24 beauty secrets from Hollywood insiders Sep 17, 2008
Hollywood beauty insiders give up their trade secrets. Use dryer sheets to tame hair flyaways, beauty expert says. (CNN -- US)
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Slam Sarah Palin on Gay Rights Sep 15, 2008
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson jointly eviscerated vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on her anti-gay rights and anti-abortion views on Ronson s official blog. The couple, whom Ronson recently hinted would be betrothed by the end of the year, took to Ronson s blog to tear Republican Presidential candidate John McCain s running mate Palin to shreds on the issues and urging voters to pull the lever for Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama. (Gay Wired)
Let's get physical Sep 14, 2008
" Last year she even posed for French Playboy, though she initially refused to do nude shots and later agreed only if they were suitably abstracted. At the shoot, she disrobed and danced. "It's not that I'm taking more risks but I'm less fearful," she tells me. "I stopped being the nice little obedient girl. When I started as an actress, I wanted to please so much. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Artists offer a few of their 'Favorite Things' Sep 13, 2008
Other highlights include Pao lozzi's "Moonstrips Empire News" (1967); nude prints by Ramos and Wesselmann; and Rivers' "Madame Butterfly" (1978), evoking the opera's clash of American and Asian cultures. The Zimmerli Art Museum is located at 71 Hamilton St. at the corner of George Street on the College Avenue campus of Rutgers University. (NJ.com -- Times)
Let a president be your tour guide Sep 12, 2008
But if the conversation gets too testy, try gently changing the subject by bringing up William Tafts pet cow, John Quincy Adams penchant for swimming nude or some other bit of intriguing trivia you picked up while exploring a presidential museum, library, home or park. Here are a few to get you started. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Hes a winner: Sculpture of a sunshiny child on a rainy day is the Peoples Choice Sep 9, 2008
We wouldnt put a nude statue on display. There are people who wouldnt be receptive to that. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Robert Wuhl, The Art of Politics in Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine Anniversary Issue Sep 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedic Giant, Robert Wuhl takes on the state of American Politics in the new issue of Carrie Leigh's NUDE. The creator and star of Arli$$ and Assume the Position steps back in time as America's first President George Washington and gives us, what is destined to be the Political Collectable Art of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Joined by NUDE Cover Models Sydney Brown and Alicia Marie Clark and photographed by Carrie Leigh, this one of a kind, not to be... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Easy color signals sunny NY Fashion Week theme Sep 9, 2008
Skin colors such as nude, buff and beige were punctuated with textured black, deep red and bougainvillea. The lipstick kisses were subtle, like a sheer nude kisses trench coat with a tulle fringe. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Alain Jacquet, 69, French pop artist Sep 7, 2008
One of his best-known paintings recasts the impressionist giant Edouard Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe," which depicts a female nude picnicking with two fully clothed men. His work is held by institutions including New York's Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of American Art in Washington. (Boston Globe)
Racy Ciara mag cover Sep 6, 2008
The entry titled "Ciara (Nude) and Ludacris On Newsstands," and any of the comments about it ... Ciara (Nude) and Ludacris On Newsstands ... Although I don t agree with racy/nude fotos & no nothing about Ciara except her name, I do think it s biased to be so negative about her, but not have an outcry over the numerous nude celebrities on the covers of Harper s Baazar, Jane, Glamour, Vanity Fair, AARP & Forbes to name a few. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
French pop artist Alain Jacquet dies at 69 Sep 6, 2008
One of his best-known paintings recasts the impressionist giant Edouard Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe," which depicts a female nude picnicking with two fully clothed men ... He also based works on two other renowned nudes, Manet's "Olympia" and the neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' "La Source.". (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Searching for Palin's 'Hot Photos' Sep 6, 2008
Other queries common to the American public: "Sarah Palin Bikini Photos," "Sarah Palin Naked," "Sarah Palin Nude." People also searched frequently for Palin's physical stats particularly her age and height as they did with the other candidates and running mates. Internet searchers also appear to be fascinated by and confused about her religious orientation, with several queries such as "Sarah Palin Religious Beliefs," "Sarah Palin Christian," "Sarah Palin Catholic," "Sarah Palin Mormon" and... (Time.com)
