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Is Posing Nude Ever a Good Idea for Famous Guys?
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What could Levi Johnston possibly gain by posing naked for Playgirl?
—Babs G., via the Answer B!tch inbox
You mean besides money and the eternal high that comes with making Sarah Palin miserable? As the Jews might say, dayenu, that would have been enough.
For women, there are tons of reasons for posing nude: Sharon Stone said she did it for money right after appearing in Total Recall. It sure didn't hurt, given that she later went on to do stuff like Basic Instinct and Casino. We won't even begin to discuss the ongoing successes of The Girls Next Door.
But when it comes to guys who pose in adult mags, there are, generally, only two types: (1) Unknowns who, if the ploy works, graduate to sort-of knowns, and (2) bona fide celebrities who stir up noncontroversies by posing only partly in the buff.
That latter category includes a major country star married to an A-list actress, and a former teen star who has been linked to Megan Fox...
Why Can't Britney, Katy & Pam Keep Their Pants On?
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Madonna, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and now Pam Anderson. When did Hollywood decide that pants were optional? Was there a meeting, a memo? Are sparkly granny panties the new leggings?
—Pam
Pants have always been optional. Go rent an old movie called Let's Make Love with Marilyn Monroe. She dances around in a big sweater and no pants, and all in the year 1960.
Why do singers say they wrote all the songs on their albums, and then when you look at the writing credits there's a list of names as the songwriters?
—Sylvette
A-List Secrets: Inside Sienna's Naked-Pic Hissy Fit
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So Sienna Miller stands around topless on a boat and a hotel balcony, and she gets to sue the British tabs who published the photos? How does that work? Wasn't she visible for the world to see?
—Peter, St. Paul
She was.
In the States, if starlets stood on boats—clearly visible to the mortified public, wearing nothing but their egos—we'd probably get to sue them, for traumatizing us with their concave boobies and horrifically jutting collarbones.
But not so in Britain. This week, Sienna Miller filed a suit in her home country, claiming two tabloids invaded her privacy by publishing topless photos of her and boyfriend Balthazar Getty on vacation in Italy. See the incredible reason why Miller just might win—and what Naomi Campbell has to do with all of this—after the jump.
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