A-list problem

We have a little problem in our fantasy league. This is something I should have figured would eventually happen, but I didn't and so now we have to create a solution.
Someone has chosen two A-listers this week. We need to decide how to rectify the situation.

First, I will put the name of the A-listers in a hat and pick which one will be on the team this week.

But we need to decide what to do about the empty seventh spot on the team (vacated by the A-lister not picked out of the hat). There are two options and I would like input from other members of the league by COB today.

1.) The person choosing two A-listers has to just be one player short this week.
2.) The empty spot will be filled by someone on the player's team from last week. We will put the names all of the non-A-list players not on the team this week into a hat and randomly choose a player. That player will be on this team for the week.

I am STRONGLY in favor of the second option. Since we have a system where someone can just not make a new team at all in a week and gets to use all of the players from the week before, it seems unfair to penalize someone who inadvertently chose two A-listers by forcing an empty spot on that team.

There is no issue with unfairness because of subsequent news that has come out, since the name will be randomly chosen out of a hat (I will choose and and I will have someone else in the league watch).

Please let me know your thougts by COB.

And just in case another scenario happens in the future: if someone picks a team of eight people, for instance, we will just pull a non-A-list name out of a hat to see who gets eliminated.
If someone doesn't choose enough players (putting only six on a team), the solution to that problem will be the same solution to the problem we are faced with today.

Friendly Reminder

Please put your teams in alphabetical order (by last name), alphabetized in the sub-groups women and men. It makes it much, much easier to score. (I know sometimes a name is such that one doesn't know where it falls in alphabetical order, like Kid Rock--that's fine, just do your best.)

I can score next week's results. If someone wants to back me up, let me know.

AJ SIMON WEEK 7

Computer difficulty, sent it to Laura Holt last night (Blogger always thinks I've disabled my cookies, which is not code for anything).

Pamela Anderson (apparently she will not be going by Pam Rock, as I had hoped.)
Carmen Electra
Kate Hudson
Scarlett Johannsen
Lindsay Lohan
Ashlee Simpson
Oprah Winfrey
Lance Bass (the placement of Oprah and Lance together on this list is purely the result of alphabetical order)
Colin Farrell
Will Ferrell
Mel Gibson (no wonder he wasn't so quick to criticize his dad . . . )
Matt McConnaughey
Kid Rock
Justin Timberlake

Team Red Fraggle, Week 7

Women
Pamela Anderson
Cameron Diaz
Katie Holmes
Nicole Kidman
Lindsay Lohan
Natalie Portman
Nicole Richie

Men
Lance Bass
Simon Cowell
Tom Cruise
Kevin Federline
Mel Gibson
Kid Rock
Justin Timberlake

Isaac's Team, Week 7

Pamela Anderson
Cameron Diaz
Carmen Electra
Katie Holmes
Lindsay Lohan
Nicole Ritchie
Britney Spears [replaced with Vanessa Minillo after random choice, per rule for choosing two A-listers]

Lance Bass
KFed
Will Ferrell
Mel Gibson
Reichen Lehmkuhl
Kid Rock
Justin Timberlake

Snarf-Week 7

Women
Pam Anderson
Cameron Diaz
Kate Holmes
Janet Jackson
Lindsay Lohan
Nicole Ritchie
Tori Spelling

Mens
Lance Bass
Tom Cruise
Colin Farrell
K Fed
Jamie Foxx
Kid Rock
Justin Timberlake

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Week Seven Picks

Pam Anderson
Katie Holmes
Janet Jackson
Scarlett Johanson
Lindsay Lohan
Vanessa Minillo
Katharine McPhee

Lance Bass
Tom Cruise
K-Fed
Mel Gibson
Nick Lachey
Harry Morton (Lohan's beau)
Kid Rock

Week 7 match-ups

Laura Holt vs. Snarf
Red Fraggle vs. Colt Seavers
Laura Ingalls Wilder vs. Carol Seaver
Isaac, Your Bartender vs. Moogie
Spellbound vs. Rudy Huxtable
Ferris Bueller vs. Willis Jackson
A.J. Simon vs. Ponch
Blair Warner vs. Mrs. King

Accessory of the Week -- Week 7

Moogie and I pick COFFEE as the accessory of the week. Any celebrity carrying a cup of coffee -- Starbucks or any other kind -- wins the extra point. Good luck!

By the way . . . scoring is a royal pain in the arse so thanks to Red Fraggle and the others who have scored for doing such an amazing job each week.

-- Moogie and LIW

Overall Standings -- Week 6

1. Carol Seaver, 6-0-0, 346 points [347, gaining a point for Navarro]
2. Colt Seavers, 5-1-0, 302 points
3. Ponch, 5-1-0, 292 points [293, gaining a point for Navarro]
4. Isaac, Your Bartender, 4-2-0, 319 points [320, gaining a point for Navarro]
5. Moogie, 4-2-0, 282 points [283, gaining a point for Navarro]
6. Red Fraggle, 3-3-0, 326 points [325, losing three for Nicholson, gaining one for Navarro, gaining one for original adding error]
7. Spellbound, 3-3-0, 225 points
8. Ferris Bueller, 3-3-0, 210 points
9. Snarf, 3-3-0, 203 points [204, gaining one for Navarro]
10. Rudy Huxtable, 2-4-0, 319 points [321, gaining one for Navarro, one for Jones Reynolds]
11. Mrs. King, 2-4-0, 281 points [282, gaining one for Navarro]
12. Laura Holt, 2-4-0, 259 points
13. Willis Jackson, 2-4-0, 222 points
14. A.J. Simon, 2-4-0, 211 points [212, gaining one for Navarro]
15. Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1-5-0, 247 points [248, gaining one for Navarro]
16. Blair Warner, 1-5-0, 227 points

Week 6 Points

The points in regular type were compiled by Moogie and Laura Ingalls Wilder. The points in italics are Red Fraggle's scoring--Red only counted the celebrities that people chose this week, so there may be some other scores Red doesn't agree with that she didn't check because they don't matter to any week six match-ups. When Red Fraggle agreed with the scores, she didn't make any notations. After the score discrepancies are resolved, any changes needed to be made to head-to-head matchups or overall stats will be made.

