Monique’s Top Ten Celeb Wrap Up 2012

December 14, 2012 in Celebrity, Entertainment, Film & TV, Music

As 2012 is drawing to a close, I thought I would lead you on a trip down memory lane of the top ten biggest stories in Hollywood this year. As I’ve only been limited to ten, there are many I have had to leave out (such as Disney buying Star Wars which, lets face it, was HUGE). It’s been absolutely fantastic sharing these Friday afternoons with you all and I hope you have enjoyed them as much as I have. Due to technical difficulties, I haven’t been able to do a top 5 for the week, but I do have [...]

In The Flesh & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

August 24, 2012 in Celebrity, Dating, Entertainment, Health, Mental Health, Relationships, Wedding

Happy Friday Everyone! Hope you’ve all had an absolutely lovely week and have an even better weekend planned, I know I do. This past week in Hollywood has been full of surprises with a couple I didn’t even know were dating (that’s right, I did not know) announcing their engagement, a comedian self-medicating a heart attack, a shocking death, a singing sweetheart breaking the cardinal rule of NOT attending weddings you weren’t invited to and the biggest shock, OK, maybe not shock, but the biggest scandal of them all: we all got to see Prince Harry in his birthday suit… [...]

100 Naked People Changed My Perspective (SFW)

June 20, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Entertainment, Fitness, Health, People, Self, Sex, Society, Stories

The first life drawing class I ever took went as you would expect it to. A bunch of immature people, giggling and trying to look but not stare at the naked woman sitting in the middle of the room. Do we draw the pubic hair? Do we draw her nipples? What is polite and not polite? Oh no, she’s moving! Do we look or not look? By the end of that 3 hours, we were old hats with nudity, and over the next two years we would see more naked people than I can even remember, for at least 3 [...]

How To Look Good Naked: An Open (Love) Letter to Gok Wan

April 11, 2012 in Body Image, Film & TV

Today’s Guest Post from Claire Wallace: Dear Gok, I only found out who you are about 6 months ago. As the proud new owner of a Foxtel subscription, I happily stumbled across your program How to Look Good Naked thinking to myself, ‘hmmm, this should be interesting….’ It turns out that I came to the party quite late because the series has been running since 2006. But from that first episode I watched, I was both gobsmacked and delighted at the positive and inspiring message. At its simplest, How to Look Good Naked plucks women from all over the UK [...]