Pretty Woman

Do you ever notice that gorgeous women are always getting hit on by not-so-gorgeous guys? In the movie Knocked Up, this point is illustrated to a T when Ben says, "You're prettier than I am," right before pouncing on Alison.

Although these characters are fictional, this happens all the time, and now there's a study to prove it. No matter how unattractive a guy thinks he is, nothing will stop him from hitting on a woman who looks like she should be on the cover of Elle magazine. In this study, 16,550 people were asked to rate their attractiveness and the looks of the people they date. The researchers discovered that men think appearance is way up there on the scale of importance, more so than women, and their own less-attractive appearance wouldn't stand in their way when it comes to going for a "hottie."

To hear more about this interesting topic, read more

Let's beat a dead horse, shall we? The Eliot Spitzer sex scandal took the nation by storm last week and although the dude is officially outta office, the internets are still gonna have their way with him. A number of Photoshop pros put their skillz to work and pimped out the former governor of New York — free of charge. Gothamist is hosting the Photoshop fun fest and the submissions have been nothing short of money. Take a peek. As for the photo to the left of Spitz in a purple pimp suit, let's be honest — that came straight outta the family album. No Photoshop there. But ladies, you know you likey . . .

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Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

This week's recast challenge of Pretty Woman was extremely difficult, and surely no one recast list will please everyone. It was very funny to see some of the actors that continuously popped up in the recast lists, though, like the popular choices of Jeremy Piven to play the slimy lawyer Philip, Brittany Murphy in the role of Vivian's friend Kit, and Stanley Tucci to play Bernard.

I got a kick out of niqua230's variations on the cast, including one that places the Pretty Woman story in Compton. Daniel Craig is a beautiful choice to play Edward, as suggested by Cymone, though Michael Vartan would fill the role well, too, like sumnboutme posited.

Some of the ideas for Vivian were great, too, like leeluvfasion's idea of Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Tink Again's suggestion of Bryce Dallas Howard (that big, bright smile is hard to emulate!). Finally, one of my favorite ideas for Bernard is izzi_smith's suggestion of Alan Rickman.

After much hand-wringing, however, I decided my favorite recast list this week comes from laneylaney! To see who laneylaney picked along with a new cast photo, read more

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Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

I've memorized nearly every line from this 1990 hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold story, so it's hard to imagine other people bringing these roles to life. But I'd love to hear some suggestions!

If you could recast Pretty Woman with new actors today, who would you pick to play the sassy Vivian? What about Vivian's dashing john, Edward? Let's also find new actors to play Edward's sleazy lawyer Philip and Vivian's loyal girlfriend Kit. Finally, who could play Bernard, the hotel manager who helps Vivian become more "ladylike"?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, October 30, complete with a "new" cast photo.

To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more

Wednesday is Valentine's Day, which means that — like it or not — we're going to be inundated with sappiness this week. In the spirit of going with the flow, I devoted last week's Buzzworthy challenge to romantic comedies. This can be a groan-inducing genre, to be sure, but if done well, these movies can make you laugh, squirm, and "awww!" before you can stop yourself. (Two of my favorite romantic comedies are Singles and Pretty Woman.)

So, don't forget tell me what yours are using BuzzSugar's cool Buzzworthy bookmarking tool. Just find the movies on the Web, bookmark them as Buzzworthy, and tag or title your choices with the phrase "Romantic Comedies." Then, I'll post the readers' favorites on Wednesday.

To find out how to create a Buzzworthy bookmark, read more