Josh Duhamel in When in Rome in Theaters Today!

When in Rome opens nationwide in theaters today and Josh Duhamel IMTA '97, stars as Nick, the leading man! When Josh competed at IMTA, he was awarded the prestigious title of Male Model of the Year! Josh edged out fellow competitor Ashton Kutcher to win the big prize. Josh also has another film out The Romantics. Three IMTA alums star in the new film; Katie Holmes, Elijah Wood and Josh Duhamel! Katie plays the role of Laura, Elijah portrays Chip and Josh plays Tom in this comedy about a group of old friends at a wedding.

Be sure to get to theaters to see Josh in When in Rome!

Away Notice

I'm currently away on business and will be gone for the next coming 2 weeks as well. Yes, the madness has begun and it's the first month of the new year. I won't complain. I'm grateful for my job and I'm fortunate enough to love what I do.

So I'm asking for your usual kind patience.

Cheers to all.

P.S. My second anniversary since starting Slym Pickings passed on the 23rd. I will admit that I was too busy planning my trips to remember. I remember when it was approaching but the actual day, don't be too hard on me. I will see when I can find time to celebrate it the right way with a deserving hottie and of course you, my fans, followers, readers and browsers.

Three IMTA Alumni on Project Runway!

Megan Davis, Erin Burton and series regular Holly Ridings will all appear on this season of Project Runway. Tonight's episode is called The Hi's and Low's of Fashion and airs tonight on Lifetime! Get the IMTA insider scoop on Megan, Erin and Holly below:

Megan Davis attended IMTA in 2008 and got selected to be on the new season of Project Runway.

Holly competed at two IMTA Conventions. She first competed in New York in 2000, and then came back to compete at IMTA three years later. She is represented by Elite Model Management, the biggest modeling agency in the world.

Erin competed at IMTA twice! She came to New York 2006 IMTA and New York 2007. She signed with Passport Model Management of San Francisco. She started the first round of Project Runway with over 1000 models and won! Please read a recent interview with Erin below:

What did you win and how will you be involved with the show?

Erin Burton: I won a chance to be on both Models of the Runway and Project Runway on the Lifetime Network.

What did you learn at IMTA that you think you will use during Project Runway?

Confidence. IMTA is such a learning experience, that builds confidence and really shows you what it's like to work in the industry.

How did your IMTA experience help you in the Project Runway competition?

Part of the Models of the Runway Casting Challenge, was a "Runway Walk video", and I really learned a lot about walking the runway at IMTA. I tried to go to all the seminars about runway, and really listen and then practice what I learned.

Be sure to tune into Project Runway and look for Holly, Erin and Megan!

Raini Rodriguez in I'm in the Band!

Raini competed at IMTA in 2005 and won first place in Monologue and Commercial Print Competitions and placed in the top ten for Top Actress of the Year!! Her newest project is a Disney Channel Television show called I'm in the Band. In this new TV show Raini plays the character of Arlene Roca.

Raini's big movie debut was in Paul Blart Mall Cop! She has appeared in the short film Parker, and television shows such as The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Family of the Year, Huff, Black Shadows, The No Sit List and lent her voice to the animated Disney children's show Handy Manny.

Tune into Disney and Raini in this hilarious new show!

Jessica Biel on February Cover of Vogue!

IMTA Alum Jessica Biel is on the cover of the 2010 Febrauary issue of Vogue magazine! These gorgeous shots were taken by the famed photographer Mario Testino! In the shoot, she wears clothes from the Ralph Lauren Collection and RRL Ralph Lauren denim. Jessica's next big film Valentine’s Day, a romantic comedy is opening nationwide February 12 and also stars fellow IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher! Check out the shoot on Style.com below!

THREE IMTA Alumni in The Romantics at Sundance!

The Romantics premieres today with several screenings during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival! The Sundance Film Festival describes the film as: "In The Romantics, seven close friends—all members of a tight, eclectic college clique—reconvene at a deluxe seaside wedding to watch two of their own tie the knot. Lila is the golden girl preparing for her dream wedding, and Laura is Lila's maid of honor. Once college roommates, Laura and Lila have been best friends since their first meeting on campus, but Lila's groom, Tom, is the man they have long rivaled over. Promiscuity and hi-jinks abound as the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and revel in the nostalgic haze of their glory days."

Three IMTA alums star in the new film; Katie Holmes, Elijah Wood and Josh Duhamel! Katie plays the role of Laura, Elijah portrays Chip and Josh plays Tom in this comedy about a group of old friends at a wedding.

Josh Duhamel IMTA '97 starred in the biggest film of the summer, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. When Josh competed at IMTA, he was awarded the prestigious title of Male Model of the Year! Josh edged out fellow competitor Ashton Kutcher to win the big prize.

