Carnival is a party where everybody lets it all hang loose... It's time to forget inhibitions, wear a wild costume, play a character, live your fantasies. Carnival has a different effect on each person. Some go too far, though, and when they are world celebrities, the inevitable slips and funny stories make the headlines.

There was that time when a guy with a wicked sense of humor (or very in the know) slipped across Rock Hudson's chest the banner saying Princess of Carnival. Or when Prince Charles was confronted with passista Pinah, and after doing the clumsiest samba steps ever, ended up resorting to the Charleston.... Or when Grace Jones started making out so enthusiastically with her Brazilian boyfriend at the Samba Parade that the box security had to ask her to cool off. And can you imagine Jean Paul Gaultier doing the conga on the stage of a gay Carnival Ball? OK, blame it on Rio...

And now we come to ask: what do a president , a transvestite, a young man in his birthday suit, three pink poodles, and a bunch of gold balloons have in common? Click on and find out!