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What's wrong with naked calendars?

Guardian StudentsStudentsMany student societies raise money through the sales of nude calendars – is it fun and liberating, or do they objectify women?This week the University of Warwick's women's rowing team have come into the spotlight for publishing their second naked calendar, sales of which raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Last year they received criticism for posing in the nude, with many people arguing that the calendar objectified the students and was "

Arriba, arriba! Speedy Gonzales racing to the big screen in new animated adventure | Animation in fi

Animation in film This article is more than 7 years oldArriba, arriba! Speedy Gonzales racing to the big screen in new animated adventureThis article is more than 7 years oldLooney Tunes stalwart and perennial bête noire of the hapless Sylvester the Cat is getting his own movie from studio Warner Bros Speedy Gonzales, the rocket-heeled Mexican mouse whose battles with Sylvester the Cat lit up the golden age of American animation, looks set to return to the big screen in a new adventure, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Bookies make the three Pauls their favourites to win 2023 Booker prize | Booker prize

Booker prize This article is more than 1 month oldBookies make the three Pauls their favourites to win 2023 Booker prizeThis article is more than 1 month oldPaul Harding, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray have been given the best odds of winning the prestigious £50,000 literary prize this weekend The three shortlisted authors named Paul — Paul Harding, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray — are at the top of the list of bookies’ favourites to win this year’s Booker prize.

Demi Lovato: 'If you want to be famous, just make a sex tape' | Pop and rock

30 minutes with …Pop and rockInterviewDemi Lovato: 'If you want to be famous, just make a sex tape'Peter RobinsonThe Heart Attack singer and former Disney star talks about fame, being the subject of an intervention and – possibly – having a crush on Barney the DinosaurGood evening Demi. Your new album is far better than your last. Did you realise this while you were recording it? Well, thank you. When I finished the last album I thought it was great for a while, but I got sick of the songs a lot faster than with my others so I figured maybe it wasn't my best.

Florence and the Machine feed a bourgeois fantasy of 'folksiness' | Alex Niven

OpinionFlorence + the Machine This article is more than 12 years oldFlorence and the Machine feed a bourgeois fantasy of 'folksiness'This article is more than 12 years oldAlex NivenFATM's popularity reveals how the liberal middle classes have abandoned true counterculture for escapist vintage chicThe music world is buzzing with excitement this week. Against a backdrop of seemingly immovable industry pessimism, the release of the second Florence and the Machine album, Ceremonials, has occasioned widespread hope that its magic formula of style and kooky indie eclecticism might stem the tide of haemorrhaging sales and anoint a new PJ Harvey-style icon in the process.