Saturday, December 8, 2007

Laurie Dhue Shows Off those Fantastic Legs

Mmmmm, yummy.... One of the reasons to watch Laurie Dhue is to watch her damn fine sexy legs and choice of footwear. These screen caps were from yesterday I believe, she is not afraid to show them damn fine sexy legs with those tight leather boots. Not a big fan of her face, but who's looking up there anyways...

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Friday, December 7, 2007

Catfight at FOX, Courtney Friel Steals the Spotlight

There is a posting on TVNewser about a rumor that at least some of the ladies on FOX are getting all worked up over the increased airtime that the Barbie lookalike Courtney Friel has been getting lately. Definitely some "hot girl envy" going on at FOX. But I guess you have to expect that when you hire all the hottest news babes to read your news. Now, the picture that comes to my mind is the mildly hot Gretchen Carlson, pulling the hair of Courtney Friel, while Alisyn Camerota is jumping on top of both. There's nothing that drives men hornier than a catfight between hot babes. As explained on Seinfeld, it's the possibility in between all the scratching and clawing that something sexual might happen between the women. Oooohhh, aahhhhh, catfight!!

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E.D. Hill Exposes her Garter and Stockings

I used to think E.D. Hill was really hot, but of course she's much older now so not so much. She's still hot, but in a GILF sort of way. I'm not sure if she was doing this on purpose but E.D. has exposed her stockings and garter for the world to see. There was a woman in the office I used to work at that would wear short skirts with stockings and whenever we'd have meetings, I would sit beside her and her stockings would show. I think she was doing it on purpose, it made a lot of men in the office horny as heck.

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Vote For The Hottest News Babe in Chicago

The windy city, Chicago, one of my favorite cities. Wrigley Field, Michael Jordan, cheesecake, the architecture. One of my good friends is from Chicago and is cousins with Antwaan Randel El. Anyways, I digress. One of my favorite local hot news anchors is from Chicago, Cheryl Burton. She probably had the chance to go to one of the big box networks a long time ago, but Cheryl is Chicago, through and through. If you don't see your favorite hottie Chicago news babe, feel free to email me at anchorbabes@gmail.com so I can add it.

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Anna Davlantes (NBC5)
Anna Davlantes is co-anchor of the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekend newscasts. Davlantes, a Chicago native, came to NBC5 News from KRIV-TV in Houston, Texas, where she was the primary anchor for the Fox-owned station.

She has also worked at WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana, WXIN-TV in Indianapolis and WTTW in Chicago.

Davlantes grew up in Rogers Park and attended Chicago Public Schools, including Walt Disney Magnet School and Lane Technical High School, where in 2003 she was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

In 2005, Davlantes received the Prestigious Ethics Award in Journalism from The Chicago Headline Club. She was cited for courage and professionalism in reporting a story about a sports facility acquired through alleged mob involvement.

In the same year, Davlantes was awarded a regional Emmy Award for a feature story shot underwater at the Shedd Aquarium called "Swimming With Sharks." It was the first underwater live shot of a primetime reporter known.

In May 2003, Davlantes broke the Glenbrook North girl's hazing story by obtaining the first videotape of the powder puff hazing event -- a story that made headlines worldwide and prompted school district reforms. She also received a headliner award for a story on an exotic animal refuge.

Davlantes also received a regional Emmy for anchoring breaking news coverage including the Hancock scaffolding collapse and was nominated for a national Emmy for the same event.

Davlantes studied under scholarship at Oxford University in England and graduated from The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Davlantes is very active in the community and regularly volunteers in the Chicago Public Schools. She is also a member of The Council of 100 Women, a mentoring and leadership group at Northwestern University.

Allison Rosati (NBC5)
Allison Rosati is the co-anchor in NBC5 News' award-winning news team at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekdays. She also co-anchors the 10 p.m. news Sunday nights. Illinois Broadcasters Association named Rosati and Warner Saunders best anchor team in 2004. Rosati joined the NBC 5 family as an anchor and reporter in August 1990.