Adam Sandler 0
Angelina Jolie 0
Anne Hathaway 2
Ashlee Simpson 3
Avril Lavigne 1
Bar Rafaeli 0
Beyonce Knowles -3
Brad Pitt 2
Brandon Routh 0
Britney Spears -1
Brittany Snow 1
Brooke Shields 2
Cameron Diaz 0
Candy Spelling 3 [6 points--forgot to count the cover, but it doesn't matter for any match-ups. --RF]
Carmen Electra 6
Christie Brinkley 2
Christina Aguilera 1
Colin Farrell 7
Dave Navarro 2 [I got three points--two on 60 (the finger inset counts) and one on 61. -RF]
David Spade 3
Denise Richards -2
Deryck Whibley 1
Diana Bianchi 1
Eva Longoria 0
Eva Longoria 1 [Red Fraggle got Longoria with 1 as well, on page 25--she is listed here twice, but I checked the scoring and LIW and Moogie used the correct one point calculation when adding up scores]
George Michael 0
Guy Ritchie 0
Gwen Stefani -2
Gwyneth Paltrow 1
Haley Joel Osment 0
Halle Barry 1
Heather Locklear 2
Hilary Swank 1
Jack Nicholson 0 [As much as I hate to admit it, as the only one who chose Nicholson, but he is in Fashion Police, so -3.]
Jake Gylenhaal 1
Jamie Foxx 1
Jamie Lynn Sigler 3
Janet Jackson 2
Jared Leto 0
Jennifer Aniston 1
Jennifer Garner 1
Jessica Alba 1
Jessica Simpson 2
Jlo 3
Johnny Depp 0
Jude Law 2
Justin Timberlake 1
Kate Bosworth 1
Kate Hudson 3
Katherine McPhee 3
Katie Holmes 1
Keira Knightley 2
Keith Urban 1
Kevin Federline 0
Kid Rock 5
Kirsten Dunst 1
Kristen Bell 1
Leslie Bibb 0
Lindsay Lohan 2
Luke Wilson 3
Madonna -2
Mariah Carey 0
Matthew McConaughey 7
Mena Suvari -3
Mischa Barton 1
MK Olsen 1
Naomi Campbell 0
Natalie Portman 0
Nick Lachey 2
Nicole Kidman 1
Nicole Richie 1
Oprah 8
Orlando Bloom 0
Owen Wilson 1
Pamela Anderson 6
Paris Hilton 5
Penelope Cruz 2
Peter Cook 5
Petra Nemcova 0
Richie Sambora 1
Scarlett Johanson 5
Sheryl Crowe 2
Sienna Miller 2
Sophia Bush 1
Star Jones Reynolds 0 [Star Jones Reynolds--1 point, page 9 -RF]
Tara Reid 0
Tom Cruise 0
Tommy Lee 0
Tori Spelling 10 [I got 19 points, I think you forgot to count the cover, and I must have missed an inside photo--doesn't count for match-ups, though]
Uma Thurman -1
Vanessa Minnillo 0
Vanessa Minnillo 0
Vince Vaughn 2
Will Ferrell 0
Zach Braff 1

Week Six Results

Laura Holt (30) v. Colt Seaver (34)
Red Fraggle (17) v. Carol Seaver (31) [Should be Red with 16 (losing three points for Nicholson, gaining a point for Navarro and there was an adding error in the original scoring) and Seaver with 32 (gaining a point for Navarro]
LIW (29) v. Moogie (33) [Should be LIW (30) and Moogie (34), both gaining a point for Navarro]
Blair Warner (18) v. AJ Simon (30) [AJ should have 31, gaining a point for Navarro]
Ferris Bueller (19) v. Ponch (27) [Ponch should have 28, gaining a point for Navarro]
Spellbound (19) v. Willis Jackson (23)
Snarf (32) v. Rudy Huxtable (28) [Snarf (33), Rudy (30)--Snarf and Rudy each gain a point for Navarro, Rudy gains a point for Star Jones Reynolds]
Isaac, Your Bartender (41) v. Mrs. King (32) [Isaac (42), Mrs. King (33), both gaining a point for Navarro]

The future is here

As some of you have probably already seen, on the inside pages of this week's Us Weekly the magazine ran photos of what they "think" certain celebrity children will look like.

Just to nip any potential controversy in the bud, these photos will not count as photos of the parents. So, for instance, a photo of "Suri" will not count as a photo of Tom and a photo of Katie, a photo of "Sean Preston" will not count as a photo of Britney and a photo of K-Fed, etc.

I kind of think all of this would go without saying, but I figure it is better safe than sorry.

