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Ten best ever sex scenes – “Black Swan” tops poll. NSFW

Posted: September 4, 2015 in Popular Culture et al
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Well it’s Friday – well it is in Australia – and the last few posts have been dead serious, so here’s a lighter one. And a warning. The clip below is explicit.

This memorable sex scene in ‘Black Swan’ – starring Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman – has been voted the best of all time by a survey of UK cinemagoers. We can’t say we’re that surprised. Like most men we admit we could watch Ms Portman read the phone book with great delight. And the Mila Kunis ad for Bourbon that’s on TV at the moment is also eminently watchable, just for her mesmerising eyes. She even keeps all her clothes on.

As you can see if you watch above, the ineffably pretty Hollywood duo – who play ballerinas in the Darren Aronofsky-directed psychological thriller – engage in some memorably X-rated action in which they share a passionate kiss before tearing each other’s clothes off, and, er, you can guess the rest.

Anyhow, the jaw-dropping scene topped the list based on a poll of 2,124 British adults, conducted by VouchersCodePro.

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams’s love scene in the 2004 romantic drama ‘The Notebook’ came in second place, while Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger’s scene in ‘Brokeback Mountain’ came third.

Other iconic movies to feature in the list included ‘Titanic’, ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’.

The results of the poll were released shortly after Natalie – who won an Academy Award for her performance in ‘Black Swan’ – admitted to being thankful that she grew up in an era before social media.

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The 34-year-old actress said: “I was in that lucky window: there was no Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. I went out and got drunk with my friends and no one knew.”

The whole list is below.

All we can say is clearly the moviegoers polled never saw “Blue is the Warmest Colour” which includes a lesbian sex scene that would, frankly, melt most TV screens.

And it’s a good movie, to boot.

Anyhow, the Top 10 UK favourite sex scenes, as voted:

1) Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis

‘Black Swan’

2) Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams

‘The Notebook’

3) Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger

‘Brokeback Mountain’

4) Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet

‘Titanic’

5) Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson

’50 Shades of Grey’

6) Richard Gere and Julia Roberts

‘Pretty Woman’

7) Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

‘Twilight’

8) Michael Douglas and Glenn Close

‘Fatal Attraction’

9) James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal

‘Secretary’

10) Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey

‘Dirty Dancing’

So which naughty-rudie scene floats your boat, Dear Reader? We’d really be interested to see the same exercise repeated in France, Germany, America, Brazil, India and so on. The cultural differences in what people consider “sexy” would be fascinating.

Shakira is sexy. Really, who knew? Plus your World Cup roundup.

Posted: July 14, 2014 in Popular Culture et al
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The blogosphere has today gone mildly bonkers over Shakira’s “sexy” performance at the Final of the World Cup. It’s all over the internet.

Seems to us, people may have forgotten her most famous performance and video. Currently 165 million hits and counting!

 

Cracking song too.

We suspect her performance will be remembered a lot longer than the Final itself, which wasn’t a great advert for the game. No lack of huff and puff and back and forth, but most of it unsuccessful. Argentina were left to rue a hatful of good chances missed, with one beautiful moment from Goetze to win the game for Germany.

 

Thank you Brazil: now, onto Russia, which somehow we suspect will not be quite as much fun for all concerned.

Thank you Brazil: now, onto Russia, which somehow we suspect will not be quite as much fun for all concerned. Photo:AFP

 

Overall though, the World Cup has been a superb showcase for the way the standard of football has become equalised around the world, with standout efforts from USA*, Australia, Algeria (who must have watched the final thinking “We could have beaten them!) and Costa Rica among the less fancied nations – especially Costa Rica – and impressive efforts from less-well-known but more major teams such as Holland, Chile and Columbia, and disastrously poor performances from previous powerhouses like, notably, England, Italy and Spain. And, of course, for the monumental slaying of Brazil 7-1 by Germany in the semi-final, which broke a nation’s heart and became a talking point for the ages.

Suarez-Hannibal28Biggest worldwide news of the tournament (sadly) was undoubtedly Luis “Hannibal Lechter” Suarez being banned from all soccer for a couple of months for biting an opponent for the THIRD time in a competitive game.

Cynics will note that didn’t stop Barcelona paying E88 million for him two weeks later. As in most sport, bullshit talks, money walks.

The other big news was the number of goals.

There were 136 of them in the 48 group games – an average of 2.83 per fixture. This was a record for a World Cup, with six more than 2002. After that the goals slightly dried up (Brazil v Germany aside) but we still saw a joint record 171 for a tournament – level with 1998.

There has been quality as well as quantity. James Rodriguez’s left-foot thunderbolt, Robin van Persie’s acrobatic header, Tim Cahill’s strike that thumped the underside of the crossbar before bouncing down over the line – all creating memories that will last a lifetime. And Miroslav Klose came into the tournament needing two goals to become the World Cup’s all-time leading scorer. He got them. The 36-year-old Lazio player scored with his first touch, from a yard out, against Ghana and become the joint top-scorer in World Cup history, alongside Ronaldo. He then scored his landmark 16th in the 7-1 rout of Ronaldo’s former side Brazil.

Horror moment was Brazilian wunderkind Neymar nearly breaking his spine following a knee in the back. Whilst the supremely talented young man was seriously injured, fracturing a vertebrae, we can all thank the good Lord it wasn’t more serious.

Teen World Cup fan Axelle Despiegelaere scores L'Oreal modelling deal after photo goes viral. Ten million women shout "Bitch!"

Teen World Cup fan Axelle Despiegelaere scores L’Oreal modelling deal after photo goes viral. Ten million women worldwide simultaneously shout “Bitch!“

So what was your best moment of the World Cup?

For us it was the “vanishing spray” referees could use to mark the “ten yards” that defenders need to retreat from the ball at a free kick. Such an incredibly simple idea which should instantly be adopted in all leagues. FIFA, are you listening? Well done; now make it happen without delay!

So, your best moment? Do share. And no, we don’t mean the girls in the crowd, one of whom has now scored a modelling contract with L’Oreal.

We simply can’t believe, in 40 years of watching football, that no-one ever picked us out and offered us a deal. For a diet plan, if nothing else.

Jenny Craig, where are you when we need you?

And so it is back to domestic football, and in just a few short weeks all eyes will turn to the English Premier League for one. Which means I need to catch up on my sleep before the joy (or otherwise) of following the fortunes of Southampton FC at 2 am in the morning – new manager, new players, new goals. Who do YOU think will shine in the EPL this year, and where will Saints end up? Do let us know!

*Was this the World Cup that saw football break through its final frontier to become genuinely popular in the USA? Time will tell.

A friendly time-zone, a successful team and a travelling support that was bigger than any other, all came together to create a unique blend that led to record TV audiences and crowds of tens of thousands watching on big screens Stateside. Even Barack Obama watched from Air Force One and the White House.