CELEBS BREATHE LIFE INTO REVIVALS Sep 5, 2008
And there's probably no brighter prospect than "Equus," helmed by Harry Potter, a k a Daniel Radcliffe, as the young Brit who inexplicably blinds a stableful of horses after making hay in the nude. Richard Griffiths, the erstwhile Uncle Vernon, plays his shrink, while Kate Mulgrew (the former Captain Janeway) makes a sympathetic magistrate. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Strong comeback Sep 4, 2008
Dressmaker effects such as pleating, applique and Grecian knots play up the artisan effect, in colours such as soft greys, nude, greens, midnight blue and cream on chiffon and duchess satin, among others. Jessica echoes the couture inspiration, with a key story in black, Modern Art. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Your house, their temporary digs Sep 4, 2008
"You can't run around in the nude or bicker with your husband. I would say it is not something to do only because of dire financial need. You have to be ready and able to enjoy the company and the process.". A quick rental guide. (Globe and Mail)
Nude sculpture wins religious prize Sep 3, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. David Tucker's sculpture, A Local Girl Comes Home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
After the Curtain Falls, the Web Gets Into the Act Sep 2, 2008
A comic online Tony campaign by "Xanadu" earlier this year -- the one about an adolescent named Cubby Bernstein who's a genius at theatrical marketing -- went viral, with more than a half-million hits for Episode 6 ( lost amid a bunch of nearly nude actors in the dressing rooms). More commonly, producers create smartly edited "B-roll" footage to be used with TV reviews and on official Web sites. (Washington Post -- Technology)
Unmasked vision Sep 1, 2008
He famously painted a life-size nude portrait of her which - following an argument - he sold to a wealthy businessman ... "I don't want to be nude in your house," she told the man when he called to ask for it back. (BBC News)
The Oldest Man at Burning Man Sep 1, 2008
Techno-hippies, freaks, self-described "mutants," the pierced and the tattooed and the nude streamed past us on foot, on bicycles and in two-decker "art cars" festooned to look like pirate ships and space shuttles. We were walking along the esplanade that rings the crunchy, white sand of the central playa, where 45,000 people materialize, suddenly, every August to construct huge metal sculptures, geodesic domes, mobile dragons that shoot real flames and other art installations that, well,... (Time.com)
Noted Cornwall Photographer in New Exhibit Aug 29, 2008
"A lot of people think an artistic photo has to be landscape or flowers or nude women," said Mr. Frank. "There is a difference between art and commercial photography, but some of the best commercial photography is as good as the art, as far as I'm concerned." The show's examples of commercial photography go to proving his point. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
When public and private collide Aug 27, 2008
Some used their work e-mail addresses or attached nude photos of themselves. Many of them said things that they would not want friends, family, co-workers or even casual acquaintances to know, and all of that information is now available on a public, and widely publicised, website. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Exiled painter misses India's first art fair Aug 25, 2008
But Husain has just spent his 93rd birthday in self-imposed exile, forced out by threats from Hindu groups enraged by his paintings of nude gods and goddesses ... However, it was a little-known 1970 work of nude Hindu goddesses that, when published 15 years later in a magazine article headlined "M. F. Husain: A Painter or Butcher?", created a storm. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
were in trouble Aug 23, 2008
According to his Web site, Conti is not only a competitive eater but also a window-washer, nude model and avid sperm donor. But eating for a living is his claim to fame. (Community News Weekly, NY)
Jerusalem Diary Aug 19, 2008
The journal "Art In America" describes it thus: "With a leaden and noisily roiling Mediterranean in the background, the nude Landau smoothly gyrates to keep a hoop of barbed wire in orbit around her bruised torso. "The two-minute loop archly conflates the seductive Eastern art of belly dancing with one of the loonier emblems of Western leisure. " The exhibition includes one of Sigalit Landau's more melodramatic works (Image: Israel Museum) The curator of the exhibition, Amitai Mendelsohn, told... (BBC News -- Africa)
Kafka himself gets a Metamorphosis Aug 19, 2008
One has a wiry skeleton reaching for a cowering miniature nude; another, a frog's mouth on a suggestively shaped plant. Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Dare to Enter the Portal? Aug 15, 2008
