On this month’s FAST COMPANY MAGAZINE is our own favorite, Dirtey Jobs’ Mike Rowe!!!!! He’s a little airbrushed but we can’t hate him for that. He’s still rugged enough for us. FCM looks into the brains behind the dirty exterior and even into his sorted QVC past.

He talked about what lead to his demise at QVC… he had just spent the weekend on the beach with a QVC handmodel and a case of Dos Equis and was called to fill in for someone else. He ended up pitching porcelain dolls

When the technical director finally cut away to a display version of the same doll, Rowe, in desperation, turned the little sister upside down in his lap and peeled down her garment. He finally found the crank “in the small of her back, but it’s really sort of in her ass.” Unfortunately, the technical director cut back to Rowe without warning: “Suddenly, I see myself live on the monitor, with Sister Mary Margaret’s face in my crotch, my hand on her ass, and her habit around her neck. And the damn thing is playing ‘Climb Every Mountain.’” Rowe froze in horror, then made an unfortunate gesture not suitable for prime time. “It was not good.”

Oh that poor nun…. he was subsequently fired…only to have the viewers demand him back.

Read the rest of the article here... or go buy a damn copy of the magazine!!! The pictures of him covered in honey and bees is worth it.

Covered? In? Bees?

Is he sending us a secret signal?

WE KNEW IT!!

And to see some of his QVC magic… click here.

Oh, I was just thinking about this movie last night. It is sad for me to say, but Roy Scheider, Joe Gideon from “All That Jazz” and Police Chief Martin Brody from “Jaws” has past on.

I only knew him as the water phobic police chief from Jaws (you know… the “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” guy) so when I saw “ALL THAT JAZZ” I was blown away.

He was 75, and there was no cause of death stated.

Fly away Roy, fly away.

Robbie Williams, singer and cad in general, but in a fun way, was spotted in Mammoth, CA getting his snow on. No word on if he’s a skiier or a snowboarder, but he looks like he had a good time. Or maybe he just liked the lodge part where you get to drink some coffee after a hard day on the mountain. Yes, I said Robbie Williams and coffee in the same sentence, he’s sober now, right?

He was joined by friend, Max Beesley.

Looking good though… why don’t I go to Mammoth…

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When I first saw this was BCAM, I thought how nice, Katie Holmes is supporting breast cancer… But I was wrong. Katie showed off her golden toes and her man, Tom Cruise in case you forgot, were on hand to help the Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrate the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum. Wooo, that was a mouthful.

She’s looking awfully smug and devious in these shots. I wonder what she has in store for us all?

She’s probably wishing she was at the Grammy parties instead…

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After leaving the US earlier this week for a UN Refugee mission to Iraq, Angelina Jolie was back at LAX. She’s still wearing that trench coat and doing that annoying “cover the baby bump with my very large bag” trick. I really hope she does not think she’s fooling anyone. But I’m sure that there’s a part of her that believes if she doesn’t mention it, it isn’t happening and no one cares. And I don’t know why we care either. It’s biology, not a miracle people.