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Fresh from their Paris premiere of The Hangover Part III last night, the stars of the movie boarded a plane to Brazil and went straight to the beach! Heather Graham showed off her fit physique in a patterned bikini in Rio de Janeiro and played around with Ken Jeong in the water. On another part of the beach, the Wolfpack stripped down — Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis wore bright trunks — but Bradley Cooper kept his shirt on. Hours later the stars were back on the red carpet for yet another premiere.

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis escaped to Hawaii for a holiday over the US Memorial Day weekend. They wasted no time getting to the beach on Sunday, where Olivia stripped to a blue and purple bikini and Jason made his holiday fashion statement in red boardies. The engaged couple stayed active in the water — Olivia paddle boarded while Jason emerged from the surf holding flippers and a snorkel — but mostly had eyes for each other, and spent lots of their time kissing and holding onto each other in the waves. They returned to the water on Monday, with Olivia switching up her bathers in a strapless black bikini.

Olivia and Jason aren’t shy about showing off some PDA — Olivia also loves gushing about her fiancé — and recently showered each other with affection at Justin Timberlake’s Cinco de Mayo show. Professionally they’re also hooking up with hot actors in their upcoming projects. Jason stars opposite Jennifer Aniston in We’re the Millers, in which she plays a stripper, and Olivia shares screen time with Chris Hemsworth in Rush.

Mel B stripped down to a blue and white bikini when she had a yacht party with a group of friends and her husband, Stephen Belafonte, in Cannes on Wednesday. The couple were in the South of France to attend a charity dinner on Tuesday with model Natalia Vodianova. Mel spoke at the event, which raised money for the Naked Heart Foundation and FilmAid. She will soon be back on a plane yet again to return to the UK where she hinted she may meet up with her former Spice Girls pals. Mel wrote about her trip in a blog entry last week while shooting down news of a reunion. She wrote, "Press as usual writing BS about Spice Girls. As usual, us girls know what's gonna happen, so they just need to shut up. Heading to Cannes Cinemoi and UK to see my Spices, yippee." Maybe Mel will have a chance to meet up with Victoria Beckham, who is settling down after news broke that her husband, David Beckham, is retiring from soccer. Victoria and her family travelled to Paris last weekend to watch David play his final home game with PSG. The team has one more game to play this weekend, but it isn't clear if David will take the field for that match.

David Beckham announced overnight that he is retiring from soccer so we'll never get to see him get shirtless on the field again. David has been playing professionally since 1993, which means we've had almost 20 years of Becks stripping off his shirt and showing his abs. Click through to see David's hottest on-field moments from over the years, and here's to hoping that retiring from soccer will mean David has more time for underwear modelling!

It's the end of an era: this morning David Beckham announced that he will retire from soccer at the end of this season. While he may have made a name for himself (taking his shirt off) on the field as one of the sports' most iconic athletes, he has also become famous for one other thing: his sizzling underwear ads. Judging from his iconic spreads for Emporio Armani in 2009 and his most recent campaign for his line of bodywear for H&M, we can only hope this job is one that the sexy footballer won't soon retire from.

Ryan Gosling is used to being the one directed in shirtless situations, but the roles were reversed yesterday on the Detroit set of How to Catch a Monster when Ryan called the shots. The actor continued production on his writing and directorial debut by shooting scenes with Matt Smith, who has a huge fanbase thanks to his turn as Doctor Who. Matt showed off a shaved head and very muscular physique in the scenes, which saw him singing while standing in a moving car and lifting weights. The fantasy noir also stars Ryan’s The Place Beyond the Pines co-stars Eva Mendes and Ben Mendelsohn, his Drive co-star Christina Hendricks, and Irish actress Saoirse Ronan. It was also recently announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the movie.

Jessica Alba continued her Caribbean holiday yesterday with her husband, Cash Warren. She flaunted her hot body in a purple bikini and took a dip in the clear water with friends. Jessica is in St. Barts to celebrate the wedding anniversary of her friends Kelly Sawyer and movie producer Jamie Patricof. Nicole Richie is also there for the gathering but has been spending time with girlfriends, not her husband Joel Madden, because he’s been in Australia for the past few days to promote the second season of The Voice. Nicole and Joel do have another reason to celebrate, though — on Sunday night he won the Logie Award for most popular new male talent.

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren had a bit of bikini beach fun while on vacation in St. Barts late last week. Jessica put her fit frame on display in a purple string bikini during a cannonball contest with her husband and friends. Later, Jessica changed into a black two-piece to go snorkelling and teach a girl how to do her own ocean splash. She managed to squeeze in some time for some salty water cuddles with Cash, who floated in the crystal-blue waters with his wife.

Jessica is spending time in St. Barts to celebrate her friends Kelly Sawyer and movie producer Jamie Patricof's 10-year wedding anniversary. The group also includes Nicole Richie, who donned a bikini while chatting with Jessica over drinks. Jessica wore a blue and orange bikini earlier in the week when she went for a swim with Cash. She managed to get in work duties during her holiday on Friday when she announced that her eco-baby products line, The Honest Company, was named one of Hollywood's Favourite Startups by Fast Company.

Every grand slam seems to have one match that people can't stop talking about for the rest of the tournament. For the 2013 Australian Open, last night's fourth round match-up between world no. 1 Novak Djokovic from Serbia and 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland may have been it. The match started off on a high for Wawrinka, who took the first set and the lead in the second, but then Djokovic hit back and proved why he's the world's best. After many exciting rallies, serves and shots, the match went for more than five hours, finishing at 1.41 a.m., with Djokovic's victory after five sets. Following the win Djokovic ripped his shirt off and told commentator Jim Courier, "[Wawrinka] deserved equally to be the winner of this match . . . he showed his quality, he was the aggressive player on the court. I was just hanging in there trying to fight."

The temperature is rising — and we’re not talking about the weather. Summer in Australia can be pretty unpredictable, but do you know what helps keep the heat all year round? Hint: it involves shirtless celebrities. In case it’s not hot enough today (we’re expecting highs of 39°C in Sydney and Canberra) we’ve compiled some of the sexiest shots of Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman, the One Direction boys and more. Happy clicking — you may need a fan as you go through this one!