Early Returns

Who would have ever thought of two covers for Tori? And so sad that those Idol kids can't work together. Early matchups below:

LAURA HOLT 9 (Pam, Kid, Carmen)
COLT SEAVERS 3 (Carmen)

RED FRAGGLE 0
CAROL SEAVER 3 (Carmen)

LAURA INGALLS 6 (Pam, Carmen)
MOOGIE 3 (Carmen)

ISAAC 9 (Pam, Carmen, Kid)
MRS. KING 9 (Pam, Carmen, Kid)

SNARF 9 (Pam, Carmen, Kid)
RUDY HUXTABLE 3 (Carmen)

SPELLBOUND 0
WILLIS JACKSON 0

FERRIS BUELLER 0
PONCH 3 (Carmen)

AJ SIMON 9 (Pam, Carmen, Kid)
BLAIR WARNER 0

Awaiting payment

Snarf
A.J. Simon
Willis Jackson
Spellbound

You've been served.

AJ SIMON WEEK 6

Leslie Bibb
Carmen Electra
Avril Lavigne
Petra Nemcova
Natalie Portman
Bar Rafaeli
Pam Rock

Will Ferrell
Nick Lachey
Derrick Lavigne
Tommy Lee
Matt McConaghey
Dave Navarro
Kid Rock

Snarf-Week 6

Women
Pam Anderson
Mariah Carey
Carmen Electra
Paris Hilton
Maddona
Tara Reid
Uma Thurman

Mens
Mathew McConaughy
George Michael
Dave Navarro
Guy Ritchie
Kid Rock
Justin Timberlake
Luke Wilson

LIW - Week 6

Christina Aguilera
Pamela Anderson
Carmen Electra
Katie Holmes
Beyonce Knowles
Vanessa Minillo
Jessica Simpson

Colin Farrell
K-Fed
Jamie Fox
Nick Lachey
Dave Navarro
Brad Pitt
Vince Vaughn

Team Red Fraggle, Week 6

Down, down, down, Seaver's going down.

Women
Christina Aguilera
Jennifer Aniston
Naomi Campbell
Jennifer Garner
Katie Holmes
Beyonce Knowles
Ashlee Simpson

Men
Colin Farrell
Nick Lachey
Dave Navarro
Jack Nicholson
Brad Pitt
Justin Timberlake
Vince Vaughn

Isaac's Team, Week 6

Pamela Anderson
Christie Brinkley
Carmen Electra
Katie Holmes
Vanessa Minnillo
Ashlee Simpson
Jessica Simpson

Peter Cook
Colin Farrell
KFed
Kid Rock (Is he a K or R?)
Nick Lachey
Dave Navarro
Haley Joel Osment

Thoughts, week 5

I really, really hate head-to-head. How did I allow Ponch to talk me into this? Of course, I'm sure Ponch is just loving head-to-head right about now.

This wasn't a particularly high-scoring week, which isn't surprising based on the fact that no one picked Pamela Anderson. There were a few very close matches this week, with Rudy losing to Colt by three points, me losing to Moogie by three and A.J. Simon losing to Mrs. King by four.

Those who picked Avril Lavigne, Deryck Whibley and Matthew McConaughey were at a definite advantage, as they were the highest-scoring celebrities chosen, although both Rudy and I chose all three and ended up with losses regardless. On the other hand, there were a number of matches where neither competitor chose any of those three celebrities.

The hat accessory didn't come up a lot, but was featured a few times, adding two points to Vanessa Minillo, two points to Lachey, and a point each for K-Fed, Eminem, Gyllenhaal, Timberlake and Locklear (unfortunately for those who picked Heather, that hat ran in the fashion police). Let's see if the pet accessory from next week has more of an impact.

We no longer have any teams without a win--Willis pulled one out this week! We also have two teams with more than 300 points and four teams with less than 200. There's quite a range of scores right now--it will be interesting to see if that tightens or whether the gap just gets bigger (and whether it even matters, in light of head-to-head).

Accessory of the week, week 6

This week's accessory:

A pet. The pet must be alive (so no pet rocks!). The celebrity doesn't have to be carrying the pet, but the celebrity must clearly be "with" the pet. Dogs, cats, lizards, birds, ferrets, hamsters--all fair game!

Week 6 matchups

Laura Holt vs. Colt Seavers
Red Fraggle vs. Carol Seaver
Laura Ingalls Wilder vs. Moogie
Blair Warner vs. A.J. Simon
Ferris Bueller vs. Ponch
Spellbound vs. Willis Jackson
Snarf vs. Rudy Huxtable
Isaac, Your Bartender vs. Mrs. King

Overall standings, week 5

1. Carol Seaver, 5-0-0, 315 points
2. Colt Seavers, 4-1-0, 268 points
3. Ponch, 4-1-0, 265 points
4. Red Fraggle, 3-2-0, 309 points
5. Isaac, Your Bartender, 3-2-0, 278 points
6. Moogie, 3-2-0, 249 points
7. Spellbound, 3-2-0, 206 points
8. Ferris Bueller, 3-2-0, 191 points
9. Rudy Huxtable, 2-3-0, 291 points
10. Mrs. King, 2-3-0, 249 points
11. Laura Holt, 2-3-0, 229 points
12. Snarf, 2-3-0, 171 points
13. Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1-4-0, 218 points
14. Blair Warner, 1-4-0, 209 points
15. Willis Jackson, 1-4-0, 199 points
16. A.J. Simon, 1-4-0, 181 points

