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Be my girlfriend, Jessica AlbaYOUR E-MAIL ALERTSNEW YORK (AP) -- More guys want Jessica Alba for their girlfriend than any other woman, according to AskMen.com's top 99 list for 2006. The 24-year-old actress tops the Web site's list ranking female celebrities on their "long-term relationship material." Alba is followed by "Alfie" star Sienna Miller and the ubiquitous Angelina Jolie. The list will be posted Tuesday. James Bassil, editor-in-chief of AskMen.com, told The Associated Press the list was determined by the rankings of 2.5 million readers and by the site's staff. Readers of the online magazine were asked to vote according to the woman they would most want a relationship with, would consider marrying or thought best-suited to be the mother of their children. Of course, few have ever accused Alba, Miller or Jolie of being short on movie star glamour. "We encouraged readers not to go on looks alone," Bassil said. "I don't believe it's an entirely accurate reflection of what a reader strives for in their long-term relationships, but at the same time, it's not a sheerly surface appreciation." The rest of the top 10, in order, is Brazilian model Adriana Lima (No. 1 last year), "Access Hollywood" correspondent Maria Menounos, Charlize Theron, Jessica Biel, singer Amerie, Natalie Portman and Eva Longoria. Britney Spears -- a mainstay of such lists in previous years -- failed to chart. Spielberg: Filmmakers more vocalLOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Director Steven Spielberg, whose film about the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics has provoked controversy, says moviemakers have become much more politically vocal since the re-election of President Bush. In a roundtable discussion with editors of Newsweek magazine along with other nominees for the Directors Guild award, Spielberg said, "Maybe I shouldn't get into this ... I just feel that filmmakers are much more proactive since the second Bush administration." In remarks released by the magazine Sunday, he said, "I think that everybody is trying to declare their independence and state their case for the things that we believe in. No one is really representing us, so we're now representing our own feelings, and we're trying to strike back." Spielberg's film "Munich" has been a target for criticism from both left and right because, as Spielberg has said, it raises questions over the moral price Israel paid for targeting the Palestinian guerrillas who killed Israeli athletes. Spielberg said he knew the film was going to "receive a volley from the right," but he was surprised "that we received a much smaller, but no less painful, volley from the left. It made me feel a little more aware of the dogma, and the Luddite position people take any time the Middle East is up for discussion." Spielberg added many fundamentalists in his own community, "the Jewish community, have grown very angry at me for allowing the Palestinians simply to have dialogue and for allowing (screenwriter and frequent critic of Israeli policies) Tony Kushner to be the author of that dialogue. 'Munich' never once attacks Israel, and barely criticizes Israel's policy of counterviolence against violence." He added, "It simply asks a plethora of questions. It's the most questioning story I've ever had the honor to tell. For that, we were accused of the sin of moral equivocation. Which, of course, we didn't intend -- and we're not guilty of." The Directors Guild award was given Saturday night to Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee for his gay cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain." Also taking part in the discussion which will be published Monday in Newsweek were Bennett Miller, director of "Capote," George Clooney, director of "Good Night, and Good Luck," Lee and Paul Haggis, director of "Crash." Asked if he was surprised that "Brokeback Mountain" did not elicit more protest from the religious right, Lee said, "I didn't know they would take a position of deliberate quietness, so that they wouldn't (inadvertently) promote the movie." Joel sets Garden recordNASHVILLE, Tennessee (Billboard) -- Billy Joel has returned to the concert stage in explosive fashion, highlighted by a historic run at New York's famed Madison Square Garden. As of January 21, Joel had sold out 11 Garden shows, breaking the record of 10 set by Bruce Springsteen in 2000. Joel's run of shows began January 23 and now it seems the Piano Man will add a 12th show to the stand. Artists Group International president Dennis Arfa has been Joel's agent for 30 years and knew demand would be high for the artist's first solo tour since 1998. But this high? "We're always cautious when we begin and we're humbled by our success," Arfa says. "You never think about breaking Babe Ruth's home run record until you get to that point where it's within reach, then all of a sudden you say, 'Wow, we're Hank Aaron here.' " Joel's tour will have an in-the-round stage setting. With a 19,000 capacity in the Garden, the total attendance for 11 shows will be about 209,000 and the total gross could be north of $17 million. Ticket prices for the New York shows top out at $89.50. "We're trying to make it affordable for the guy who works in the plant," Arfa says, "not just the guy who owns it." This is not a first for Joel box-office heroics in New York. "Billy in New York is always special," Arfa says of Joel, who grew up in and has lived most of his life in suburban Long Island. "He played nine Nassau (Long Island) Coliseum shows in 1998. We've done two Yankee Stadiums and two Giant Stadiums on the same tour." Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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