UK’s Tate Modern temporarily shuts exhibition featuring nude image of Brooke Shields at age 10

October 9th, 2009 Correction: Brooke Astor trial storyNEW YORK — In an Oct. 8 story about the conviction of Anthony Marshall for looting the fortune of his mother, Brooke Astor, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Marshall was her son from a marriage to Charles "Buddie" Marshall.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Brazil's playboy magazine is set to hit the market shelves with a photograph featuring President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The 63-year-old appear fully clothed in a photograph reproduced alongside the magazine's nude centrefold, a Rio de Janeiro dancer and model who looks as if she is about to plant a kiss on the head of state's image.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - After being hidden for almost a century within the panelled walls of a library, a naked portrayal of the Mona Lisa will form one of the centrepieces of a new exhibition at the Museo Ideale in the Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. The mystifying portrait of a semi-nude woman, looking straight at the viewer with a smile and her hands crossed, bears a stark resemblance to Mona Lisa, which was once attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

June 4th, 2009 Nude Carla Bruni photo auctioned in BerlinBERLIN — A revealing photograph of former model and France's current first lady Carla Bruni was bought for $19,600 by an anonymous bidder Thursday at a Berlin auction house. The image is one of 10 prints of a nude Bruni lounging in an unmade bed captured by American fashion photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994.

May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - In a bid to prove that being blonde has nothing to do with Vikings, a museum featuring an exhibition on the Norse warriors has banned fair-headed people from visiting it. As per York Dungeon bosses, the Norsemen were largely Redheads, and fair-haired people descended from Saxons-the invaders' enemies.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - Singer Rihanna has become the latest star caught in a nude photo scandal after salacious pictures allegedly featuring the singer were posted online. Rihanna's face can be clearly seen in shots that show the 'Umbrella' singer stripping for the camera, reported contactmusic.com The new photos that were posted on imagehaven.in have come just days after Rihanna made her first public appearance following an alleged fight with Chris Brown in Los Angeles on the eve of the Grammy Awards in February.

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Late rock legend John Lennon will be posthumously honoured at an exhibition in New York. Instruments and handwritten lyrics belonging to the former Beatle will go on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex in the Big Apple later this month, reported femalefirst.co.uk Entitled John Lennon: The New York City Years, the exhibition will also show personal photographs and a self-portrait of the late star.

April 3rd, 2009 LONDON - School children as young as 11 had been put on an invitation list for an art show that was featuring gay porn. The invitations, which were set to be sent to every secondary school in Glasgow, was for a 240,000 pounds taxpayer-funded exhibition in the city.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Brooke Shields has a reason to rejoice, for after her American TV show 'Lipstick Jungle' was axed by network NBC, she has found herself a role in a Broadway play. Brooke will be featured opposite Nathan Lane and Jane Krakowski in the play 'Pal Joey'.

March 16th, 2009 LONDON - Pauline Hanson has sued various media houses for publishing false nude photographs of her. "Legal papers have already been served on News Limited, Channel Seven and Channel Nine," Hanson said.

February 13th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A nude photograph of Madonna, taken when she was a struggling dancer in 1979, was sold for $37,000 at auction - more than double the $15,000 it was expected to fetch, Christie's auction house said Friday. The buyer was identified as a European collector.

January 31st, 2009 LONDON - Brooke Hogan, the daughter of wrestling star Hulk Hogan, is leaving no stones unturned to ensure that the ratings for her TV show are high - in the next series she will be seen on roller blades clad in hot pants and tube top. Thesun.co.uk reports that Brooke is no stranger to wearing skimpy gear on the show 'Brooke Knows Best'.

January 28th, 2009 LONDON - After her successful stint in the movies and television, American actress and supermodel Brooke Shields is now the new face of Coppertone's NutraShield Dual Defense sunscreen. 'The Blue Lagoon' star will represent the brand's latest sunscreen lotion enriched with antioxidants that promote natural skin repair and combat premature skin aging from the sun, reports people.co.uk.

January 16th, 2009 NEW YORK - A nude picture of Madonna, taken when the queen of pop was a struggling dancer in New York in 1979, is expected to sell for at least $10,000, auction house Christie's said Friday. Madonna received $25 in payment for the modelling session, after answering a newspaper ad by photographer Lee Friedlander.

January 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Actress Eva Mendes is fine with her nude scenes in the latest movie 'The Spirit', reports thesun.co.uk. Mendes stars as Sand Saref in the movie and thinks the risque scenes add to her character's tough image.