Head to head results, week 5

Laura Holt 44 points vs. Carol Seaver 50 points
Red Fraggle 52 points vs. Moogie 55 points
Laura Ingalls Wilder 31 points vs. Isaac, Your Bartender 48 points
Rudy Huxtable 51 points vs. Colt Seavers 54 points
Willis Jackson 31 points vs. Snarf 23 points
Ponch 55 points vs. Spellbound 33 points
Ferris Bueller 34 points vs. Blair Warner 27 points
Mrs. King 28 points vs. A.J. Simon 24 points

Celebrity scores, week 5

Affleck 1
Alba 1
Aniston 1
Armstrong 1
Bloom 1
Bosworth 3
Brinkley 4
Campbell 0
Carrey 0
Cook 0
Crow 2
Cruise 4
Depp 1
Diaz 0
Dillon 0
Eminem 2
Farrell 0
Federline 3
Foxx 0
Frey 0
Gyllenhaal 2
Hatcher 0
Hathaway 1
Holmes 5
Hudson 3
Jolie 2
Kidman 2
Klum 0
Knightley 0
Knowles 1
Lachey 4
Lavigne 13
Law 0
Leto 0
Locklear (-2)
Lohan 6
Longoria 1
Love 0
McConaughey 13
Miller 1
Minillo 4
Morton 0
Peterson 0
Prince William 0
Pitt 4
Jones Reynolds 1
Richards 0
Richie 2
Routh 0
Sandler 0
Sheen 1
A. Simpson 2
J. Simpson 1
Spade 1
Stefani 0
Thurman 4
Timberlake 5
Urban 2
Vaughn 0
Whibley 11
L. Wilson 0
O. Wilson 1
Witherspoon 0
Jay-Z 0

Week 5 Cover

I think we can safely say that not many of us quite expected this cover when we posted on Sunday.

Pamela Anderson: 10 points
Avril Lavigne: 3 points
Deryck [what were his parents thinking?!] Whibley: 3 points
Matthew McConaughey: 3 points
Chritstie Brinkley: 3 points
Peter Cook: 3 points

Preliminary scores (cover only):
Ponch: 12 points (Lavigne, Whibley, McConaughey, Brinkley)
Red Fraggle: 9 points (Lavigne, Whibley, McConaughey)
Rudy Huxtable: 9 points (Lavigne, Whibley, McConaughey)
Isaac, Your Bartender: 9 points (Lavigne, Whibley, Brinkley)
Moogie: 9 points (Lavigne, Whibley, Brinkley)
Carol Seaver: 6 points (Lavigne, Whibley)
Colt Seavers: 6 points (Lavigne, Whibley)
Laura Holt: 3 points (Lavigne)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 3 points (Lavigne)
Spellbound: 3 points (McConaughey)
Willis Jackson: 0 points
Snarf: 0 points
A.J. Simon: 0 points
Ferris Bueller: 0 points
Mrs. King: 0 points
Blair Warner: 0 points

Scoring for week 5

I'll score the teams. If someone wants to back me up, let me know.

Team Red Fraggle, Week 5 (edited again)

I think I have the team I want to stick with this week:

Women
Heidi Klum
Beyonce Knowles
Avril Lavigne
Heather Locklear
Sienna Miller
Vanessa Minillo
Jessica Simpson

Men
Nick Lachey
Matthew McConaughey
Prince William
David Spade
Justin Timberlake
Vince Vaughn
Deryck Whibley

Team Red Fraggle, Week 5 (edited)

Women
Angelina Jolie
Heidi Klum
Beyonce Knowles
Avril Lavigne
Heather Locklear
Sienna Miller
Jessica Simpson

Men
Nick Lachey
Matthew McConaughey
Prince William
David Spade
Justin Timberlake
Vince Vaughn
Deryck Whibley

Team Red Fraggle, Week 5

Women
Angelina Jolie
Heidi Klum
Beyonce Knowles
Avril Lavigne
Heather Locklear
Sienna Miller
Jessica Simpson

Men
Kevin Federline
Nick Lachey
Matthew McConaughey
Prince William
Justin Timberlake
Vince Vaughn
Deryck Whibley

Week 5 match-ups

Laura Holt vs. Carol Seaver
Red Fraggle vs. Moogie
Laura Ingalls Wilder vs. Isaac, Your Bartender
Rudy Huxtable vs. Colt Seavers
Willis Jackson vs. Snarf
Ponch vs. Spellbound
Blair Warner vs. Ferris Bueller
Mrs. King vs. A.J. Simon

Snarf- Week 5...Popazao!

Women
Kate Holmes
Kate Hudson
Kiera Knightly
Lindsay Lohan
Courtney Love
Gwen Stefani
Uma Thurman

Mens
Orlando Bloom
Johnny Depp
Matt Dillon
Colin Farrell
Jamie Foxx
Jake Gyllenhal
Owen Wilson

Isaac's Picks

Jennifer Anniston
Christie Brinkley
Naomi Campbell
Katie Holmes
Anglina Jolie
Beyonce Knowles
Avril Lavigne

Dane Cook
Tom Cruise
Johnny Depp
KFed
Nick Lachey
Deryck Whibley
Jay Z

Wilder's Team

Kate Hudson
Angelina Jolie
Avril Lavigne
Heather Locklear
Sienna Miller
Jessica Simpson
Reese Witherspoon

Ben Affleck
K-Fed
Nick Lachey
Jude Law
Brad Pitt
Charlie Sheen
Vince Vaughan

Thoughts on week 4

This was generally a tough week, with an unprecedented number of teams (five) scoring less than 25 points. And four of those teams scored less than 20 points. By contrast, only two teams over the first three weeks scored less than 25 points (and one of those teams was a zero in week 1 because no team was posted). Other than the non-post team in week 1, no one has scored less than 20 points before.

