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Busty brunette spitfire Megan Mullally, who played Karen Walker on the NBC hit sitcom Will & Grace, reports that requests to disrobe on camera are coming at her fast and furious. Apparently, writers and directors are anxious to get the 49-year-old's clothes off before she turns 50. Before 50, after 50, I don't care. The Mr. Skin philosophy holds that female nudity is always and everywhere a wonder to behold. I think Megan should jump on this opportunity right away, though. I've been waiting ten years to see Karen's Will and Grace!

I'm pleased to see that rarely seen cult horror flick The Dead Pit (1989) is getting an official DVD release today. Starring hard-working stunt double Cherly Lawson as a girl with amnesia trapped in a creepy sanitarium full of zombies, The Dead Pit is loaded with gore and features Ms. Lawson's one and only topless scene, which occurs when a cackling nurse blasts off Cheryl's shirt with a fire hose. You'll want to hose her down yourself!

Literary people everywhere celebrate June 16, the day on which Irish author James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses is set, as "Bloomsday." All over the world, fans of the book stage readings and other celebrations, but if you want to celebrate Bloomsday at your desk, check out these clips from the 1985 Mr. Skin Hall of Fame movie James Joyce's Women, where Fionnula Flanagan unveils her Ulster udders in an erotic interpretation of Joyce's female characters, including the raunchy heroine of Ulysses, Molly Bloom.

Kate Beckinsale, consistently voted one of the hottest women in the world whenever someone decides to make a list, has the mistaken impression that her ass looks fat. In her upcoming movie Whiteout, Kate has insisted that producers hire a $2000-a-day body double to show her seat meat in a shower scene, as reported in CelebNewsWire. This isn't the first time Kate has given us ersatz ass. In her 1995 film Haunted, audiences are tempted by the booty of another when a body double does Kate's nude scene in bed with a guy. But Ms. Beckinsale isn't always this shy- in Uncovered (1994) she uncovers her rackage repeatedly and in the 2006 action flick Underworld: Evolution, we get to see Kate's first-rate rear weight. Maybe Kate should take a peek at her pooper in this movie. If she sees what I see, she'll be wearing buttless chaps for the rest of her life.

The first and only Friday the 13th of 2008 is now upon us and millions of people around the world are cowering under their beds terrified of being run over by buses, struck by lightning, or shot out of the sky during a transatlantic flight. In order to ease these superstitious fears and still remain in the spirit of the day, I've decided to list the best nude scenes from the first four installments of that greatest of all horror franchises, the Friday the 13th movies.

Friday the 13th (1980)

Before Jason Voorhees rose from his watery grave to wreak havoc in Camp Crystal Lake his mother (Betsy Palmer) was on chopping duty, taking revenge for her young son's accidentally drowning by gruesomely murdering a group of counselors trying to re-open the camp. About 36 minutes in to the movie one such counselor, Marcie Cunningham (Jeannine Taylor) displays her bun-and-mams before a porking by a pre-Footloose Kevin Bacon. Politely waiting for the nudity to play itself out, Mrs. Voorhees dispatches of them both soon after.

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Featuring the first appearance of Jason as the killer (but still without the hockey mask) and the best nudity of the entire franchise, Part Two is a worthy sequel indeed. At the 45-minute mark, the unspeakably hot Norwegian beauty Kirsten Baker strips for a skinny-dip and gives us a good long look at her fronties, fanny, and furburger.

Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)

Part Three is notable both for its use of 3D in the theatrical version and because it introduces the iconic hockey mask that gave Jason his recognizable look. Intercut with the extremely memorable scene of a guy walking on his hands followed by a through-the-floor shot of Jason bringing down his machete into the poor bastard's upturned package is the extremely MAM-orable scene of future Channel 4 News Co-anchor Tracie Savage taking a shower and showing off her perky rackage.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

The fourth installment (and far from "the final chapter") features the talents of The Honker from Yonkers, The Last American Virgin star Lawrence Monoson, and all-around freak show/genius Crispin Glover. It also includes an epic skinny-dipping scene about 27 minutes in with twins Camilla and Carey More and Judie Aronson.

Today marks the birthday of legendary B-movie producer and distributor Samuel Z. Arkoff, who is responsible for such master strokes of skinema as Coffy (1973), Thriller: A Cruel Picture, and (1974) Prison Girls (1972). Arkoff attributed his success to his insistence that all his movies should adhere to a formula, which he revealed during an interview in the 1980s.

1. Action

2. Revolutionary Ideas

3. Killing or Violence

4. Notable Dialogue

5. Fantasy

6. Fornication

While I would never presume to question the master's wisdom, I have to admit that, even if it leaves out the first five, I'll watch any movie that has number six. Or at least fast forward to the good parts.

Making its way around theatres is Italian master of horror Dario Argento's Mother of Tears (2007), the long-awaited completion of the horror trilogy that includes Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Besides featuring the charming chest of Dario's puzzlingly hot daughter Asia, Mother of Tears also showcases tasty Israeli knish Moran Atias who goes fully frontal in the Mother of All Nude Scenes, baring boobs and bald beaver for black magic. 'This was very strong sexy,'' explains Argento. ''The witch [Atias] is naked, like the truth. Sex and horror - I like this mixture.'' Truer words were never naked.

Though painfully hot brunettes Gina Gershon and Elizabeth Hurley aren't twins, they are both sharing a birthday today (under the sign of Gemini) and both have earned a place in the coveted Mr. Skin Hall of Fame.

Gina burned her way into my heart with scorching sapphist-icated performances in a pair of movies nearly as sublime as her pair of boobies. The first is the role of bisexual Las Vegas dancing girl Cristal Connors in the masterful (and masturbateable) 1995 classic Showgirls. And the second is her portrayal of Corky, a Ms. Fix-it who's less interested in flushing pipes than cleaning carpets in the erotic thriller Bound (1996).

Liz hasn't gone lez, but she definitely got me playing with my piccolo way back in 1987 as Marietta in the operatic comedy-drama Aria. Then in 1995, Ms. Hurley had me in the unlikely position of wishing I were Soul Man C. Thomas Howell in Shameless, where she submitted to the E.T. star's sexual advances in a very topless fashion

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It's not every day we get two Mr. Skin hall-of-famers sharing a birthday, so get out there and start whacking those pinatas!