Fapello is reporting that there are new leaked photos of Olympian Amber Glenn

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Her bio:

Amber Elaine Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time U.S. national champion (2024–26), a six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, and a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist. She has also finished within the top ten at five ISU Championships.

This is the article. As always, I have no clue about the authenticity of the claims. Some of the usual commenters follow this scene, but I do not.

Here’s one for nudity history buffs

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When I recently gathered all the Vicky Krieps files in one place, I discovered that, if we count transparent tops as nudity, she has done 18 nude roles in just 14 years. That’s an impressive pace.

I’ve never calculated who the all-time champ might be among legitimate actresses. Have any of you ever tried to figure this out?

Below are some prolific actresses listed with Mr. Skin’s “nude roles” count. This is not a comprehensive list and we can’t rely on it, for two reasons:

  • First, I just looked up likely people one at a time. I probably forgot a bunch.
  • Second, I didn’t fact-check his count. They could be off by a lot. For example, he lists eight for Vicky Krieps and we know of at least 15, 16 if you count seasons one and two of Das Boot as separate roles, and 18 if you count transparent blouses.

    • Among the women I looked up, these performed more than 15 nude roles by Mr. Skin’s count. You can safely say they were in AT LEAST that many, because I know of no instance where his count is too high. In order to be considered as legitimate actresses, they need a nomination or award from one of the national academies. (Oscar, Cesar, BAFTA, AACTA, Genie, Goya, Golden Calf, other)

    In the case of Vicky Krieps, we used my count, since I just worked on it. “Uncle” also offered some alternate counts. The bottom of the list includes some actresses with fewer than 15 roles because they may be the leaders from their countries.

    Victoria Abril 32 (Highest Spain)
    Isabelle Huppert 28 (Highest France)
    Monica Bellucci 27 (Highest Italy)
    Charlotte Rampling 26 (27 per “uncle.” Highest England, Highest English-speaking)
    Sophie Marceau 23
    Emmanuelle Béart 23
    Irène Jacob 22 (Highest Switzerland) *
    Sharon Stone 22 (Highest USA)
    Nicole Kidman 21 (Highest Australia)
    Charlotte Gainsbourg 17 (20 per “uncle”)
    Nasty Kinski 19 (Highest Germany)
    Élodie Bouchez 19
    Juliette Binoche 19
    Carol Laure 18 (Highest Canada)
    Marion Cotillard 17
    Kate Winslet 16
    Helen Mirren 16
    Elsa Zylberstein 16
    Vicky Krieps 16 (16 is my count; Highest Luxembourg)
    Cecile de France 13 (Ironically, not France. Highest Belgium)
    Carice van Houton 10 (Highest Netherlands??)
    Sonia Braga 10 (Highest Brazil??)
    Helen Shaver 9 (Highest Canada, not French??) **

    (* Yes, I know Jacob was born in France)
    (** Pamela Anderson has more nude scenes than Shaver. Believe it or not, she’s a borderline case for the list, even though she spent most of her life just getting naked and getting Razzies. She has no nomination from any of the academies, but she has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in The Last Showgirl!)

    Of course Julie Strain will have 60 nude scenes because she was in 60 movies where the sole purpose of the movie was to show Julie Strain naked. That’s not the kind of roles we’re looking for.

    Here’s one for you history buffs

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    In all of history, which leader amassed the most followers in his own lifetime, from scratch (meaning voluntary followers who were not inherited from ancestors or predecessors)?

    Muhammad had about 100,000 followers when he died, about one of every 2,000 people on Earth.

    Genghis Khan’s number of VOLUNTARY followers is indeterminate. He controlled millions, but he had no more than 250,000 in his armies, placing him in the same general category as Muhammad – about one for every 1600 on Earth

    Darius the Great had an army of some 250,000 men way back in 500 BC, about one for every 400 people on Earth.

    Kim Il-sung had about 22 million followers when he died in 1994, about one for every 260 people on the planet.

    Hitler’s Nazi party had about nine million members, approximately one out of every 246 people on the planet.

    Chairman Mao had about 30 million followers when he died in 1976, about one out of every 140 people on Earth.

