Cat People (1982) is Paul Schrader remake of a 1942 film about people who are half leopard and half human. Seems people used to sacrifice their daughters to the leopard gods, and a mixed race evolved. Nastassia Kinski has been raised by foster families, and arrives in New Orleans to live with her brother, Malcolm McDowell. She is unaware that she is a leopard woman, as the symptoms don't become obvious until you lose your virginity. Her brother knows that they can only mate with their own kind, or they have to kill after sex, or be trapped in the leopard form.

Shortly after she arrives, brother mauls hooker Lynn Lowry, and is captured by the curator of the local zoo, and his assistant, Annette O'Toole. Kinski falls for the curator, and wants nothing to do with an incestuous relationship with her brother. Eventually, brother is done in by the powers that be, and Kinski loses her virginity to the curator.

Lyn Lowry shows breasts, and Tessa Richarde, as another hooker victim, shows breasts and buns. O'Toole, strips to her panties in the locker room of a spa, then jumps in the pool. Kinski is basically stark naked for the second half of the film. The story of Schrader's affair with Kinski and his obsession with her is far more interesting than the film itself. IMDb readers have this at 5.8 of 10, and it has a 53% positive at Rotten Tomatoes. It received two Golden Globe nominations for music. I did enjoy some of Kinski's performance, showing feline tendencies before she was even aware of why, and the photography was rather nice, but that pretty much covers the positives. This is a C- as a horror film, but has excellent nudity.

.wmv clips (and .avi's!)

Kat also got a rare clip of Penelope Cruz as a very young woman in Serie Rosa, a Spanish TV series she did before beginning her movie career.

• Thompson and Banderas nude scene  (.avi, .wmv).  One frame here. Other collages found elsewhere on the page.
• Thompson torture scene  (.avi, .wmv).  One frame here.
• Sara Fernandez torture scene  (.avi, .wmv).  Collages found elsewhere on the page.
• Penelope Cruz in Serie Rosa  (.avi, .wmv). Collage here.

Betty Blue:

Mammoth project, which I will discuss tomorrow. Was a box office smash in France. Many consider it in the top 50 French films, some even argue that it belongs in top 50 of any kind of films. For now, all you need to know is Beatrice Dalle was naked for pretty close to half of the movie. And it's a three hour movie. She didn't challenge Emmanuelle Beart's record from La Belle Noiseuse, but she made a game effort - and it was her screen debut!

• Thumbnails (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
• Beatrice Dalle (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)

OTHER CRAP:

