Hugh Jackman is set to star in a new 20th Century Fox production titled Avon Man.  The main plot has Jackman’s character, a used car salesman, being laid off from his job.  In an effort to survive, he takes a job as a door-to-door salesperson peddling Avon products.

I don’t think Avon does the whole cold call thing anymore, but it’s a slow news day so let’s just fantasize for a minute.  Because if Hugh Jackman came strolling up my walk, I’d be buying every bottle of Skin So Soft that he had in his case.  Does Avon sell sex toys?  Because I’d buy some of those too.  After an extensive demonstration period, obviously.

Comedian Al Franken FINALLY won his battle for the Minnesota senate seat, and he’s now been a senator for all of five days. He made his big debut today at the confirmation hearing for SCOTUS judge Sonia Sotomayor … by making stupid jokes about Perry Mason. I hope he gets a whole lot funnier in the coming months — I was expecting better, yo!

In case you’ve ever wondered why so many young girls have eating disorders, I offer you this quote from a Life & Style article in which Khloe Kardashian talks about how fat she was:

“People [even in more recent years] would come up to me and be like, ‘Oh, you’re the fat, funny one.’ I would wonder, is that who I am?  I’m now a size 6, but I’ve been up to a size 10 in the past .”

Wow.  Khloe Kardashian, 5’9″ Khloe Kardashian was a size 10.  What do we tell our young daughters when being a size 10 is a bad thing?  To me, size 6 is so teensy.  Is KK really down to a 6?  Or does she just have the same Size Tag Dysmorphic Disorder as her size 2 sister Kim?

Guys, you aren’t going to believe this!  Remember the other day when I told you all about LaToya Jackson and her allegations of murder regarding her brother Michael?  She was really full of opinions and gave a four-hour interview to News of the World.  Not only did she claim that MJ was offed, she seemed to know who the guilty parties were. 

Well, this is a pretty earth-shattering revelation, but I guess LaToya was paid for that interview.  I know, I know … I was shocked too!  It’s just impossible for me to fathom that any member of the Jackson clan would try and turn a profit from the death of one of their closest loved ones.

In other really weird Michael Jackson news, for some unknown reason Us magazine thought it would be a good idea to release never-before-seen video footage from MJ’s 1984 Pepsi commercial taping.  It’s a clear close-up of Michael’s hair catching on fire.  Watching people who are unknowingly ablaze holds no interest to me, but lots have emailed wanting to see it.  Use your own judgment, but if you want to see it, here you go.

In January, we talkedabout Lindsay and her modeling gig with Fornarina.  Well, not only is this company still in business, but they haven’t fired Linds yet! 

Here are some pics of her both on set and backstage — and you know she’s texting Sam! – posing in some fashionable threads for their 2010 Fall/Winter collection.  Because, modeling is what she really wants to do!  Modeling, acting and producing.  But really modeling!  And snorting, natch.

Anna Friel, the actress who starred in the now-defunct Pushing Daisies appears on the cover of a jewelry pamphlet companion that is being shipped with August’s Vanity Fair U.K.  And she’s not just posing with some pretty rings, she’s freakin’ topless!  Can I just say that Europeans are so much cooler than Americans?

Jump in for some of the more explicit photos.  NSFW.

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