Any Nip and Tuck needed for that bikini body? Actress Kelly Carlson shows off trim figure in tiny black bikini

She found fame playing surgery-obsessed model Kimber Henry and by the looks of things actress Kelly Carlson has had her own nip and tuck to obtain her flawless bikini body.

The actress made the most of the sunshine in Malibu yesterday in a tiny black bikini and displayed a trim and toned figure as she strode the sands.

The 35-year-old actress showed off incredibly toned stomach, trim legs and toned shoulder and arm muscles as she enjoyed the hot weather.

Trim and toned: Nip/Tuck actress Kelly Carlson showed off an amazing bikini body as she soaked up the sunshine in Malibu yesterday

As she removed her sunglasses she appeared fresh faced and much younger than her 35 years.
While some might suppose her flawless figure is down to a few plastic surgery procedures Carlson has often said that she 'loves being physical' and is very comfortable with her body.

She said: 'I’m pretty comfortable with my body and I work hard at it, but I’m certainly not perfect. It takes some getting used to.'

Too good to be true? Kelly's amazing body will no doubt lead people to think that she has undergone her own bit of nip and tuck

Fresh faced: The actress, who found fame as a surgery obsessive on the show about plastic surgery also showed off a surprisingly wrinkle-free face as she strolled on the sands

'I work my ass off on my body. I lift weights. I eat really healthy. I rarely drink alcohol.’

'There is pressure, and I’d be the first to be scrutinized if I wasn’t in shape.'

Kelly found fame on the hit show Nip/Tuck, which was set in the McNamara/Troy plastic surgery practice. The show ended last year after six series.

Hard worker: The 35-year-old actress who starred in the Nip/Tuck show until 2010 has talked about how much she works out at the gym to maintain her body

The Emmy and Golden Globe winning show, which is known for its graphic scenes of sex, violence and plastic surgery operations, was set in Miami, Florida, for the first four seasons.

It relocated to Los Angeles, California for the final series.

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One's a virgin, another has slept with 50 men... can you guess how many lovers these women have had? You may be surprised...

One's a virgin, another has slept with 50 men... can you guess how many lovers these women have had? You may be surprised...

50 Best Places to Have Great Sex

For many people, sex is the very best thing this life has to offer. But after a while, vanilla sex gets a little dull. Adding variety is the key. The easiest ways to get variety are to change up the location of sex and the position.

In this list we've tried to put together the best places to have sex. We've mixed things up, offering some places that are readily available and others that will take a truly adventurous spirit. Very few people will hit every spot on this list, but hopefully we've given you some ideas that sound fun which you can try in your own relationships.

So without further ado, here's our list of the top 50 places to have great sex...

50 Best Places to Have Great Sex

50. On a picnic table under the stars
49. In the back of a pickup truck
48. On top of a mountain overlooking a lake at 2am in the pitch dark
47. On the kitchen counter
46. In the shower standing up (works great as a smooth sneak attack)
45. In the shower laying down
44. On an airplane (less than .0001% of the population gets to try this)
43. In a field (easy to find)
42. In a field of flowers (harder to find)
41. On a hay-bale (straw-bale is the same thing)
40. Standing on a couch (woman's back against the wall)
39. Laying on a couch (try a variant of the scissors position)
38. Bending over a couch (doggy style)
37. Surrounded by guns (try it loaded for more excitement)
36. In the bell tower at church
35. On the pews in a church
34. On the floor between the pews in a church
33. In the stall of a public bathroom
32. A quickie in the library between two rows of books
31. An unused room at the University's library
30. Down a dark ally in a major city
29. In an old, enchanted forest
28. In a hotel (this is where you do it hard)
31. In a lake (or on a dock, in a canoe, etc.)
30. Grand Central Station
29. Haunted house
28. At a zoo (if you're the risky type, go into the lion's cage)
27. Go to the Madame Tusords Wax Museum and do some oral in front of Clinton
26. On the dining room table
25. On radiant floors in the basement
24. In a movie theater
23. On a hillside
22. In parent's bedroom
21. In the restaurant's kitchen after closing time
20. Behind the bar
19. On the kitchen floor
18. Against the bathroom sink
17. In the backseat of a car
16. In a sauna
15. In a limousine
14. Under a waterfall
13. In a bank after it closes
12. In a department store bed
11. In a sleeping bag
10. In a luxurious hotel suite
9. In a recliner
8. In the attic (lends a new twist on "spring cleaning")
7. In a classroom
6. In prison
5. Your ex-lover's bed
4. Roof of a skyscraper
3. In a graveyard
2. On the beach (be careful, the sand might be a bit abrasive)
1. In a jacuzzi, with flickering candlelight and a glass of wine, which you drink to enhance the post-coital bliss over a deeply penetrating conversation, which once and for all solves all the world's problems. And oh, it's always best with woman on top;-).

