Batson's Blog

As much as I didn’t enjoy watching Jack and Jill the other day, I do have to hand it to Adam Sandler. He did a decent job pulling double duty --- playing two different characters in the same film. Obviously it was Sandler playing both Jack and Jill, but he did a good enough job using different mannerisms, facial expressions and voices that it almost seemed like two characters weren’t both played by Sandler. I’m no actor. I’ve never played two characters on the same stage or in the same movie, but I imagine doing so would be fairly difficult. Several actors and actresses have pulled double duty over the years, successfully playing two separate characters and making them seem different. Here’s some of the more memorable performances: Who can forget Mike Myers playing Austin Powers and Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies? This is one case of double duty that isn’t as evident. I watched the movies when I was younger and didn’t realize it was Mike Myers acting out both cha...

It seems everyone is talking about Miley Cyrus topping Maxim's Hottest 100 list . Everyone else is talking about Kellie Pickler's great looks, tight body and fancy outfits on Dancing with the Stars . I can't argue with anyone on either of those. Miley does look hot and Kellie looks to be in the best shape of her life -- a common theme, it seems, for anyone who joins Dancing with the Stars and lasts a considerable amount of time. Being so tone and fit, no doubt, has to do with the fact that Kellie made it to the finals of the Dancing with the Stars competition . While Cyrus and Pickler are two of today's TV hotties, there's a slew of other TV babes who aren't forgotten. They're all much older than me, but thanks to the beauty of reruns and TV shows on DVD, I've become quite familiar with them. Here's the top five classic TV babes: Barbara Eden I watched reruns of I Dream of Jeannie when I was a kid. She's the first woman I reme...

As you start off the New Year, why not do it with some humor and entertainment sent straight to your Twitter feed? I’m not one of those who has Twitter updates sent to my phone, so unless I’m at work, at my desk (yep, I use Twitter for work purposes all the time), I’m not inundated with updates. I work in news media, so I get all the updates from the Associated Press, CNN, Fox News, and the local police. There’s some light-hearted tweets as well, but a lot of what I see is about vehicle accidents, fatalities and criminal investigations. When I am on Twitter, I like a little variety. A little bit of entertainment to be sprinkled in with the death and destruction. Here are 12 celebrities I follow that usually provide me with a laugh, if not a break from the hard news: 12. Barbara Eden ( @Barbara_Eden ) Jeannie is on Twitter. Doesn’t get much better. Watching Barbara Eden in her revealing pink outfit on “I Dream of Jeannie” re-runs was something I did a lot of. Now, you’...