J Waggoner in his studio is making them into artistic nude prints with his camera and trusty computer ... Becoming well known with his concepts is a focus, as Mr. Waggoner's camera is set well on that nude subject ... His online gallery of art nudes will caress them with a 20x30 print and four choices for frames. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Larry Rivers Floats Above Rest Aug 15, 2008
He used stencils, collages and charcoal smudges, sometimes all at once; painted his mother-in-law in the nude; palled around with Kerouac and DeKooning, and dabbled in drugs, bisexuality and the saxophone ... Here, too, are the nudes of Berdie, his mother-in-law, whose doughy rolls of flesh recall the models of Lucien Freud, alongside portraits of an equally nude, but slim, Roman-nosed Frank O'Hara, the poet who was Rivers' lover. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bertrand Castelli, 78, artist and a producer of 'Hair' Aug 14, 2008
A friend of the famous and not-so-famous, a cultivator of people, an avid pot smoker, and a devoted sensualist (his daily swims were always taken nude and usually stoned), he was comfortable in the divergent worlds of SoHo and Broadway, Hollywood and Paris. He once worked as Picasso's assistant, and he was, his daughter said, an occasional lover of Picasso's companion Fran oise Gilot. (Boston Globe)
Rare Lennon Art on Display Aug 14, 2008
The Waukesha museum will have some of his nude drawings in a separate area. Jillson, who's also the owner of the Pacific Edge Gallery in Laguna Beach, Calif. (Time.com)
Survivors reveal Naked Truth’ (4) Aug 13, 2008
The 16-month calendar revealing The Naked Truth About Surviving Cancer is a take-off on Calendar Girls, the 2003 movie in which middle-aged women pose nude to raise money for a hospital ... He was shocked when organizers asked him to pose in the nude ... Another survivor thought Reiger had to be joking about taking nude photos right up until the last moment. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Banksy, Not Just a Graffiti Artist Aug 13, 2008
Bristol Council has allowed Naked Man which portrays a nude male dangling by one arm from a window sill, to be left in place by popular demand. Biography. (Suite101.com)
'Elegy': Alone In The Dark. By Kurt Loder Aug 9, 2008
The images Kepesh sitting in stony silence in his richly shadowed apartment; Consuela presenting herself to him in the nude, as if posing for a Manet canvas are composed with a hypnotic precision. The carefully scaled color palette (by cinematographer Jean-Claude Larrieu) wraps the story in atmosphere, while the soundtrack sighs with Bach, Satie and Chet Baker. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The Visual Writing of Film Aug 8, 2008
Behind Gwyneth Paltrow s (Estella) name is a nude picture of her drawn by Finn. When the words Great Expectations appear, a picture of a fish and a bird surfaces. (Suite101.com)
Tattoo should have been covered Aug 7, 2008
tyler wrote on Aug 6, 2008 1:50 PM:" MJB: You may be right, I'm not sure how explicit the image was, but even if not overly explicit, I still think it is quite reasonable to have an expectation that nude illustrations or pictures not be displayed at the local kiddie pool. If I went and tacked a tasteful picture from Playboy on the bulletin board over there, no matter how inexplecit the image, people would be right to complain. It's simply rude and inappropriate in that kind of a setting. Its... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Blood sport: Exhibit reveals the secret lives of a dreaded predator Aug 7, 2008
And one painting tantalizes us: It s a nude, a very well put-together greenhead hottie, naked as the day she emerged from the marsh, red robe cast aside, barbed spear at the ready. Bitten by the subject Holdsworth, 56, knows greenheads. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Post a comment Aug 7, 2008
And while he is in power he should also close all art galleries and museums in Rome that show nude body parts. Covering naked statues in public places would be an approriate gesture too. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Master of manipulation reaches southern shores again Aug 6, 2008
About 35 of his highly prized photographs - ranging from dramatic seascapes and powerful wartime images to a delicate rear view of a female nude - feature in an exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW, curated by Elizabeth Maloney. Though he never came to Australia, Maloney says Mortimer helped shape and promote Australian photography during the early 20th century. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Playboy's Former First Lady, Carrie Leigh Signs Multi Million Dollar Distribution Contract for NUDE Magazine Aug 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Rider Circulation Services has announced that publisher Carrie Leigh has signed a multi year multi million dollar extension contract for the distribution of her magazine NUDE. According to Mike Werner, "in it's first year Carrie Leigh's NUDE has established itself as the leader in the fine art world and it's growth is unprecedented for a magazine of it's gender Since its release in September 2007, Carrie Leigh's NUDE has become one of the fastest growing... (PR Newswire)
