Nude is Beautiful

Does nudity still cause a stir in the third millennium? Or are we so used to naked flesh that we don't feel the slightest twinge of embarrassment? And does nudity really help to sell films and magazines? Just ask the thriving Blake Lively, who had just netted the bachelor of the century Leonardo DiCaprio, when all of a sudden photos of her in the altogether started appearing, which the star of The Green Lantern promptly dismissed as fakes...

Pity she was caught out straightaway, and who knows if politically and ecologically involved Leo will still want to be seen for much longer with this hardened exhibitionist nymphet. Scandals aside, the nude look can even be seen on film posters, and more particularly on that of the American version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (in the the photos left) in which Rooney Mara appears nude in the arms of Daniel Craig. And it's not just the youngsters, like the aforementioned Lively, Mara and the comely Emily Browning (see the controversial Sleeping Beauty), to appear on screen in their birthday suits. Some of the more grown-up divas aren't in the least shy either. Fourteen years after Titanic, Kate Winslet (36) let herself be photographed completely naked, and not by any old Jack Dawson, but by superstar photographer Mario Testino. Hot on her heels was the even more mature Julianne Moore (49) who stripped down to her jewels for a Bulgari ad