Viewers first got to know Rosati on "First Thing in the Morning." Five years later she enjoyed anchoring the early evening news. And in May 1997 Rosati was promoted to co-anchor of NBC 5's 10 p.m. newscast. In addition, Rosati also co-anchors the station's weekday 6 p.m. newscast, does a weekly segment called Wednesday’s Child and special reports.

Prior to joining NBC 5, Rosati anchored the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts at WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York. Joining the staff there in July, 1987 Rosati also did general assignment reporting.

Originally from Pine City, Minn., Rosati started her career in Rochester, Minn. in 1985. KTTC-TV hired her as a general assignment reporter and in less than a year, promoted Rosati to producer and co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.

Committed to community service, Rosati volunteers her time for many Chicago-area organizations. Whether it's the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Infant Welfare Society, the Ronald McDonald House, or the March of Dimes, Rosati enjoys giving back whenever possible. Over the years she has also helped the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization, from sitting on the board of directors to helping with events to raise awareness.

Rosati has received numerous awards for her work including a National Emmy for the "Survive Alive" Station Project and Fire Prevention special. In 2004 she received the Humanitarian Of The Year award from the Italian American Police Association, who also named her Woman Of The Year in 2001. In December of 2002, Allison Rosati received the Department of Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award from HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. She also received an Excellence in Communications Award from the Justinian Society of Chicago, and the David Award for "Achievement in Broadcasting" and in May of 2001, she received the prestigious Dante Award from the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans -- an annual award to journalists who are "not timid friends to truth." In 2000, she was honored with a Chicago Emmy Award for her role as host in “NBC 5 Presents: Millennium 2000.”

Though Rosati grew up in Minnesota, she was born in Dover, Del., while her father was stationed in the Air Force.

In 1985, Rosati graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a double major in speech and communications and received cum laude honors. Gustavus has honored Rosati with it's First Decade Award and its Distinguished Alumni award for her achievements in journalism.

Rosati and her husband have four children.

Jackie Bange (WGN)
Jackie Bange joined the WGN-TV News staff in August of 1993 as a per diem reporter. In January of 1994, she became a full-time general assignment reporter and was quickly promoted to Weekend Anchor on the WGN News at Nine. Bange also anchored the WGN Morning Show from January 1995 to October 1995.

In 1998, Bange won a Regional Emmy and two AP awards for WGN-TV's coverage and her participation in the World Record Skydive.

Traveling for WGN-TV, Bange has reported in Africa and has written feature stories in Paris, France. Bange also won 1st place in the Illinois Associated Press award: Best Hard News Feature titled "Into the Darkness." It was a story profiling two local pilots and their crew who were the first to arrive in New Orleans and help rescue hundreds of stranded residents. We recreated their night rescues with the help of night vision goggles.

Prior to her arrival, Bange was a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WMAQ-TV in Chicago. Bange also served as a reporter and noon anchor for WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Bange received her post-baccalaureate degree in Telecommunications from the University of Florida where she graduated with distinction. Bange's undergraduate degree was from Florida State University in Management Information Systems.

Bange also enjoys skydiving in her free time.

Marion Brooks (NBC5)
Marion Brooks is co-anchor of the NBC5 News 4:30 p.m. weekdays alongside Bob Sirott, and reports for the 10 p.m. newscast.

She is also been a regular contributor to WVON's Cliff Kelly Show.

Brooks joined NBC5 in 1998 as a weekend anchor from Atlanta, Ga., where she also served as an anchor/reporter. Her career has spanned over several regions and market sizes in the country. Beginning at the Sarasota Herald Tribune in Sarasota, Fla., Brooks learned the advertising side of journalism in a management training program for the New York Times Newspaper Group.

