Though it shocks 'em, I know

Good grief! Miss Kim Basinger (pronounced "Bass-in-jer" not "Bay-sing-er"), Bond Girl and movie siren of the 80s and 90s, is sixty years old today!

Here she is with possibly the steamiest on-screen version of Cole Porter's Let's Do It, from the movie Too Hot to Handle (aka The Marrying Man):

Kim Basinger - Let's Do It

Many happy returns!

Kim Basinger (born Kimila Ann, 8th December 1953)

Birds do it, bees do it

As we count down the days to our own Gay Pride day in London this Saturday, our American chums have lots to celebrate, too.

Yesterday, the US Supreme Court ruled the hated Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional. In one fell swoop, married gay couples across the States now have equal rights before the law to their straight compatriots (and in a separate ruling, the anti-gay-marriage law in California was also overturned).

Cheers all round, methinks! And here to toast the big day is a wonderfully camp version (from a cult movie I have never seen, Tank Girl) of Cole Porter's classic Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)!

Let's Fall In Love from Tank Girl

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