Showing posts with label The Smoking Nun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Smoking Nun. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2012

William Levy Ultimate Fans Reaches 60,000 Unique Hits!

On August 23, the William Levy Ultimate Fans blog reached a milestone of 50,000 unique visits, five months after its official launch on March 26, 2012. I'm delighted to report that just one month later, you have helped us climb to 60,000 hits! That's just plain hot!

The Levy blog is a sister to your correspondent's original daily pop culture blog The Smoking Nun, launched in 2008. Please keep on keeping on and visiting the most comprehensive English-language William Levy fan site on the Internet... and check out the Nun for more fun. Thanks so much for the support... Now, hey, how about adding some more comments?! *

Thursday, August 23, 2012

WILLIAM LEVY ULTIMATE FANS: 50,000+ Page Views!!

The Smoking Nun launched a sub-blog on March 26, 2012: William Levy Ultimate Fans, which we bill as the most comprehensive English-language William Levy fan site on the Internet. I am thrilled to announce that as of today... after less than five months... the webbie has surpassed the 50,000 mark in page views.

We launched the site as Will began his run of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, which propelled him to American fame via a People magazine cover. And look at our sexy hero now: He had a role in VH1's sensual Single Ladies and will make his Hollywood film debut in an upcoming role in a Tyler Perry flick, as well as musings that he would be the perfect male lead for the film version of William Grey.

For those of you reading on a daily basis here, thank you for your support! Make sure you check out The Smoking Nun here and join us on Networked Blogs (down the right column).

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Smoking Nun August 2011 Daily Feature Poll: And The Results Are...

Last month, we posted a poll on The Smoking Nun in the interest of evolution.

For the past several months, I've enjoyed posting a morning NYC Vintage Image of the Day, along with our weekend Model Perfect hot guy feature, the usual photo journal, occasional features about music and rants & raves about pop culture, politics, the dismal economy and so on...

In our poll, we queried about whether there was any particular interest in one of three daily features: NYC Vintage Image, Hot Guys or a Smoking Nun take on Radio & Records. There wasn't. At all. Over the course of three weeks, 26 unique votes were cast.

Radio & Records garnered 17 votes (65%), NYC Vintage 12 votes (46%), and Model Perfect: Hot Men tied with the riveting option of "Other," with 2 votes each. A combo of all fostered 4 votes (15%).

And so the results are... fuck it. As you can see below, the most popular posts on The Smoking Nun over the past month—aside from a legitimate review of Darren Hayes' new single "Black Out the Sun"—are about Rodiney Santiago and William Levy. I'll be taking a moment now. What the hell am I doing here?

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Smoking Nun's Daily Feature Is Up To You: VOTE NOW!

Don't forget, cool cats.  I've posted a poll along the top right column here allowing you to vote on a daily feature intended to ever-so-gently coerce you to return to The Smoking Nun on a regular basis. What will it be: NYC Vintage? A Male Model A Day? My take on Radio and Records? Or something I've not even considered?

Polling closes Aug. 31 and so far... the response is utterly humiliating. Do you really want nothing but Rodiney Santiago and William Levy on The Nun (actually, considering the Most Popular Posts, noted on the lower right, I've answered my own question). Come to think of it, The Smoking Nun is an ideal moniker to evolve into a porn site. Sigh...

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Daily Feature On The Smoking Nun: You Tell Me

Why do I blog? Foremost, it's to keep my writing skills razor sharp and to prompt me to stay up to date on everything about pop culture on the webbie. It's also become a portal for photography, which has grown increasingly gratifying since I purchased a Nikon digital SLR late last year.

I manage to attract between 400 and 500 hits a day, from all over the world (easy enough to see via the right-hand add-on gadgets). In that, of course, I want to make The Smoking Nun a constantly evolving blog that remains entertaining, interesting and perhaps compelling enough to check a few times a week. So I ask you, cool cats: What do you want to see as a daily feature over coffee and crumpets each morning?

For the last several months, I've had a blast with the New York Vintage Image of the Day... 84 in all. Before that, it was birthdays of celebs I've met and some of the stories behind them: the Starfucker Series.

Now it's up to you. I've posted a poll on the top right column allowing you to vote on a daily feature that will bring you back to the Nun... So what will it be? More NYC Vintage? A Male Model A Day? My take on Radio and Records? Or something I've not even considered?

I encourage you to add your comments to the bottom of this post, in addition to casting your vote. That said, if I end up with fewer than 100 votes by the end of the month, I'll recognize that no one is really paying attention after all—that the blog traffic really is all about William Levy and Rodiney Santiago's hot bods. I'll weep quietly... and then keep on keeping on. Thanks in advance for the input.

Monday, July 18, 2011

JLo & William Levy To Blame For Her Divorce? You Read It Here First!

Following the public announcement over the weekend that Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony are divorcing after seven years, The Smoking Nun wondered on Saturday if it might have something to do with her steamy video shoot with the Sexiest Man Alive William Levy for "I'm Into You."

Now, two days later, stories are oozing across the webbie hypothesizing the same. Just remember, cool cats: You read it here first

Saturday, May 7, 2011

William Levy Adds Sex Appeal To JLo Tele 'Extra' Interview

At a pre-release party for Jennifer Lopez's just-released "Love?" album, tele entertainment magazine "Extra" added some sex appeal to the telecast by surprising the "singer" with an appearance from William Levy, who of course stars in her new music video for "I'm Into You." See the footage below.

Meanwhile, it's no secret that no matter how much I post about issues that matter, pop culture nuggets, rants and raves, lovely New York scenic shots or vintage images of this great city... the most popular posts, without exception, have to do with Mr. Levy. Hey, who's complaining? Whatever lands you here works for meese. Enjoy those beautiful Cuban eyes, long lashes, shimmering teeth and abs of steel. I certainly do.