    As one commenter noted, Gandhi had as many as 300 million Indians willing to die, unarmed if necessary, if he led the charge. They were true believers, and he created his movement from scratch, ticking off all the boxes. That’s about one out of every eight people on earth at the time. How could I have forgotten him? I don’t know whether any leader can ever get to that level again. If you include him in the discussion, it’s like discussing relief pitchers, in the sense that you can debate about who was the second-best, but the top spot is occupied.

    The population of Earth is almost exactly double what it was when Mao died in 1976, so Trump needs about 61 million true believers to beat Mao for second place. He may have done that. Between MAGA cultists and his die-hard fans in right-wing groups outside the USA, he may, in fact, have 61 million cultists who would be OK with him shooting Paul McCartney or some other universally beloved figure in Times Square.

    Donald Trump may, in fact, be the second-most successful leader in history by that definition.

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    Do you amateur and professional historians have other examples?

    Best joke of the week

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    Michael Che, explaining the rash on Trump’s neck:

    Somebody accidentally washed his shirts in holy water.

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    Which reminds me that Marvel once made a comic book about Pope John Paul II


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    This one, as you can see, was labeled #1. I enjoyed the later issues when he was fully integrated into their pantheon. My favorite story line was when JP2 battled the Sub-Mariner, both of their powers dwindling, the outcome of the fray depending on which of them would be first to the holy water.

    I also enjoyed when he took on Thor, God v God. Thor was holding his own until the Pope called on his Infallibility Power.

    Sadly, the series was short-lived. They killed JP2 off at the end of his epic multi-issue crossover battle with Dr. Strange. I still think it was totally unfair when the Doc, on the verge of defeat, went back in time to prevent Jesus from being born.

    Vicky Krieps in Love Me Tender (2025) and her nudography

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    French-language drama

    Clémence, a lawyer, leaves her marriage to embrace her true self. Her ex-husband fights for custody of their son Paul, manipulating him. As their relationship deteriorates, Clémence struggles to maintain her maternal bond.


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    Videos

    This is her ninth nude scene to appear here in this decade. The other eight can be found at this link.

    They are:

    Hot Milk (2025)
    Went up the Hill (2024)
    The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)
    Ingeborg Bachmann: Journey Into the Desert (2023)
    Plus que jamais (2022) – frontal
    Corsage (2022) – full frontal
    Serre moi fort (2021)
    Faithful (2020)

    Before that sequence, she also did nude scenes in:

    Das Boot, season 2 (2019)
    Das Boot, season 1 (2018)
    Gutland (2017)
    Phantom Thread (see-thru; 2017)
    Young Karl Marx (see-thru; 2017)
    The Chambermaid Lynn (2015)
    M as in Martha (2015 short)
    Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)
    Formentera (2012)
    Measuring The World (2012)

    The videos for the pre-2020 scenes can be found here.

    If we count transparent tops as nudity, she has done 18 nude scenes in just 14 years. That’s an impressive pace. I’ve never calculated who the all-time champ might be among legitimate actresses. I think Isabelle Huppert is around 30.

    There is some nudity from Jessie Buckley in the Hamnet (2025) childbirth scene

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    It’s a gut-wrenching scene with a fully committed performance from Jessie.

    She is now considered an absolute lock to win the Best Actress Oscar. If you want to place a bet on actresses:

    (Odds are expressed as ratio of amount won to amount wagered. In other words, a contract with Rose Byrne costs 3.1 cents, and you would therefore win 96.9 cents if she wins, or 31-1.)

    Jessie Buckley 1-24
    Rose Byrne, 31-1
    Renate Reinsve, 165-1
    Emma Stone, 199-1
    Kate Hudson, 249-1.

    (There’s a good payoff if you want to bet “no” on Jessie, 23-1. Good luck with that.)

    SIDEBAR: In recent days, Michael B. Jordan has passed Timotheêéèëēĕěẽėẹęẻ Chalamet as the slight favorite to win Best Actor, thus dampening the latter’s hopes to win the ẹęẻ he needs to complete the the “e” perfecta for his first name. Just a mohth ago, Chalamet was at 78%, Jordan at 7%.


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    Video. WARNING: It’s a heartbreaking, brilliantly performed scene, but it’s an an immense download, and there’s no real, visible nudity. (You see it brightened and enhanced in the stills above).

    Jessie has appeared here several previous times, with a bit of nudity in four other films: Romeo and Juliet (2021); Wicked Little Letters (2023); Beast (2017); The Lost Daughter (2021). She also posed naked with a fish.