The cruelty of head-to-head has become more evident as the weeks wear on, best exhibited by Mrs. King's 12th place standing (in a points-based league she would be in 5th), although there is also a flip-side, as best evidenced by Spellbound's 5th place standing (in a points-based league she would be in 12th). When comparing head-to-head scores with cumulative points, only four teams (Carol Seaver, Red Fraggle, Moogie and A.J. Simon) would be in the same place regardless of which scoring system we used. (Note: A.J. Simon would actually be tied for 14th place, but in a tie-breaker situation would be pushed to 15th because he lost his head-to-head matchup with Ferris Bueller, the team with which he is tied.) Colt Seavers, Ponch, Laura Holt, Spellbound, Ferris Bueller and Snarf are current beneficiaries of the head-to-head system, while Rudy Huxtable, Isaac, Your Bartender, Mrs. King, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Blair Warner and Willis Jackson would be better in a cumulative points league.

Not that it matters, as our league is head-to-head: I just thought the comparison was interesting. It will also be interesting to see, as the season wears on, whether the discrepencies even out and most teams end up closer to where they would have been in a point-based league. Also of note is that we are now left with only one undefeated team as well as only one team without a win.

Other than Keira Knightley and Kate Bosworth, there were no huge point getters this week: Johnny Depp came in with 11, and then Ashley Judd was fourth with seven points. The A-list players were largely silent, which probably accounts a bit for the lower-than-usual scores of most teams.

Week Five Accessory

The accessory of the week for week five will be: hats. The hat must be worn, held or carried by the celebrity. Bandanas are NOT hats.

Overall Standings, Week 4 (final)

1. Carol Seaver, 4-0-0, 265 points
2. Red Fraggle, 3-1-0, 257 points
3. Colt Seavers, 3-1-0, 214 points
4. Ponch, 3-1-0, 210 points
5. Spellbound, 3-1-0, 173 points
6. Rudy Huxtable: 2-2-0, 240 points
7. Isaac, Your Bartender, 2-2-0, 230 points
8. Moogie, 2-2-0, 194 points
9. Laura Holt, 2-2-0, 185 points
10. Ferris Bueller. 2-2-0, 157 points
11. Snarf, 2-2-0, 148 points
12. Mrs. King, 1-3-0, 221 points
13. Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1-3-0, 186 points
14. Blair Warner, 1-3-0, 182 points
15. A.J. Simon, 1-3-0, 157 points
16. Willis Jackson, 0-4-0, 168 points

Head-to-Head Results, Week 4 (final)

Laura Holt 47 points v. Moogie 15 points
Red Fraggle 53 points v. Isaac, Your Bartender 63 points
Laura Ingalls Wilder 17 points v. Mrs. King 61 points
Carol Seaver 49 points v. Rudy Huxtable 23 points
Colt Seavers 40 points v. Willis Jackson 19 points
Snarf 53 points v. Ponch 60 points
Spellbound 16 points v. Blair Warner 80 points
Ferris Bueller 31 points v. AJ Simon 57 points

Final celebrity scores, week 4

These are now final scores--they have been double-checked. Any score that has a change from my original post will be in italics--I was off on six people. (For those who don't check the blog obsessively, I posted preliminary scores, standings and head-to-head results, and am now just going to edit each of those posts with the final scores.)

Jessica Alba: 2
Jennifer Aniston: 2
Mischa Barton: 2
Orlando Bloom: 1
Kate Bosworth: 26
Zach Braff: 0
Jim Carrey: 1
Cher: 1
Sheryl Crow: 2
Russell Crowe: 1
Tom Cruise: 2
Johnny Depp: 11
Cameron Diaz: 1
Roger Ebert: 0
Colin Farrell: 0
Kevin Federline: 0
Sean Preston Spears Federline: 0
Amber Frey: 0
Kathy Griffin: 0
MC Hammer: 0
David Hasselhoff: 2
Teri Hatcher: 0
Anne Hathaway: 0
Kat(i)e Holmes: 7
Kate Hudson: 0
Angelina Jolie: 3
Ashley Judd: 7
Nicole Kidman: 2
Keira Knightley: 27
Beyonce Knowles: 0
Nick Lachey: 2
Avril Lavigne: 0
Jared Leto: 0
Lindsay Lohan: 1
Eva Longoria: 0
Jennifer Lopez: 5
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss: 0
Chad Lowe: 1
Jenny McCarthy: 1
Matthew McConaughey: 2
Eddie Murphy: 0
Mary-Kate Olsen: 1
Scott Peterson: 0
Brad Pitt: 1
Star Jones Reynolds: 0
Denise Richards: 4
Nicole Ritchie: (-2)
Brandon Routh: 0
Adam Sandler: 1
Ashlee Simpson: 1
Jessica Simpson: 2
David Spade: 0
Britney Spears: 0
Tori Spelling: 0
Hilary Swank: 0
Justin Timberlake: 1
Keith Urban: 2
Vince Vaughn: 1
Owen Wilson: 2

Alphabetical Order: A Beautiful Thing

It would be greatly appreciated if, when posting teams, people try to do so in alphabetical order. It isn't a requirement, but scoring can take awhile, and a lot of times it is just because it is tough to figure out who is on everyone's team. Putting things in alphabetical order would literally cut a half hour or more out of the time it takes to score everyone's team.

