Long gone are the Puritan days where we used to don layers to hide our flesh from wanton eyes. And by “we,” I mean our ancestors, because I can’t remember a day without a sundress, growing up in sweltering hot Texas. And if scientists’ warnings of global warming are right, it’s going to get even hotter. Maybe that’s why a string of celebrities and wannabe celebrities bared all (or at least, more than we’re used to seeing) this week.
Minka Kelly (at right), the actress who plays the sweet, autism therapist on Parenthood, rolls around in her skivvies on a bed in an Esquire.com video today. The magazine named her their Sexiest Woman Alive for 2010. Similarly, 17-year-old singer, Miley Cyrus, upset parents for performing a similar act in her music video “Who Owns My Heart” (but are we really that surprised?). For a cool $1 million, Staten Island native Juan J. Rodriguez streaked at a political rally held by President Barack Obama. The cash was fronted by a wealthy prankster, promoting his website Battlecam, which was written across Rodriguez’s bare chest. Kim Kardashian did what she does best: posing for the cameras. Her full-frontal nude photo appears on the cover of W this month, with her privates blocked by text that reads: “It’s all about me. I mean you. I mean me.” It’s also the magazine’s art issue. We’re sure the editors at W are making the point of appreciating the human form, which is exactly what some charities are doing in October to raise money for their causes.
Monday (Oct. 18), the New York Academy of Art will host their annual Take Home a Nude party and auction at Sotheby’s. We haven’t received word if one of those nudes will be one of our aforementioned exhibitionists, but we highly doubt it. Instead, committee members like Jennifer Connelly and her husband, Paul Bettany, along with Liev Schreiber and his girlfriend, Naomi Watts, will be on hand to bid on paintings of naked people all in the name of good taste.
Friday (Oct. 15), two nontraditional “Pilgrims” will hand out free Tofurky roasts on the streets of Quebec. The complimentary, meat-free fare distributed by sexy vegans is courtesy of PETA, who want everyone to have a vegan Thanksgiving. If you live in the Canadian city, be sure to send us pictures. We’re curious to see what “high heels and and anything-but-puritanical garb” looks like.
And just announced yesterday, you can order your 2011 calendar of Ireland’s finest businessmen in the buff. Remember the movie Calendar Girls with Helen Mirren? It’s kinda the same thing. Only these men are raising money for Brothers of Charity Services, which supports people with intellectual disabilities.
Oh, and in case you haven’t seen the grown-up version of Hannah Montana, her new video is below. Maybe if she donates some of her earnings to a cause, all will be forgiven.
Photo by PR Photos.