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  • Hepatitis C Free, Pamela Anderson Celebrates With Nude Instagram

    Hepatitis C Free, Pamela Anderson Celebrates With Nude Instagram

    Pamela Anderson says she’s free of Hepatitis C, and she’s celebrating in a rather naked way.

    “I am CURED!!! – I just found out #nomorehepc #thankyou #blessing #family #prayer #live I pray anyone living with Hep C can qualify or afford treatment. It will be more available soon. I know treatment is hard to get still…#dontlosehope #itworkedforme #thereisacure #love #happy #americanliverfoundation #celebration #Idontknowwhattodo #iwanttohelp #cannes #iloveboats #onthesea #free,” Anderson wrote on Instagram.

    Check out the pic:

    Anderson announced she was about to go on a new drug regimen in August. It looks like it worked. There is a catch, however. The drug treatment can cost as much as $100,000.

    Of course, most living with Hep C cannot afford this.

    Anderson contracted Hepatitis C in 2002, supposedly from sharing tattoo needles with Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.

    Another cause Anderson is passionate about? Rainforests. She recently announced, on Instagram, that she’ll be auctioning off her engagement ring for the Cool Earth organization.

    “I’ve been an activist for over 20 years. I realized quickly that the state of the planet, the rainforests and oceans – and the need for environmental protection and awareness – affects ALL lives,” she wrote. “I can only do my humble part – but I determined every day to find unique ways to support organizations I’m close to, like Cool Earth. I know the work they do is some of the most important work there is.
    The rainforests are the lungs of the earth – we need to breathe to survive. They are being mowed down. We need to make people understand in a capitalistic world that the value of a tree standing is greater than it is fallen.”

    I’ve been an activist for over 20 years. I realised quickly that the state of the planet, the rainforests and oceans – and the need for environmental protection and awareness – affects ALL lives. I can only do my humble part – but I determined every day to find unique ways to support organisations I’m close to, like Cool Earth. I know the work they do is some of the most important work there is. The rainforests are the lungs of the earth – we need to breathe to survive. They are being mowed down. We need to make people understand in a capitalistic world that the value of a tree standing is greater than it is fallen. We are headed towards the next extinction. Caused by human’s greed and stupidity. We are hanging by a thread at our own hand. I set up the Pamela Anderson Foundation years before it officially launched. I found that I am a great connector. I know powerful people and have been able to introduce powerhouses to grassroots organizations, where money makes a valuable difference. I meet a lot of activists dedicating their lives to things we take for granted. And my organization knows how to supply funding to people on the ground where real change is made. I put my money where my mouth is so I’m auctioning my engagement ring for Cool Earth. I feel that the wonderful gift I was given could go to much better use. I’m dedicating the money raised to help save the rainforest in Papua New Guinea before a palm oil company mows it down. I would love to have a ring that helped save the rainforest. What a beautiful story. Don’t go to Tiffany – just buy this ring with love and a purpose. Governments need to make Climate Change a priority. It is the most important agenda. There is so much propaganda: governments are tied to big business. They need to step back and make choices from the ground up. Don’t fall for the rhetoric: ask yourself, what do we need to survive if all else fails? (and it will). We need clean air, an unpolluted earth with vivacious soils, clean water and a healthy ocean. @coolearthaction @pamelaanderson #coolearth #rainforest #health

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  • Chrissy Teigen Goes FULL FRONTAL For Miami Photoshoot

    Chrissy Teigen, the 29-year-old Sports Illustrated model, is definitely comfortable modeling while in her bikini. But this week, Teigen turned up the heat in Miami by posing nude in a photo shoot with photographer Bruce Weber. Teigen’s husband, John Legend, was also there watching from the sidelines. For the nude photo spread, Teigen bared her breasts while partially submerged in the water. While she attempted to cover her nipples with her arms, the waves knocked her over a few times which left her breasts in full view. The model was clearly having a blast during the risqué photo shoot.

    Even Legend looks pleased as he was seen watching the shoot from the beach. In between shooting, the couple were seen having a great time. They were even photographed sharing a passionate kiss. According to reports, Legend joined in on the shoot and posed without his shirt on to show off his guns. It was also revealed that the shoot wasn’t a nude-only affair. The couple were also photographed looking elegant, with Teigen wearing a cleavage-baring robe and Legend sporting a white shirt tucked into his khaki pants.