Let us know what we've missed in the comment section...

Pulling an All-Nighter Can Bring on Euphoria and Risky Behavior

ScienceDaily — A sleepless night can make us cranky and moody. But a lesser known side effect of sleep deprivation is short-term euphoria, which can potentially lead to poor judgment and addictive behavior, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.

Researchers at UC Berkeley and Harvard Medical School studied the brains of healthy young adults and found that their pleasure circuitry got a big boost after a missed night's sleep. But that same neural pathway that stimulates feelings of euphoria, reward and motivation after a sleepless night may also lead to risky behavior, their study suggests.

"When functioning correctly, the brain finds the sweet spot on the mood spectrum. But the sleep-deprived brain will swing to both extremes, neither of which is optimal for making wise decisions," said Matthew Walker, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Berkeley and lead author of the study.

The findings, published March 22, in the Journal of Neuroscience, underscore the need for people in high-stakes professions and circumstances not to shortchange themselves on sleep, Walker said.

"We need to ensure that people making high-stakes decisions, from medical professionals to airline pilots to new parents, get enough sleep," Walker said. "Based on this evidence, I'd be concerned by an emergency room doctor who's been up for 20 hours straight making rational decisions about my health."

The body alternates between two main phases of sleep during the night: Rapid Eye Movement (REM), when body and brain activity promote dreams, and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM), when the muscles and brain rest. Previous brain studies indicate that these sleep patterns are disrupted in people with mood disorders.

Puzzled as to why so many people with clinical depression feel more positive after a sleepless night -- at least temporarily -- the researchers used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to study the brains of 27 young adults, half of whom got a good night's rest and the other half of whom pulled an all-nighter.

Participants viewed numerous images, including pleasant scenes (for example, bunnies or ice cream sundaes), and were asked to rate the pictures as either neutral or positive. Across the board, those who had skipped a night's sleep gave more positive ratings for all the images while the well-rested participants gave more moderate scores.

Moreover, brain scans of the participants who pulled all-nighters showed heightened activity in the mesolimbic pathway, a brain circuit driven by dopamine, a neurotransmitter that regulates positive feelings, motivation, sex drive, addiction, cravings and decision making.

While a bias toward the positive, potentially linked to a short-term boost in dopamine levels, may seem advantageous, it can be detrimental if people are making impulsive decisions because they're feeling overly optimistic, Walker said.

The findings build upon previous research by Walker and his team that shows sleep deprivation shuts down the brain's key planning and decision-making regions -- namely the prefrontal cortex -- while activating more primal neural functions such as the fight-or-flight reflex in the amygdala region of the brain.

The latest study shows a similar disconnect between the prefrontal cortex and the misolimbic pathway after a night of no sleep: "After a good night's sleep, the frontal lobe regions are strongly connected to the dopamine reward regions, but that's not the case after a night of no sleep," Walker said.

As for a therapy for people who are clinically depressed, sleep deprivation is not a viable solution, according to Walker: "The elastic band of sleep deprivation can only be stretched so far before it breaks," he said.

In addition to Walker, coauthors of the study are Ninad Gujar, a senior research scientist at UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory; Seung-Schik Yoo, associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School; and Peter Hu, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Chicago.