There are several, several reasons I could give you to explain why Hugh Jackman is an amazing man. I’m kind of offended that you would ask, to be honest, but I’ll look over that right now. He’s amazing because of his beautiful voice, his adorable personality, and his swimming technique. Is that enough? If not, just take a look at that picture up there of Hugh Jackman going for a walk with his daughter and his dog, and tell me that “amazing” was not a word that came to your mind.

Still, if you’re not a kid person or a dog person, the chances are great that you are a chocolate person. And guess what! So is Hugh Jackman! Do you love him yet?

Let’s let him explain his new line of chocolates now, and then we can talk about it afterwards, all right?

Hugh Jackman is extending his business foray into the world of chocolate just in time for Valentine’s Day (14Feb12).

The X-Men actor and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness launched their new fair trade coffee company Laughing Man in New York City last October (11) and now the couple is expanding its line of offerings to include organic and kosher chocolates.

He tells CNN, “Each of these companies that we create, 100 per cent of the profits go to charities.

“It’s first and foremost about creating good products that people really want. Not that they feel like they should want it, but because they genuinely want it. And then being able to create jobs and support entrepreneurialism. That’s what inspired me, and I was waiting for the right opportunity.”

And Jackman is excited to finally be specialising in sweet treats, adding, “I eat a little bit of dark chocolate every day – I’d definitely say that it makes you feel good.”

I don’t really dig the whole Valentine’s Day fuss too much (I told my boyfriend all I wanted was a love letter written with ink on parchment, using beautiful calligraphy, to be no less than 2,000 words, and also maybe a teddy bear that’s as tall as me, so I’m like, a way chill girlfriend), but this is different. This is a beautiful gift from Hugh to you, and what makes it even more special is that you get to eat delicious chocolate and then feel good about yourself because you donated to charity. With that in mind, I’m going to change my original statement of “Hugh Jackman is an amazing man” to “Hugh Jackman is the greatest, smartest man who ever existed and it’s going to be his fault when I die from a chocolate overdose.”

Are any of you going to try Hugh’s chocolate?

That’s a delightful image, isn’t it? Hugh Jackman under the bright lights, dancing and singing and relieving himself. Can you see it? Then let’s get into the specifics, straight from the beautiful horse’s mouth!

“The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was Beauty and the Beast. I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it’s very physical. I had headaches everyday for two months. I went to an astropath [psychic] and he said ‘Well, you’re dehydrated.’ So of course [following his advice] I had four liters of water,” says Jackman of his 1996 theater days in Melbourne, Australia.

“I go down to the stage, getting ready for my first number…and I’m like I really need to go again. [The routine is] the most cardiovascular song I’ve ever done: literally I’m picking up Belle and as I pick her up, I stopped singing and right in that moment I realized the muscles you need to release in order to sing are the ones you do not want to release if you need to go.”

Urinating on stage in front of the audience, Jackman says he had to forgo the number in order to relieve himself.

“I’m carrying her [over one shoulder] not singing, and she’s going ‘What’s going on? What’s going on?’ So finally, it’s embarrassing at this point. I’ve not sung an entire verse.”

Oh, Hugh Jackman.  Don’t worry, I’m sure that even whilst actually urinating on stage, it was still one of the most entertaining performances the audience had ever seen.  That’s just you, Hugh. Don’t ever change!

I know we’ve all had our share of giggles about Robert Pattinson and his longstanding dream of a music career. Ha, ha! But stop your laughing and dry your eyes, because Hugh Jackman will have you know that Young Mister Pattinson has a “really soulful, very pure, very beautiful singing voice.”

Jackman signed up to work with Pattinson on Unbound Captives way back in 2009, but they first met in 2008 on a flight to Tokyo. The story about Jackman, Pattinson, and Australia director Baz Luhrmann all hitting a Japanese “karaoke box” together might be old news, sure, but this is the first time Jackman has talked about the experience.

Revelations abound!

1) Robert Pattinson has a beautiful singing voice!
2) HUGH JACKMAN WORE A SCHOOLGIRL COSTUME. (Teehee!)

From MTV’s Rough Cut, with perennially easygoing interviewer Josh Horowitz:

Josh: “Have you ever met Rob? Or have you—”

Hugh: “Yeah! I actually did karaoke with Rob.”

Josh: “What?”

Hugh: “Right? That’s random, isn’t it.”

Josh: “What did you guys sing?”

Hugh: “We were on our way to Japan, and he was promoting, and I didn’t talk to him at all on the flight, because it’s just this really tall guy with a hood over his head.” [slumps in chair]

Josh: [giggling] “That’s Rob!”

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I was in the middle of writing up an apology for showing you all these pictures of Hugh Jackman swimming with his cute kids without any kind of story involved before I thought “you know what? No.” Because if any additional transaction needs to go on right now, it would be a thank you card delivered straight to my inbox for being enough of a sweetheart to show you these beautiful pictures. And, after all, when have I ever needed an excuse to show you pretty pictures of Hugh Jackman, or any pretty pictures at all?

And no, I’m not talking about Broadway or the West End or anything where the vast majority of us won’t be able to see it. I’m talking about a film version. It’s ok, I squealed too.

The immensely talented Hugh Jackman is currently in talks to star as Jean Valjean, and if it’s made official, he’ll be the first actor to sign on to the project.  Which means we can spend hours and hours talking about who Hugh’s perfect Javert would be.  Or I can spend hours and hours talking to my guinea pig about who Hugh’s perfect Javert would be.  Either way, it’s happening.

Let’s just let this sink in for a moment, musical theatre nerds. We could get to see Hugh Jackman, in all his glory, touch all our hearts with “Bring Him Home” and dramatically rip open his shirt to reveal the damning numbers of 24601.  What are you most excited about, Les Mis lovers?

I have a lot of love for Hugh Jackman.  I mean, a whole lot of love.  In my dorm room last year, I arranged this Trashy Girl collage on the inside of my closet door to amuse myself every morning – they were mostly pictures from Maxim of dumb-looking girls in football jerseys dribbling toothpaste and milk down their chins – and the centerpiece of the collage?  A picture of Hugh Jackman in a downtrodden pose, looking disappointed at the female youth of the country.  Ok, maybe you had to be there, but the point is that I adore Hugh Jackman, and I also adore puppies, and beautiful dudes playing with puppies?  It’s almost too much wonderful.