Halle Berry Seizes the Moment (With Lucky Jamie Foxx) and Steals the Show From the Boys at Spike TV's 2009 'Guys Choice'

Halle Berry Seizes the Moment (With Lucky Jamie Foxx) and Steals the Show From the Boys at Spike TV's 2009 "Guys Choice". (PRNewsFoto/Spike TV) NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES 06/17/2009


17 Jun 2009 14:30 Africa/Lagos

Halle Berry Seizes the Moment (With Lucky Jamie Foxx) and Steals the Show From the Boys at Spike TV's 2009 'Guys Choice'

Explosive Show Paying Tribute To The Things Guys Love Most Premieres Sunday, June 21 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT) On Spike TV

NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx's show stopping moment, the program broke rules one and two about "Fight Club", as the cult classic was inducted into the "Guy Movie Hall of Fame" with stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton and director David Fincher on hand to accept the honor from Mel Gibson. Gibson kicked off the show with a rousing speech reminiscent of his Academy Award-winning movie Braveheart.


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Also on hand was cinematic icon and original badass Clint Eastwood, who accepted the Brass Balls Award for his lifetime of legendary work as an actor and filmmaker.


Mickey Rourke was the recipient of the night's top honor, as the Oscar-nominated star of "The Wrestler" was voted Guy of the Year by Spike TV viewers, beating out President Barack Obama in the process.


In addition, Eddie Van Halen made a rare public appearance, and was brought to tears as he accepted the first annual Guitar God Award for his years of shredding on the six stringed axe. And, seven years after being kissed by Adrien Brody at the Oscars, Halle Berry turned the tables on the boys, and had a very special moment with Jamie Foxx, who was on hand to present her with the Decade of Hotness Award.


Spike TV's "Guys Choice" also included a performance by hip hop impresario Asher Roth, and appearances by Robert Downey, Jr., Quentin Tarantino, Jason Statham, Dwyane Wade, Hayden Panettiere, Jack McBrayer, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Metallica, Jonah Hill, Sacha Baron Cohen, Malin Akerman, Michael Irvin, Mila Kunis, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Judd Apatow, Rainn Wilson and many more.


To view exclusive footage, interviews, behind-the-scenes access, and more from "Guys Choice," log-on to www.spike.com


The official sponsors of Spike TV's "Guys Choice" are - AT&T, Corona, Degree V12, Pizza Hut, and the U.S. Army.


Casey Patterson, Carol Donovan and Beth McCarthy-Miller serve as executive producers.


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Hopeless Love As A Metaphor for Despair

Hopeless Love As A Metaphor for Despair

I have been more of a spectator of the different scenarios of the drama of life, as I watch more in amusement than bewilderment, how humans live through the existential realities of life on earth, their battle of wits and instincts to create an ideal society in the development and advancement of human civilization.

I often brood and ponder over how humans act and react in different circumstances and the influences of these circumstances form their experiences in their development in a particular environment.

The culture of nature is full of imperfections and malfunctions as human inhibitions and laws contradict the natural dispositions of their instincts.

All humans are naturally romantic and erotic creatures and respond to their stimuli for sexual pleasures as they thirst for water or want food. But the question of right and wrong causes disruptions as they continue to make corrections to balance the equations of life on earth.

Here is one of my case studies in Lagos, Nigeria.

She is hopelessly in love with an older man since she knew him when she was only six. Now she is 19 and her heart still beats faster whenever she sees him. Her parents like him and he respects them. They see him as a very disciplined and kind uncle, but she wants him to be her lover. She feels intimidated in his company as he is often surrounded by a bevy of beauties, white and black and she would feel outshined by the older women. No day passes that she does not wish to be wrapped in his arms. He has left and ignored her and she has dated boys of her age group, but she has lost interest in them and now feels guilty that she gave her virginity away to one of these boys. She wants Jimmy to love her as he would love his older women, but she is afraid of going to him without what he advised her to preserve till marriage. At 18, she was still a virgin and offered herself to him and thought he would be anxious and curious to deflower her, but he politely declined and did not even embrace or kiss her. She could not believe he would reject her. She has tried to ignore him and forget him, but she has failed. She does not hide anything from him, she gave him access to her only e-mail account, just to show him how honest, and transparent she is. Her parents know she loves him, but they are afraid that he will not marry her even though he has not married any of his numerous female companions who cannot stop loving him. They pray their daughter to find a suitable suitor and get over her passion for Jimmy, but she knows they can never stop the festering thoughts of her unfulfilled love for the only man who makes her feel the depth of her being.


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