50 Cent recently released a picture of himself looking extremely malnourished. He’s apparently fine, but has lost the weight purposely for his role in the movie Things Fall Apart. He dropped from 214lbs. to 160lbs. but is apparently now back on tour, eating healthy and says he’ll be back in shape in no time.

Now this is our kind of contest. A Chicago strip club recently held a Sarah Palin look alike contest to find the sexiest Sarah Palin look alike. The Chicago Tribune reports:

We don’t know how much the real Sarah Palin made from her event. But the look-alike contest winner, a Brazilian stripper who gave her name as Eloah Rocha, earned what the club said was a $2,500 first prize.

For recognizing the allure of mixing Palin and sex, the strip joint, Lawrence Avenue’s Admiral Theatre, got to pack the place on a Wednesday night and, probably most important, won media attention as far away as Seattle, club officials said.

As for the contest, it was essentially seven professional dancers with ties to the Admiral taking turns doffing their obligatory glasses and most of the rest of their vaguely Palinesque get-ups.

One was “oil-drilling Palin” (she struck baby oil), another was “Bible Palin” (though not a stickler about it), still another “hunting Palin.” By the end of their dances, though, all had on eerily similar costumes. It was quite a coincidence.

The one potential contestant in Palin attire who seemed to be from outside the Admiral said thanks, but no thanks, to competing. Before things started, she said she didn’t want her name used or photo taken and soon scurried out of the theater as she realized press would be sticking around.

She probably looked more like Palin than any of the other women, although that may not have been the first criteria employed by the three judges: the WKQX-FM 101.1 morning host who goes by “Tingle,” WLUP-FM 97.9 “Loop Girl” Lindsey Schendel, and an Admiral promotions worker dressed as Rod Blagojevich.

The winner, who was “corporate dominatrix Palin,” used the stage name “Bia.” And because we believe in getting the details right, here are the evening’s other six stage names: “Marissa,” “Carmen,” “Emily,” “Scarlett,” “Charlie,” and “Ariel,” although it might be spelled “Arielle.”

Raise your hand if you think “Tingle,” too, would make a great stripper name.

sajohnson@tribune.com

Today Mena Suvari and Peter Gabriel were born.

Oh yeah…. Jerry Springer was born today as well.  JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!!!

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Many many birthdays today.

Christina Ricci, Josh Brolin, Stephen Baldwin @freaksb, Arsenio Hall, Bill Russell, Charles Darwin and Abe Lincoln all graced us with their presence on the 12th day of February.

Also, Bill Murray’s masterpiece “Groundhog Day” premiered on this day.

Lastly, on this date… Charles Schulz passed away.  Please raise a glass at some point today knowing that Lucy is rotting in hell because of poor Charlie Brown breaking his collar bone everytime he went to kick that football.

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What a truly special day.  The beautiful Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Palin, the multi-talented Burt Reynolds, and the world’s funniest man Leslie Nielsen were all born on this date.

I’m sure there are some important deaths on this day, but I refuse to bring any negativity to this post since it’s Mr. Nielsen’s birthday.

Can’t forget that on this day Buster Douglas beats Mike Tyson to obtain the belt in Tokyo.

“Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute until he’s behind bars. Now, let’s grab a bite to eat.”

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Roberta Flack and Laura Dern were born.

Michael Jackson appears on the Oprah show and brings in huge ratings… and then climbs a tree.

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On this day Travis Tritt, Judith Light and Joe Pesci were born. On the other end of the spectrum, Bill Haley died.

Pesci – “I’m funny how? Like a clown? I’m here to amuse you?”

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On this day in celebrity history

• Bob Marley was born
• Axl Rose was born

Munich Air Disaster happened (RIP Busby Babs)

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