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Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine
 Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine 
Jul 21, 2008 1:27 PM CDT

Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine

Federal panel says FCC acted capriciously with $550K penalty

(Newser) - A federal appeals court today threw out the FCC $550,000 fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction.” The decency watchdogs were found to have acted arbitrarily in changing their policy of not punishing fleeting nudity, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The court separately said...

New Swimsuits Unfair; Stick to Birthday Suits

Time to bring back Olympic tradition of competing naked, says columnist

(Newser) - No sporting record lasts forever, but these days, writes Bloomberg columnist Scott Soshnick, athletes are demolishing them with almost ridiculous frequency. At the US Olympic swimming trials this year, no fewer than nine records were broken or equaled—a function less of talent than of technology. Perhaps it's time to...

Famous Nudie Beach Under Fire
 Famous Nudie Beach Under Fire 
Jun 17, 2008 1:40 PM CDT

Famous Nudie Beach Under Fire

Clothed, clothed fire

(Newser) - Sunbathers at one of the nation’s most famous nude beaches may be forced to put their clothes on, the AP reports. South Cove in Vermont is considered destination traveling for nudists, but locals are petitioning for a town ordinance against nudity. “It’s about common public decency,”...

Construction Oglers Get an Eyeful

Workers' whistles drive woman to bare all

(Newser) - Some wolfish construction workers got an eyeful of a sheep without clothing, the New Zealand Herald reports, when a female Israeli tourist apparently fed up with their whistling got naked as she used an ATM in downtown Kerikeri. "She gave the explanation that she had been pestered by New...

Vt. Town Sheds Inhibitions, Puts Them Back On

Fine instated after repeated nude incidents

(Newser) - Whether shopping, bicycling, hula-hooping, or demonstrating for PETA, people in Brattleboro, Vt., have witnessed a rash of nakedness, the Wall Street Journal reports. Public nudity is generally legal in Vermont, but a spontaneous act of nakedness by three 20-year-olds two summers ago sparked a trend that made many residents uncomfortable...

Male Nudity? Cue the Nervous Laughter
Male Nudity? Cue the Nervous Laughter
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May 11, 2008 6:05 PM CDT

Male Nudity? Cue the Nervous Laughter

Comedies tap into America's 'adolescent reaction' to full frontal

(Newser) - Penises are in the Hollywood spotlight these days, with both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the new Harold & Kumar offering full-frontal male nudity. They’re guaranteed to get a nervous laugh because there’s still an uncomfortable shock to seeing one on the big screen, writes Laura Hodes in the...

Bill Would Defend Troops From Incoming Playmates

Playboy way off base, says proposed ban

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker wants to keep America's fighting men and women out of harm's way—the harm he says is caused by exposure to incoming copies of Playboy and Penthouse. The Military Honor and Decency Act sponsored by Georgia congressman Paul Broun would tighten existing laws to prevent the magazines...

Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?
 Naked Truth in Cheney Shades? 
Apr 11, 2008 1:02 PM CDT

Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?

The web wonders if the VP is looking at a naked woman rather than fly fishing

(Newser) - The man who famously shot his hunting partner may have another leisure-sport scandal on his hands—this time involving the image of a naked woman. Bloggers are obsessively analyzing a close-up photo released by the White House of Dick Cheney fly fishing, because of racy image that appears to be...

LiLo Going Full Frontal for $40K

Lohan asks to bare all in upcoming movie

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan wants to bare the full monty in an upcoming flick where she's making a paltry $40,000 to play a nymphomaniac waitress. The sex scene only required a topless shot but she asked for the direction change so she could prove she was a "mature actress,"...

'Potter' Star to Bare All on Broadway

Equus starts 22-week run in New York in September

(Newser) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will strip down for American audiences on Broadway in a challenging dramatic role that has already wowed Brits. In a major departure from his famous boy wizard role, the 18-year-old stars in the dark psychosexual drama Equus as a troubled adolescent accused of blinding horses....

Pam Bares All for Hef's Birthday

Ex-bunny's naked surprise makes turning 82 just fine for Playboy honcho

(Newser) - Pamela Anderson's birthday present to Hugh Hefner might have killed your average 82-year-old: The bottle blonde double-D surprised the "stunned" Playboy founder in his hotel room Saturday night with a private, naked lap dance, the Las-Vegas Review-Journal reports.

Bruni Greets Journo Topless
Bruni Greets Journo Topless
Jan 25, 2008 10:02 AM CST

Bruni Greets Journo Topless

Buffy the Sarko-slayer indeed, Daily Mail writer finds

(Newser) - Carla Bruni may have the press corps covering her fiancé—French President Nicolas Sarkozy—atwitter, but it can’t be said that the model keeps cards too close to her chest, reports the Daily Mail's Simon Mills, whom Bruni recently greeted with these fittingly plain words: “Sorry for...

Nudie Pic Threatens High School Musical

Disney reeling after Hudgens bares all

(Newser) - Disney’s squeaky-clean billion-dollar High School Musical franchise has been staggered by an amateur nude photo of star Vanessa Hudgens making the rounds on the internet. So far The Mouse is backing Hudgens, but the shot has been ripped by parents. Hudgens is negotiating for the third Musical installment, but...

Iconic Baby, Now a Teen, Feels 'Creepy'

Skinnydipping Nirvana cover boy looks back with mixed feelings

(Newser) - One of rock music’s most famous cover subjects is a little leery of his past. Spencer Elden was 3 months old when he appeared naked as a money-grubbing underwater baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind; now he says the photo, on an album that sold tens of millions of copies,...

PoshBecks Bare Souls&mdash;&amp; More
PoshBecks Bare Souls—& More  
Jul 12, 2007 5:14 AM CDT

PoshBecks Bare Souls—& More

Provocative W spread kicks off high-profile move to America

(Newser) - They're ripped, stripped and determined to become American idols. Brit soccer superstar David Beckham and his former Spice Girl wife Victoria land in the US on the cover of W Magazine wearing little more than come-on scowls. The delectable duo claim they "like to lock the doors and wander...

Risqu&eacute; Billboard Draws Eyes, Ire
Risqué Billboard Draws Eyes, Ire
May 30, 2007 8:56 PM CDT

Risqué Billboard Draws Eyes, Ire

Chicago-area residents call advertisement sexist and offensive

(Newser) - A billboard featuring a scantily clad woman and indicating "problem" areas on her body is the talk of the Chicago area. The 10-by-36 ad for a salon and spa went up two weeks ago, and some local residents have their panties in a twist—understandable, because the model doesn't...

Polish Artist Installs Huge Nude Balloon in Italy

(Newser) - Polish artist Pawel Althamer has placed a 70-foot long nude balloon in a plaza in Milan. It is a self-portrait of the artist.  In Italy such a sculpture is "nothing new."   A passing American commented that it "wouldn't fly" in the U.S.

German Students Do Full Monty
German Students Do Full Monty  
May 9, 2007 5:44 PM CDT

German Students Do Full Monty

Nude calendars raise cash for charities, protests

(Newser) - German students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend...

Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity
Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity
May 7, 2007 10:00 AM CDT

Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity

Thousands go au naturel for photo shoot

(Newser) - A mob of some 20,000 Mexicans stormed the capital yesterday morning not to protest, but to show off their birthday suits. The stark-naked crowd pranced around Mexico City's historic plaza as part of a giant photo shoot orchestrated by New York–based photographer Spencer Tunick, a well-known buff of...

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