    Teigen and Legend are definitely one of the most passionate couples around, and they revealed last month that they are not above having sex in public. During the Grammy red carpet, the couple was asked about the best place they ever had sex. “The best? Probably the Obama thing,” Teigen answered, which left John Legend flustered. However, they did clarify that they didn’t have sex on the White House.

    Last year, Teigen appeared on the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue alongside Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge. Teigen and Legend got married on September 14, 2013. He proposed to her in December of 2011, after four years of dating. Legend’s hit song, “All Of Me” is reportedly dedicated to the stunning brunette.

  • Reddit Wants No Part of the Next Fappening

    Reddit Wants No Part of the Next Fappening

    Last year, hundreds of nude images of celebrities were stolen off the cloud and passed around various internet channels including 4chan and reddit. The latter, being a much more mainstream community, faced a heavy dose of criticism for allowing multiple subreddits to continue to post the nude images, despite the protestations of many of the celebrities involved.

    Reddit eventually shut down these subreddits, but it look the company a couple of weeks – much to the chagrin of those affected, privacy activists, and yes, even many reddit users.

    “The Fappening”, as the leak was dubbed, was far from the first time reddit had come under fire for its seemingly hands-off approach to the content its users post. Over the years, reddit has found itself in the middle of many a debate regarding sexually suggestive content posted without the subject’s consent. But reddit’s role in The Fappening made the biggest splash. People pay a little more attention to Jennifer Lawrence’s naked body than some random girl a redditor upskirted on the subway.

    Now, reddit’s management has decided to make some changes to help both JLaw and random subway girl. Whether or not they will work is yet to be seen, but a new addition to the site’s privacy policy shows that reddit is trying to grow up a bit – or at least hold itself accountable for some of the creepier elements of its vast empire.

    “Last year, we missed a chance to be a leader in social media when it comes to protecting your privacy — something we’ve cared deeply about since reddit’s inception. At our recent all hands company meeting, this was something that we all, as a company, decided we needed to address,” says reddit’s founder and new Executive Chairman Alexis Ohanian and CEO Ellen Pao in an announcement made Tuesday.

    “No matter who you are, if a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity, sexual excitement, or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, is posted or linked to on reddit without your permission, it is prohibited on reddit. We also recognize that violent personalized images are a form of harassment that we do not tolerate and we will remove them when notified.”

    This sort of outright ban, issued unequivocally, is a new thing for reddit. The new privacy policy, which will go into effect March 10, has a brand new section in it called “Involuntary Pornography”. Here’s what it says:

    reddit is committed to your privacy. If you believe that someone has submitted, without your permission, to reddit a link to a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, please contact us (contact@reddit.com), and we will expedite its removal as quickly as possible. reddit prohibits the posting of such content without consent.

    Of course, this is all contingent upon someone (presumably the victim) seeing the unauthorized imagery on reddit and filing a complaint. It’s self-reporting. Reddit isn’t going to spend resources searching its nether regions and removing anything that looks like it could fall into the “involuntary porn” category.

    And I can think of a dozen subreddits, just off the top of my head, where any number of posts could fall into this category.

    But the key phrase here is “expedite removal”. Reddit’s been criticized in the past for being slow to act. This is reddit saying all you have to do it point it out to us, and we’ll get rid of it as fast as we can.

    If you think back to 2011, you might remember that reddit had a rather popular subreddit called r/jailbait. Over on r/jailbait, folks would post photos of young girls – minors, almost exclusively – in a sexualized context. These weren’t nude photos – the girls were always clothed – but they often appeared in bathing suits and sometimes in suggestive poses.

    Well, reddit shut it down after some pressure. For those that disagreed with that decision, the argument was usually hey, it’s not porn. It’s just pictures of girls. What we’re thinking about when we look at suggestive images of girls shouldn’t be of any concern. It’s not a crime to think.

    Of course, the flip side to that is hey, you’re stealing 14-year-olds’ beach pictures off Facebook and jerking off to them.

    But the point it, there was at least a small debate over the morality, legality, and a couple other -alities regarding r/jailbait. There probably won’t be much blowback from reddit’s latest privacy policy update. Whether it’s stolen images, a la the Fappening, or revenge porn, most people (the ones not doing the posting, at least) recognize that “involuntary pornography” is some seedy ass stuff.

