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Perhaps we'll be seeing less of Lena Dunham on screen in the future: The "Girls" talent says she might consider quitting acting to focus on some of her other work. But don't worry, she's not going far. "I don't know if I'm going to want to act anymore. I'm always relieved on the days I don't have to. I'd rather give parts to other women than be the woman having the parts," the Golden Globe-winning 27-year-old said in the April issue of Glamour, which hits newsstands March 18. Appearing in the critically acclaimed HBO series about four 20-something women growing...

Andrew Martinez, the South Bay man who gained national notoriety as the ``Naked Guy'' when he insisted on walking around nude in Berkeley in the early 1990s, has died, the apparent victim of suicide. Martinez, 33, died early Thursday after he was discovered unconscious in his cell at the Santa Clara County main jail. He was found lying under the covers on his cell bunk, with a plastic bag tied around his head, said jail spokesman Mark Cursi. He was pronounced dead about an hour later at Valley Medical Center. Martinez, who had been in custody since Jan. 10, was...

OAKLAND - On the 50th anniversary of his birth, carpenter Percy Honniball was charged with wearing his birthday suit to work. His preference for working in the nude got him nailed by Oakland police earlier this month, and today the Alameda County District Attorney charged him with misdemeanor indecent exposure. Honniball reportedly was building a set of bookcases for a Montclair man last October when the man came home and found his carpenter in flagrant deshabille. The Alameda County District Attorney's office charged him today, which happens to be his birthday, records show. It isn't the first time Honniball has...

An executive tried to liven up a dull day at the office by stripping naked to interview a 25-year-old woman, a court heard yesterday. Saeed Akbar, 35, said at first that it was part of his "tough interviewing technique" but later admitted that he was bored and wanted a "cheap thrill". He asked the woman, who was applying for a translator's job, if she minded if they took their clothes off. When she refused, he left the room for a few minutes and returned naked, carrying only a clipboard. He got dressed again when she objected to his behaviour and...

MADRID (AFP) - The annual "running of the bulls" in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona could get some serious competition this year, in the form of a rival run by naked humans protesting cruelty to animals. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group, which has protested against the event in the past, even announced that it was asking the town authorities to replace the traditional bull-chase with its "running of the nudes." The nine-day San Fermin festival, due to start on July 6, traditionally involves hundreds of runners, including many tourists, trying to outrace a herd...

The tennis star was listed at No. 6 on Mr. Blackwell's annual top 10 list of worst-dressed women. "Courting disaster with every style-free serve, black leather at the Open takes a lot of nerve!" he wrote about Williams in a statement released Tuesday. "From the Queen of Tennis to Fatal Fashion Menace — non-stop!" Nicollette Sheridan of TV's "Desperate Housewives" is the worst of the worst when it comes to wardrobe, according to Mr. Blackwell. "Let's crown her the Tacky Temptress of Wisteria Lane," Blackwell wrote. Sheridan and Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens took part in a "Monday Night Football"...

All the Nudes That's Fit to Print Radicals planning to cause mayhem at the GOP convention should accept this sad fact: Murdoch’s minions are waiting.The last time a major party held its nominating convention in New York City, I was among the tribe of protesters clamoring outside. I had hitchhiked from Oakland to Manhattan and, after adventures with a guy in Barstow who claimed he was jumping parole and barked, "I swear by my white skin!" after each beer, or the gentleman in southern Missouri who loaded the shotgun in his rifle rack and declared his intention to shoot the...