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Screen beauty Natalie Portman will consider stripping nude on film if she's offered the right part. The Star Wars actress once vowed never to bare her flesh on screen - but she confesses she's changed her mind and is prepared to consider stripping. Portman, 23, says, "I wouldn't say 'no, never'. "I just think that setting limits on yourself is silly because there might be a day when you change your mind." She also defends her change of heart, "Consistency is way over-rated. It's much better to flow with the times and the context and see how things change and...

Cyclists are well-known for wearing skin-tight outfits that leave little to the imagination - but naked biking? That is what is proposed in Kensington and Edinburgh on Saturday, June 12, and more than 70 riders have already enrolled for the London leg of the World Naked Bike Ride. The cyclists will be starkers bar helmets and footwear as they take to the streets on the same day in more than 20 cities in ten countries, including Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand. Bare all: Or, if you're shy, wear body paint to remain incognito on the...

<p>DEMI Moore (above) and Ashton Kutcher are not sleeping easily these days. Ever since a computer belonging to Jason Goldberg, Ashton's business partner and co-creator of "Punk'd," was stolen back in March, the two have been worried about some "compromising" photos they took of each other with their digital camera and downloaded on the computer. "Ashton is very worried," a friend of his family told Star magazine. Kutcher is also concerned Demi's daughters might see the pictures.</p>

Nearly one in five British women would sacrifice a pay rise or promotion for a bikini body they they could show off on the beach, a survey claims. The survey shows how ambivalent women feel about wearing a bikini, as many of those interviewed said they found it as stressful as meeting their partner's parents for the first time. And 45 per cent said they thought their partners looked at foreign women on the beach because they have better bodies. The survey, carried out on behalf of Slim Fast, found that, while there were 19 per cent who would sacrifice...

Nursing leaders today distanced themselves from saucy pictures of a scantily-clad "nurse" advertising lingerie. Model Luci Victoria, the new face of Ann Summers, was pictured wearing a white nurse uniform, with bright red underwear peaking out. Look here too! • Shop for lingerie here! Ann Summers is offering nurses a 25% discount on all its products tomorrow to mark International Nursing Day. But the Royal College of Nursing was not impressed with the pictures, likening them to the stereotyped image of nurses in the Carry On films. A spokeswoman said: "This Carry On image is out of touch with the...

OCALA - An Ocala man faces five years of probation for having sex with his pregnant fiancee's dog. Randol Corey Mitchell, 27, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of felony animal cruelty. Circuit Judge Victor J. Musleh withheld adjudication and sentenced Mitchell to five years of probation and a mandatory psychological evaluation. He also prohibited Mitchell from owning pets of any kind while on probation and from having unsupervised contact with other people's pets. "This is very disgusting, to tell you the truth," Musleh told Mitchell. "But I'm going to leave out my personal opinions and withhold adjudication unless...

<p>BRITNEY Spears is so smitten with her new lover, dancer Kevin Federline, she flew him to London so he could spend the rest of the European leg of her Onyx Hotel tour with her. "She really doesn't want to be on the tour right now," our insider said. "But if she has to, she wants some comfort and wants to spend as much time with Kevin as she can." The two met up Sunday night at a friend's rented house and were so excited to see each other, they slipped into the bathroom for some quality "alone" time together, which was heard by all.</p>