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Russian fashion model Aljona gets funky in a Prague flat. She is wearing a black dress and black heels on this cold winter in central Europe.
The Shirelles were a girl group from the early 1960s. Baby, It’s You was a top then hit for them during the summer of 1962. The Beatles did a cover of that on their first album, Please, Please Me. Watch the slideshow for more pictures of Aljona from that hoto session.
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The silver surf is rising as Tara poses in a silver bikini at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point, California. Tara is a world-famous bikini magazine cover model.
Rise of the Silver Surfer was the Fantastic Four movie from the summer of 2007. This is a really cool action movie from that summer starring Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman and Chris Evans as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch.
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Southern California is full of actors, models, movie star and celebrities. Shauna Zoul is a actress, model and television hostess. She works in Los Angeles, but is from Laguna Beach where she goes when she wants to have fun, fun, fun!
Well she got her daddy’s car and she cruised through the hamburger stand now
Seems she forgot all about the library like she told her old man now
And with the radio blasting goes cruising just as fast as she can now
And she’ll have fun fun fun ’til her daddy takes the T-Bird away
–Fun, Fun, Fun by The Beach Boys
Today’s music video is Fun, Fun Fun by The Beach Boys. Fun, Fun, Fun was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was released on the album Shut Down Volume 2 in 1964. The song tells the true story about one Shirley England, a teenage girl and daughter of KNAK radio station owner who borrowed Daddy’s car to go to the library, but somehow ended up at the hamburger stand.
Here is alive performance from the March 14, 1964 lost concert.
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Short shorts in winter? Only in southern California. Short pants can be worn all year long in southern California. This UCSD student on the way to the library is wearing very short pants and black leather pirate boots. She has a cropped nylon jacket and a black t-shirt that says “Love”. A big red and black shoulder bag for her books completes her university look.
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As the old saying goes, “Nothing succeeds like Success!” This young up and coming professional is dressed to the nines for a meeting in the executive boardroom. She is wearing a short silver mini dress with short sleeves. Corporate executives that dress for success like Deeana can take home millions of dollars in bonuses each year.
Today’s youtube film clip is the song The Company Way from the 1967 musical comedy How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Robert Morse as J. Pierpont Finch, the ambitious up and coming executive at The World Wide Wicket Company, WWWC. The song features Sammy Smith as Twimble, a real company man.
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While the rest of the U.S. sees freezing weather, a few places have been lucky to avoid the chilly winter winds. One U.S. state that springs to mind is Hawaii. But on the mainland, one city that has weather as nice as Hawaii is sunny San Diego.
Here is a scene on the campus of SDSU. This student takes a break between classes. Our model is wearing jeans and a long-sleeve hoodie, and carries a large black-leather shoulder bag. She is majoring in Asian studies. How about some Hawaiian music?
Today’s youtube music video is the classic Hawaiian song On The Beach at Waikiki performed live by sensational Hawaiian band The Cheap Leis. Visit the Cheap Leis on myspace.com for some more great Hawaiian music. Great stuff!
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An actress takes a smoking break between scenes. She has bright red lipstick, red nails and is wearing a bright red sleeveless dress with a slit up the side,
Today’s film clip is from the 1987 movie The Last Emporer from director Bernardo Bertolucci. The movie told the story of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China. Starting from a noble birth, his reign as emperor in the Forbidden City, imprisonment by the Communists after the war and finally his obscure life as a peasant worker in Communist China. Joan Chen plays the part of Wan Jung, who was selected to be his Empress.
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In a lovely park high above the surf in Laguna Beach, Georgia poses on a green lawn. She is short wearing a short, herringbone dress with empire waist. On her feet are flip flops.
Hey there, Georgy girl
There’s another Georgy deep inside
Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there’d be
The world would see a new Georgy girl
–The Seekers (1966)
Gerogy Girl was a 1996 British film starring Lyn Redgrave as Georgy. The title song was a hit for The Seekers. The Seekers were a folk-pop band from Melbourne, Australia. The lyrics to Georgy Girl was written by Jim Dale and the music by Tom Springfield. The video is from The Seekers final performance of the 1960s.
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Aljona rings in the New Year in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
“This is Broadway, the great white way, part of the world’s most exciting city–New York– and it’s time once again for, New Year’s Eve with Guy Lombardo… And now from the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel on fashionable Park Avenue where New York’s glamorous high society celebrates New Year’s Eve in the Grand Ballroom, it’s the sweetest music this side of heaven, with all the Royal Canadians and Mister New Year’s Eve himself… Ladies and Gentleman, Guy Lombardo.”
The Scottish poem Auld Lang Syne was written by Robert Burns in 1788. The song was originally sung on Hogmanay, the last day of the year. It is now a tradition throughout the English-speaking world to sing Auld Lang Syne at the stroke of midnight to ring in the New Year.
The first video has the announcer’s introduction to New Year’s Eve with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians from 1974. Born in 1902, Guy Lombardo formed his band The Royal Canadians in 1924. He started broadcasting live over the radio from the Roosevelt Grill in Manhattan on New Year’s Eve in 1929. When the Roosevelt Hotel finally closed down, he moved to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. When television supplanted radio, he moved to the new medium. He continued the New Year’s Eve tradition until he passed away in the mid 1970’s. If he were around today, he would probably be broadcasting over the internet.
The second is an LP recording of the song Auld Lang Syne by Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians as many people remember hearing it every year.
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Bettie teases in her short silver mini dress, white thigh-high stockings and black patent leather 6-inch heels. Doesn’t our model bear a some resemblance to the notorious Bettie Page?
The Notorious Bettie Page
The original Betty Page was the quintessential 1950s pinup model. She was a popular camera club model in New York City in the late 1940s and in 1951 she appeared in men’s magazines Titter, Eyefull and Beauty Parade. From 1952 to 1957 she posed for photographer Irving Klaw who also made short 8mm movies featuring Betty. She was one of Playboy magazine’s first playmates.
Today’s film clip features Betty Page from a classic burlesque movie titled Tease-o-rama. You can see her dancing and gyrating, smiling and winking for the camera. Can you imagine that back in 1955 this movie was considered scandalous!
Learn more about Bettie Page on Wikipedia