Her first job in broadcasting was in radio at WGST, a news talk station in Atlanta, in the entry level type of job that exposed her to the long hours, hard work, and adrenaline rushes of newsgathering. She credits this experience with solidifying her desire to work as a journalist.

Her first television job took her to one of the poorest regions in the country, the Mississippi Delta. From there her career wound through markets around the country with stops in Jacksonville, Fla., St. Louis, Mo., Atlanta, Ga., and Chicago.

She's covered everything from major natural disasters to politics, crime and courts to health, consumer issues to two Olympic games, and much in between.

As an anchor, she's as comfortable anchoring from the field as from the set and has been at the helm during breaking news coverage for several hours, both with a co-anchor and on her own.

Community outreach is a principle part of her work at NBC5 and Brooks has emceed some of the most important events in Chicago. They include functions for the Urban League of Chicago, Rainbow PUSH, N'Digo Magapaper, Black Creativity, Midtown Educational Foundation, The American Heart Association and the Make A Wish Foundation, to name a few.

Brooks has a bachelor of arts degree in English from Spelman College and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

She is a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, and was raised in Portland, Ore. Brooks is married to attorney Ruye Hawkins and has two beautiful daughters, Brooks and Sydney.

Cheryl Burton (ABC7)
Cheryl Burton (born December 25, 1962) is a news anchor in Chicago who currently is the 5 and contributing anchor at 10PM on WLS-TV. She previously worked at WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois and WGN-TV in Chicago from 1989-1990. Ms. Burton first joined ABC 7 in November of 1992 as weekend co-anchor/reporter. She served in this position until 2002 when she was promoted to 5pm weekday co-anchor and 10pm contributing anchor with Ron Magers and Kathy Brock.

A graduate of Chicago's Robert Lindblom High School, Cheryl was the first alumnus to be inducted into the school's hall of fame in April, 2007. She also was a Honey Bear, the now defunct cheerleader squad of the NFL Chicago Bears professional football team. She was married for a time to ABC 7 sports anchor Jim Rose.

Lauren Cohn (FOX)
Lauren Cohn is co-anchor of "The Ten" on Fox News Chicago.
Emmy nominated Anchor and Reporter, she previously worked at NBC10 in Philadelphia. But, prior to moving to the east coast, Lauren spent 10 years as a Morning Anchor and Reporter at Chicago stations ABC7, CBS2, and FoxNews Chicago. She is happy to be back in her favorite city.

Lauren began her career in 1987 in her hometown New York City where she worked behind the scenes for three years at WABC-TV, ABC News, and WPIX-TV. In 1990 she moved to Fresno California for her first full time reporting job at CBS affiliate KJEO-TV. From there she became the Anchor of Good Morning Cleveland at the ABC Affiliate WEWS-TV.
Lauren moved to Chicago in 1993.

Lauren has covered all types of stories from spot news, investigative reporting, features, health and medical, entertainment, consumer, and educational series. She has reported on local, national and international events including the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and shot a travel show in Bali, Indonesia that aired on the Fine Living Channel.

Educational background includes a B.A. in Political Science, minor in journalism from New York University.

Lauren is into health and fitness and spends time raising awareness about the obesity epidemic in the U.S. She is also active in numerous charities that help fight cancer, Aids, smoking, spinal cord injury and others.

Kathy Brock (ABC7)
Kathy Brock (born July 24, 1959) co-anchors the WLS-TV, ABC 7 News at 6 and 10 p.m., the top rated newscast in Chicago. Brock's contributions at 10 p.m. play a significant role in the newscast's enormous success; it is the most watched newscast in the market. Brock joined ABC 7 in September 1990 as the co-anchor of Eyewitness News This Morning and as a general assignment reporter for the daily newscasts. She was promoted to co-anchor of the 6 p.m. news in 1993 becoming the first co-anchor with Floyd Kalber and the 10 p.m. newscast in 2003 after Diann Burns left the station. She currently co-anchors her ABC 7 News at 6 with Alan Krashesky and ABC 7 News at 10 with Ron Magers. She is a 1981 Graduate of Washington State University and a native of Pasco, Washington. Brock's sister, Kerry, anchored the news at KOMO in Seattle for a brief time and is married to former NBC anchorman John Seigenthaler.

