Two Canadian women of Asian descent are contemplating eyelid surgery. Maria and Sharon, of Philippino and Korean heritage respectively, believe their looks–specifically their eyes–get in the way of how people see them. Layering their stories with pop culture references to beauty icons and supermodels, filmmaker Ann Shin looks at the pain that lies deep behind the desire for plastic surgery.
Unfinished early documentary by Ulrich Seidl about a foto shooting with Sonja Kirchberger and Peter Baumann at the Tunisian seaside.
51-year-old Jose Mestre from Lisbon, Portugal has endured a massive tumor on his face for the past 35 years. After it has grown up to 15 pounds, a generous benefactor pays for the 13 hour surgery to remove it.
A look at the reasons why every year 70,000 Iranians have a nose job.
The 1st image of Aimi Yoshikawa, who has big breasts but a slender body. Aimi who suddenly worked hard to the semi in her debut work. A rich shot of a teen's popping body.
Examines the relationship between sex, women, and the role of female sexuality in popular Hollywood culture, focusing on Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone.
Profiles of Playboy Playmates. Features: Kathy Shower (Playmate of the Month, May 1985/Playmate of the Year), Cynthia Brimhall (POTM, October 1985), Barbara Edwards (POTM, September 1983/POTY), Rebekka Armstrong (POTM, September 1986), Dona Speir (POTM, March 1984), Carol Ficatier, (POTM, December 1985), Roberta Vasquez (POTM, November 1984), Donna Smith (POTM, March 1985), Sherry Arnett (POTM, January 1986), Pamela Saunders (POTM, November 1985), Julie McCullough (POTM, February 1986), & Cherie Witter (POTM, February 1985).
Portrait of the last year of the life of famous New York drag queen Consuela Cosmetic.
Profiles of Playboy Playmates. Features: Fawna MacLaren (Playmate of the Month, January '89), Laura Richmond (POTM, September 1988), Tawnni Cable (POTM, June '89), Laurie Wood (POTM, March '89), Emily Arth (POTM, June 1988), Pia Reyes (POTM, November 1988), Ava Fabian (POTM, August 1986), Simone Eden (POTM, February '89), Jennifer Jackson (POTM, April '89), Karin van Breeschooten & Mirjam van Breeschooten (POTM, September '89), Shannon Long (POTM, October 1988), Kimberley Conrad (POTM, January 1988/Playmate of the Year).
Video pictorials of Playboy's past Playmates, compiled for 1992.
An age-obsessed daughter of a plastic surgeon takes a journey through America's $60 Billion a year anti-aging world. In this Alice-in Wonderland tale, McCabe spends 2 years traveling across America visiting doctors, experts and lives with a cross-section of characters from Minnesota to Texas who've gone to varying lengths to "beat the clock", to paint a funny but troubling portrait of a country that desperately needs to stay young.
A dialogue-free documentary on former magazine model Pandora Peaks, with narration by Peaks and Meyer.
For years, filmmaker Sacha Polak has known that she carries the BRCA1 hereditary cancer gene, responsible for breast cancer, but she can't decide what to do. Does she have her breasts removed as a preventive measure to minimize the risk of developing cancer? What if she had them removed, thus forsaking her femininity, for nothing? Sacha decides to make a personal and open documentary about her search.
Are you ready to meet the first Playmate of the Year for the new millennium? We hope so because Jodi Ann Paterson is abut to explode on the scene with an abundance of talent and sensuality. We knew she was something special when we discovered her on our countrywide Playmate Search 2000. As pure as the snowy mountain peaks that surround the small North-western community where she spent her childhood, this Oregon State University grad toned her sultry figure as an avid snowboarder and exercised her intellect at Eugene's CBS affiliate KVAL-TV. No stranger to the limelight, Miss October 1999 is a veteran of the Miss Teen Circuit, where she won the hearts of the judges with her Indonesian-born exotic beauty. Now she has arrived in Hollywood, where we expect her impressive combination of beauty and brains will surely pave the way for a fantastic future. We're just happy to be along as Jodi begins her rise to the top!
Every year, the editors at Playboy must make an incredibly difficult decision: of all the beautiful women who have passed through their doors and into Playboy history, who most aptly represents the Playboy ideal for that year? This collection includes footage of all the competing candidates, as well as a full-length feature dedicated to the winner herself, Brande Roderick.
How would it feel to be in the company of Marilyn Monroe, Pamela Anderson and all of the beautiful centerfolds who have graced the pages of Playboy over the past 50 years? Just ask Colleen Shannon, Playboy's 50th Anniversary Playmate! We went to 20 cities and met 10,000 women, and now meet the girl who stood out from all the rest. As Playboy's 50th Anniversary Playmate, Coleen personifies today's girl-next-door. Beautiful, adventurous and athletic, she's the girl behind the turntable in the club and atop the snowboard barreling down the slopes. Glimpse every fun, spontaneous and irresistible moment in this sizzling addition to your collection.
In 2004 Playboy traveled across the USA to find the hot, hotter and hottest Bartender Babes from your favorite hangouts. Lucky Orland, Florida, was where we found Kara Monaco and soon after that she became not only our DVD cover Model, but a featured cocktail shaker in Playboy’s pictorial ‘Women Behind Bars.’ 2005 was also a very good year for Kara when she was chosen Playboy’s Miss June – becoming a Centerfold darling and candidate for a certain other honor. No in 2006, we’d like to raise our glasses in a tantalizing toast to Miss Kara Monaco – Playmate of the Year. Wonder what 2007 will bring this breath taker?
Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S. Johnson's thesis is that this wealth in the hands of so few people is a danger to our very way of life.
Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world's prettiest photographer, had a huge influence in 20th-century pop culture though few people know her name. Whether by popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy or inventing the selfie, Bunny was a trailblazer whose work bucked against conservative 1950s America and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the sexual revolution. Yet the very changes she helped usher in would soon render her a forgotten relic...till now.
We call them by a hundred different names: boobs, knockers, jugs, hooters. We wonder if they're real or fake, too small or too big, too exposed or too covered. And every year Americans spend millions of dollars on breast enhancement, from push-up bras to surgery. Why is our culture so captivated by this particular part of the female form? "Boobs: An American Obsession" is a revealing, humorous, often poignant investigation involving everyone from anthropologists to porn stars as we explore our culture's fascination with breasts.