Also, when posting, you type your team in the large text box, but above that there is a box that says "Title." It would be great if you could put your team name in that box. Some people leave it blank, and it makes it just a little more difficult to identify whose team it is (I can just look at the stamp on the bottom of the post, but it's just easier in the title).

Thanks!

Playoff Structure

I would like the playoff structure to be as follows:

Immediately after the end of our regular season (15 weeks total), I would like a six-team playoff.

Playoff Week 1: Teams 1 and 2 get byes. Team 3 plays Team 6, Team 4 plays Team 5.
Playoff Week 2: Highest seeded winner from playoff week 1 plays Team 2, the lower seed plays Team 1.
Playoff Week 3: The winners from playoff week 2 play each other.

Playoff System

I believe the playoff system was TBD at the beginning of the year -- how is that going to be decided?

Preliminary scores (based on cover only)

Keira Knightley: 13 points
Kate Bosworth: 13 points
Kat(i)e Holmes: 3 points
Johnny Depp: 3 points

Blair Warner: 32 points (Bosworth, Knightley, Holmes, Depp) [when she said back with a vengence, she meant it!]
A.J. Simon: 19 points (Bosworth, Holmes, Depp)
Ponch: 19 points (Knightley, Holmes, Depp)
Snarf: 19 points (Knightley, Holmes, Depp)
Isaac, Your Bartender: 19 points (Knightley, Holmes, Depp)
Mrs. King: 19 points (Knightley, Holmes, Depp)
Red Fraggle: 16 points (Knightley, Depp)
Laura Holt: 16 points (Knightley, Holmes)
Carol Seaver: 16 points (Knightley, Holmes)
Colt Seavers: 13 points (Knightley)
Ferris Bueller: 6 points (Holmes, Depp)
Willis Jackson: 3 points (Depp)
Rudy Huxtable: 3 points (Holmes)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 0 points
Moogie: 0 points
Spellbound: 0 points

Week 4 scoring

I will score this week. If someone wants to back me up by double-checking, let me know.

This week we have AJ's accessory of the week: food. AJ has provided some clarification on when this "accessory" will count for a celebrity:

"1) If you have food on you or in front of you, that counts. 2) If you are in a restaurant or supermarket or buying something at a food vendor, that counts. 3) Anyplace where food is available, but not the point, like a bar, a baseball game, a movie theater, a book store, a Starbucks, walking past a vendor, the Kidurban house, etc., doesn't count unless rule 1 applies."

Week 3 edit

I made a mistake on counting points during week 3--I said Jim Carrey had four points, when in fact he had five. Not that it really matters, because no one chose Jim Carrey in week three. But I am correcting the original post regardless.

Kate Hudson
Kate Bosworth
Kate Holmes
Star Jones Reynolds
Jessica Simpson
Angelina Jolie
Amber Frey

Scott Peterson
Jim Carrey
Keith Urban
JOhnny Depp
Tom Cruise
Orlando Bloom
David Spade

Scoring for this Week

Yes, the preliminary scores, as Red surmised, were without the sunglasses add-on (also known as the "Double Tom Cruise's points rule". Since next week won't have the sunglasses, I figured posting the prelimary scores with sunglasses would be misleading. Two questions for the league: Red outlined a rule that advertisements do not count. I took that to include the "Star Style" section (82-85 if you're playing along at home), since there's no text and just prices and goods. Also, is a n accessory a straight good? Or if you're wearing sunglasses and you're barefoot, should you lose points? I just added for this week, but I can see if people have a difference of opinion.

Team Red Fraggle, Week 4

Women
Lindsay Lohan
Hilary Swank
Jennifer Lopez
Avril Lavigne
Beyonce Knowles
Nicole Kidman
Kiera Knightley

Men
Vince Vaughn
Keith Urban
Kevin Federline
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Chad Lowe
Brad Pitt

Week Four Matchups

Laura Holt vs. Moogie
Red Fraggle vs. Isaac, Your Bartender
Laura Ingalls Wilder vs. Mrs. King
Carol Seaver vs. Rudy Huxtable
Colt Seavers vs. Willis Jackson
Snarf vs. Ponch
Spellbound vs. Blair Warner
Ferris Bueller vs. AJ Simon

Isaac, Your Bartender's Week 4

Women
Hilary swank
Ashley judd
Katie holmes
Keira knightley
Tori spelling
Jennifer aniston
Sheryl crow

Men
Kfed
Brad pitt
David spade
Chad lowe
Johnny depp
Keith urban
Justin timberlake

Posted by Red Fraggle for Isaac, Your Bartender

Overall standings, week 3

These are our overall standings for all the weeks played thus far. Again--based on my scoring for this week:

1. Carol Seaver, 3-0-0, 216 points
2. Red Fraggle, 3-0-0, 204 points
3. Spellbound, 3-0-0, 157 points
4. Rudy Huxtable, 2-1-0, 217 points
5. Moogie, 2-1-0, 179 points
6. Colt Seavers, 2-1-0, 174 points
7. Ponch, 2-1-0, 150 points
8. Ferris Bueller, 2-1-0, 126 points
9. Snarf, 2-1-0, 95 points
10. Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1-2-0, 169 points
11. Isaac, Your Bartender, 1-2-0, 167 points
12. Laura Holt, 1-2-0, 138 points
13. Mrs. King, 0-3-0, 160 points
14. Willis Jackson, 0-3-0, 149 points
15. Blair Warner, 0-3-0, 102 points
16. AJ Simon, 0-3-0, 100 points

Head-to-head matchup results, week 3

Again, this is based on the point totals I came up with, not AJ's. If AJ comes up with different totals after double-checking his scores, he and I will discuss and I will make any necessary amendments.

