Trends for February 19, 2001

Lisa Ferguson is the Sun assistant features editor. Her Trends column appears Mondays. Reach her at [email protected] or 259-4060.

Final curtain calls

If you find celebrity death pools famous among office workers who wager which star is most likely next in line to head to that big movie studio in the sky repulsive, try visiting famousfarewells.com.

The website recently launched what it claims is the Internet's first "celebrity condolence service," where fans of the deceased including actors, musicians, athletes, animal stars and politicians can honor their heros.

For a fee, famousfarewells.com will send a floral arrangement to the celebrity's actual gravesite, as well as a condolence card expressing "the fan's feelings of love, admiration and loss." Other "creative" sympathy options are also available.

The site not only serves as a memorial middleman, but also provides celebrity-related news and gossip and links to other celebrity websites.

Walk this way

In other celebrity news, the results of hosiery-maker Hanes' seventh annual "Sexy Legs Survey" are in.

"The Wedding Planner" star Jennifer Lopez is the clear winner with male respondents. For the second year, her limbs took first place in the survey, among 14 percent of men and 12 percent of women, as the sexiest in Hollywood, followed by country songstress Faith Hill.

Twenty-one percent of women, meanwhile, gave Mel Gibson's gams the nod. Surprisingly, though, 22 percent were as likely to choose their husband's legs over Gibson's.

The ladies also said they wished they could have legs like Hill (15 percent), while 11 percent opted for Lopez's legs.

Grab some wood, buddy

If it worked for milk, why cant it work for wood?

That's what the Wood Promotion Network figures. So, this group of North American wood-product companies and allied industry associations recently unveiled its campaign promoting what else? the benefits of wood and wood products.

OK, so you won't see Britney Spears sporting an oak moustache anytime soon. Instead, the "Be Constructive" campaign will "trumpet wood's central role in home construction, home improvement and remodeling, as well as do-it-yourself constructive pursuits," according to the Chicago-based network.

Here are some of the facts (others can be found at beconstructive.com):

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