Fapello is reporting that there are new leaked photos of Olympian Amber Glenn

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Her bio:

Amber Elaine Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time U.S. national champion (2024–26), a six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, and a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist. She has also finished within the top ten at five ISU Championships.

This is the article. As always, I have no clue about the authenticity of the claims. Some of the usual commenters follow this scene, but I do not.

Here’s one for you history buffs

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In all of history, which leader amassed the most followers in his own lifetime, from scratch (meaning voluntary followers who were not inherited from ancestors or predecessors)?

Muhammad had about 100,000 followers when he died, about one of every 2,000 people on Earth.

Genghis Khan’s number of VOLUNTARY followers is indeterminate. He controlled millions, but he had no more than 250,000 in his armies, placing him in the same general category as Muhammad – about one for every 1600 on Earth

Darius the Great had an army of some 250,000 men way back in 500 BC, about one for every 400 people on Earth.

Kim Il-sung had about 22 million followers when he died in 1994, about one for every 260 people on the planet.

Hitler’s Nazi party had about nine million members, approximately one out of every 246 people on the planet.

Chairman Mao had about 30 million followers when he died in 1976, about one out of every 140 people on Earth.

As one commenter noted, Gandhi had as many as 300 million Indians willing to die, unarmed if necessary, if he led the charge. They were true believers, and he created his movement from scratch, ticking off all the boxes. That’s about one out of every eight people on earth at the time. How could I have forgotten him? I don’t know whether any leader can ever get to that level again. If you include him in the discussion, it’s like discussing relief pitchers, in the sense that you can debate about who was the second-best, but the top spot is occupied.

The population of Earth is almost exactly double what it was when Mao died in 1976, so Trump needs about 61 million true believers to beat Mao for second place. He may have done that. Between MAGA cultists and his die-hard fans in right-wing groups outside the USA, he may, in fact, have 61 million cultists who would be OK with him shooting Paul McCartney or some other universally beloved figure in Times Square.

Donald Trump may, in fact, be the second-most successful leader in history by that definition.

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Do you amateur and professional historians have other examples?

Best joke of the week

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Michael Che, explaining the rash on Trump’s neck:

Somebody accidentally washed his shirts in holy water.

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Which reminds me that Marvel once made a comic book about Pope John Paul II


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This one, as you can see, was labeled #1. I enjoyed the later issues when he was fully integrated into their pantheon. My favorite story line was when JP2 battled the Sub-Mariner, both of their powers dwindling, the outcome of the fray depending on which of them would be first to the holy water.

I also enjoyed when he took on Thor, God v God. Thor was holding his own until the Pope called on his Infallibility Power.

Sadly, the series was short-lived. They killed JP2 off at the end of his epic multi-issue crossover battle with Dr. Strange. I still think it was totally unfair when the Doc, on the verge of defeat, went back in time to prevent Jesus from being born.

Vicky Krieps in Love Me Tender (2025) and her nudography

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French-language drama

Clémence, a lawyer, leaves her marriage to embrace her true self. Her ex-husband fights for custody of their son Paul, manipulating him. As their relationship deteriorates, Clémence struggles to maintain her maternal bond.


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Videos

This is her ninth nude scene to appear here in this decade. The other eight can be found at this link.

They are:

Hot Milk (2025)
Went up the Hill (2024)
The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)
Ingeborg Bachmann: Journey Into the Desert (2023)
Plus que jamais (2022) – frontal
Corsage (2022) – full frontal
Serre moi fort (2021)
Faithful (2020)

Before that sequence, she also did nude scenes in:

Das Boot, season 2 (2019)
Das Boot, season 1 (2018)
Gutland (2017)
Phantom Thread (see-thru; 2017)
Young Karl Marx (see-thru; 2017)
The Chambermaid Lynn (2015)
M as in Martha (2015 short)
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)
Formentera (2012)
Measuring The World (2012)

The videos for the pre-2020 scenes can be found here.

If we count transparent tops as nudity, she has done 18 nude scenes in just 14 years. That’s an impressive pace. I’ve never calculated who the all-time champ might be among legitimate actresses. I think Isabelle Huppert is around 30.

There is some nudity from Jessie Buckley in the Hamnet (2025) childbirth scene

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It’s a gut-wrenching scene with a fully committed performance from Jessie.

She is now considered an absolute lock to win the Best Actress Oscar. If you want to place a bet on actresses:

(Odds are expressed as ratio of amount won to amount wagered. In other words, a contract with Rose Byrne costs 3.1 cents, and you would therefore win 96.9 cents if she wins, or 31-1.)

Jessie Buckley 1-24
Rose Byrne, 31-1
Renate Reinsve, 165-1
Emma Stone, 199-1
Kate Hudson, 249-1.

(There’s a good payoff if you want to bet “no” on Jessie, 23-1. Good luck with that.)

SIDEBAR: In recent days, Michael B. Jordan has passed Timotheêéèëēĕěẽėẹęẻ Chalamet as the slight favorite to win Best Actor, thus dampening the latter’s hopes to win the ẹęẻ he needs to complete the the “e” perfecta for his first name. Just a mohth ago, Chalamet was at 78%, Jordan at 7%.


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Video. WARNING: It’s a heartbreaking, brilliantly performed scene, but it’s an an immense download, and there’s no real, visible nudity. (You see it brightened and enhanced in the stills above).

Jessie has appeared here several previous times, with a bit of nudity in four other films: Romeo and Juliet (2021); Wicked Little Letters (2023); Beast (2017); The Lost Daughter (2021). She also posed naked with a fish.