The US Open is in full swing in NYC and I’m loving it! I made it to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center early yesterday morning and was able to catch Venus Williams warming up on the practice courts before her straight-set-winning match against Rebecca Marino of Canada. Although it was extremely hot and sunny, I happily wandered throughout the grounds for most of the day and caught Juan Ignacio Chela battling Yen-Hsun Lu, as well as Elena Dementieva vs. Sybille Bammer.

I also stopped to watch a bit of Justin Gimelstob’s broadcast for the Tennis Channel and later I spied the handsome Fernando Verdasco of Spain signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans. I got to watch American John Isner (a truly tall drink of water) as he practiced his powerful serve, as well as admiring the near perfect form of Olympic gold medalist, Stanislas Wawrinka. I got a guilty glimpse of the sexy and shirtless Serbian, Viktor Troicki, working out on a back court and was absolutely thrilled when the world’s top ranked tennis player, Rafa Nadal, decided to strip off his shirt for a quick change in front of a surprisingly small but adoring crowd. Rafa is looking really good - Oh, yes he is. I love the Open! (Click on photo to begin slide show)

Kat Williams, 37 
Shauna Sand, 39
Cynthia Watros, 42 
Salma Hayek, 42 
Lennox Lewis, 45 
Keanu Reeves, 46
Tony Alva, 53 
Mark Harmon, 59

Longtime friends are distancing themselves from John Travolta in the wake of the breaking National Enquirer story that accuses him of a having sex with men in saunas as part of an “underground secret world of celebrity gay spa sex.” Through her attorney Gloria Allred, Sandy Olsen released the following statement: “You’re a fake and a phony and I wish I never laid eyes on you.” Close pal and beauty school dropout Frenchie told TMZ “The only man a girl can count on is her daddy.” @Travolta tweeted “Oh bite my weenie.” To which @RizzoCallMeBetty responded “With relish :)...”

Young lovers, Michael Douglas and Brenda Vaccaro, from the 1971 movie Summertree. The two shared a trailer on the low budget film and thus began a six year relationship.

Omg, wait until the end when he makes that little cranky face and snaps at the camera! You're heart will burst. (via Boing Boing)

The gristly talk show host and her "+1" hit the beach over the weekend. (via LA Rag Mag)

Snout-concealing vs snout-affixing. Designer vs DIY. Animal vs man.

If MC Escher had owned a dachshund perhaps...

Did you sense this staring man was stoically stifling a few smirks? (via Dangerous Minds)

The scandal-sheet Star, which is more often on the mark than off, is reporting that Ashton Kutcher was recently spotted "kissing and groping a hot young blonde" outside a bathroom at the LA eatery Madea. "Ashton had this gorgeous girl pinned against the wall, and he was totally making out with her," said an eyewitness who stopped to ogle on the way to the loo. "I was shocked to see him sucking face with a girl who obviously wasn't Demi." Kutcher, in case you've forgotten, has been married to Demi Moore – 15 years his senior – for five years, and Star says friends have warned her he would eventually break her heart – because that's what friends do. But we're guessing that, if it's even true, it's probably not the first time he's kissed a girl and liked it, and Demi is probably reconciled with it.   

(via Dangerous Minds)

Is this a sign of the coming alien invasion? Or just a "Hot Look of the Day"? I can't decide whether I should be terrified, turned on, or looking for my trimmers. (via Heathonist)

Cool pic of Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis fake-driving on Hollywood Boulevard for a scene in their movie Friends with Benefits. (Photo: Photo Agency via Zimbio)

Looking mighty fine for 46, though. (via LA Rag Mag)

Wow! Last night the incredibly zexy Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife, (pregnant) Princess Mary, went to a memorial concert in honor of the late Queen Ingrid's 100th birthday. And his suit did not go unnoticed. "Prince Frederik's Shiny Suit Shock!" screamed the British tabloids. I love it. Even if everyone (including HuffPo, who should know better) DOES keep referring to it as "electric blue." It most certainly is not. It's "ultramarine." Totally and completely. And I think the suit is Costume National. If anyone knows for sure, please let me know. 

RuPaul's Drag Race's Raven is serving plastica perfection in this sexy promo for Nip/Tuck premiering October 1 on Logo.

A stunningly beautiful steel-and-brass artificial hand from the 19th century. And it really really works! "The elbow joint can be moved by releasing a spring," explains the website Science Museum, "whereas the top joint of the wrist allows a degree of rotation and an up-and-down motion. The fingers can also curl up and straighten out... The rather sinister appearance of the hand suggests the wearer may have disguised it with a glove." Sinister? Maybe back then, but now it would be classified as steam punk. (via Neatorama)

Who is this incredibly handsome young whippersnapper? You'll never believe it in a million years. Answer after the jump.

Conan O'Brien. TBS. November (of this year).