Normal Life (1996) is a story of a man's obsession with a mentally unstable woman. It is a crime drama. It is a film directed by none other than John McNaughton, and then released on cable TV. It is supposedly based on an actual crime spree. Luke Perry is a cop, but a misfit, who loves books, and doesn't fit in with his fellow officers. He watches as Ashley Judd breaks up with a boyfriend in a bar, then shatters a glass and cuts her hand. Luke comes to her rescue, and resolves to be her savior. She definitely needs one. Although beautiful and bright, she is frigid, self destructive, and a heavy user of both drugs and booze. After they marry, Perry finds out that she is also addicted to maxing out credit cards, doesn't cook or clean, is suicidal, and craves excitement. When he loses his job at the cop shop, he turns to bank robbing, and discovers he is very good at it.

Judd accidently sees him doing it, and demands to rob banks with him. They find themselves with enough money to live happily ever after, but she is now addicted to the thrill, and the unhappy ending becomes inevitable. Judd is wearing only a pair of panties through much of the film, and gives many views of her breasts in good light. The film opens with their capture, and is a flashback to the two years leading up to it. It is a fascinating study in her manic depressive self destructive behavior and his obsession with her. This is a C+.

Disclaimers:

First, I'm not interested in fakes, and second, I can assure you this is NOT Jennifer Garner. Having said all that, let me add that I still think this zipped .wmv is pretty cool.

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• "Veteran members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have grown concerned over the choice of Chris Rock as host of this month's awards show. Concern deepened after
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• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez feeds the hungry, but does NOT clothe the naked. Beautiful Venezuelan woman, although not atypical for that country. I suppose I have been in about 70 countries, and if I had to rank all the countries I have visited based upon the beauty of the women, Venezuela would be in the top five, maybe the top three.
• X-Entertainment's Valentine's Day Nostalgia Special!
• Is this the most amazing play in basketball history? Carter has a seven footer directly between him and the basket. How can go straight to the hoop without committing an offensive foul? Simple. Vince Carter jumps OVER a seven footer to make a dunk.
• The Weekend Update site has loaded the Feb 5th show (Paris Hilton hosting)
• The Fight Continues for Texas Sovereignty The nut-jobs who would be kings of Texas have even minted their own currency and are trying to figure out how to issue passports! In previous days, they have advocated that the newly liberated Texas should re-institute slavery, which I would agree to - provided that those guys are the slaves.
• USATODAY.com - The 2005 Grammy winners list
• Ted Bundy tells all - audio tapes from the convicted, executed mass murderer.
• FilmJerk.com's indispensable Early Report for this week.
• Kevin Smith says on his official website that The Passion of The Clerks is "the funniest thing I've ever written." "It's also really poignant. This isn't gonna be a cameo-heavy affair, a'la Strike Back. The only returning characters are Dante and Randal, and Jay and Silent Bob. It won't be a star-studded affair. Jay and Silent Bob have about as much screen time as they had in Clerks. This is Dante and Randal's flick all the way."
• Will Smith's Hitch totally dominates the Weekend Box Office
  • Will is still golden. Hitch took in more than the next six films added together, and it took in four times as much as the second place finisher.
  • Sideways took in more than last week, although on fewer screens. It has slowly, steadily climbed to $53 million.
  • Inside Deep Throat pulled in some pretty big numbers per screen, but was only on 12 screens.
• Filthy, the greatest of all critics, reviews Pooh's Heffalump Movie
  • "Kids, Pooh's Heffalump Movie is good in the same way as seeing your parents screwing if your parents are hot-looking and you're not easily creeped out by that sort of thing."
  • The Pooh friends "learn that you shouldn't be afraid of the unknown. Kids, that's a great message. It's not necessarily true, though. The unknown should scare you out of your scalps."
  • "The songs are written by Carly Simon under the misguided belief that kids like sugar in their music as much as in their cereal."
  • "Despite the corny message and the crummy songs written for an audience of retarded two-year olds, it's a decent movie.
• Talk about some crazy shit. You can actually bet on the Razzies! Looks like Catwoman is the favorite. My choice, Superbabies, is trailing far behind.
• Student runs over driver's ed teacher. The article does not specify the grade received by this student.
• BUSTED!! Opening paragraph of the day: "A man was caught trying to smuggle monkey head fungus, and a vial of snake gall bladders into the country." The black market for snake gall bladders must be mighty lucrative!
• URL says it all: UglyBreastImplants.com
• Jail Cam - Sheriff's Department, Anderson County, Tennessee
• URL says it all: http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com OK, I'm kidding. The URL doesn't say jack. It's a gimmick so you can get the world's longest e-mail address, and it's free. (Seems a little overpriced to me.)
• The trailer for Daybreak. Woo-hoo! Work your calendar around this one!!!
  • "Set in an unidentified small Swedish town, this tale centers on a handful of people over a 24-hour period. Some know each other, others don't, but come morning, all of their lives will have changed."
• The international trailer for Off the Map
  • "Across the ancient high desert landscape of northern New Mexico, an extraordinary family embarks on a lyrical journey of self-discovery that reveals unexpected moments of grace and the unpredictable but enduring nature of love. In Campbell Scott's 'Off the Map,' the poetry of a time and a place marked by simplicity comes into full bloom.