Allison Payne (WGN)
Allison Payne is the co-anchor of WGN News at Nine in Chicago, a position she's held since she started with the station in 1990. During her tenure with WGN, Payne has won numerous awards including seven emmys for reporting. When asked about the hilights of her career Payne always points to the international reporting she's done. Payne was the first Chicago broadcaster to travel to Kenya to report on the African roots of Senator Barack Obama. In 2006, she travelled to the Middle East with the Reverend Jesse Jackson to report on tensions between Lebanon, Israel, and Syria. Payne paid her own fare for these journies because she believes strongly that "getting from behind the desk and out into the world" makes her a better anchor. "To me travel is the best education," says Payne. "I feel much better reading stories on Africa and the Middle East now that I have been there."

Payne was born in Richmond, Virginia to Dana and Kathryn Payne. At age five, her parents moved north to Detroit, Michigan where Payne attended Catholic grade school. She is a graduate of Renaissance High School in Detroit and holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Detroit Mercy. Payne attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio for her Masters Degree in Radio/TV/Film.

Payne's first job in tv news was at WNWO TV in Toledo, Ohio where she started as an intern and within months was the main anchor of the station's late news. From there Payne moved to WNEM-TV in Saginaw, Michigan as the co-anchor of the 6 and 11 o'clock newscast. Within two years, Payne got word that Chicago was calling.

"Growing up in Detroit, I knew Chicago was the mecca of the Midwest. I couldn't believe WGN was interested in me. I was so young and still so inexperienced." But without even a tryout, then news director, Paul Davis, offered Payne the job. "I figured if I lasted three months here I would consider myself a success. And here I am seventeen years later!" Payne says she couldn't have done it without her professionally unselfish and supportive co-anchor, Steve Sanders. "He's a real delight and a true Southern gentleman."

Payne also credits Gloria Brown, producer of the station's weekly community affairs program, People to People. ""Gloria has been a rock for me at 'GN. Whenever I get tired, Gloria is there to inspire me." Payne credits Brown for helping her land an interview with former president Bill Clinton on his last trip to Chicago as president. Together, Payne and Brown have covered several special events including the funeral of Coretta Scott King in Atlanta.

Payne's goal now is to reach back and help as many young people as she can achieve their goals. "I love working with interns. They become like my own kids to me." Payne recently teamed up with Jaqueline Jackson, Jr on a state program that helps teenage parents get their GED. This is where the blessing is for me. If I can help or inspire just one of these young people, I will feel blessed.

Kim Vatis (NBC5)
Kim Vatis joined NBC5 News as a general assignment reporter in November 1997.

Prior to joining NBC5, Vatis was a weekend morning anchor and fill-in weekday evening anchor for WCPX-TV in Orlando, Fla.

From 1990-1995, Vatis anchored the top-rated weekday 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla.

Since Vatis' broadcasting debut in 1985, she has spent time anchoring and reporting at WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine and at WCJB-TV and WUFT-TV in Gainesville, Fla.

*All biographies from their respective employer websites.

Nazan Eckes Looking Certifiably Delicious

Here are some more pictures of the super-hot Nazan Eckes, the Turkish-German hottie that works for RTL in Germany. She is certifiably delicious, she makes you want to lick her anywhere and everywhere.

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Alisyn Camerota, Looking Smoking Hot

I'll eventually do a profile on Alisyn Camerota because she is smoking hot. But I was going through screencaps from yesterday and couldn't resist posting these pics of Alisyn. Those 2 fat old chicks definitely have the hot girl envy going on, they're rolling their eyes at Alisyn, but Alisyn knows she's got it going on, she's got a beautiful smile and very sexy hair. Alisyn definitely looked ready to go, if you know what I mean...