• The latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird is available today (May 3).
• Porn industry marketing pre-condom classics.
• College Football News Forum - Wonderlic test results . From the submitter: "Here is a link to the correct Wonderlic test results that are being posted on the web. The person who posted the results on the link you provided intentionally changed the Ohio State players' scores."
• The obvious choice, Kevin Garnett, wins first MVP award. Hard to vote against a guy when he has the best numbers and his team has the best record in the competitive West. He got 120 of 123 possible first place votes. It's the first MVP from a Minnesota major sports team since 1977. (Identity of that previous winner in the article, if you can't think of it.)
• More new Batfotos
• Just how big is a cereal box?
• Scientists develop self-chilling beer can. OK, they haven't cured cancer yet, but which one would YOU have worked on?
• John Kerry catches like a pussy! Also, it's easier to catch that shit if you keep your eyes open.
• The NY Post asks: WHAT'S the real reason Xtina canceled her tour?
• The bracket of 32 in the May Madness sweepstakes to find a Kerry running mate. As always, my money is on Gonzaga. The Kerry/Gonzaga combo would definitely keep the height advantage.
• Billy Bob to star in a remake of Bad News Bears. That's the bad news. The good news is that he'll play Bad News Santa. We wish.
• The German government's plans to levy fines on companies that fail to hire trainees will also be applied to brothels. The hos will have to have one trainee per 15 working 'tutes. I've never really been into hos, but I do like the idea of going to one who is training an apprentice. "Would you mind if Greta practices her 'blow-yob' tecknik on you?"
• Dumbed Down and Out in High School - some California schools dump the "D"
• Here are some animatics from "Catwoman". It looks much better than I expected, despite the silly costume.
• The Daily Show watches Dick Cheney go out into the daylight.
• Manny Ramirez - Mr Nice Guy? The incredibly talented but generally surly slugger said that he's willing to sacrifice or defer some of his own salary so the Bosox can hang on to Nomar and Pedro.
• Entertainment Tonight will talk to porno rookies.
• The epilogue to Lord of the Rings. This is for real, not fan fiction, but written by ol' JRR himself. It is from the previously unpublished Epilogue, an alternate ending to the masterpiece in which Sam attempts to answer his children's questions years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens. This appeared in some of Tolkien's work published posthumously by Tolkien's son, Christopher.
• Americans Prefer Money To Sex. That's why there so few strippers and hookers, because people will never part with their hard-earned cash for some sexual thrills.
• Female athletes topless, wearing body paint. Tres sexy.
• The Truth about Cereal Characters. Examples: Snap Crackle and Pop - stoners. Tony the Tiger - gay as a caballero.
• 60 great reasons to love the beach in summertime. Actually 120 reasons, since there are 60 pictures.
• Drawings done on an acid trip: "These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during its dalliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950s"
• Dave Chappelle, one of the hottest stars on cable, is in negotiations to do a comedy film at New Line Cinema.
• BUSH: ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’ WAS TYPO. Banner Should Have Read ‘Still Difficult Work Ahead’. The President surprised many observers by refusing to apologize for the typo, instead calling it the work of “evildoers.” This is one of Borowitz's best columns.
• Premiere Magazine's complete list of the 100 greatest movie characters of all time, with details provided for each via hyperlinks. You can always quibble with any list (Ace Ventura and Sandy Olsson (!!) made the Top 100, but where's Franz Liebkind of The Producers, and Roy Batty of Blade Runner?), but it's a pretty cool starting point for a lot of memories, and a lot of thought went into it.
• Five clips from the next sure cinema classic: New York Minute . (Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen)
• Olsen Twins ask rapper Tezz to make New York Minute track "more gangsta": "But some of the PG film's rawer bits stayed, including the track 'Bring on the Bling,' which the Olsens sent back for a revise after deeming it too wimpy. 'More gangsta,' was the exact quote that L.A. rapper Dwayne 'Tezz' Morgan heard after Mary-Kate and Ashley listened to his first draft of 'Bling.' Needless to say, Tezz was surprised. 'We thought they were like candy - you know, safe,' he recalls. 'But they said they wanted the track to be more 'gutter.' They wanted more bass, more bottom, to it.' 'We were trippin'. Like, 'Mary-Kate and Ashley want some more bottom?'' "
• U.S. commission recommends steps for 'regime change' in Cuba " The so-called Cartman Commission issued a pithy, three line document. Step 1: Invade ... Step 2: ??? ... Step 3: Profit.
• Historians have found convincing evidence that Leonardo da Vinci developed the first search engine. And he did a helluva job in "Titanic" as well.
• The breakthrough genius of science! Study shows fat kids are more likely to get picked on.
• What is the deal with the alleged pics of UK soldiers abusing prisoners?
• I love the free market: Osama encourages his minions to buy American!
• Scientists think it is possible to grow new teeth, even for elderly people
• Passengers Tip Boat Trying to See Nudists
• Since the FCC crackdown, Howard Stern's ratings have been going up. "For example, Arbitron says he's now No. 1 in Los Angeles in the 25-to-54 age group, a spot he last occupied in 1995."
• Weird & Wicked Audio - "Some of the most bizarre, funny, crazy and sometimes x-rated radio bits from around the world
• New pictures from Cellular, a thriller with Kim Basinger and William H Macy.
• The new teaser/trailer for Seed of Chucky. Because the one thing the world needs most - after a Mid-East peace - and maybe love, sweet love - is a new Chucky movie.
• Four short sample videos from Playboy Plus!
• Playmate Gallery of Shanna Moakler (Miss December 2001) Courtesy of PlayboyPlus.com!
• FallonFey.com has added the Lindsay Lohan show (5-1-04). Check out the cover of Bill Clinton's memoirs!
• New Zealand considers giving beer to the homeless.
• Rickey Henderson re-signs with the Newark Bears. Henderson is now 8 years older than Lou Gehrig was when he died. Oh, hell, Henderson is probably older than Methuselah was when he died. Henderson knew Cher's PARENTS, fer chrissakes.
• American voters find Bush more likeable and compassionate than John Kerry, their electric can openers, and other inanimate objects.
• The ten most dangerous countries for journalists. Guess which one is number one.
• Lady Madonna wants the lowly peasants evicted from her estate, and will not tolerate Robin and the merry lads poaching her deer.
• Ex-diplomat on wife's spy identity leak. Wilson's revelations were quite over-hyped. He came forward with no real evidence at all, just "what anonymous sources have told me" - that the outing of his CIA wife originated in the office of the V.P., probably with I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. He had no reason to connect Cheney, other than the usual "how could he not be aware of something so important in his office" stuff. As for the involvement of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby himself, that rumor has been around forever, but no hard evidence has yet emerged to back it up.
• Half of Americans Pressed for Time; a Third Are Stressed Out. But the others are totally mellow, dude.

