The design department at Vogue must have been so proud of themselves with that Drew Barrymore photoshop of horrors that they decided to do it again, only this time with Gwyneth Paltrow, and this one is even worse. You take a naturally beautiful woman and turn her into a Frankenphoto. Wonder if Anna Wintour is giving anyone gold stars for their reality distortion?
Perhaps, Vogue thought that since Gwyenth's new upcoming movie was Science Fiction that we would believe the science fiction that is photoshopping. I mean look, Gwennie's head is trying to make an outer space landing back onto her neck. Her back arm looks like a space station leg, and that skin. I'd say she borrowed that from Number 6.
I kinda like that idea though. Vogue is really science fiction.
Did any of you watch Mariah Carey's visit on Oprah Monday? I love Oprah and Mariah, but honestly, this show made me way cranky, and where's why.
Mariah Carey has a new album E=MC2, her 11th, that came out yesterday (April 15) and she has 18 #1hits now beating Elvis Presley putting her at #2 only three hits shy of tying with the Beatles who are at #1 with 21 all-time hits. zOMG! Mariah is sandwiched between The Beatles and Elvis. How unbelievably amazing is that?!
BUT...
The first thing that Oprah and Mariah have to talk about for 9 minutes is how Mariah lost weight on her "morsel diet" with her French trainer/personal chef who likes to feel up Mariah's midsection like a fine piece of work. Upon her entrance, Mariah does a full body twirl so we can see the "whole package" and then had to throw in the fact that at 38 she can now fit into the same size jeans she wore in 10th grade.
HOWEVER...
I just don't get why Mariah's weight loss had to take center stage above her new album, and the fact that she has become #2 of all musical artists. Mariah has more #1 hits than the King of
Rock-n-Roll. Fuckin-ay! That should have been the very first thing they
talked about, followed by her new album, and THEN her new fit body.
Now, I'm not a total shrill about Mariah being able to wear her high school jeans again because hey, that's what I talk about all day long here getting back into the skinny jeans. I am very thrilled for Mariah for reaching her weight goal. However, I was dismayed by the fact that she was motivated to skinnify because someone famous told her that she needed to drop weight from her non-existent fat body. I'll just let that one go for now because the Thin-before-Talent thing irks me far more. I just don't think her wearing the skinny jeans again is more important or that significant compared to surpassing Elvis.
This is just more evidence that no matter how worldly successful and accomplished you are as a woman, the first thing that matters is your looks followed by your accomplishments. Of course, it's not always the case, I'm generalizing, but Oprah's show is highly influential. See why I'm cranky.
Mariah talks about this new album as part of her continued emancipation of Mimi, which is supposed to be some female empowered thing, but she is so obviously not emancipated from the grips of "Thin." And Oprah, at the beginning of the day it's all about the ego of thinness and then at night class we're onto a New Earth where we are supposed to let go of all material and ego-based attachments to become more enlightened humans. Am I the only one who noticed that?
Can you believe Madonna is turning 50 this August? In her new video, 4 Minutes with Justin Timberlake, Madonna looks AMAZING, no matter what age.
Towards the end of the video she does some moves that many youngsters can't even do. Impressive! If anyone is good at destroying stereotypes, Madonna is the best.
Clive Owen is one of my imaginary husbands, and his natural face is stunning. So, why on earth did Lancome take their photoshop knife to his face in this ad and make him look like a Stepford mannequin? Perhaps because it's for anti-aging cream?
Over at PopSugar UK they have Clive in the Lancome cologne ad, and you can clearly see the difference between the two ads. His eye color is even different. Ugh! Leave my man Clive's face alone.
Yes, that is leeches like blood sucking worms. Demi is really into cutting edge health & wellness treatments, and she told Letterman that she went to Austria to try some blood detox that involved leech therapy. Besides feeling a bit creeped out, I wondered what the real health benefits of this kind of detox are, and I couldn't find much online. If any of you know, please share! Leeches were typically used for bloodletting in old world medical practices.
I'm pretty open to cutting edge health & wellness treatments as well, but this one, I think I'll pass. Celebrities really are an odd bunch sometimes. To see Demi explain in more detail her leech therapy, skip the video to the 3:30 mark. That's where Demi starts talking about her blood sucking detox.
Here's the April cover for GQ and all I could think was, "Damn! You can practically see Adriana Lima's va-jay-jay?" And in the video of the shooting of this cover, you can see even more of Adriana in the buff on some beach with her leaf and a loin cloth. I also thought it even more suggestive that the line next to Adriana's head is "Turn over a new leaf." Well, if girlfriend turns that leaf literally we'll get an eyeful.
Now granted this is GQ's sex & love issue, but can you see how different a men's fashion magazine and a woman's magazine do the covers of their sex & love issues. When can we see a Glamour or Vogue sex & love issue with a provocative looking David Beckham or Gerard Butler? Where's the equal opportunity? Thinking off hand, when is the last time we saw any guy clothed or not on the cover of a woman's magazine? Anyone know?
