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J. Lo nearly naked in magazine Kings step away from the throne

According to reports, Ronson was arrested for DUI early Monday morning in Baker, California. The DJ was travelling home at 10:30 a.m. after performing at Lavo nightclub in Las Vegas, when she was pulled over in her black Porsche Targa.

Ronson was going 89 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone, Us Weekly reports. "Speed was why she was stopped, but she was arrested on... misdemeanours of driving under the influence," an officer told the magazine. "When she was stopped, she showed signs of being impaired. (The officer) gave her balance tests and she showed signs of alcohol intoxication."

A source told TMZ that Ronson was given a field sobriety test - and blew it. (Pun intended.) The website also reports that she refused to participate in a "roadside blow" test and was arrested at the scene.

"She was friendly and talkative," an officer told Us Weekly. "She was co-operative throughout the whole ordeal."

Ronson was hauled to the Baker substation where she blew over the legal limit, reports to TMZ. Lohan's ex-girlfriend "admitted she had consumed alcohol early (that) morning or late last night, and was on her way home (from Las Vegas)" an officer told Us Weekly. "She went to bed and got up this morning and was on her way home."

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If you're going to dish on the details of your failed marriage, you'd better wait until there's something in it for you - like maybe a super-glam and nearly nude photo shoot with Mario Testino.

Case in point: Jennifer Lopez, who appears in the September issue of Vanity Fair. If something's going to distract readers from Lopez's first comments on her split from Marc Anthony, it's a neckline (or lack thereof) even more plunging than the one on her infamous Grammy dress.

We, however, happen to be immune to Lopez's airbrushed charms. So, without further ado, let's get to those well-rehearsed statements:

In the VF interview, Lopez refers to her split from Anthony as "the hardest decision I've ever had to face" and suggests her decision to end their seven-year marriage was a matter of self-respect.

"It's not that I didn't love myself before," Lopez, 42, says in the interview. "Sometimes we don't realize that we are compromising ourselves. To understand that a person is not good for you, or that person is not treating you in the right way, or that he is not doing the right thing for himself, if I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me.

Olivia De Berardinis: Spotlight | The Pinup Directory

June’s Artist Spotlight of the Month needs no introduction. She is world-renown Olivia De Berardinis, professionally known as Olivia , and THE quintessential Pinup Artist. The mass collection of Pinups she’s created has become her signature work of glamour, unique style, and sensual allure. Olivia is one heavily accomplished Pinup artist. You’ve seen her work published in countless magazines, books, prints, movie posters, and more as she reveals later in this feature. If you’re a fan of Playboy, you’re already familiar with her art work in the magazine’s section once belonging to legendary Pinup artist, Alberto Vargas. Working side by side since 2002 with Hugh Hefner, he writes the humorous captions to her monthly showcased illustrations. Olivia and Joel, her husband/business partner of over 30 years are eager to unveil her new website as well as the launch of their 6th book together both due out next month. Talk about working hard and staying busy! Learn more about Olivia the Pinup artist for she has lots to tell. We’re pleased to welcome Olivia as Pinup Directory’s Artist of the Month!

Thank you! I tell some process on my blog. Joel and I shoot models together, we don’t usually pose them but probably more now because of Playboy than we ever did because Hef likes themes. That’s a whole process. Then I use print outs to work from. I doodle the pose with the idea that I have. The simple line drawing has more interest and energy to me than the finish. I sometimes do a lot of studies, and then resolve it in the final. The beginnings of the paintings are filled with potential and excitement, and working them up is the most fun. Finishing is tedious, that’s where it can really come to life or get overworked. Because I’m doing work for PB, the work is much more illustrative, and has to be more polished.

“Malibu Cheesecake” is the name of my up-coming book, due out in July. I have been working with Playboy for the last 8 years, there will be a lot of Playboy references. There is an interview with Hugh Hefner, Margaret Cho, Dita Von Teese and a short one from Bettie Page . It has about 20 pages about Dita, her interview, a picture of her posing for one of the paintings and the many studies I did of it. There’s a section on Rhonda Ridley, Masuimi Max , and Margaret Cho. By the middle of the book the Playboy years are documented with a few of Hef’s captions. There are some double pages, one of my favorites is of this year’s PMOY, Claire Sinclair . It then goes on to show some of my work used as invitations for the big Playboy parties. These go back 25 years. Being used as the invitation art for Hef’s biggest parties was something I loved, it’s part of Playboy history and we attended all of them. There are 2 pages of personal pictures- My parents are 87 and 89, I wrote a short paragraph of who they are and thanked them for all they did for me. There are a few pictures of them- a wedding shot of Joel and I and finally, my beloved pugs.

Bettie Page

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