#scandal

In case you hadn't figured out that a naked calendar isn't the panacea for all funding woes (especially in the case of Spanish moms), here's a story that should wreck all your "Calendar Girls" dreams: A naked charity calendar intended to raise cash for the North West Air Ambulance of Wigan, England has been banned from ambulance stations across the region. Apparently some people think that ambulance workers posing nude comprises their integrity and dignity. But hey, it hasn't hurt the clowns! (wigantoday.com)

#babes

We're not even halfway through 2008 yet, but apparently superbabe Gemma Atkinson is already hard at work shooting her 2009 calendar. Considering the fact that we haven't even planned what we're going to have for lunch today yet, her industry and foresight should be an example to us all. (areaticino.com)

#babes

We're not surprised that Sophie Howard, Michelle Marsh, and the ubiquitous Lucy Pinder have earned their respective months in the UK's Hottest Babes 2008 calendar; we are surprised that all of them are keeping their boobs under wraps for it. Let's hope this doesn't mean we're in for a return to modesty next year—with all the progress we've made over the last twelve months, it would be a shame to start regressing at this point. (dailypoa.com)

#christmas