregnancy

The 23-year-old – who's engaged to Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz – tried her best to avoid answering the million-dollar question during her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (The episode will air today.)  When asked directly, "Are you or are you not pregnant?" Simpson said demurely. : "Well, that has been going on for quite a while. That is something that I choose personally not to discuss." And then she went on to ask the audience if she looked she ate 10 cheeseburgers or something, showing off her stick thin figure.

 

Buddy the 'beautiful bulldog' excels at sleeping, snoring

Those talents were enough to win him a “Beautiful Bulldog” contest in Des Moines Iowa. Three-year-old Buddy was among 50 bulldogs from mostly Midwestern states who came to compete. The beauty contest honors  Drake University’s mascot and one of the events leading up to the Drake Relays, one of the oldest and most prestigious track and field competitions in the U.S.

 

A head in the art game

A Dutch artist has come up with a technique for making realistic life-size models of human heads - out of paper. Bert Simons, 42, from Rotterdam, uses Computer Aided Design and illustration programs to make his 3D paper portraits and sculptures.

 

A minty, carbonated mess

1500 Belgium students created a carbonated mess and broke the World's Record for the largest Coke & Mentos explosion.

See who they out-fizzed

 

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