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Oscar Nudity: Clara Bow Shows Things in the Very First Best Picture, Wings

The bonerrific tradition of Hollywood nudity goes way, way back to the uninhibited 1920s, and in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards (as well as Mr. Skin’s Anatomy Awards , of course) we here at Mr. Skin have rubbed ourselves raw scouring the archives for the very apex of Academy Award-winning nudity. As tit turns out, the very first Best Picture, Wings (1927) , is also a breast picture thanks to legendary wild child and original “it” girl Clara Bow. In the film, Clara stars as a sweet young thing involved in a love triangle with two pilots, both of whom are sent off to fight in World War I. In one scene, Clara is undressing in front of a mirror when her soldier boys barge in, and as she scrambles to cover up, we get a tantalizing glimpse of her topless. It’s highly unlikely that the nip slip was intentional, but thanks to the miracle of celluloid, Clara’s “it” tits have achieved immor(t)ality. Check out more of silent film seductress Clara Bow on Mr.Skin, and stay tuned for more Oscar-caliber nudity tomorrow on the Mr. Skin blog !

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Oscar Nudity: All-Time Oldest & Old-Time Youngest Winners Nude [PICS]

Oscar loves showering attention on young actresses in their debut films, and older actresses who are capping off a lifetime of achievement, possibly because he’s a bit of a pervert. From Clara Bow to Marion Cotillard, it’s been proven time and again that the Academy doesn’t discriminate when it comes to nude roles, and these intergenerational idols are no exception. At 10, Tatum O’Neill made history as the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award for her role in Paper Moon (1973) , a record that stands to this day. Tatum made something else stand at attention seven years later, when she appeared all grown up and filled out in Circle of Two (1980) . Though Tatum’s tits have been absent onscreen recently due to her offscreen private struggles, we’re anxiously awaiting the day her rack comes back. For the man who prefers his T&A aged like a bottle of fine wine, we have Jessica Tandy , who didn’t show her candy on screen until after she had Mr. Oscar safely nestled between her golden globes. In 1994, seven years after becoming the oldest woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, Jessica shed her inhibitions for a nude beach romp in Camilla . Her performance was living proof that it’s how old you feel (and the clothes that you peel) that counts. There’s much, much more Oscar skin to be seen, so stay tuned all this week on the Mr. Skin Blog !

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Which Celebrity Relatives Made a Godard-Inspired Music Video?

Imagine that you are the young, beautiful relatives of two celebrities — one, a co-host of this year’s Academy Awards; the other, an actual Oscar winner — and you have some down time on your hands. What do you do? If you’re these two up-and-coming stars, you rent a red convertible, take some cues from Breathless and shoot a music video for the pop song “Go Outside” by the Cults. Take a look ahead.

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Play Movieline’s 2011 In Memoriam Oscar Montage Pool!

If any element of the annual Academy Awards telecast represents an equalizer between your party’s Oscar geeks and the more casual fans who just dropped in for the booze, it’s got to be the chance to win big money on one of the night’s most hotly debated segments: the In Memoriam montage.

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Scarlett Johansson, Russell Brand Will Present Oscars

Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges and Oprah Winfrey also will hand out Academy Awards on Sunday. By Aly Semigran Scarlett Johansson Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images With the countdown to the 83rd annual Academy Awards in its final phase (there’s just five days left until the big night), there’s still news coming out about the ceremony: It was announced Tuesday morning (February 22) that actress Scarlett Johansson and funny man Russell Brand will attend the 2011 Oscars as presenters. Johansson, who appeared in last year’s hit “Iron Man 2” and is currently filming Cameron Crowe’s upcoming “We Bought a Zoo,” has recently been the focus of the media attention due to her divorce from actor Ryan Reynolds. Meanwhile, Brand, who wed singer Katy Perry last year and stars in the upcoming “Arthur” reboot with Helen Mirren, tried out his own style of edgy comedy during his hosting stint on the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 and just this month on “Saturday Night Live.” This will mark the first Oscar appearance for the “Get Him to the Greek” star, who joked on his Twitter page Tuesday, “I am presenting an Oscar. I shall also choose the recipient. At last my work as Aldous Snow will be honoured, for best actor-ing.” Brand and Johansson will join fellow A-list presenters Sandra Bullock (last year’s Best Actress recipient will hand out this year’s Best Actor trophy), Jeff Bridges (2010 Best Actor winner to hand out the Best Actress award), Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Hugh Jackman, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett and Marisa Tomei, as well as two of this year’s Best Actress nominees, Nicole Kidman and Annette Bening. The Academy Awards, which will be co-hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, will air live from the Kodiak Theater in Hollywood at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC. Who are you most looking forward to seeing on Oscar night? Tell us below! Related Photos 2011 Academy Award Nominees

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VIDEO: So That’s Why Hereafter Was Nominated for an Oscar

Perhaps in response to all those people left stymied by Hereafter ‘s Oscar nomination for visual effects (especially when Tron: Legacy got shut out of the category, poor thing), Warner Bros. have released a shot-by-shot reel showing how VFX supervisor Michael Owens and Scanline VFX put together that nine-minute opening tsunami sequence. And when you see how the live-action parts came together combining CG, green screen, water tanks, and on-location photography — well, “Oscar-nominated Hereafter ” doesn’t sound so silly anymore.

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

The startling beauty of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-nominated True Grit — and in most Coen brothers films, for that matter — owes to frequent collaborator and award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s lensed all but one of their films since 1991’s Barton Fink . But as much as the nostalgic Western serves as a throwback to simpler times, simpler heroes (and heroines), and a yearning to stick to one’s principles in the face of obsolescence, True Grit could also mark a wistful point in Deakins career — his last film shot on film.

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Today’s Awards-Season Trading Card Star: Tom Hooper

It’s time once again to return to Movieline’s recently undertaken mission to honor this year’s acting and directing nominees with a tribute that will surely outlive any trophy they could ever hope to receive: one of our daily inaugural Awards-Season Trading Cards. Today, let’s give it up for Best Director nominee Tom Hooper!

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Roger Deakins Plays My Favorite Scene: ‘It’s Totally Chilling… and Quite Brilliant’

Much of the emotional power of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Best Picture contender True Grit comes from the contributions of longtime collaborator and nine-time Oscar nominee Roger Deakins, a cinematographer whose compositions and visual choices lend the Western a subtle, nostalgic quality. It’s fitting, then, that when Deakins played My Favorite Scene with Movieline recently, he pointed toward a film that also utilizes the understated to great — but very different — effect.

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Today’s Awards-Season Trading Card Star: Javier Bardem

It’s time once again to return to Movieline’s recently undertaken mission to honor this year’s acting and directing nominees with a tribute that will surely outlive any trophy they could ever hope to receive: one of our daily inaugural Awards-Season Trading Cards. Today, let’s give it up for Best Actor nominee Javier Bardem!

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