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It’s been almost five years since The New Yorker published Ronan Farrow’s first exposé of Hollywood’s ugliest open secret, that Harvey Weinstein was a sexual predator, taking the #MeToo movement worldwide and forever shifting the conversation around the film industry’s horrifying treatment of women. The flurry of similar allegations that followed has slowed to a trickle, but there are many women in Hollywood who want to keep the issues front and center. The message is loud and clear in “Body Parts,” a clever and damning documentary about the history of nudity, sex scenes, and women’s bodies on film.

In a brisk 86 minutes, “Body Parts” mashes together interviews with the likes of Jane Fonda and Rosanna Arquette, analysis from film historians, intimacy coordinator trainings, and whirlwind montages from both classic and contemporary films. There’s a lot of ground to cover, and Guevara-Flanagan runs a tight ship.

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In America, sex is always on the mind. There is a superficial skittishness when it comes to acknowledging this, but the politics of sex are everywhere — especially in film and television. In the last year alone, various writers have considered the subject: They have debated about the death of the sex scene and exalted the pleasure of watching female orgasms. The internet has fought and agreed to disagree on the male gaze, the female gaze and other arguments about the sex scene’s intended audience.

Lurking in the margins of these investigations and dialogues are questions of simple mechanics: What goes into conjuring an erotic mood? What gives a film its sensual aura? How does a sex scene get made? The gift of Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s Body Parts is that it, at least partially, gives us some answers to these questions.

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Garry Marshall's presence in Hollywood is felt among the many iconic films he directed, but none more so than Pretty Woman, which rocketed Julia Roberts to superstardom. Since the movie's debut in 1990, Marshall and Roberts remained close until the award-winning director's passing Tuesday at 81. In a 2006 interview with People, Marshall talked about discovering Roberts, now 48, for the role of Vivian: "We're a business who loves to discover a star. She was absolutely delightful and charming. It wasn't just good acting - she was magical. Sooner or later, somebody would have discovered her, but I was glad I was the one.

Garry Marshall's presence in Hollywood is felt among the many iconic films he directed, but none more so than Pretty Woman, which rocketed Julia Roberts to superstardom. Since the movie's debut in 1990, Marshall and Roberts remained close until the award-winning director's passing Tuesday at 81. In a 2006 interview with People, Marshall talked about discovering Roberts, now 48, for the role of Vivian: "We're a business who loves to discover a star. She was absolutely delightful and charming. It wasn't just good acting - she was magical. Sooner or later, somebody would have discovered her, but I was glad I was the one.

Game of Thrones star Lena Headey's 'Walk of Shame' nude body double has been revealed as actress Rebecca Van Cleave.

Headey opted out of going naked for the harrowing six-minute sequence "for several reasons", one of which was so she could fully focus on the emotions in her performance.

The actress also wasn't involved in the casting process for her double, adding: "I was like, 'Listen guys, she happens to have a beautiful body, but I don't do casting'. If somebody is brave enough to do this, I applaud it."

We've found 11 other actors and actresses who've spoken candidly about choosing a body double instead of baring their naked bits on the big screen.

And you may find some film scenes quite surprising (it wasn't really Kevin Costner frolicking naked in a waterfall!).

1. Mila Kunis had actresses moon for her

Mila Kunis happily revealed that she used...

Can you believe it? Pretty Woman, the movie that turned Julia Roberts into a rom-com queen, was first released in cinemas 25 years ago today (March 23).

To mark the occasion, Digital Spy has unearthed 25 fascinating facts about the beloved 1990 film. Read on to find out why Vivian is a Disney princess, how Superman himself Christopher Reeve almost played Edward and the film's straight-to-the-point title in China.

1. The original script for Pretty Woman was titled $3,000 and was a dark drama about prostitution in La. Vivian was a drug addict trying to go clean to save up money for a trip to Disneyland. Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures developed the idea into a more conventional romantic comedy, meaning Vivian is something of an edgier Disney princess.

2. Werner Herzog claimed he was approached to direct Pretty Woman by Richard Gere when it was still being touted as a dark cautionary tale. Herzog being Herzog, though, we...

While initially considered a commercial and critical failure upon its release in 1995, Showgirls had endured and achieved a level of cult status all its own. The legacy continues later this month with Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven, starring Rena Riffel as Penny from director Paul Verhoeven's original film. Mvd Entertainment Group has released the first trailer and poster for this sequel/spin-off, which debuts on DVD and VOD formats September 17. Take a look at the footage and one-sheet, then read on for more information about this sizzling sequel.

Let the show begin... Again! Original Showgirls star Rena Riffel has taken her screen time in the original cult classic and spun in into an elaborate, erotic spin-off featuring cat fights, murder, new quotable dialogue, and plenty of brown rice and vegetables in the film Movies.com says "Goes to a manic superstar level all its own."

Joining Riffel are other Showgirls veterans,...

Future Dallas star who began career as a model was paid $25 to act as body double for unavailable Bancroft

As stories go, this one has legs: 46 years after The Graduate was released, Dallas star Linda Gray has claimed the famous pin on the poster as her own, rather than either of those attached to the film's star, Anne Bancroft.

The poster for The Graduate, framed within a peephole, shows a woman rolling on a stocking under the watchful gaze of a barefoot Dustin Hoffman. All that can be seen of her is an arm, a leg and a hand. But the lady to whom these limbs were presumed to belong was apparently unavailable for poster-posing duties.

"I think she was absent that day," said Gray. "I got paid $25. For one leg, that was good."

Gray made the revelations on Anderson Cooper's chat show, where she was speaking about the...