Hello, everybody. Of course a lot of things have happened this week including the aftermath of the health care reform bill now into law; but as promised, this is a very special blog as when it's springtime, it could mean only one thing: Sexiest Woman of 2010!!!

That's right! For the last few days, I've been creating the modifying the starting field of 90 for this year's tournament. In light of last year when Lisa Edelstein upset everybody in the final round that lasted only a couple days, this year I've decided to pull out all the stops to make sure we play things fair and square. Therefore, the field this year will be like no other, with dozens of brand new faces to go along with the old favorites we've known and loved for years.

Enough chitchat; on to the field starting with the Juniors:

Group A
Kristin Cavallari
Miley Cyrus
Dakota Fanning
Selena Gomez
Blake Lively (last year's top co-Junior)
Audrina Patridge
Rihanna
Kristen Stewart
Ashley Tisdale

Group B
Amanda Bynes
Kaley Cuoco
Ashley Greene
Vanessa Hudgens
Victoria Justice
AnnaLynne McCord
Lea Michele
Taylor Momsen
Hayden Panettiere
Emmy Rossum

Group C
Lauren Conrad
Miranda Cosgrove
Hilary Duff
Julianne Hough
Demi Lovato
Leighton Meester
Emma Roberts
Amanda Seyfried
Jessica Stroup
Taylor Swift (last year's top co-Junior)

And now, the Seniors...

Group D
Kristen Bell (2007 runner-up and 2008 winner)
Courteney Cox
Dana Delany
Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson
Lauren Graham (2005 winner)
Anne Hathaway
Stacy Keibler (2003 third-place finisher)
Mila Kunis
Jennifer Lopez (2001 runner-up)
Reese Witherspoon

Group E
Paula Abdul
Christina Aguilera (1999 runner-up)
Jessica Alba (2000 and 2003 winner)
Sandra Bullock (who has been in the news as of late as far as Jesse James is concerned)
Shannen Doherty
Mariska Hargitay
Jennifer Love Hewitt (2002 third-place finisher)
Beyonce Knowles
Eva Longoria Parker
Shakira

Group F
Christina Applegate
Jessica Biel
Mariah Carey
Jennifer Garner (2005 runner-up)
Teri Hatcher
Alicia Keys
Demi Moore
Britney Spears (1999 winner and 2000-2001 third-place finisher)
Olivia Wilde
Kate Winslet

And finally, the Underdogs...

Group G
Cheryl Burke
Marion Cotillard
Kim Kardashian
Diane Kruger
Olivia Munn
Nancy O'Dell
Stephanie Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Lindsey Vonn
Emma Watson

Group H
Cheryl Cole
Cat Deeley
Kara DioGuardi
Christina Hendricks
Samantha Harris
Stana Katic
Avril Lavigne
Sarah Jessica Parker
Karina Smirnoff
Alison Sweeney

Group I
Dianna Agron
Erin Andrews
Brooke Burke
Kristin Chenoweth
Tina Fey
Katharine McPhee
Marisa Miller
Katy Perry
Nicole Scherzinger
Kate Walsh (last year's top Underdog and third-place finisher)

(NOTE: The field may change at any time)

Now a lot of you are wondering, "Where is Jennifer Aniston?!" Well, as runner-up both last year and in 2006 (as well as finishing third in 2005 and 2008), she gets an automatic bye for the first two rounds.

Okay, here's how the whole show will go...

Top 60 ladies after Round 1 (20 Juniors, 20 Seniors, 20 Underdogs) advance to Round 2 where only 30 will remain (ten from each category). But when we get to Round 3 with Aniston joining the party, the categories are removed and it's anything goes from here on out as the field decreases to 20 for Round 4.

The top ten ladies after Round 4 will go on to face last year's winner Lisa Edelstein in the fifth and final round; if everything goes according to plan, that will be around mid-November!!!!

It's going to be very exciting with every vote, so mark your calendars for April 8 when the Sexiest Woman of 2010 tournament kicks off with the first round preliminaries! And oh yeah...unlike last year, there's no accompanying video on YouTube for this. So long and stay strong!