All The News That's Fit To Strip

Dita Von Teese takes it off for PETA. The burlesque star unveils a sexy new ad today that promotes the spaying and neutering of pets and adoption of shelter animals. We'll post the ad, which features Dita as a sexy school teacher, this afternoon when it's released.

Shameless self-promotion alert: The New York Post gossiped about Gilded Lili this weekend.

With New York's Forty Deuce in jeopardy, Concierge dishes on where else you can still see the tassels swinging in the Big Apple.

Hillary Duff strips for Vaseline. Get a sneak peak here.

The Pussycat Dolls are going Posh with Victoria Beckham joining the troupe for a guest stint.

Maxim wonders if this is the worst striptease ever.

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Dita Von Teese, the new face of Cointreau liquor, talks with the San Francisco Chronicle about how she chose her stage name, breaking the beauty rules and how she learned about burlesque. On the difference between burlesque now and when Gypsy Rose Lee lit up the marquee, Dita says: "It's more risque now than it was then. ... It's not the nudity that's a big deal, it's the striptease ... the idea that I'm taking my clothes off, that's arresting. This is what I want to do."

Other tidbits include her views on sex: "I'm not shy about talking about sex, or putting a powerfully sexual image out there. One of the messages I want to get through to young women is the importance of insisting on safe sex. It should be fun and playful, but they should carry a condom and insist on using it."

In other news ...

A New York community board votes against giving Forty Deuce a liquor license.

Mo Pitkin's packs up the pasties.

On Wednesday Satan's Angel twirls her tassels on Maury

GalleyCat shows off some book trailers. Are you working on yours?

All The News That's Fit To Strip

Ali Larter chats with Playboy about the whipped cream bikini she donned in Varsity Blues and researching strippers. In the October issue the Heroes star explains her role as Niki was intended to be a stripper and says: “I did some research. I went online. What struck me most was the blankness in most of their eyes. That was what I wanted to show. I thought it was sad, but my boyfriend thought it was thrilling. He’d call while I was researching and say, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ ‘I’m online, watching some girls stripping.’ He was like, ‘On my way!’ In a recent episode I play a pole dancer. I took private lessons for a week, a couple of hours a day. I have a newfound respect for those women. It’s harder than you imagine, but I made it look good.”

In other news ...

Margaret Cho's Sensuous Woman shimmies into New York's Zipper Factory. Catch up with one of the show's performers, Princess Farhana, in last week's Candy Gram. And stay tuned for upcoming Candy Grams with other Sensuous Woman stars, Dirty Martini and Margaret Cho.

Britney Spears VMA performance lacked the strip-tacular factor of past shows.

Are you ready for some football?

New York's Playpen closes.

The Philadelphia Inquirer gets a spanking from Feministing for an awful story about stripping.

New York's Forty Deuce hits a bump in the bump 'n' grind road.

Lola the Vamp leads the burlesque revival Down Under.

Jo Boobs interviews Satan's Angel.

Monique Honeybush chats about how she started in burlesque, performing at Bonnaroo and her hot dog routine.

Congratulations to Angie Pontani, Jo Boobs, Tigger and the rest of the winners of the Golden Pasties Awards.