Laura Holt, 55 points vs. Isaac, Your Bartender, 36 points
Red Fraggle, 75 points vs. Laura Ingalls Wilder, 56 points
Moogie, 72 points vs. Rudy Huxtable, 58 points
Carol Seaver, 82 points vs. Willis Jackson, 33 points
Colt Seavers, 48 points vs. Ponch, 59 points
Snarf, 38 points vs. Blair Warner, 26 points
AJ Simon, 20 points vs. Spellbound, 54 points
Ferris Bueller, 58 points vs. Mrs. King, 53 points

My scores for week 3

I offered to be AJ's back-up scorer this week, and my results are quite different. I am pretty confident that I am right because I went back and double-checked every score. I think that most of the discrepencies with AJ can be attributed to AJ not counting sunglasses.

So here are my results. When they differ with AJ's, I have italicized them. If it isn't italicized, I got the same score as AJ for that celebrity. If AJ didn't list a certain celebrity, I assumed his point total for that celebrity was zero.

Ben Affleck 1
Cristina Aguilera 1
Jessica Alba 3
Jennifer Aniston 7
Mischa Barton 1
Victoria Beckham 0
David Beckham 0
Halle Berry 1
Jack Black 1
Orlando Bloom 2
Kate Bosworth 3
Lara Flynn Boyle 4
Zach Braff 2 (I am not sure whether he is on anyone's list)
Mariah Carey 4
Jim Carrey 5
Kristin Cavilerri -2
George Clooney 1
Tom Cruise 21
Marcia Cross 0
Matt Damon 0
Johnny Depp 3
Cameron Diaz 1
Matt Dillon 1
Kirsten Dunst 0
Roger Ebert 0
Colin Farell 0
Kevin Fed 1
Sean Preston Federline 1
Jennifer Garner 2
Adrian Grenier 2
Teri Hatcher 4
Anne Hathaway 1
Taylor Hicks 0
Paris Hilton 4
Katie Holmes 17
Kate Hudson 6
Hugh Jackman 3
Scar Jo 1
Angelina Jolie 4
Star Jones-Reynolds 11
Nicole Kidman 16
Keira Knightley 1
Ashton Kutcher 0
Nick Lachey 1
Jude Law 1
Jared Leto 1
Heather Locklear 2
Eva Longoria 3
J. Lo 3
Madonna 1
Tobey Maguire 1--this is Tobey, not Ellen. Note the defined ribs and the shoulders that are wider than the hips.
Jenny McCarthy 3
Matthew McConaughy 0
Katherine McPhee 0
Sienna Miller 0
Kate Moss -2
Ashley Olson 2
Mary Kate Olson 1
Sarah Jessica Parker 0
Brad Pitt 0
Jeremy Piven 1 (not sure if he is on a team this week)
Jon-Benet Ramsey 0
Nicole Richie 5
Brandon Routh 3
Gavin Rossdale 2
Winona Ryder 1
Adam Sandler 0
Peter Sarsgaard 0
Charlie Sheen 0
Ashlee Simpson 0
Jessica Simpson 5
Anna Nicole Smith 0
David Spade 3
Britney Spears 0
Aaron Spelling 0
Tori Spelling 5
Gwen Stefani 2
Meryl Streep 0
Charlize Theron 4 (not sure she is on a team this week)
Uma Thurman 6
Justin Timberlake 0
Liv Tyler 1
Keith Urban 8
Vince Vaughan 4
Barbara Walters 2
Naomi Watts 0
Reese Witherspoon 2

LIW Week 4

Jennifer Aniston
Nicole Richie
Cameron Diaz
Nicole Kidman
Angelina Jolie
Mischa Barton
Kate Hudson

Justin Timberlake
Vince Vaughn
Kevin Federline
Brad Pitt
Keith Urban
Nick Lachey
Zach Braff

Snarf: Repost of Week 4 (with edits)

Women
J Aniston
K Holmes
K Knightley
Cher
N Ritchey
MK Olson
Star Jones

Mens
T Cruise
J Depp
O Bloom
V Vaughn
K Fed
N Lachey
MC Hammer

Snarf's edit

I withdraw J Simpson (oops) and add...
Cher

Preliminary Scoring for Celebrities this Week

This may have some inaccuracies, but I just thought I'd post some preliminary numbers in case people wanted early returns.

Vince Vaughan 2
Jennifer Aniston 6
Nicole Kidman 11
Jessica Simpson 5
Nicole Richie 0
Teri Hatcher 2
Lara Flynn Boyle 2
Keith Urban 6
Jim Carrey 3
David Spade 2
Jared Leto 2
Kate Bosworth 3
Halle Berry 1
George Clooney 1
Paris Hilton 3
Britney Spears 0
Brandon Routh 2
Tobey Maguire (1)? This was a picture of Spider-man that they claimed was Maguire, but it also kind of looked like the classic MTV Movie Award moment when Ellen Degeneres came out as Spider-man and then said to her co-host, Kirsten Dunst, "I think we all have a little Tobey Maguire in us. Right, Kirsten?"
Jack Black 1
Adrian Grenier 2
Scar Jo 1
Angelina Jolie 2
Kevin Fed 1
Star Jones-Reynolds 10 (how great is a photo of you, reading your own book on the beach?)
Tom Cruise 16
Katie Holmes 15
Tori Spelling 5
Jenny McCarthy 2
Kate Hudson 5
Hugh Jackman 3
Uma Thurman 3
Jennifer Garner 1
Winona Ryder 1
Ben Affleck 1
Cameron Diaz 1
Liv Tyler 1
Orlando Bloom 2
Johnny Depp 4
Heather Locklear 2
Anne Hathaway 1
Eva Longoria 3
Mariah Carey 4
Jessica Alba 2
Madonna 1
Gwen Stefani 1
Gavin Rossdale 1
J. Lo 2
Barbara Walters 2
Nick Lachey 1
Reese Witherspoon 1
Jude Law 1
Ashley Olson 2
Mary Kate Olson 1
Keira Knightley -1

Snarf-Week 4

I am listening to Sexual Healing for reasons I cannot disclose...but it may or may not have an influence my list...work it...