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Robin Meade, again in Sexy Leather Boots

Robin Meade was looking especially hot today, especially in her shiny black knee-high leather stilletos. I'm not a huge fan of the sweater she has on as it doesn't show off her magnificent breasts, though you can see her large chest in the second photo below. I was in the grocery store the other day and I saw this hot woman that had similar black leather stilleto boots, I almost rammed my shopping cart into the some fat guy in front of me, damn she was hot...

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Contessa Brewer, MSNBC's Hot and Charismatic News Babe

Overall Hotness: 7.5/10
Face: 7.5/10
Body: 7.5/10
Legs: 7.5/10
Personality: 8/10

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket One of the hotter anchors on MSNBC is Contessa Brewer. First off, I love her name, Contessa, that's just an extremely sexy name, her parents did good with that one. It's one of those names where if someone introduced their wife as "Contessa", you'd immediately have a visual of a hot babe, then you actually see her and you are floored. I like the way she talks too, the Wisconsin/Chicago accent is really cool. A friend of mine is from Wisconsin and he talks the same way.

As for Contessa's visuals, she is very hot overall. She has a pretty face that doesn't require makeup to make her look hot. In a way, she's sort of looks like Courtney Cox. The only thing I don't like about her face is that it's kind of boxy, round is better. Her body isn't great, but good overall, very slim and tight. She doesn't show off her legs much but when she does, they look good, she appears to be pretty tall.

One of the best things I like about Contessa is her personality. Whenever I see her on MSNBC she's always punchy and intelligent. She's feisty and isn't afraid of the more controversial topics. She definitely doesn't appear diva-like and could have an intelligent conversation with. As far as the whole Don Imus feud she had going on, I don't know who Don was talking about, but Contessa is definitely not "fat".

This is her bio from the MSNBC website:


Contessa Brewer joined MSNBC in September 2003. She serves as an anchor for MSNBC.

Brewer previously anchored weekend evening newscasts for WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, Wis. She also served as an anchor and reporter for Palm Springs, Calif. and at KRNV-TV in Reno.

Brewer is a magna cum laude graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where she holds a bachelor of science in broadcast journalism.

Brewer currently resides in New York City.


This is a recent clip with Contessa discussing the difficulties of watching her Packers against the Cowboys (video launches a separate window),
Many won't see Pack, 'Boys game
Many won't see Pack, 'Boys game


This is a funny clip with Contessa caught in an awkward teleprompt where she doesn't want to read "I'm not gay",


Here are some nice pics of Contessa, the last one is an informal one where she was at a charity event,
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Jenna Lee on Cover of Young Money Mag


One news hottie that seems to be everywhere these days is Jenna Lee of Fox Business Network. She was featured by Extra as one of the most eligible hotties and now TVNewser is reporting that she will grace the cover of Young Money Mag. I'm not enamored with Jenna, but she is extremely cute. She has the really young thing going on, the barely legal look. I think that especially appeals to the financial types, you know, the 60 and over white males that have the schoolgirl fetish going on. Anyways, I leave you with her Extra segment...



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Vote For The Hottest News Babe in Dallas

I used to travel through the DFW area for business a few times a year and while the weather was hot and unbearable, the gals were simply hot. I dug around and found 7 of the hottest Dallas news babes, I was actually going to include the very hot Jackie Hyland but she has just left Dallas and is moving back to NY, a shame for those in Dallas as Jackie is very hot. I took most of the list from Uncle Barcky's blog. If you don't see your favorite hottie Dallas news babe, feel free to email me at anchorbabes@gmail.com so I can add it.

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The candidates are:

Megan Henderson (FOX4)
It's the question I'm asked most often: How early do I have to get up to host Good Day?

The answer? 2:15am. Cue the violins...

No, the truth is I absolutely love what I do and getting the chance to do it everyday makes it all worth it (although I fully admit to cursing my alarm clock quite often!).

