Bettie Page: Queen of Lingerie

April 22nd was the late pin-up queen Bettie Page’s 103rd birthday. April 25th was National Lingerie Day. That’s pretty good almost-synchronicity. Has anyone ever done more for lingerie’s enduring popularity than Bettie? I think not. An entire subculture of retro pin-up models exists because of Bettie and continues to be influenced by her lingerie modeling. … Continue reading Bettie Page: Queen of Lingerie

Random Image Dump #50

How on earth do you celebrate a momentous occasion like the fiftieth Random Image Dump?? Well, by regurgitating fifty old images from throughout the six year history of this site and pretending it’s something new—or not pretending at all because I’m spelling it out right anyway. Heh heh, whatever. Just pour yourself some single malt … Continue reading Random Image Dump #50

Hot Shots of the Week: Carla Gugino Would Like a Word

Look, when Carla Gugino wants your attention you give her your full attention. Oddly enough, this is the first time I’ve devoted an entire post to the incandescent Carla Gugino, which is just wrong. I loooooove her. Whenever she pops up in a TV series or a film I’m over the moon. She’s always a … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Carla Gugino Would Like a Word

Hot Shots of the Week: Carrie On

She loves literature and lingerie equally, because she’s deep and complicated. They’re most definitely not going to laugh at her. Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie was published on this day in 1974. Famously, the manuscript for Carrie was rescued from the trash bin by King’s wife Tabitha after ol’ Uncle Stevie tossed it out in … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Carrie On

Hot Shots of the Week: Killer Stripteasing Action with Maria Ford

I can’t say for certain, but I have to believe that no one has played as many strippers on film as cult queen Maria Ford has. Just off the top of my head, I think she’s played a stripper/former stripper/hot babe forced to strip at least a dozen times, maybe more. She even played a … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Killer Stripteasing Action with Maria Ford