    Can another Fappening happen without reddit’s help? Of course. reddit’s not the alpha and the omega of internet culture. But when it does, and it will, reddit’s higher-ups don’t want the site to be a part of it.

    Image via Blake Patterson, Flickr Creative Commons

  • Chelsea Handler Goes Nude For Finale of Show

    On August 26, Chelsea Handler will end her run of seven years of hosting her talk show, Chelsea Lately, on the E! network. Handler first began her career as a stand-up comedian and made the transition to late-night in 2007. With the send-off of her show, Handler gets an opportunity all of us fantasize about almost on a daily basis – quitting our jobs in any fashion we wish. In Handler’s case, that fashion appears to be nude.

    On her Instagram account yesterday, Handler promoted the finale of her show by displaying her good-looks at 39 years old. Being a comedian, Handler most likely knows the first rule of success in advertising: sex sells. While Handler may not be donning her birthday suit during her final show, you better believe her nude stunt will drive viewers to the finale.

    Handler’s first post included the tagline: “Getting ready for my final shower scene. August 26th is the one hour finale. Orange you glad I told you?” (Orange most likely being a pun on her self-tanning colored skin tone.)

    And her second photo was tagged with the much simpler, yet funnier, “I’m a Kardashian.”

    The second photo likely stems from a long, deep burning dislike Handler has developed for the culture she was part of for the past seven years, hence the reason for her leaving E! and taking her talents to Netflix:

    I think if you participate in the celebrity world then you don’t really have a choice but to be involved in the drama. You end up getting so into the mix that it changes the topics of the day. You can sit around and complain about all that s**t and the Kardashians all day but if you’re participating in it then what can you do? It really didn’t feel great doing the show and the only way to sort things out was to extricate myself from the entire situation.

    Handler will be pushing the limits on her finale, though, as she is inviting 50 Cent to her studio for the first time since the former lovers parted ways. Handler will also be joined by her friends Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock.

    And, if the two photos above weren’t enough of a Handler fix for the day, here is a nude shower scene featuring Handler and none other than Conan O’Brien. (Is that really Conan’s body…?)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZxfY_Lx50

    Image via Instagram

  • Joe Biden Swims Naked, Upsets Secret Service?

    A controversial new book that claims to have insider information about the goings-on of Secret Service details is turning some heads in Washington. The book is called “The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of Presidents” and is written by Ronald Kessler.

    Kessler used to write for the Washington Post and has written other books about Secret Service details, a biography of Joseph Kennedy, and another book about supposed secrets of the FBI.

    In this book, Kessler quotes unnamed Secret Service sources as saying that Vice President Joe Biden likes to swim in the nude, much to the chagrin of any females on his Secret Service detail.

    “Agents say that, whether at the vice president’s residence or at his home in Delaware, Biden has a habit of swimming in his pool nude. Female Secret Service agents find the behavior offensive,” Kessler writes.

    “Biden likes to be revered as everyday Joe, and that’s his thing,” an unnamed agent said. “But the reality is no agents want to go on his detail because Biden makes agents’ lives so tough.”

    Kessler goes on to credit these sources with telling him that the Vice President is careless with his own security detail, cutting back on the number of agents he uses at his Delaware home out of concern for his neighbors.

    “What’s going to happen is either you’re going to have a dead vice president in Delaware or you’re going to have agents killed in Delaware because Secret Service management refused to stand up to (Biden),” Kessler quotes one agent as saying.

    What irks some is that Kessler uses this book as an opportunity to take shots at Hillary Clinton, writing that the Biden security detail is considered only the second-worst for an agent. The worst, Kessler claims, is being assigned to Hillary.

    Image via YouTube

  • Venus Williams ESPN Nude Religious Controversy

    Venus Williams is posing nude for the 2014 issue of ESPN Body. Usually an announcement like that would be pretty normal fare when it comes to sports celebrities. Williams joins dozens of other sports stars who have posed nude or semi-nude for the annual magazine, out since 2009.

    But Venus Williams’ appearance in the buff may warrant a closer look. The very first edition of Body, in 2009, featured her sister Serena, also nude. All the nudes for Body magazine are tastefully done. But the Williams sisters are raising eyebrows for their appearance for one simple reason.

    The Williams sisters are Jehovah’s Witnesses. To anyone familiar with the Witness belief structure, this will cause some raised eyebrows. Jehovah’s Witnesses have a strict in-house judicial structure that would bring sanctions, including expulsion and shunning, down upon rank and file members who did something like pose nude for a magazine.