My broadcast career started in Wichita Falls where I did a little bit of everything - from reporting and anchoring...to producing and editing.

From there, I took a job at the FOX station in Salt Lake City as a general assignment reporter and eventually worked my way up to co-anchor of "Good Day Utah" and FOX 13 News at Noon. I joined FOX 4 as co-anchor of "Good Day" in August of 2003.

I grew up in sunny San Clemente, California, and graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

When I'm not working, you'll find me traveling, volunteering, enjoying great food, napping, spending time with friends and family, going to the gym, watching sports, and (most importantly) sleeping in!

Karen Borta (CBS11)
Karen is a veteran journalist who joined CBS 11 News in 1995 after working as weekday morning anchor and reporter for the top-rated CBS affiliate WTVT-TV in Tampa. She previously served as weeknight anchor and reporter for KRBK-TV in Sacramento and KCEN-TV in Waco.

Together, Karen and Tracy Rowlett have been honored by Press Club of Dallas with Katie Awards for Best Anchor Team and Best Newscast. She was also part of the CBS 11 team recognized by the Radio-Television News Directors Association with a 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence. Karen has also won a regional Emmy for Outstanding Live News Coverage, the Association for Women Journalists' Vivian Castleberry Award for Feature Reporting, two Best Newscast awards, and recognition as one of the state's "Favorite Female TV Personalities" in Texas Woman magazine.

In 2003, Karen received the "Distinguished Alumni Service Award" from the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition, she has been honored by numerous charitable and civic organizations including Mi Escuelita, Cook Children's Medical Center, and the Baylor Sammons Breast Center.

Karen is deeply devoted to the cause of finding a cure for breast cancer. Her mother and both grandmothers had breast cancer, and one of her grandmothers died from the disease. Because Karen has two daughters of her own, finding a cure is especially important to her. Karen was an Honorary Co-Chair for the 2000 Komen Dallas Race for the Cure and that same year she received a Macy's "Heart and Soul Award" for her work in the fight against breast cancer. In 2005, she received the inaugural "Commitment to the Cure" award.

Karen has also supported, since their inception, the survivors luncheon sponsored by the Joanie Hatcher Memorial Survivors Endowment Fund and the Celebrating Women luncheon presented by the Baylor Sammons Breast Center.

Karen is a member of the UTA Alumni Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and she is on the Board of Community Advisors for the Junior League of Arlington, as well as the executive board of the Home and School Association for her childrens' school.

She and her husband Jim have three children, Jake, Katie and Kylie.

Shelly Slater (WFAA)
Shelly Slater joined WFAA in September 2006. She anchors the weekend night newscasts and reports during the week.

Shelly grew up in Plano and is thrilled to be back home in Wildcat country.

She graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia Summa Cum Laude. Before coming home, she anchored weekend newscasts in Kansas City, Missouri; Charleston/Huntington, WV; and Columbia, Missouri.

Shelly's brother, sister, and parents all live in North Texas. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, dancing, and catching up on sleep!

She and her husband live in Dallas.

Meredith Land (NBC5)
Meredith Land can be seen weekday evenings as anchor of NBC 5 News at 5. Meredith's reports can be seen on the station's 10 p.m. newscast.

Meredith joined NBC 5 in October of 2003, after four years at WCBD, the NBC affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina where she was the morning anchor and lead investigative reporter.

Land graduated from Clemson University with a major in English and a minor in Journalism.

She has won investigative reporting awards from the Associated Press, RTNDA (Radio-Television News Directors Association), South Carolina Broadcaster's Association. Most recently she was awarded a STAR award for producing and reporting a 30-minute special from Afghanistan.

She enjoys speaking in schools and at charitable events in the community. She has served on the board of directors for a ballet company and volunteers with the American Red Cross. She is also involved with Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation's Greer Garson event, benefiting Parkinson's Disease programs and the special care nursery.