Women
J Aniston
K Holmes
K Knightley
J Simpson
N Ritchey
MK Olson
Star Jones

Mens
T Cruise
J Depp
O Bloom (this is what I meant)
V Vaughn
K Fed
N Lachey
MC Hammer (not at all what I meant)

Nigella Lawson's Favorite Week

Liberated from the "nutritional imperative," we've become free to write our own culinary agendas--to eat for health, fashion, politics, or many other objectives--in effect, to use our food in ways that often have nothing to do with physiology or nutrition. "We love with it, reward and punish ourselves with it, use it as a religion," says Chris Wolf, of Noble & Associates, a Chicago-based food marketing consultancy. "In the movie Steel Magnolias, somebody says that what separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize. Well, we accessorize with food." -- from this article.

Next week's accessory is food. Whether it's Mischa Barton arguing at Taco Bell with Brandon Davis, Ryan Phillippe taking Ava to the supermarket (He's just like us!) or Jessica Alba, um, sucking on a lollipop (you might say they won't run this two out of three weeks, I say, don't bet on it), any connection that your celebrity has with food in the picture will be worth extra points.

Scoring this week; amendment to week one scores

I believe that AJ Simon has offered to be our official scorer for this week. AJ, is this correct? If so, AJ gets to pick this week's accessory--just announce it whenever you want, but the sooner the better, probably.

If AJ is scoring, I can do the double-checking, although I won't be able to do so until Sunday (and perhaps not until pretty late on Sunday). If AJ isn't scoring, does someone else want to? If not, I can do it, but again--the scores won't be posted until Sunday.

Finally, I have to make two changes on the week one scores. None of this changes any match outcomes or standing placements. But everyone who had Nicole Kidman in week one gets an extra point--there was an inset I hadn't originally noticed. So that means that Red Fraggle, Rudy Huxtable, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Isaac, Your Bartender and Carol Seaver get an extra point. I will reflect this in the most current standings (posted from week two) as well as the week one standings and week one head-to-head.

And AJ Simon and Spellbound get another point for Heather Mills, who was on the cover of Us Weekly that ran in the background of a Janet Jackson photo. No points for Paul McCartney because although his name appears on the cover, you can't see his picture (he is cropped out).

Don't forget to make your picks on or before Sunday!

Week 3 cover

Here's the week three cover. So glad I picked Katie, although upset that I changed from Cruise to Pitt at the last minute.

The points for the cover:
Tom Cruise: 11 points (he is wearing sunglasses)
Katie Holmes: 10 points
Jennifer Aniston: 3 points
Tori Spelling: 3 points
Candy Spelling: 3 points
Nicole Kidman: 3 points

And our scores based on cover only:
Carol Seaver: 24 points (Tom w/sunglasses, Katie, Nicole)
Moogie: 14 points (Tom w/sunglasses, Nicole)
Red Fraggle: 13 points (Katie, Nicole)
Ferris Bueller: 13 points (Katie, Nicole)
Mrs. King: 9 points (Jennifer, Tori, Nicole)
Spellbound: 6 points (Jennifer, Nicole)
Isaac, Your Bartender: 6 points (Tori, Nicole)
Colt Seavers: 6 points (Tori and Nicole)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 6 points (Tori and Nicole)
Rudy Huxtable: 3 points (Nicole)
Ponch: 3 points (Nicole)
Laura Holt: 3 points (Nicole)
Snarf: 3 points (Tori)
Willis Jackson: 0 points
AJ Simon: 0 points
Blair Warner: 0 points

How ironic could it be that I lose my power at 6:00 yesterday? To quote Norman Dale in Hoosiers . . . "My team's on the court."

Team Red Fraggle, Week Three

I know you're looking at this before posting your team Ponch!

Women
Jessica Simpson
Angelina Jolie
Jennifer Lopez
Star Jones
Nicole Kidman
Kat(i)e Holmes
Naomi Watts

Men
Brad Pitt
Nick Lachey
Kevin Federline
Keith Urban
Orlando Bloom
Vince Vaughn
Johnny Depp

Snarf-Week 3

Women
Jessica Simpson
Mary Kate Olson
Meryl Streep
Star Jones
Nicole Ritchie
Anne Hathaway
Tori Spelling

Mens
David Beckham
Jack Black
Johnny Depp
Brandon Routh
Sean Preston Spears Federline
KFed
Nick Lachay

Wilder's Picks -- Week 3

Women:
Jessica Simpson
Nicole Richie
Nicole Kidman
Tori Spelling
Ashlee Simpson
Kristin Cavaleri
Star Jones

Men:
Kevin Federline
Sean Preston
Keith Urban
Nick Lachey
Brad Pitt
Brendon Routh
Adrian Grenier