IMTA alum Elijah Wood's animated feature film 9 is now out on DVD! In addition to Elijah, the film features the voices of John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover and Martin Landau. It's a fantasy flick and follows a group of rag dolls trying to survive a post-apocalyptic existence.

Katie competed at IMTA twice, in 1993 and 1995 . She returned a couple of years later to present awards at IMTA and debuted the first fifteen minutes of the pilot episode of Dawson's Creek.

Adrianne Palicki in Legion Opening Tonight!

Legion starring Adrianne (IMTA '01) as Charlie, opens in theaters nationwide today! In this thrilling horror film, the story revolves around the apocalypse and Adrianne's character is pregnant with the savior of the world.

Adrianne recently appeared on Chelsea Lately where she shared that her character Tyra from Friday Night Lights was scheduled to come back for a few episodes! Watch the very charming and funny interview with Adrianne from Chelsea Lately right here on That IMTA Blog!

Be sure to get to theaters this weekend to see Adrianne in Legion!
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Los Angeles, 2010 Press Release!

Please see our Press Release to read all about our latest IMTA event. You can also find it by searching Google News for IMTA!

IMTA Exclusive with Brittany Curran!

Watch the IMTA exclusive video promo with Brittany Curran where you can hear straight from Brittany all the details of her IMTA twitter promotion. Brittany is going to award one lucky winner an autographed picture and an autographed DVD of Legally Blondes! To qualify, you follow Brittany's twitter and put the letters IMTA in a tweet to her!

Thank you Brittany for this exciting contest! IMTA is so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. Be sure to watch Brittany on the new Ray Ramono series, Men of a Certain Age on TNT! Brittany recently returned to IMTA to present awards to the L.A. 2010 winners. It was so exciting for the winners to receive their awards from such an accomplished IMTA alumna!

Find out more about Brittany on her official site !

IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher Presents at the Golden Globes Tonight!

IMTA Most Sought After Male Model of 1997 Ashton Kutcher will serve as a presenter at tonight's pestigious 67th annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association puts on the Globes in Beverly Hills, California. The show will air tonight live at 8:00 on NBC! Ashton just won the People's Choice Award for Best Web Celebrity!

IMTA Alum Kristin Hansen is Spokesmodel for Canon USA!

IMTA Actress of the Year 2006 Kristin Hansen has just completed a national assignment for Canon USA as narrator/spokesmodel at the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas. In addition to providing product presentations at this high-profile tradeshow, Kristin narrated a series of Canon product videos taped in New York.

These videos may be viewed on the link below:

http://canonlive.vodevent.com/live.html

Amanda Bynes - Maxim Magazine

Amanda Bynes - Maxim Magazine Photoshoot February 2010







Amanda Bynes Maxim 2010 photoshoot video

IMTA's Jessica Biel in The A Team Trailer!

Catch a sneak peak of IMTA alum Jessica Biel's big-screen treatment of the 1980’s hit TV series The A-Team. The movie is scheduled for a June 11 opening and is about a group of Iraq War veterans who want to clear their name with the U.S. military.

Next up on Biel’s busy schedule is Valentine’s Day, a romantic comedy opening February that also stars fellow alum Ashton Kutcher! Jessica just reached the top of 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro! She did the climb to Africa's tallest peak to raise awareness of the global water crisis.

Catherine Kresge is the new face for Ponds!

IMTA Actress of the Year 2003, Catherine Kresge has just been tapped to star in the international campaign as the new face of Ponds. Last year, Catherine filmed the lead role of in the independent feature The Things We Carry, winning her the 2009 Distinctive Achievement in Acting Award at the Wild Rose Film Festival.Her television credits include House, MD, CSI: Miami, Moonlight, Eleventh Hour, That 70's Show, The O.C., and the starring role in the History Channel's, Breaking Vegas. Catherine also starred in such films as The Trap, Luminous, Aftershock, and has a supporting role in the upcoming film, Ball Don't Lie. She has appeared in numerous advertisements including Bud Light, Ameristar Casinos,Volkswagen, Verizon, Amgen, State Farm, DirecTV, Coco’s, JBX, International House of Pancakes, American Express, Claritin, and last year’s, famous, “ring on a string proposal” commercial for Zales.

Be sure to catch Catherine in an encore presentation of CSI: Miami on Friday January 15 on AETV!

Alyssa Milano Tattoos

Alyssa Milano has a handful of tattoo designs on her body, including a Buddhist symbol on her neck which represents wisdom and unity. She has a rosary tattoo on her left shoulder blade.