Land enjoys golfing, skiing and traveling with her husband.

Macie Jepson (WFAA)
Thanks for checking out my corner of the WFAA.com world. It's important for you to know a little bit about the people you invite into your home every evening.

I came to WFAA in 2000 after six years in Cleveland, Ohio. It was like coming home; my husband is from Beaumont, and I'm from Shreveport, Louisiana. Not only is Dallas a nice place between our two families, but the news operation is respected across the nation. Working for WFAA was always my professional goal.

I anchor the 5:00 News with Jeff Brady and report on family issues. But I've covered just about every beat... education, medical and police- in my years as a reporter. I went to Cleveland for the challenge of a talk show and morning news cast. It was great fun, but I'm glad to be closer to family.

I juggle my work time with being a wife and mom. My husband and I have two daughters. It's important for us to teach them civic responsibility; my community involvement revolves around charities for children. I am currently a Trustee on the board of The Family Place in Dallas, an advisory board member for Forrest Outreach Foundation and a Gala advisory member for the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center.

I also volunteer for my church and support events of The Classics of Plano.

That said, it's also important to spend quality "down" time with my family. We like to travel and be outdoors together. I also like to ski, read and help my husband in remodeling projects.

I've received a few awards and Emmy nominations along the way, but the most recent award is something I'm proud of. American Women in Radio and Television's Broadcast News Personality of the Year. It's nice to be appreciated for a smile every now and again- especially when the news is particularly harsh.

By the way, my co-anchor Jeff Brady and I are OLD friends. We worked together at KTBS in Shreveport, Louisiana in the early 90's. Working together now is truly a highlight of my job.

Kristine Kahanek (CBS11)
A Dallas/Fort Worth market veteran, Kristine Kahanek was most recently a meteorologist with ABC affiliate WFAA-TV before joining CBS 11 News.

Kristine grew up on a horse farm near Columbus, Ohio and lived there until she was 12. Her mother, an equestrian, stayed home with Kristine and her younger brother, Brian. Her father, then a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, was the person who sparked Kristine's interest in weather. Once he retired, the family moved to Boerne, Texas.

Previously, Kristine worked at KVUE-TV in Austin and KXXV-TV in Waco. With a degree in atmospheric science, she began her career at the National Weather Service in Austin. She is certified by both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. She was also named "Best Meteorologist" by D Magazine in 2005.

Natalie Solis (FOX4)
It's true what they say, understanding others helps us understand ourselves.

Well, in my quest for understanding (OK, let's be honest, a little excitement!) this girl from San Antonio didn't exactly follow a straight and narrow path.

Along the way, I traversed the jungles of Costa Rica, saw first-hand the weathered faces of Guatemalan farmers, talked politics with locals over un cafecito in Cuba, cozied up to a camel in Morocco, dined in the Eiffel Tower, rattled castanets in Spain, and the list goes on.

Sometimes I was gainfully employed, other times I was stretching each penny as far as possible.

It's no secret I LOVE to travel, but even more thrilling to me than experiencing a new place, is meeting new people, learning their history, absorbing their culture.

I started in TV news because I had an uncle in the business and what he did seemed like the best possible job a person could have: tell people's stories, simple as that.

I was a sophomore at Brown University when it became clear to me I wanted to be a journalist.

My mother -- a hard-working, single parent -- had hoped I'd continue on the pre-med track I had started on, but that wasn't in the cards.

I graduated and went to work at NBC News in New York. It was an amazing first job, but it was far more commitment than I was ready for at the ripe old age of 22. When else was I going to be young, unattached and virtually care free?!

So I sold my car, packed my bags and decided to see the places I'd only read about. During my travels, I didn't always know where I'd end up, but I knew I'd learn something.

I eventually settled down again, landed a reporting gig at a small station in New Jersey and from there moved to Miami, where there is no shortage of news, ranging from hurricanes and the devastation that follows to what seemed like weekly police standoffs and hostage situations to immigration and cultural issues to high- profile court cases, and then of course, celebrity drama.

