Edifying Spectacle: When asked about their breasts, seven out of 10 women surveyed expressed dissatisfaction with either size (usually “too small”) or shape (“too droopy”). Women in the youngest age group (18 to 25) were most likely to be content with their breasts (33 percent), but they were also the most likely to desire bigger breasts (37 percent), according to the researchers.
Contact Music: Sir Elton Jorn made a staggering $475,000 (GBP250,000) bid for a nude photo of Kate Moss - and is stunned an anonymous buyer paid an extra $38,000 (GBP20,000) to win the coveted picture.
The flamboyant singer made the huge offer at London auction house Christie's because he adored the photograph of the supermodel clad only in Jimmy Choo shoes, taken to raise money for the ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION.
Forbes: Publisher and eccentric money manager Norman Zadeh claims he's lost $35 million on the quarterly magazine Perfect 10 since launching it in 1997 to publish nude photos of naturally endowed women and run self-penned screeds about world affairs. A big chunk of that money is going to pay the lawyers.
Zadeh is the plaintiff in five lawsuits alleging unauthorized reproduction of the magazine's photos on the Internet. In his latest, filed in Los Angeles federal court, Zadeh accuses Google of ripping him off by storing and posting his photos on the big search engine's image search index and by linking to Web sites that are also stealing his photos.
The Age: A bordello in Germany is offering 20 per cent discount to the jobless as hard times bite deep into the red-light business.
Madam Silvia Rau, in Dresden said: "Times are bad enough without men having to give up sex. At my establishment, proof of two years on the dole qualifies for 20 per cent saving with one of my girls."
Wizbangblog: Remember to good 'ol days when Paris Hilton used to do hard core porn? Hilton's "soft-core porn" burger ad has angered the Parents Television Council . . .
Testimony in Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial has ended dramatically (with jurors being shown) a devastating video of a teenager telling of his alleged abuse at the hands of the superstar.
The Times: Scotland and nudism — an unlikely mix? You might think so but Nick Mayhew, the author of the naturist guidebook Bare Britain, is out to correct a few misconceptions. “Up until 100 years ago, when people went swimming in Scotland they would have stripped off,” he says.
Forbes: Thirty-seven times per week: That's how often a young man's thoughts turn to palpable sexual desire, according to a new survey of almost 700 American adults.
Young women, on the other hand, are somewhat less carnal: their thoughts lean toward lust an average of nine times per week, the study found.
