4 Femmes I’m Grateful Four…

1) Amy Poehler: woman of the year? Heck yes! Glamour magazine placed Poehler among its Top 12 females of the year for heading the hilarious sitcom Parks and Recreation, making sporadic, much appreciated returns to the Weekend Update desk at SNL, nailing the role of surrogate mother with a low IQ on Baby Mama, and being way, way too cute and likable! Check out the highlights from the Top 12’s acceptance speeches!

2) Leighton Meester as the new XXXtina?

I can’t get enough of her bitchy shenanigans on Gossip Girl, her surprising tenderness as girlfriend to the doubly sexy Chuck Bass on the same show, and her sultry singing voice! Oh, and her seXXX appeal! After assisting with the chorus on the super successful “Good Girls Gone Bad” with Cobra Starship, she’s opened up the world to taking her solo career more seriously, and her moves don’t hurt! Check out her newest video:

Well played, Meester!

3) The entire cast of Nine. But in the interest of keeping the theme, my newest obsession among the cast: Penelope Cruz. I latin love(he)r! After getting the wrong impression of her from dating the horrendous Tom Cruise, and thinking she was a typical Spanish beauty we’ve all seen before, I have crossed over. Vicky Cristina Barcelona was like her debut into fabulousity for me, and seeing her as ScarJo’s muse totally convinced me why she’s been able to build a career as a director’s muse and has been cast as a director's mistress in Nine! Forget Be Italian, Be Latin!

Here's the movie trailer... *drools with envy*

Editor's note: She was also fierce in Blow. I was just too young and naive to notice (it came out in '01!!)

4) Gaga in her new vid. Her with big eyes. Her in a negligee. Her with wicked 3-foot hair. Her: