Posts tagged with Shampoo

As We Count Down to the 81st Annual Academy Awards on February 22nd, Mr Skin Pays Tribute to the Twenty Actresses Who Took Home Oscar Gold for Films in Which They Flashed Flesh

As of 1976, the Academy had doled out three statuettes for leading ladies who had aired out their chest babies in their winning roles, but it wasn't until that year that a supporting actress was honored for showing off her best supporting parts. The actress was Lee Grant, and the film was Shampoo, which finds Warren Beatty bedding as many women as . . . well, Warren Beatty. Coincidentally, Shampoo also offers up a nude performance from Julie Christie, who was the first actress to win an Oscar for Best Actress for a nude role. Truly, everything is connected.

Utah-born movie-maker Hal Ashby, who ranked high among the giants of 1970s Hollywood who reveled in their new freedoms to depict sex and nudity, was born on this date in 1929.

Although Ashby died from cancer in 1988, the classic films he helmed have only improved with age, and they live on as each new generation discovers the power of his one-of-a-kind talent.

With the naked star power on display in the Ashby landmarks The Last Detail, Coming Home, and 8 Million Ways to Die, fans can rest assured that the name Hal Ashby will endure for many years to come. Get a naked eyeful of some of Ashby’s sexiest efforts after the jump.