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Montreal's burlesque icon Miss Sugarpuss, recently voted on of Montreal's Most Desirable Women, plans to put together a Montreal Burlesque Festival, where the historical part of the art is emphasized as much as the bumping and grinding.

"For us to not have a vibrant burlesque culture is ironic," she told the Montreal Mirror, noting that Montreal was the last place in Canada to establish a revival, despite being a hub of burlesque since the ’30s. "We live alongside this history, why wouldn’t we show off our city from that angle—the sexy underbelly?"

In other news ...

By day she's Stephanie Lynch, a hard-working student. By night she's Sofire Rosa, professional belly dancer and burlesque performer.

Madonna puts a burlesque spin on Marc Jacobs.

Jo Boobs shows off pictures from the Liz Renay exhibit.

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Dita Von Teese twirls through several news stories as the burlesque queen continues to promoter her new line of lingerie for Wonderbra. She tells Monsters & Critics that even she has "unattractive" days. "Like any woman, I have days where I look in the mirror and think, 'How can anyone find me attractive?' Some days there's nothing for it but to go back to bed, but mostly I try to put a face on and turn the day around. I try to remember we all have those moments - even people you admire."

She tells The Scotsman: "I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be. I"m not an exhibitionist that"s not why I do what I do. Day-to-day, I"m actually quite shy. I like my hemline below the knee. I would never bare my belly. I"m a little conscious about how much cleavage I"m showing. I feel like I don"t really need to show my body, and I like the mystery about not showing it I prefer the idea of someone wondering what"s underneath the dress."

And she tells The Times: "I remember being 20 and thinking there’s no way I’ll be feather-dancing when I’m 35! And I can say with conviction that I’m in better shape now than I was then. I don’t wanna predict for myself or make rules for myself about that. I think I’ve been really good at evolving and making the right choices. And I’m pretty sure people don’t look at me and say, ‘Ooh gosh, should she really be doing that any more?’ I don’t think that’s happening.”

In other news ...

Detroit’s legends of burlesque reminisce.

BlackBook talks to the Porcelain Twinz about their lawsuit with The Box.

Madonna does a striptease tribute to Britney.

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Dita Von Teese's lingerie line for Wonderbra keeps people buzzing. E! Online even includes a photo gallery of Celebrity Underwear Ads.

In other news ...

Murray Hill's ribald shtick adds some comic sass to This Is Burlesque.

The Democrat's convention, which includes Naughty Pierre's Burlesque and Comedy Extravaganza, is decidedly edgier than the Republican convention.

Madonna's latest tour has "bastardised the best elements of vintage acid house, Geisha culture, gypsy folk and burlesque."

LAist takes Upper Manhattan out for a spin.

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Last week, clips from a fetish film featuring Dita Von Teese leaked onto the interwebs. The clips from the 1999 film Pin-Ups 2, as well as the other erotic videos, are hardly secret an affair as several are listed on Dita's film credits on IMDB and Wikipedia. And Fleshbot.com claims the video has even previously been sold through Von Teese's official web site.

Of the footage, which shows Dita being spanked and romping with two attractive women wearing corsets in the footage and using a stiletto pump as a sex toy, Dita said:

"Amateur pornography is a great thing. You can find anything for everyone on the internet. So long as no one's hurting anyone or involving children then hey, what's wrong with that? People love watching other people having sex. I'm no different."

In other news ...

A treasure trove of Mike Wallace interviews is posted on the Web, including his 1957 chat with Lili St. Cyr.

Madonna and Justin Timberlake do a little striptease in the Material Girl's newest video

Prince William and his girlfriend partied at a burlesque-themed bash, but were apparently quite bashful themselves.

Java's Bachelor Pad serves up cocktails and cheesecake this Friday in Vegas, baby.

Sherry Britton passed away last week. Here are more obits.

Video of the Week

As we've mentioned, Madonna is sweet on burlesque. Now, Penny Whistle serves us this little treat from the Material Girl.

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Top Ten Reasons to Buy Gilded Lili

Today's the release of my biography on Lili St. Cyr, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique. I know this crowd doesn't need much convincing, but in case you weren't sold here are the top ten reasons to buy Gilded Lili.

10. There are 15 pages of salacious pictures. That’s 15 less than Alan Greenspan’s new book, but you actually want to see Lili without clothes.

9. Marilyn Monroe -- who modeled herself after Lili -- has nothing on this woman’s story.

8. Mike Wallace called his interview with Lili one of the most interesting ones of his career.

7. Sports fans will learn how Lili is connected to a Stanley Cup winner.

6. A picture is worth a thousand words ... but this book has several that will leave you speechless.

5. The Dems in the crowd will love that Susan Sarandon blessed Lili.

4. For the Republicans, well, Ronald Reagan was caught watching her take a bubble bath.

3. Want to know why Lili wouldn’t come out from backstage to meet Humphrey Bogart?

2. Madonna dressed herself up in Lili's love.

1. Did I mention the pictures?

Video of the Week

Our Metrocurean pal sent us Britney Spears new striptease-heavy music video. Brit's been borrowing from burlesque ever since she shed her school girl look. We think she should go back to taking cues from another pop singer who snags burlesque and striptease elements for her videos. We'll let you be the judge with several videos to compare.