Alyssa Milano has a cute little angel tattoo on her left ankle, and an anklet of flowers on her right ankle.

Have a look at her tattoos seen in these pictures below.

Alcia Keys: Can She Get Any Hotter?!

First blog of 2010, yay! And it's an Alicia Keys blog?! No way! Yes, way! Can you think of another more befitting? Well, you probably could but not me for sure! There's no one else I'd rather start my new year with; heck I'd start everyday with her, in person, if I could. (Most of the images enlarge when clicked so feel free.)








How hot is Alicia Keys? Just when I think to myself that Alicia Keys can't possibly get any hotter she goes and proves me 100% W-R-O-N-G!!! How the heck does she do it? Seriously! How?!






You know what? It doesn't even matter. The most important and delightful thing of all is that she does!!! Whoever is responsible - stylist, manager, personal trainer, chef..., I thank you from the top, bottom and middle of my heart, body, mind and soul; you have my immeasurable and undying gratitude.






Over the years I'd watch an Alicia Keys video and go, "Damn that woman is fine. Mmm mmm mmm." Then she'd make another video that makes me go, "OMG that woman's F-I-N-E!"










When I saw the video for Doesn't Mean Anything, my reaction was, "OMFG, no no, no; it's not possible, there's no way she can get any hotter now; this is it, yes! Knees don't fail me now."






Have you seen her latest video for Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart? (The video has some captioning at the bottom. To remove it just click on the caption button (triangular shaped towards the bottom right of the player window and choose to remove it). Words fail me. She's wearing skin tight purple body suit, clad in body-hugging leather on a motorcycle, hair and makeup done to perfection, her voice at the perfect pitch at all times, her body movements (though not a lot or even intentional) are just on the verge of taking me to ecstasy!!! (I just wish she would have swayed those hips just a few more times...*sighs** but maybe it's a good thing because I'm not sure I would have been able to handle it) Breathe Slym, breathe.




My reaction to this video, if you can call it a reaction, "My lord, somebody... anybody... help me; save me; catch me... *swoon*. Breathe Slym, breathe...








Where was I? Oh yeah, the video... be still my erratically beating heart. Alicia, Alicia, Alicia... mmm, mmm, mmm.








I can't think straight. Of course this could very well be because I'm not, but I blame it all on Alicia and her unequivocal, irrevocable sex appeal.






Shit, I don't even know where to go next with this post. I'm a mess. I'm on the verge of overloading my brain with too many erotic thoughts of Miss Keys all at once.






Seriously, for fucksake, how does she do it? Scratch that. She just needs to keep on doing whatever it is that she's doing. Did I mention that her smile makes me weak in the knees? Well, it does.








Now I don't want to overshadow Keys' raw talent with all of my lustful desires. Alicia is one of the most gifted, talented and versatile artist in the industry today.






She has blazed an indelible path right through the music industry. She's got mad skills on the piano/keyboard and there's no questioning her vocal ability. She's got a set of pipes that goes straight through your soul.




I just have these final things to say to Alicia. If I can't have you, I'll readily settle for you calling me up on a daily basis and reading page after page of the phone book. We will start with the USA then work our way through Europe and the rest of the world *sighs*.






Although right now it seems like it doesn't mean anything because you don't 'even' know my name, I promise you that I'll never let you sleep with a broken heart. I promise that it won't be just another teenage love affair. Alicia, give me the opportunity and I'll be your superwoman; I'll move mountains for you because I know your worth.






If you let me touch your body, you will end up being convinced that I invented sex. I'll make love to you like you want me to and then some. Be my girlfriend and you will know how it feels to fly because I'll never keep you like a caged bird; that's how strong my love is. With me you'll always know and feel the element of freedom.








Once you've had my loving, you'll have no choice but to love me like you'll never see me again. Leave me? Un-thinkable! My adoration for you is vast like the sea. So much so that I need to put it in a love song. I swear that lovin' you is all I want to do.






Believe me when I tell you, no one, and I mean no one else comes close to you. Alicia, if I was your woman, here's what I'd do, I'd never, never, never stop loving you. I want to wake up with you every morning and when you have dragon days, let's reminisce on all our love and stolen moments and put them all in a diary of you and me. Our love would be undeniably unbreakable.




Update
If you're heart is strong enough and if your knees can withstand it, in fact you better sit down for this one, check out this sample of just how sexy, smooth, alluring, enticing, etc etc Alicia's voice is when she's making a Bootycall. It's enough to make me drop e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g (and I mean everything) and spend the rest of my life doing my all to make Alicia my girlfriend *swoon, sighs, more sighs, thud* *Jamie thanks for the link*. The first link should work for anyone outside the US.