The Blow Up: The big reveal

The Blow Up First Five for May 1

Kelly McGillis is a lesbian. Sweet! (Psst! If you wonder what K-Mac lesbionics would look like, see NSFW videos here.)

Mirror: Paula Abdul recently learned she had been fooled by Sacha Baron Cohen in his Bruno persona: "I walk in and there was no furniture except a chair. And this guy Bruno introduces himself. He snaps his fingers and says, 'Gardeners!'," she recalled. "And these two Mexican guys come in, and they drop down to all fours. I see him paying them like 10 bucks, and he says, 'Sit down.' And I said, 'I'm not doing that!'"

Tyra Banks's stalker Brady Green has been convicted. The story is that Green sent Tyra cards and flowers, tried to get into her TV studio, and when he was picked up was carrying magazines with Tyra on the cover. Not the most interesting stalker we've ever heard of—he's practically a good Samaritan next to some of the winners in this list of celebrity stalkers.

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. Go to a store, get a comic book -- it's that simple. You can even check the Free Comic Book Day store locator to be sure that your shop will be handing out. Saturday is also the Kentucky Derby, in which I Want Revenge will likely be the favorite. Mr. Jeremiah Weed, mysterious mascot for Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea, doesn't see it that way—here's a video of his predictions. Jeremiah isn't shy about offering his opinion, be it on Paris Hilton's Presidential prospects or men wearing dresses on St. Patrick's Day in New York.

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Celebrity Twitterer of the Day: Kim Kardashian
"http://twitpic.com/42nxl - I WENT BLONDE!!!! Do u like it?" More at http://twitter.com/KimKardashian

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Party like it's 1997
Dinosaur Jr., back from the dead two years ago and still pretty damn good, will be releasing a new album, Farm, on June 23. You can get a free mp3 of the single "I Want You to Know" from the band's official site right now.

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Belle du Jour: Candace Rae
Candace Rae is a bikini model—bikini not pictured—and ain't nothing wrong with that. She was born in Winnipeg and currently lives in Sydney, Australia. On top of doing extremely hot bikini photo shoots, she's also Chief Operating Officer of modeling networking site MissOnline.com—cut to the chase and visit her profile. She also keeps a blog, CandaceRae.blogspot.com, where she posts about current events and her favorite sports—boxing and auto racing. You can get another healthy dose of her at her official site, CandaceRae.net, and a little more at the Miss Lady Pink energy drink site. Yes, yes, all very nice Candace; you are a woman of many talents and, of course, much pulchritude. But let's talk turkey:

THE BLOW UP: Candace, would you consider posing nude in Playboy?
CANDACE: I respect women who do it, and see nothing wrong with it. But for me it is not an option at this time in my life.
THE BLOW UP: That's fine, we certainly would never pressure. We only ask because we have a feeling that when the magazine photo editors see your pictures, they will want to get in touch.
CANDACE: Ha, ha! Will cross that bridge if it happens then...

There you have it—a quick "no" followed by studied ambiguity. Ah, the mystery of women.

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Beer Pong: The Final Chapter
And here is what spurred our sudden interest in beer pong: The Book of Beer Pong: The Official Guide to the Sport of Champions, by Ben Applebaum and Dan DiSorbo. It is nearly 200 pages of beer pong rules, tips and lore—more than you could possibly want to know about beer pong, but we won't dispute that we've worked up a powerful thirst reading our review copy. Jesus, is it Friday yet? Oh, so it is.

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Couric sings when she's talking
A relative of yesterday's Slap Chop dance track—here's Auto-Tune the News.

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NSFW Link of the Day: Jaime Hammer
Jaime Hammer is a veteran Playboy Special Editions model, and we recently learned from her Myspace page that this is retiring. Yes, at the age of 26, the diminutive Ms. Hammer (height: 5'0" on a good day and 92 lbs soaking wet) is putting those big American breasts (32D) away for good. What a shame! See her off in style, won't you—vote for her to win the Twisty's Treat of the Year contest and this month's round of Ms. Bikini World. If you just want to see the uncensored version of this photo, it's in this gallery at BlueFantasies.

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