Now we know, and knowing is half the battle

The indie awards are not so indie this year.

Because duh it’s obviously going to OWN 2013.

Thus began the renaissance of Bradley Cooper

Can someone please give HIV’ed Matthew McConaughey a sandwich?

More than just a pretty face. Apparently.

Eat a bag of dicks, Bret. It’ll cheer you up.

The premise of Magic Mike‘s is already attractive enough, as a film unapologetically tailored to the difficult-to-please female gaze. Cue our surprise when it outed itself as a skinfest with smarts. Beautiful production, gorgeous attention to detail and an interesting picture of the clash between reality and fantasy come together to make Channing Tatum less the butt of ‘dumb jock’ jokes and more just a very fine butt.

Perhaps there is a God.

With Magic Mike finally preparing to grace our eyeballs on this most hallowed Orange Wednesday, it only seems fitting that there should be a tribute to all those that came scantily-clad onto our screens before Channing Tatum and Co. – with no further foreplay, BFF presents our Top 10 Movie Strippers of All Time.