TV Talk : We at BeansTalk love TV, and admittedly, watch too much. Late last night, I happened upon one of the queerest documentaries I’ve seen in a long time: “American Eunuchs,” which has to be seen to be believed. Catch it on Sundance if you have it. Here’s what the network says about it: Every year, hundreds of men voluntarily choose to be castrated in covert operations that take place in motel rooms and hidden surgical offices. Gian Carlo Guiducci and Franco Sacchi's unsettling yet not unsympathetic film introduces us to a number of men who have chosen this drastic option to achieve a sense of personal control or purity. Also interviewed is an 84-year-old Philadelphia doctor, who performs two or three such operations a week, and a Midwest "cutter" who uses tools purchased on the Internet and sterilized in a pressure cooker.

In terms of regular television, we can recommend some of our favorite series. Currently, we try not to miss BBC America’s “Jonathan Creek” and “Murphy’s Law” (at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Mondays), “Deadwood” (at 10 p.m. Sundays on HBO), “Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!” (at 10 p.m. Thursdays on Showtime). The latter is on at the same time as the cringingly good “The Office” (also at 10 p.m. Thursdays, but on BBC America).

Although there aren’t new episodes, if you haven’t seen “The Chris Isaak Show,” “Dead Like Me,” or “Carnivale,” or “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” they’re often in repeats on Showtime and HBO, respectively.

Fashion Facts: At last night's premiere of her film Soul Plane , Arielle Kebbel wore a tangerine dress by Elsie Katz Couture, an orange satin bustier style dress with lace hem. Brie Larson and Sara Paxton, also at the same premiere, were also wearing tangerine shades.

Last weekend, Nicole Richie appeared to do a Courtney Love and glammed up, even cutting short her eccentric hair extensions into a more conservative style.

You gotta give Mo'Nique snaps for being who she is. At last night’s “Soul Plane” premiere, she donned what can be best described as a 60s-baby doll nightgown.

Ashlee Simpson seems to be taking cues from Christina Aguilera, who went for the dark tresses to separate herself from Britney, Mandy and Ashlee’s older sis Jessica. Now Ashlee has gone for a country-singer style gypsy mullet, in black, as she appeared at MTV’s TRL. She’s blonde no more. Later, she coordinated with Jessie at the Introduce Ice Breakers' New Liquid Ice Breath Mints at Milk Studios in NYC, wearing silver grey flouncy tops over pants.

A subdued, softer and pretty Mariah Carey showed off her two best assets atop a black tank dress at Operation Smile's "Smile Collection" 2004 Couture Event at Whitney Museum's Robert J. Hurst Family Galllery in NYC

At NBC’s upfront at Radio City Music Hall yesterday, Drea DeMatteo went for a monochromatic look, in which her hair, her sunshades and her blouse all were the same shade of café au lait.

At that same event Heather Locklear was looking amazingly “REFRESHED,” even though she seemed afraid to fully smile. A cute baby doll flouncy top over jeans perpetuated the “youthful” glow and look.

In an outfit some may call goofy (or inspired by her brother, David Arquette), Patricia Arquette wore a bold bowling green and white plaid suit over white hose, shoes and shirt – and looked absolutely beautiful and darling. As a new mom, she even had that little extra sparkle. Another new mom (at the same NBC event), Kelli Williams looked curvy and gorgous in a sexy halter dress, also in shades of green and white.

Mary Stuart Masterson, at the premiere of “Something the Lord Made,” showed up with her usually blonde hair a deep red-brown, very pretty and very mature.

Terri Colombino, who plays Katie Peretti on As the World Turns, wore a spring dress from A Pea in the Pod for her red carpet appearance at the Daytime Emmy Craft Awards on Sunday evening. She chose a multi-colored pleated halter dress.

Skincare: Md Skincare and Dr. Dennis Gross Announce INTENSE BODY MOISTURE, a 3-in-1 product that they say Seals in Moisture and Provides Intense Hydration, Infuses Skin with Vitamins C, E, and Green Tea Extract, Helps to Reduce the Appearance of Rosacea and Red Bumps on the Skins Surface. "You want to minimize what you do to your skin. That's why I developed a unique product chemistry. It amplifies benefits and reduces ingredients overload." - Dr. Dennis Gross

Meanwhile, Dr. Howard Murad announced his “Wrinkle-Free Forever: The 5-Minute, 5-Week Dermatologist’s Program,” a trade paper available this week, for $14.95

Anti-Muppets: What channel did this air on in the U.S.? No where, apparently. But if you’re Canadian, or happened to catch this unique show on a visit, you might be interested: “Puppets who Kill” will be available on DVD on July 13, 2004. The release is the complete first season of the hit television series from Canada’s Comedy Network. It takes place in a halfway house for very bad puppets and features four felonious puppet inmates who are doing time with their human caseworker as they wait until that glorious day when they can be re-integrated back into society… but it’s not so easy. They’re conniving, dangerous, self-centered and bitter. They’re the anti-Muppets. The locals approve: “The writing is sharp and venal” – The Globe and Mail “Funny as hell” – The Toronto Star “Wonderfully sick and twisted” – The Toronto Sun

Not So Odd: Tony Randall, a comic fixture of our youth (we never missed “The Odd Couple” passed away, leaving behind a 50-years-younger wife, Heather and two children, aged 7 and 5. Having a six-year-old ourselves, we can’t imagine how hard it must be for Mrs. Randall. Our symphathies.

BeansTalk Blather: Perhaps we shouldn’t comment, given our son is called “Bean,” but what possessed Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin to name their baby Apple? The pictures of the baby and parents leaving hospital are lovely and cheery and pregnancy seems to have agreed with Paltrow’s locks, which suddenly seem rich and thicker.