Yes, I covered it all.

Now here I am, years after I left, back in my home state, close to my family.

But this isn't where my story ends.

Each day is still an adventure, only now I feel a greater responsibility as a journalist to the people nearest and dearest to my heart. When I cover a story, I'm allowed a glimpse into someone's life, and I get to walk in their shoes, if only for a moment.

My hope is that by telling people's stories we all get to embark on a journey and we all get to keep the souvenir -- a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

*All biographies from their respective employer websites.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Ellie Crisell, BBC's Kinky News Babe

Overall Hotness: 7.5/10
Face: 7.5/10
Body: 7/10
Legs: 7.5/10
Personality: 8

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket English TV Viewers have had the pleasure to watch the sweet and sexy Ellie Crisell on the show, Newsround on CBBC. Ironically, her show is a 10-minute news tele-cast geared towards children ages 6-12. I wouldn't be surprised if the male 18-24 demo showed up prominently in the ratings. Ellie has started to make some appearances on CBBC's regular newscast 24 though. Still, I think it's probably better if she stays on Newsround as she probably has more freedom to wear whatever clothes she wants.

Anyways, Ellie is extremely cute, I wouldn't necessarily call her super-hot. She's got the former college girl look, as in the girl you used to go to school with that was semi-hot and slept with once after a drunken night of partying, but of course now that she's on TV she seems so much hotter than before. When you watch and listen to Ellie, there's something about her that makes you think that she's really kinky, she's definitely into the dirty stuff. I guess that's the appeal of Ellie.

Ellie definitely has the pretty face, it's her best feature. But I didn't rate her very high for her body as it seems she is slightly flat-chested and she doesn't show much of her legs. Though I love her accent. The British accent is so neat, you could be cursing and it would still sound so sophisticated. I once dated an older Australian woman and I could listen to her talk for hours.

Here is Ellie's website, and here is her bio from wikipedia:


Ellie Crisell (born 1976 in County Durham, UK), is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's children's news bulletin program Newsround on CBBC, Newsround Extra; and as an occasional presenter on BBC News 24.

Crisell attended Dame Allan's Girls School, Newcastle upon Tyne, then going on to the University of Birmingham, to achieve an MA in Broadcast Journalism at City University of London.

Crisell worked for the Mail on Sunday for a year, and a year on radio. She then worked for her local regional broadcaster Tyne Tees Television as a newsreader.

Ellie Crisell started as a Newsround presenter in February 2003 after Becky Jago, the previous leading presenter, decided to leave. Notable stories which Ellie was personally involved in reporting included the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in which she travelled to Indonesia to see in person the effects of the disaster. She also travelled to Athens in Greece to give daily reports on the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Away from children's news, on 12 September 2006 Crisell appeared on Newsnight, her first non-sports based appearance on BBC News adult oriented output. She has also appeared on BBC One's breakfast news output, BBC Breakfast, presenting news and updates from the Olympics in Athens. In November 2006 Crisell started occasional presentation for BBC News 24


It was hard to find video clips of Ellie but I found a couple. None really show much of Ellie, but at least you can hear her sexy British accent.


The creator of this video is having fun with Ellie's co-host,


I grabbed a bunch of pictures of Ellie, enjoy...
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Julie Banderas Looking Hot Yesterday

I'm not a huge Julie Banderas fan, but in browsing screen caps the other day, I found these pictures with Julie looking very hot and sexy in her white/black outfit and leather stilleto boots. There is nothing sexier than a woman in leather stilleto boots (I think I've said that before). An ex-girlfriend of mine used to call them "f** me boots". I love Julie's outfit here, the white/black is very sexy and shows off her nice size boosom, she looks like a hot chick working cosmetics.

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Screencaps courtesy of the Ultimate News Babes blog.

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