Hot Bodies

Fitness Made Simple infomercial dude John Basedow is no simple ab-flasher -- but our photographer is, and he gave John a sight he will never be able to unsee. Sorry, ab guy!

Believe it or not, there is something smoother and even more hairless than Taylor Lautner's jacked buff body ... his new wax sculpture.

The crazy kids at Madame Tussauds in Berlin have unveiled the latest humanoid replica of the 21-year-old "Twilight" hunk and it is abs-olutely identical to the actual manscaped golden tan boy wonder ... even down to the rippling six pack.

While very pretty, Taylor hasn't looked this lifeless since "Breaking Dawn 2."

Indestructible force of nature Chuck Norris is suddenly vulnerable -- to aging! Now that his beard has disappeared ... it looks like the only thing that can defeat Chuck Norris is a razor.

While rumors persist that her engagement to Liam Hemsworth is off, Miley Cyrus tried to find some solace in the comfort of her sexy bikini in Palm Springs this weekend.

The 20-year-old former Disney diva soaked her newly tatted bones at a pool in the desert. Meanwhile, Liam is still off in the Philippines for work.

After being spotted without her engagement ring recently, the breakup reports intensified ... but this weekend Miley tweeted that it's just because the wedding bling is being fixed at the jeweler.

Time will tell if that's all that needs to be repaired.

Even when Matthew McConaughey looked deathly skinny he was secretly plotting to immediately pack on the weight and regain his famous physique ... and TMZ has learned how he did it in under 4 months.

By now you've seen the pics -- McConaughey looking ripped again ... after dropping nearly 30 pounds last November to play an AIDS patient.

According to our sources, even though McConaughey looked like an extra on a Sally Struthers infomercial ... he was still pumping iron to keep his muscles intact.

So when it was time to get jacked for his next role ... we're told MM simply added weight by stuffing his face with lots of fish, asparagus, eggs, nuts and sweet potatoes.

Our source described the process as "very well planned out."

All right, all right, all right.

"Mob Wives Chicago" star Pia Rizza's Playboy dreams are OVER ... TMZ has learned, the lad mag has rejected her request for a nude feature.

TMZ broke the story ... Rizza found out someone was trying to sell nude pics of her to the media ... so rather than let them surface on their own, she decided to release them herself.

40-year-old Pia had hoped the pics would get her a Playboy spread ... but that's not happening any time soon ... because Playboy rejected her this week.

Sources close to Pia tell us the photos were submitted to Playboy last weekend, but the magazine quickly shut down the idea, saying they weren't interested at this time.

At this time ...

The indestructible Chuck Norris has finally met his match ... Father Time.

73-year-old Norris -- sporting a cleanly shaven face -- was spotted out in Hawaii Thursday with his sleeveless t-shirt, sunglasses, and grandpa belly ... actually looking his age for once in his life.

It might not be a roundhouse ... but he's still kickin'.

If you've been DREAMING of a half-naked Bret Michaels shaking his ass in a bowtie and cuff links, it's time to find a new dream ... 'cause the rocker just turned down an offer from Chippendales, TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Bret tell us ... the legendary all-male review recently approached the 50-year-old about a guest hosting gig for their show at the Rio in Las Vegas ... a la Jake Pavelka, Jeff Timmons and Ronnie from "Jersey Shore."

We're told Michaels was flattered by the proposition, but sadly had to turn down the show because he's already committed to a series for the Travel Channel called "Rock My RV."

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Kathie Lee Gifford doesn't shave her vagina ... in fact, she looks down on people who do (people like Hoda Kotb) ... and the only reason we know it is because she talked all about her hoo-hah hair care ON LIVE TV!!!

Kathie Lee and Hoda were talking pubes on "Today" Friday morning ... and discussing if certain personality traits fall in line with how a woman manicures her special area.

Kathie Lee made it clear ... she rocks the full vagina-fro ... and she's damn proud of it.

Hoda on the other hand ... not so much.

Matthew McConaughey is back in the buff ... only 3 months after looking more emaciated than the star of a Spielberg movie.

Need some motivation to risk your life scaling a building? Meet the Victoria's Secret model we found at a mall, and promptly dubbed ... Black Rapunzel! Watch, you'll understand.

Attention Bayside High alumni: Zack Morris is jacked!

Zack -- aka Mark-Paul Gosselaar -- showed off his lean, smooth and ripped 39-year-old pecs, bis and abs, while filming a surfing scene with his "Franklin & Bash" co-star Breckin Meyer and Eric Balfour in Malibu on Tuesday.

These days he's saved by the dumbbell.

When "Mob Wives Chicago" star Pia Rizza found out there were naked pictures of her being shopped to various media outlets ... she knew the drill -- RELEASE THE PHOTOS HERSELF!!!

Pia tells TMZ ... she took the racy pics -- which she allowed TMZ to publish -- sometime last year, while still filming "Mob Wives" and sent them to her boyfriend to get some feedback on whether she had the right stuff for Playboy.

But Pia tells us ... the pics somehow got into the wrong hands -- and someone was trying to sell them without her permission.

1. She doesn't want anyone making money off of HER image
2. Yeah, she wants Playboy to notice

So we gotta ask ...

Terrence Howard must have been on the receiving end of a stern lecture ... because after his salacious comments about Oprah Winfrey went viral this week, he was waaaaaaay more respectful the second time around.

In case you missed it ... Howard described his love scenes in a movie he recently shot with her by saying, "Oprah and I had such chemistry. To be able to make out with Oprah and to have love scenes with her and those tig ol' bitties ... She's such a lovely, voluptuous woman ... That was wonderful."

But when he bumped into our photog Friday on the snowy streets of NYC ... Howard chose a reverent tone, telling us Oprah is a "beautiful woman" and he was lucky "to touch the Queen."

Sounds like someone was afraid of getting beheaded.

TGIF bitches ... here's a pic of Victoria's Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes basically getting completely naked in sunny St. Barts today. Absolutely nowhere near you.