Breasts hurt children, do they? Aug 6, 2008
JLH wrote on Aug 3, 2008 5:24 PM:" Spot on, Dr. As I posted in the related thread, European children aren't scarred for life by seeing women's breasts. There are numerous topless (or even nude) beaches where whole families go together - from infants to the elderly. It's not lewd or obscene to them. Similarly, women routinely breast feed publicly (no skulking off to the restroom as if they should be ashamed of this natural act of providing nutrition to their infant.) It is the attitudes and... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Berlusconi takes fire for nipple cover-up Aug 5, 2008
Nude artwork rarely offends in Italy, home to innumerable classical nudes in painting and sculpture. But this particular bare breast, in Tiepolo's "Time Uncovering Truth," was the backdrop for press conferences and often caught on camera. (MSNBC -- International)
Anne Hathaway's Nude Photos Expected in Web Leak Aug 5, 2008
According to the Enquirer, Follieri had reportedly taken several nude photos of Hathaway, Gawker writes. The piece de resistance of which is a prized and sizzling photo of her in black fishnet stockings, a garter belt and bustier that completely exposes her top portion. (Fox News)
Different Spokes For Different Folks Aug 5, 2008
Hundreds of mostly nude bicyclists joined curious spectators in the city's Tower Grove Park on Saturday night for a 10-mile "World Naked Bike Ride.". The ride has been staged in 70 cities worldwide since 2004 as a way to protest society's dependence on oil. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
The Rough Guide To The Music Of Mali Aug 4, 2008
Jess from the Veronicas has become involved in a nude pic scandal. Is it really her. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
NUDE Magazine Sets New Standard for Fine Art, Says Kim Weston Aug 2, 2008
Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The success of Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine has set a new standard for the world of fine art aficionados, says historian, lecturer and photographer Kim Weston. "Imagine, it has taken almost fifty years for America to catch up with the rest of the world in how the female form is viewed as art and not pornography. In Europe and Japan the female body has been viewed in the way NUDE portrays it for decades and now finally in America we have a publication that breaks new ground... (PR Newswire)
Judge rules Iowa law protects nude dancing club Aug 2, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Nude dancing remains an art in Iowa. A Fremont County judge ruled Friday in favor of a nude dancing club owner charged with violating Iowa's indecent exposure law ... A 1998 case in Davenport also found nude dancing is a form of art. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Judge Rules For Live Theater ... And Stripping Aug 2, 2008
Judge rules Iowa law protects nude dancing club. Article:Judge rules Iowa law protects nude dancing club:/n/a/2008/08/01/national/a095456D99 ... DTL Article:Judge rules Iowa law protects nude dancing club:/n/a/2008/08/01/national/a095456D99. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Jury begins deliberations in Bentley case Aug 1, 2008
Brown also argued that Thompson relied on the emotional value of nude photos that aren't in evidence and are not an element of the crime. Bentley's ex-wife had testified during the trial that she found nude photos of Jetseta in Bentley's coat pocket. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Titillating tat Jul 30, 2008
Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:22 AM CDT Logan officials say they would have no grounds to oust a recent patron of the city s Aquatic Center whose tattoo of a partially nude angel offended others at the pool ... TatFan wrote on Jul 30, 2008 8:33 AM:" Orion - I could not agree more. My first thought about Ms. Call was that she must have brought up in a cave, Artists have long depicted Angels in the nude or partially clothed. I wonder what Michaelangelo would have to say to this woman if... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Listening ears on, Kevin Jul 27, 2008
Fielding, meanwhile, is uncomfortably lodged in my memory as nude from the waist up (I know - I'm ready to seek help) after recently stripping in support of pensioners' rights. Fielding may yet need to try harder (but please, Steve, keep your trousers on) in the face of such intense competition from Xenophon - a man whose Python-esque surname seems tailor-made for a Sultan of Senate stunts, a grammar school boarding housemaster or a Member of the House of Lords. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Andrew McLeod, saltwater spear thrower Jul 26, 2008
But I suppose it's better than a nude under aged child being displayed to the world. Posted by: Ron of Country SA 9:30pm July 25, 2008. (NEWS.com.au)
Alvin Hall's World of Money: Could wine improve your bank balance? Jul 26, 2008
Nude model flag controversy. Hole forces Qantas plane to land. (BBC News -- UK)
Infighting hits US actors strike Jul 26, 2008
