Public sex, McConaughey's baby

Visitors to Amsterdam’s popular Vondelpark will soon be allowed to have sex in public, under new rules adopted by the city. That decision drew immediate protests from animal lovers, who were outraged that city officials also announced that dogs would no longer be allowed to roam in the popular park without leashes. Alderman Paul Van Grieken defended the new regulations, explaining that unlike free-roaming dogs, public sex “isn’t a nuisance for the other visitors, and gives a lot of pleasure to a certain group of people.”

Matthew McConaughey wants to name his son “Bud,” in honor of his favorite beer. The actor’s girlfriend, Camila Alves, is pregnant with their first child, and friends say that McConaughey is determined to follow the lead of his older brother and fellow beer drinker, Michael McConaughey, who named his second son “Miller Lyte.” Alves, however, is not enthusiastic about the idea. “Camila is pretty old-fashioned,” says a friend of the couple’s. “She hates the name.”

Britain’s Royal Opera House has withdrawn a poster promoting its production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, after one of the actors complained it made his genitals look too small. Argentina-born Juan Pablo di Pace, 28, agreed to pose nude for the photo, but was aghast when he saw the finished product, in which his genitals were airbrushed out of existence. “We had to do that,” explained a spokesman for the opera company, “because we are not allowed to display posters with nudity.” Nevertheless, the company has agreed to come up with a new poster.

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