Beardapalooza 2008 - 2009: Week 9...The Beardies

Beardapalooza is nothing if it's not a celebration of beards. And as we are in the midst of the film industry's annual glut of award shows, I thought it a good time to reward those men who have established themselves as the standard bearers for beard growth. I welcome you all to the First Annual Beardies.

Below you will find the nominees in five categories. The winners will be determined democratically by your votes. Please send your vote for each category by way of comment at the bottom of this blog. And if no one should bother to vote, the winners shall be determined dictatorially, by me, your humble presenter.

BEST BEARD IN THE NBA

And the nominees are...

Baron Davis


DeShawn Stevenson


Drew Gooden


Pau Gasol


Zydrunas Ilgauskus


BEST BEARD IN MODERN MUSIC

And the nominees are...

Sam Beam (a.k.a Iron & Wine)


Devandra Banhart (freak folk artist)


Jim James (of My Morning Jacket)


Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio)


?uestlove (of The Roots)


BEST PRESIDENTIAL BEARD

and the nominees are...

Abraham Lincoln


Benjamin Harrison


James Garfield


Rutherford B. Hayes


Ulysses S. Grant


BEST BEARD IN A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

and the nominees are...

Brady Hawkes (as played by Kenny Rogers in The Gambler)


Dr. Richard Kimble (as played by Harrison Ford in The Fugitive)


Jeremiah Johnson (as played by Robert Redford in Jeremiah Johnson)


Matt Hooper (as played by Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws)


Ned Kelly (as played by Mick Jagger in Ned Kelly)


Just to be clear, I tried to pick actors that grew real beards, so don't give me any of that "Where's Gandalf" nonsense.

BEAST BEARD IN HISTORY

and the nominees are...

Charles Darwin


Jesus


Karl Marx


Rasputin


Young Fidel Castro


That concludes The Beardies. Your votes will be tallied and the winners will be announced in next week's blog.

And now for this week's beard pics:

Scott




Paul




James