Another ageless beauty celebrating her birthday… one day after mine!

You people are something else! Posts regarding porn stars, fetish models or BDSM festivals are the most visited around this blog. Big surprise, right? So OK, I think the message is now very clear… don’t give me too much bizarre ideas, gentle readers…

Montreal is becoming quite the kinky city, as there is another exciting fetish weekend planned in the month of August, with quite an impressive guest list. Once again, I’ll let you discover all of it by yourselves. Go support the Kinky Festival!

Why are these people smiling like this? Probably because they will be waiting for you at the Montreal Fetish Weekend on August 28-31! As you can see, Bianca Beauchamp (to whom I introduced you some months earlier and is here second to the left) is your main hostess for this spectacular event, which includes the premiere of her new movie, Bianca Beauchamp: All Access 2. Want to view a glimpse?

You’ll not be very surprised in learning that Bianca has been quite busy these past months, still mainly being the subject of awesome photographs for her colorful web projects. She and her photographer husband Martin Perreault passed ten feet from me last Friday, as we were all attendants for the presentation of two fetish documentaries by New Zealand director David Blyth, an event that was part of the 2008 FanTasia Film Festival. In fact, the couple briefly introduced the program to the audience.

So I’m actually very pleased to inform you that a fellow Montrealer has been the subject of the most popular post on these very pages, since I started this blog last September! Yep, Bianca has been the most visited guest for Cult Sirens, closely followed by new Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko. Now that’s great company!

As for the upcoming Fetish Weekend (which is sponsored by Club Sin among others), the proposed activities are so numerous that I can only point out the official site to let you all discover it by yourself. Believe me, it will be worth the trip. And don’t you feel like smiling too, now?

Doesn’t she look spooky but yet still curiously attractive? That’s actress Anna Walton in her role as Princess Nuala for the upcoming Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Is that a little glimpse of something amphibian/reptilian in these strange eyes?

Anna has played a vampire in Vampire Diary and is part of the cast of The Mutant Chronicles. Do we have a potential Cult Sirens in the making?

As for Quentin Tarantino wanting adult star Tera Patrick for a remake of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!… taking the Tura Satana role… I can only say… Please do it, QT! (but wasn’t his first choice Kim Kardashian?)

Hmmmm, what? How can the Japanese movie industry come up with this crazy titles and projects? This time, seems like a female swim team is up against a madman bent on creating an army of killing machines. Now, I haven’t seen this yet but the DVD cover sure is appealing (isn’t that a chainsaw?).

Of course, everybody likes fine reading. The fact is, since the popularity of the Internet, I less and less continued to buy movie magazines, as prices went up and the topicality became out of touch. There are some rare exceptions to my shopping habits, though, and one of them is Video Watchdog, still going strong.

Doubly sweet for that last issue is the fact that you can find the usual quality reviews of the last important DVD releases, but you can also take delight in two very important articles on a couple of legendary Sirens with very different backgrounds and careers, namely the sadly recently departed Hazel Court and the iconic and enigmatic Meiko Kaji.

It’s not for nothing that our Links section makes available to you Video Watchblog, VW editor Tim Lucas’ own fascinating space on the web. Go visit!

Of course engraved in our memories will always be the perfect legs and the exceptional talent, but also we’ll miss a very classy lady…

First appearing in print for Batman #1 (Spring 1940), Catwoman is one of the most recognized female character in the comic world. Named Selina Kyle, she was portrayed as a burglar who liked to use a whip in her nocturnal activities. The popularity of the campy Batman television show of the sixties was of course a great help for getting more recognition all around the world. For that series and a couple of movie projects that came much later, Catwoman was mainly portrayed by the following five actresses, five very different women in terms of acting experience and looks.

Julie Newmar
Born August 16, 1933
Having played Catwoman the most often for the TV series, Julie Newmar is eternally associated with the character, probably her best part ever. Her impressive beauty and height were of course appealing, but let’s not forget her awesome timing for comedy.

Lee Meriwether
Born May 27, 1935
Replacing Julie Newmar who was endlessly shooting the troubled western McKenna’s Gold, Lee Meriwether was elected to portray Catwoman for the Batman movie, which reunited the original male cast from the show. She stood her own, bringing great looks and sexiness to a role already defined by Julie.

Eartha Kitt
Born January 17, 1927
Eartha Kitt was a bold choice for the time as a replacement for some episodes, with the producers going on a completely different look, her the daughter of a white farmer and a black Cherokee mother. She already had a cat-like personality as a performer so it would have been interesting to see her grow into the character, if more episodes have been shot.

Michelle Pfeiffer
Born April 29, 1958
Catwoman got a real shot in the arm in terms of popularity for Batman Forever, the second episode of a newly hot superhero movie franchise. Michelle Pfeiffer was also very high on the list of top Hollywood actresses at the time, so nothing could go wrong. Her costume is still a classic of the genre and produced great interest for latex/rubber fashions.

Halle Berry
Born August 14, 1966
Even before a single scene was shot, that 2004 production was already reviled and shrouded in controversy. Hailed as one of the turkeys of the year, I’m one of the nine people worldwide who actually had some fun seeing it in an empty theater. Of course, Halle Berry fared much better as Storm for the X-Men franchise. But is it any worse than Elektra or The Punisher, I can only ask?

Is there any possibility left that Catwoman could make a return to the big screen? In a future Christian Bale movie episode, maybe? Recently, throaty actress Gina Gershon has done some voice work for the character in the animated The Batman TV series. I could easily picture her in the flesh with that kind of costume, though…

These two amazing French beauties are patiently waiting to become official Cult Sirens for quite some time. But which should be crowned first? Why don’t YOU decide? Drop me a line and make your main suggestion right now!

(Of course, Mylène’s on the left on your screen, Michèle’s on the right.)