caine smokes

yeah, i haven't posted a celebrity smoker in a while. so i thought i'd post this shot of the man who gave

'cockney' class, mr. michael caine, going all 'dragon' on a big cigar, whilst his dishy cockney mate bob hoskins stands by, very successfully rivaling mr. caine's hotness. hey, if i was playing a hot game of 'who would you rather f***, then i gotta admit, for me, its a hands-down blow-out. i'll take hoskins every chance i get. yeah, you might disagree, but i've just got a wild thing for hot bob. i love this shot... it's got that kray-brothers british gangland thing going for it. and if you click to enlarge, and look closely, i think it says something about 'erotica' and 'striptease' on the wall behind them. mmmm, i think i'll take 'em both, and proclaim monday night as 'slut-night.' (mmm, what the hell am i talking about?)

my darling bob

oddly enough, mr. bob hoskins falls into that rare category of 'love at first sight.' i'm pretty sure the first thing i saw him in was 'who framed roger rabbit?' and i must've seen that movie 20 times in the theater. (give me a break, i was 15 years old.) and i soon realized, after one or two screenings, that i had a crush on eddie valiant. i grew to swoon, yes swoon, over his elegant profile, his careful voice... artfully disguised with an american accent. i liked his short but strong pugilistic body frame, and he even went for a topless shot somewhere near the middle of the film. he's really the heavy clamp that held the entire gaudy fantastic production together. i think he's literally in every single scene. his deft handling of the part of the almost-down-and-out private detective anchored all the wild action in a thoroughly believeable, easy to swallow pill. i do not think the film would've worked without the talents of bob hoskins. since then i've seen a great deal more of his work, of course. 'mona lisa' was unsung gem. he was even quite frightening in 'brazil,' and brought me to tears in the british television version of 'pennies from heaven.' this shot is from his portrayal of the possibly-homosexual nightclub owner ownie madden. its from the often brilliant-often askew francis ford coppola production of 'the cotton club.' which is well worth seeing for the musical numbers alone. here's a kiss for you, bob. i love you.

good and long indeed

here is a frame taken from the 1980 film 'the long good friday.' it deals with the state of british gangland dealings around that time... what i affectionately call 'the diana ascendance.' i'm sort of killing two birds with one stone with this shot. i hearby proclaim the bearish bob hoskins as a prime example in my 'ugly is the new cute' movement. i have been aroused by him ever since 1987-88. i think he's lovely... so solid, so hairy, and that cockney accent... and how he managed to hold it back, turning sort of 'brooklyn' for 'roger rabbit.' and speaking of bunnies, helen mirren really couldn't be sexier. just look at the two of them laying there, smoking. i think i can admit i'm 'bi' enough to want to join them. they're both just so hot.