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Mar 23, 2011

Ladies of the 90s Tournament - Round 1: Demi Moore (4) vs Angelina Jolie (5)

Previous results: I wasn't surprised by the Uma victory, but the margin of said victory and the claim by some that they had no idea who Henstridge did shock me a bit. I know Species was no megahit, but I guess I overestimated its cultural relevance. Uma won handily, 31-6. Click here to view the updated full bracket.

Demi Moore

Comments: One of only two returning participants from the 80s Tourney, the future Mrs. Kutcher went from being a star to a STAR with 1990's Ghost. From there, she went on to rival Julia Roberts as one of the biggest stars of the decade - though most of her films were known more for the publicity they generated than for their successes, either critically or commercially. If I had but one picture to sum up Moore's career in the 90s, the one that comes to mind would be her Vanity Fair cover, nude and very pregnant; like her, it was many things: controversial, beautiful, and hard to look away from, even if you weren't sure how good of an idea it was.
90s Highlights: Ghost, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, Striptease, G.I. Jane


Angelina Jolie


Comments: Let's get this out of the way right now: yes, had this been a Ladies of the 00s tourney, Angelina would be a surefire number one seed. But it ain't - in fact, she was hardly known (as anything other than "Jon Voight's daughter") for most of the 90s; her beauty is the main factor for her even being seeded as highly as she is, largely because it would just be ridiculous to have her as a 7 or 8 seed. Still, looking back, it's not as though she made no impressions; she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1999's Girl, Interrupted, and her free spirit (read: naked) character in Pushing Tin was just about the only good thing about that piece of crap.
90s Highlights: Hackers, Girl, Interrupted, The Bone Collector (how is that not the name of a porno?)


And then...

May 5, 2010

Ladies of the 80s Tournament - Round 4: Demi Moore (1) vs Molly Ringwald (6)

Previous results: Much to the chagrin of a couple of angry voters, the precious Kelly LeBrock was taken down by that no-good Phoebe Cates, 22-14. Click here to view the updated full bracket.

The Final Four is here! I might have done a shit job over on the Dudes' side, but I appear to have seeded the Ladies pretty well, as not only did three of the four regions send a number one seed to the final four, but it was a 1 vs 2 matchup in each of the previous rounds that got us those 1 seeds. However, all that chalk was destroyed in the, uh, northwest region, where Ringwald and Connelly - the 4 and 6 seeds, respectively - laid waste to everyone in their paths. Can Molly be stopped?

Demi Moore


80s Highlights: Blame It on Rio, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, One Crazy Summer, We're No Angels

Molly Ringwald


80s Highlights: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink

And then...

Apr 30, 2010

Ladies of the 80s Tournament - Round 3: Demi Moore (1) vs Mia Sara (2)

Previous results: In what I believe was the most voted on matchup yet, Molly Ringwald (that's Princess of the 80s to you, buddy) took down one of the 90s princesses, Jennifer Connelly, 31-19. Molly's lucky her matchup wasn't today - don't know how well she'd have done on Ignore a Ginger Day. Click here to view the updated full bracket.

Demi Moore


80s Highlights: Blame It on Rio, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, One Crazy Summer, We're No Angels

Mia Sara


80s Highlights: Legend, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

And then...

Apr 22, 2010

Ladies of the 80s Tournament - Round 2: Demi Moore (1) vs Colleen Camp (4)

Previous results: The perfectly deserving Rae Dawn Chong (what's wrong with her, JSR?) had no trouble eliminating Vanity, 25-10. Click here to view the updated full bracket.

Demi Moore


80s Highlights: Blame It on Rio, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, One Crazy Summer, We're No Angels

Colleen Camp


80s Highlights: Clue, Police Academy 2 & 4, D.A.R.Y.L., Valley Girl


And then...

Apr 15, 2010

Ladies of the 80s Tournament - Round 1: Demi Moore (1) vs Kimberly Foster (8)

Previous results: In the lowest-voted-on women's matchup yet, that one hot chick from Teen Wolf beat up on that hot chick from Purple Rain, 19-7. Click here to view the updated full bracket.

Demi Moore


Comments: Yea, this is gonna be a bloodbath. See more in Foster's comments below.
80s Highlights: Blame It on Rio, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, One Crazy Summer, We're No Angels

Kimberly Foster


Comments: Today must be Savage Steve Holland Day. First, we had John Cusack over in the men's competition, and now Moore and Foster, the starring ladies from Holland's second (and last?) film One Crazy Summer. Not enough to get Foster into the tourney? I don't know - Savage Steve's movies are pretty damned sweet, and totally 80s.
80s Highlights: One Crazy Summer, Dragnet, Dallas

And then...