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I mean that in the nicest way possible.

Today I'm entering the "Fantastic Cuss Challenge" posted at Numbers Not Invited, not because I'm particularly prone to spurt cuss-laden vernacular or easily swayed by the lure of cussing contest prizes, but because I'm a cussing sucker for innovative, outside-the-box ideas connecting new readers to relatively unknown but spunky as cuss blogs.

If recent awards shows are any indication, Sandra Bullock needs a new man. This year alone, the Academy Award winner hit on Meryl Streep at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and at Sunday's 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Bullock re-enacted a love scene from "The Proposal" -- not with co-star Ryan Reynolds, as one might expect -- but with Reynold's very attractive wife, Scarlett Johansson



The shock value of the same sex kiss is alive and well, and coming soon to a theater near you. Dating back to the first homosexual kiss on celluloid, and reinvigorated by Master of Shock, Madonna, with pop proteges Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, the same sex kiss continues to fascinate audiences like no other public display of affection can. From Saturday Night Live parodies, awards show performances, and Larry King Live, to Britain's Got Talent, Marie Clare photo shoots, a Make Homosexuals Marry ad campaign, and Kiss-Cam at the L.A. Staples Center.