NGAA: First Round

Sorry all for the delay in getting this out. I got, um, distracted by St. Patrick’s. I'll get up the second round as fast as humanly possible. Enjoy! [This is an expandable post.]

Play-In Game

Alexis Bledel 69
Lacey Chabert 66

Los Angeles-Young Actress Region

Rachel McAdams(1) 91
Alexis Bledel(16) 61

BONUS COVERAGE: Let me be the first to give props to these two ladies. McAdams is an established beauty with the potential to go real deep in this tourney. Bledel is real comparable in the looks department and is sure to make a run in the future.

Natalie Portman(8) 85
Kirsten Dunst(9) 86(ot)

BONUS COVERAGE: Best game of the first two days of the tourney. At the end of regulation, the game was all knotted up at 68 (there’s a simulated OT period). Both ladies exploded in overtime, but Kirsten Dunst was able to hold the always-bizarre Natalie Portman.

S. Michelle Gellar(5) 71
Alyson Hannigan(12) 64

BONUS COVERAGE: Absolutely tears my ass up to see Hannigan go down here. She’s a cute redhead with freckles. I guess this is what March Misogyny is all about.

Scarlett Johansen(4) 81
Katie Holmes (13) 61

Jessica Alba (6) 72
Kate Hudson (11) 62

BONUS COVERAGE: Now’s as a good a time as any to reiterate how much “The Fantastic Four” sucked. First reason: all four of them have lame powers. I guess being able to stretch really well would be kinda cool, but I just don’t want to see a movie about it. Second reason: most super hero movies will suck unless they’re done really well. For example, I loved “Spiderman.” With a little less care, it could have ended up like “The Hulk.” Third Reason: if #1 and 2 aren’t good enough for you, go rent the movie.

Keira Knightley(3) 71
Brittany Murphy(14) 66

BONUS COVERAGE: Caught “Little Black Book” on Encore on Sunday. It’s an absolutely awful movie. The premise is hokey. The plot twists were wildly ridiculous. Literally, the only entertaining thing in the movie was Brittany Murphy. She even managed to hold my attention long enough that I watched the entire thing.

Elisha Cuthbert(7) 74
Amanda Bynes(10) 65

Kate Beckinsale(2) 93
Hillary Duff(15) 61

BONUS COVERAGE: Hilary Duff gets what she deserves. I’m sure she’ll turn her defeat into a saccharin sweet ballad or crappy movie. I really hate this girl. Everything about her is a watered down Old School Britney Spears. She’s cute in the same fawn-in-the-headlights kind of way. She’s got that I’m-trying-to-be-sexy-in-a-wholesome-kind-of-way thing going on. She even has Britney’s slightly better than a karaoke wench voice.

Milwaukee-Skanks Regions

Maria Sharapova(1) 88
Gwen Stefani(16) 60

Anna Kournikova(8) 68
Gisele Bundchen(9) 69

US Curling Team(5) 74
Lucy Liu(12) 64

BONUS COVERAGE: Has anyone seen Lucy Liu lately? The last thing I remember her in was the last Charlie’s Angels movie. I’m not normally into Asians, but how can you not love Double L?

Jessica Simpson(4) 86
Jenna Fischer(13) 64

BONUS COVERAGE: In between heaping doses of basketball on Thursday (Tourney + C's), I managed to catch the newest episode of the Office, "Take your daughter to work day." Apparently you can download the newer episodes legally somewhere. I'd definitely recommend making the effort on this one. Fare thee well, Jenna Fischer.

Charlize Theron(6) 94
Beyonce(11) 62

Stacey Kiebler(3) 98
Shakira(14) 61

Barbara Bush(7) 70
Kelly Clarkson(10) 66

BONUS COVERAGE: Surpising amount of discussion over the Barbara Bush selection. During the election, I was obsessed with the Bush Twins. Here’s some not-so-interesting trivia on the Bush Twins: they were born on the same day. Seriously.

Tanith Belbin(2) 108
Danica Patrick(15) 61

New York-Older Lady Region

Kelly Rippa(1) 93
Angelina Jolie(16) 60

BONUS COVERAGE: Now some of you have been (rationally) questioning some of the logic of my seeding. Here’s the basic premise: I take the lady in her totality. Everything gets included. In the case of Rippa, she’s a cute, funny, and has got this feistiness that I love. I also gave her some serious bonus points for looking that good after having a few kids. Jolie, on the other hand, is certifiably insane. So her hotness is balanced against the fact that she used to wear a vial filled with Billy Bob’s blood and has an obsession with adopting Asian babies.

Naomi Watts(8) 61
Kristin Davis(9) 68

Jennifer Connelly(5) 62
Sandra Bullock(12) 63

BONUS COVERAGE: Just to further show how this tourney mirrors real life. That other tourney always seems to have one 5-12 upset, so does ours.

Nicole Kidman(4) 89
C. Zeta-Jones(13) 64

Halle Berry(6) 67
Jennifer Garner(11) 63

Eva Mendes(7) 65
Teri Hatcher(10) 66

BONUS COVERAGE: First Bullock, now Hatcher. I love that the older ladies are giving us this year’s wild bracket.

Ashley Judd(2) 72
Lauren Graham(15) 62

Philly-Skanks Region

Heather Graham(1) 88
Annette Norberg(16) 60

BONUS COVERAGE: Cannon took umbrage with Heather Graham getting this high a seed. He even went as far as to quickly dismiss her appearance on Celebrity Poker. What he forgot to mention was that she looked amazingly hot on Celebrity Poker. Come on, buddy! She's Rollergirl for christ sakes!

Ashley Olsen(8) 62
Mary-Kate Olsen(9) 67

Mariah Carey(5) 61
J. Love-Hewitt(12) 62

BONUS COVERAGE: Attack of the 12-seed...again. Gotta hand to Oc and Cannon for coming up with this brilliant formula.

Christina Aguilera(6) 73
Britney Spears(11) 62

BONUS COVERAGE: Just another humiliation for a “lady” whose star has fallen all the way to the gutter.

Jennifer Lopez(3) 78
Carmen Electra(14) 61

Paris Hilton(7) 74
Nicole Ritchie(10) 66

Lindsay Lohan(2) 85
Nicky Hilton(15) 61

BONUS COVERAGE: With Lohan’s victory, we’re set up for a Lohan v. Paris match-up in the second round. Let’s just say that someone should get the beers on ice.