THIS JUST IN: ‘Sexual liberation was a complete con:’ She became infamous for her taboo-busting nude scenes. But Helen Mirren reveals why she felt objectified, embarrassed and exploited in every one of them.

Flashback: Hugh Hefner, Gangsta Rap & the Emerging Moral Majority: “Slowly, however, the elite of our culture seem to be drifting toward a new, far-more jaundiced and suspicious view of popular culture from the 1960s to the 1990s.” And other related links regarding the people who brought you the ‘60s and ‘70s.