Vanity Fair's Naked Spoof Not So Funny

Patti Davis wants to prove working out works

(NEWSER) - Reagan offspring Patti Davis, once known as “the rebellious First Daughter,” went from a drug-addicted teen—whose “wasted” body was home to “thin and barely visible” muscle—to a healthy, beautiful woman, she writes in More magazine. The transformation began when she got sober and then started working out at age 34 with the intent of getting strong ... and of someday feeling that she “deserved” to pose nude. That happened first in 1994, when she posed for Playboy at 42—twice the age of the typical Playmate. More»

In Hollywood, you're never too old to go naked

(NEWSER) - Helen Mirren’s naked photo shoot inspired Olivia Allin to find other “foxy ladies who took it off in their golden years.” From The Frisky :

• Sharon Stone: Posed topless on the cover of French magazine Paris Match at 51.
• Cloris Leachman: Went nude on the cover of Alternative Medicine Digest in her 70s—and posed in a bathing suit just last year, at 84.

Actress takes it off at age 40 for Allure

(NEWSER) - Catherine Zeta-Jones may be 40, but thanks to all her hard work, she’s still happy to strip down for a photo shoot without hesitation. “That's when your dancing days and being in theater pay off,” she tells Allure . “When you're doing a quick change, you don't give a shit who sees you.” She also discusses her relationship with husband Michael Douglas in the full cover story, on newsstands Tuesday. More»

Animal rights organization basically just shills nudity now

(NEWSER) - PETA loves to get normally-clothed celebrities to strip down for ad campaigns, but with the addition of Sasha Grey to the stable, the animal rights organization “is basically a porn site now,” writes Jen Carlson on Gothamist . Grey is, of course, “the charming young lady you've seen in films such as Fuck Slaves”—ie, an actual porn star. Check out her ad, as well as a few other recent naked ladies courtesy of The Frisky and PopEater , in the gallery. More»

Mary Elizabeth Williams did it for vulnerability, not empowerment

(NEWSER) - Mary Elizabeth Williams, 44-year-old columnist and mother of two, decided to do something that scared her: Pose naked in Time Out New York . But “this isn't a story of how I took off my clothes and became all empowered by the experience,” she writes in Salon —she’s already quite empowered, thank you very much. No, this was an experience that “let me be, for a little while, vulnerable”—and, more importantly, gave her lots of funny column anecdotes. More»