Nude model flag controversy. There was an almighty crack. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cello challenge Jul 25, 2008
" The three cellists plan to climb Snowdon in Wales on Sunday, and Carrauntoohil in County Kerry in the Irish Republic on Wednesday 30 July. Bookmark with: RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED Hole forces Qantas plane to land Black and white twins born 'Wrong bras' can damage breasts SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East Loch Fyne wages 'below minimum' READ Hole forces Qantas plane to land SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East Painter fined... (BBC News -- UK)
Painting prize shortlist revealed Jul 25, 2008
Nude model flag controversy. Dancing cleaner finds fame. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Riverfront Powerboat Races Canceled Due To Racy Sponsor Jul 25, 2008
"It's not Penthouse or something," he said, referring to a magazine known for its photographs of nude women. Henson said ChampBoat would not have allowed Knockout's models to dress too provocatively. (FOX61, CT)
Correggio and the sensuality of the saints Jul 25, 2008
Around the walls he added grisaille classical vignettes, including satyrs and images of Juno and the Three Graces, forerunners of his enchanting female nudes on canvas ... In the "Vision" fresco, Correggio depicted St. John and the other disciples nude but for some classical drapery ... Amid the multitude, a semi-nude Eve holds out a golden apple toward Adam. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Zero sum game Jul 25, 2008
Nude model flag controversy. Passenger on emergency landing. (BBC News -- Africa)
Banned nude still scandalises Jul 23, 2008
An oil painting of a nude woman went back on show yesterday more than 60 years after it was banned for being 04000 dquo;too brazen only to receive complaints about it because she is smoking. The nude, titled D. D. after the initials of the model, was painted by Sir Gerald Kelly, who painted the Royal Family and became president of the Royal Academy ... The picture, which became known as the Newport Nude , has been locked in a vault ever since. (Times Online)
Monet? Gauguin? Using art to make better doctors Jul 20, 2008
Students have the option of drawing a nude model as well. Instructors draw exact parallels between some artworks and diagnosing illness; students, for example, study texture and pattern in Jackson Pollack's abstract Number 10, and then return to the medical school to study how patterns in patients' rashes can indicate specific conditions. (Boston Globe)
Playboy's Former First Lady, Publisher Carrie Leigh Expands Nude Magazine's Distribution Base Jul 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Fine art publisher Carrie Leigh announced today that she has expanded Nude Magazine's distribution base ... In meeting her first year's goal for the United States Distribution of Carrie Leigh's Nude, she also says that she is now looking to expand distribution in foreign markets that presently include: Canada, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, Australia, Luxembourg and Brazil ... Fine art photographer Carrie Leigh, who lived with Hugh Hefner in the early to late... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Portrait of a durable romance Jul 18, 2008
We do, however, see Bachardy at work, painting nude and half-dressed young men in his studio. And there he is working out at the gym the way a lot of men in their 70s do: too fast. (Boston Globe)
Nude girl image passes censor Jul 17, 2008
au/news/arts/nude-girl-image-passes-censor/2008/07/17/1216163021241. htmlsmh. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The How-To-Do Anything Guide Jul 17, 2008
" Easy enough. First, acquire some sort of marking device: pen, pencil, charcoal or gouging stick. Next, make lines and curves and dots and dashes on the surface of your choosing: paper, canvas, sandy beach, dirt floor of rustic cabin or the skin of exceptionally trusting loved one. Then, stand back and admire--or loathe, depending on your perception of self-worth at the time--your work. (Note: Stick to abstract drawing. Comparing your own renderings to real-life objects such as a bowl of fruit... (Forbes)
Gossip: There's a Bruce Willis photo double in our midst Jul 17, 2008
"Someone who resembles the star in looks and movement and is used for distance, over the shoulder, and other shots (that) don't show the full face. Also in my case I've been used for insert close-up hand shots as well. ...; I think the term "body double" can mean the same thing as a "photo double" but also sometimes refers to someone that poses as the star in nude scenes; (not in my job description)." And that's all for now 'cause Motson is "crazy busy.". NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE IN... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Ian McKellen Going Full-Frontal On PBS? Jul 16, 2008
Rings' Star Goes Nude For 'King Lear' Performance ... The nude scene was part of the "Lord of the Rings" star's performance in the title role of "King Lear" in New York. (KIRO TV, WA)