    But Venus Williams doesn’t seem concerned. In fact, in this video feature about the nude appearance, she even mentions how her spirituality helps her in her life. She does not mention Jehovah’s Witnesses by name, but that is her affiliation.

    Williams has also spoken in interviews in the past about her sex life. But she is unmarried. This is also something that would ordinarily result in the expulsion of a Witness member.

    Are the Witnesses giving celebrities like Venus and Serena Williams a pass for their infractions? The answer may lie in how the Jehovah’s Witness structure works.

    The Witnesses were formed in Pennsylvania in the late 1800’s by a religious writer named Charles Russell. He wrote books that claimed to interpret prophetic passages in the Bible, including using occult pyramidology practices in combination with Bible verses to predict the future.

    Russell recruited people from among his readers into study groups and organized them into sales teams to promote his books. To this day, individual members of Jehovah’s Witnesses are still called “publishers”, hearkening back to this setup.

    When Russell died, a large organization called the Watchtower Society continued to handle distribution of his many books, magazines, and tracts. The group used volunteer labor from among the faithful to do the printing, and still do to this day.

    The company elected a new president who changed many things about the fledgling religion, including doing away with birthday celebrations, holidays, voting and military service, and instituting a top-down authority structure that still exists. Many people left. But the group survived, and that is what Jehovah’s Witnesses are today.

    But one tenet of the Witness faith that comes to bear in the Williams sisters’ situation is that Witnesses are only beholden to the Watchtower organization once they have been baptized into the church. At the baptism ceremony, they vow loyalty to the Governing Body of the corporation.

    The Witness Governing Body is a council of seven men who rule from Witness Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. This Governing Body is the source of all doctrine and judicial direction for the church. Its members are appointed for life, though three men have resigned over the years, some of whom went on to write tell-all books about the secret meetings of the council.

    Apparently, the Williams sisters, although they self-identify as Jehovah’s Witnesses, have never been baptized. Therefore, they are not, technically, members. And, therefore can not be put out according to traditional Witness judicial procedures.

    So, Venus and Serena Williams are free to do whatever they like, just like the rest of the world. And they can claim to be Jehovah’s Witnesses. Many Witnesses like to point out that they count the Williams sisters among their number, as well as other celebs like Prince, bassist Larry Graham, and singer/guitarist George Benson.

    But the Williams have a loophole.

    Image via YouTube

  • Alexander Skarsgard Poses Nude in Antarctica

    With the polar vortex recently hitting the US, much talk has surrounded the insanely cold temperatures and its effects. Unfortunately for the male gender, the extra cold weather has one devastating effect, leading many men to stay clothed during these winter months in order to preserve their manhood. That is, unless you’re Scandinavian.

    Recently, Alexander Skarsgard, a star actor in HBO’s True Blood, posed nude in the subzero temperatures of the Antarctic. And not only was Skarsgard naked, but he was also sitting on a toilet, reading literature of some sort. (Why Skarsgard would be taking a dump at -30 degrees Celsius / -22 degrees Fahrenheit is anybody’s guess.)

    The Swedish actor found himself in Antarctica after agreeing to be part of the “Walking with the Wounded” campaign, originally promoted as a 335 km (208 miles) race amongst three teams, comprised of wounded veterans, across the rugged terrain of the South Pole. The three teams represented veterans from the UK, US, and the Commonwealth (Canada and Australia), who competed alongside special celebrity guests. Skarsgard was competing along with Team US. Unfortunately, the “race” aspect of the competition was canceled due to inclement weather.

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    Fortunately for fan girls and guys everywhere, this is not the first time Skarsgard has displayed his naked body for the rest of the world to see. In last season’s True Blood finale, Skarsgard was filmed lounging nude in the Swedish winter-wonderland. Apparently, the decision was his and not the director’s: “It was never written to have him full frontal. Alex doesn’t like wearing his ‘sock’ or the ‘sack of destiny’ as we call it. It’s the sack of destiny that covers everything. He doesn’t like wearing those, so he had one in his room that day, (but) he was the one who chose not to wear it,” stated co-star Stephen Moyer.

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    Speaking on the subject of whether or whether not to sock his junk, Skarsgard told Rolling Stone, “I don’t want a sock around it, that feels ridiculous. If we’re naked in the scene, then I’m naked. I’ve always been that way.”