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

Here are the latest movie reviews available at scoopy.com.

• The yellow asterisks indicate that I wrote the review, and am deluded into thinking it includes humor.
• If there is a white asterisk, it means that there isn't any significant humor, but I inexplicably determined there might be something else of interest.
• A blue asterisk indicates the review is written by Tuna (or Junior or Brainscan, or somebody else besides me)
• If there is no asterisk, I wrote it, but am too ashamed to admit it.

Words from Scoop.

.avi's from Shiloh.

.wmv files made by Scoop from Shiloh's .avi's.

Is this the most famous and instantly recognizable scene of the past five years?

Jim and Nadia get it on while the internet watches. Go for it, Trig Boy!  Note: the nudity occurs only in the first two clips, but that doesn't mean the last two aren't worth watching.

• Shannon Elizabeth in American Pie (.avi, .wmv).

• Shannon Elizabeth in American Pie (.avi, .wmv).

• Shannon Elizabeth in American Pie (.avi, .wmv).

• Shannon Elizabeth in American Pie (.avi, .wmv).

Perhaps these tips will help if you have trouble with the codecs for these movies:

Shiloh says:

FYI when I hypercam vids to make the file size smaller I use DivX MPEG-4 Fast-Motion for the video compressor, then I use virtualdub to compress the audio. The properties for the vids says the video codec:  DivX Decoder Filter & audio codec:  Morgan Stream Switcher which I'm not familiar with. When I compress the audio with virtualdub I use MPEG Layer-3.  A friend of mine told me about compressing the audio about (6) mos. ago. Like I said previously, only been capping for a year & a half & I'm no expert. Hopefully this info will help members with the proper codecs for my vids.

 

When I cap big brother's I use hypercam mostly & sdp & asfrecorder if the set up allows me. I stopped using camtasia cause the file sizes were always too big, could never figure out the process, over my head lol, plus it cost too much to buy in my opinion.

A reader says:

You mentioned that some users were having trouble with the videos on your site. There is a tool designed to determine what codec is needed for a video. http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ Hope this is useful to you or your users.

Scoop says:

I made the .wmv versions of each video. The codecs for these: Windows Video V8, Windows Audio 9. The upside of these is that you know the codecs, and they'll play in the Windows Media Player. The downside is that they are slightly larger, and slightly lower quality.

'Caps of the former "Baywatch" babe topless, baring her bum, showing pubes, giving a BJ and gettin' it on with her husband.

• Gena Lee Nolin...the original, smaller web finds. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

• Gena Lee Nolin...some slightly larger (and sadly more blurry) edits I slapped together. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

This 1997 Skinemax flick is a classic! Complete with weak plot, bad acting and almost non-stop nudity from beginning to end!

• Ashlie Rhey...breasts, bush and a whole lot of groping in a pseudo-sex scene. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
• A .wmv of Ashlie Rhey's scene

• Griffin Drew shows off her robo-goodies, plus bush and bum as well in a couple of sex scenes. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
• Griffin Drew, .wmvs of her scenes. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

• A group shower scene with Ashlie Rhey, Griffin Drew, Maureen Flaherty and Shayna Ryan. A four ladies show all 3 b's. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
• .wmvs of the Group Shower scene (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Maureen Flaherty shows off her lovely natural breasts as a steroid filled dude feels her up in a pseudo-sex scene. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
• Maureen Flaherty .wmvs (1, 2)

• Shayna Ryan, showing off her after market, pectoral upgrades in a love scene. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
• .wmvs of Shayna's love scene. (1, 2, 3)

As Scoop put it in his review...."this film is the Citizen Kane of pre-revolutionary French, secret society, tree-talkin', kung-fu, giant ugly Muppet soap operas."

In these 'caps, Thompson shows a breast view in a love scene with Banderas, and Fernandez shows a little bit of bum while tied to a chair.

MICHAEL JACKSON ARRAIGNED
It's NOT About Child Abuse! - Friday, Michael Jackson was arraigned on ten counts involving child molestation and conspiracy, which could put him in prison for 70 years if he's found guilty on all counts. Afterward, his new lawyer Tom Mesereau declared, "This case is about one thing only. It's about the dignity, the integrity, the decency, the honor, the charity, the innocence and the complete vindication about a wonderful human being named Michael Jackson."