    It's 1974 and the harshly beautiful wilds of Taos are home to 11-year-old Bo Groden (Valentina de Angelis) and her free-thinking family. While constantly yearning for escape from her sparse environment, Bo passes the time with flair and imagination. She's a crack shot with a rifle and a bow and arrow, an artful plunderer of wallets and briefcases, and the compelling mistress of ceremonies for a moonlit three-ring circus of her own invention. Bo's home is an entrancing, challenging place that she will one day transcend to become the woman she was destined to be.

    
    Arlene (Joan Allen), Bo's warm, earthy, and eccentric mother, raises most of the family's food in her vegetable garden -- which she prefers to tend in the nude. Meanwhile, Bo's father, Charley (Sam Elliott), the embodiment of Old West masculinity, is losing the battle with his inner demons.

    When William Gibbs (Jim True-Frost) arrives, a hapless IRS agent with demons of his own, he soon proves to be a catalyst in the lives of the family during this watershed summer. Embraced by the Grodens' idyllic, peculiar world, Gibbs eventually abandons an investigation into the Grodens' tax history and realizes he has fallen in love with both the place and its people.

    In a surge of creative energy, Gibbs dips a brush in paint and pours his feelings out on canvas, discovering a long hidden talent for artistic expression. The Grodens, too, make their own discoveries over the course of this memorable season -- the mysteries of love and loss, the power of family unity, and the eternal truth that in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, anything is possible."

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Who has the best Bum in Hollywood?

For each nominee I've included a movie or two that features a great, rear nude performance.

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The Top 20 Nude Scenes of 2004

The Best Nude Film Debuts of the 80s

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Today from the Ghost...a couple of assorted video clips. Zipped .wmvs as usual.

• Anna Gunn, topless in a brief scene from the movie "Nobody's Baby" (2001), starring Gary Oldman, Skeet "The Skeetmeister" Ulrich and Mary Steenburgen.

• Robyn Adamson, full frontal while running in slow motion in another scene from "Nobody's Baby".

• Parker Posey, the Queen of the Indies briefly bares here breasts while getting into the shower in this clip from "Party Girl" (1995).

"Odyssey 5"
A made for Showtime sci-fi series that ran just one season. As with other premium cable series the syndicated episodes have the nude scenes removed. However, you can still catch the full versions are still aired fairly regularly on Showtime.

• Leslie Silva: bra-less pokies.
• Tamara Craig Thomas: bra-less pokies and bare butt flash.
• Katia Corriveau: top Mystique centerfold and hefmag model showing boobs and butt having threesome in pilot episode.
• Daneen Booth: boobs also in threesome.
• Roberta Angelica: topless plus thermo-image of her boobs in "Astronaut Dreams".
• Natasha Radetic: topless as groupie in "Time Out of Mind".
• Joanne Boland: zero-gravity downblouse in "Kitten".
• Kathleen Duborg: cleavage in "Kitten".
• Katia Corriveau: nude again but dark in "Dark at the End of the Tunnel".
• Leilene Onrade: topless getting whipped in "Dark at the End of the Tunnel".
• Sarah Plommer: boobs in foursome in "The Trouble with Harry".
• Lizz Alexander: boobs also in foursome.
• Angelica Lisk: stuntbabe showing robohooters in "Skin".
• Angela Gei: very nice cougar cleavage in "Vanishing Point".
• Erin Davis: topless in hottub in "Follow the Leader".
• Chantal Quesnel: nice sweater and cleavage in "Follow the Leader".
• Suzanne McKenney: downblouse in "Half-Life".
• Alexa Gilmour: cleavage in "Half-Life".