    In an interview with Conan O’Brien last year, Skarsgard revealed that he is definitely no stranger to nudity, stating, “I think, in general, people are slightly more comfortable with nudity in Sweden. I also come from a family — my dad and especially his side of the family are old hippies and bohemians. I think I was 14 the first time I saw my dad wearing pants. He was always naked.” Skarsgard would add that, “When he wasn’t at the theater, he’d be at home cooking or just chilling with no clothes on. That’s the way I was raised. It wasn’t until me and my brother started bringing girls over — then we felt a little uncomfortable about it.”

    It’s a good thing Skarsgard is comfortable with being nude considering some of the criticism he has received concerning the size of his package:

    Considering both scenes were shot in the snow, we’ll give Skarsgard the benefit of doubt and say #Shrinkage.

    Images via Instagram and YouTube

  • Gillian Anderson Poses Nude For Animal Awareness

    X Files star, Gillian Anderson, is in full support of the Fishlove campaign. To show her support and raise awareness, she posed nude with only an eel wrapped around her neck to cover her breasts. The campaign is dedicated to helping raise awareness of the collapsing fish stocks in the deep British waters.

    “Amazing animals that live in the deep ocean are being systematically destroyed by massive fishing nets that catch or crush everything in their path,” the petition reads. “But in days, the European Parliament could vote to protect one of the world’s most precious deep-sea habitats – and we need to give them the public mandate to do it.”

    “We urge you to phase out the most destructive fishing practices in the Northeast Atlantic, especially deep-sea bottom trawling, and hope that members of your party will vote for the urgently needed protection of vulnerable deep-sea species and habitats,” the petition continues. “This is your legacy. Please ensure that these measures are adopted and protect one of the most fragile and biologically diverse areas of the planet before it’s too late.”

    Anderson is not the only celebrity to take part in the campaign. Actress, Olivia Williams, and rapper, Goldie, also posed nude with sea creatures to help raise awareness.

    The petition currently has 13,887 signatures. “On December 10th Members of the European Parliament can vote to ban the most destructive forms of deep-sea fishing in the Northeast Atlantic,” the petition says. The campaign is hoping to have 20,000 signatures before Parliament votes.

    [Image via Twitter]

  • Abigail Breslin Controversial Nude Photo Shoot

    Abigail Breslin has grown up in the spotlight. From her beginning as a child actress in Signs, to her current roles as a 17-year-old, she has always stole the hearts of the viewers that have watched her grow throughout the years. It seems like lately, however, she has gone from that sweet little innocent girl, to a sex symbol. She recently took part in a photo shoot with the famous photographer, Tyler Shields, where she posed topless in very provocative poses. The question on everyone’s mind is…is 17 too young for a child to be posing this way?

    “I wanted to do something iconic with her, something simple but timeless,” Shields said. “She’s the perfect subject for something like this. Incredibly talented, beautiful actress but no one has ever seen her like this. There’s fun in that—showing someone to the world for the first time.”

    Many therapists believe that Breslin participating in these types of photo shoots is simply sexualizing a minor. There are millions of sexual predators in the United States alone that view pictures like these daily and pray on children. Abigail Breslin is not yet 18, therefore she is still considered a child, and it is sad that she feels she needs to pose this way to prove that she is growing up.

    “This is sexualizing a minor. There are registered sex offenders whose child pornography stash is less provocative than these images. While Abigail is exposing less than what a typical bikini model bares, her youth is being exploited exploiting with the lollipop accent. The public is being seduced by an under-aged girl. This tells young girls that it is okay; that this is what men want and that this is what a female’s worth is based on,” said Los Angeles therapist, Dr. Nancy Irwin.

    However, Breslin and Shields defended the photo shoot saying it was all for “fun” and that the pictures are “art”. “Art is about interpretation so I’m sure there are people who think this is to much but she’s an actress if this was for a movie those people would praise her for being bold,” Shields said.

    “I love working with Tyler, we always have a blast. We just do it for fun and he’s great,” Breslin said. “I don’t make these conscious decisions to do it to like prove to the world that I’m grown up. I think people see my work and see what I do and see that I’m grown up. But yeah, I’m almost 18. Every headline for the past three years has been ‘Abigail Breslin All Grown Up,’ so I am kind of growing up. I do want to try different things but it’s all for fun.”

    [Image via Wikimedia Commons]