And I'm sorry, Adriana just looks like an objectified sex object which I suppose is what GQ wanted or thinks that their audience wants. *ugh!* Stuff like this concerns me because GQ is a mainstream magazine and it is displayed on racks where young kids can see it. Again, how do you answer a 6-year-old who innocently asks, "Why is that lady naked?" As well, teenage girls see this and start to think that they need to look and act like this in order to be desired by men. It's an impossible standard. And teenage boys and young men see this, and think that this is the kind of girl they need to have in order to be cool.
The cover could have been more tastefully done yet still be sexy, had she at least had a bikini bottom on or some slinky summer dress. Am I the only one who thinks this? I'd especially like to know what the guys think of this cover. Is it hot or too much?
In the new April Vanity Fair magazine, some of the funniest comedienne's get dressed up as one of today's young starlets to mock their trainwreck lifestyles. You got the likes of Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer, Wanda Sykes, and Chelsea Handler playing Lindsay Lohan, Naomi Campbell, Britney, and Pamela Anderson. Sarah Silverman dresses up as Amy Winehouse and she looks almost like her twin sister.
In watching this behind the scenes video of the photoshoot, I both laughed and shuddered. The funny ladies did an awesome job of portraying the trainwrecks, but it's also sad at the same time because they are totally dissing the Britneys and Lohans. These wild starlets may almost be asking for this kind of ribbing but in Vanity Fair and shot by Annie Leibovitz? A bit harsh ya'll, no? Anyway, like a good trainwreck watcher I have to slow down on the road and take a peek.
It's not often you see anyone over 40 on a fashion cover, but here's Demi Moore on the cover for the April issue of Harper's Bazaar, and she looks like...her. Yea, no crazy photoshopping! In her interview for the magazine, Demi shares some thoughts on beauty:
HB: Do you think true beauty is a state of mind?
Demi: Yes, without a doubt. Because no matter how good the
outside maybe looks, it can provide you with only a fleeting moment of
joy and fulfillment, leaving you to chase the next best thing. Eating
well, taking care of yourself, and all of those things are important,
but if you're not happy, if you don't have some inner peace, then none
of that matters.
HB: That's an inspiring way to look at things.
Demi: Look, I would be lying if I said I don't have moments
of panic when I look in the mirror and see things creeping in that
weren't there before. But now I stop, and instead of focusing on my
flaws, I think about all that I have in my life. I have a wonderful
marriage, I have three wonderful daughters, I have an incredible
extended family, and I have loving, wonderful friends. Then when I look
back in the mirror, the reflection I see isn't so bad, because I'm
seeing the beauty of my whole being and my whole life.
Wow! How refreshing, and inspiring. It's so great to hear words of maturity and sensibility. You can read the whole article and see some pics of Demi and her girls at Harper's Bazaar online.
Okay, Vogue went crazy and photoshopped Drew Barrymore into a shiny mannequin creation. Now, Elle has gone and done their photo retouching magic on Kate Hudson to the point where she does not look like Kate Hudson. Who are they trying to make her look like? She's looking a bit Heidi Montag to me.
Again, Kate is one of my favorite natural beauties and they went all hog wild on the paintbrushes and erasers turning her into some un-recognizable glamazon erasing the features that make her adorable. Oh, and like nails on a chalk board, they go and plaster right next to her face, "Why You're Not Losing Weight?" How about, "Why You're Not Good Enough As You Are To Be a Cover Girl?"
Is it me, or do you all think that the fashion rags lately are really crossing the line too much now on the covers with all this photo manipulation?
If you didn't love Emma Thompson before, you are REALLY going to love her now.
Recently, Emma had a dinner party and one of the invited guests was fellow Brit actress Hayley Atwell. The two are starring in the movie Brideshead Revisited.
Emma was serving up some lovely eats, and Hayley was picking at her food. Emma was taking some offense to this, but alas, Hayley told her that she couldn't eat much of it because Miramax, the film studio, told her that she needed to lose weight. This 25 year old young lady is gorgeous as she is. Look at her.
Now picture the reaction of a multiple Oscar winning actress who thinks that this is absolute bullshit. Sense and Sensability on a rampage. I so wish I could have been a fly on the wall.
An outraged Emma then tells the producers of Brideshead Revisited that she will pull out of the movie if they make Hayley lose weight. No more Lady Marchmain for you, you unrealistic snobbish studio heads. She probably read them a serious riot act while she was at it. Emma threw her Oscar heavy weight around and won. The studio caved and Hayley can now go back to healthy eating.
I so love Emma! Can we get more like her in Hollyweird.
The design department at Vogue must have been so proud of themselves with that Drew Barrymore photoshop of horrors that they decided to do it again, only this time with Gwyneth Paltrow, and this one is even worse. You take a naturally beautiful woman and turn her into a Frankenphoto. Wonder if Anna Wintour is giving anyone gold stars for their reality distortion?
