I wish to fuck that it didn't bother me that Nicole Kidman has done funny things to her face. It's not my face. I suppose it's that it seems so unutterably depressing that someone as astoundingly beautiful as Kidman should feel so anxious about her appearance that she's willing to give up facial dexterity in exchange for a facsimile of youth. If she's so mortified about her exquisitely aging looks, what hope do we lumpenproletariat have to cling to?
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@Harlot Brontë: I think it's bothersome because close-ups on screen are vaguely horrifying if someone has done such drastic things to their face. Plus, as an actor, it makes no sense when Nicole Kidman (for example) plays a character that could not realistically have any kind of plastic surgery' such as her character in 'Australia'. It just looks ridiculously anachronistic, unless she is playing a woman rich enough and modern enough to "get something done."
The flip-side of this is that Madonna's plastic surgery doesn't bother me because it isn't her job to look like she belongs in any other context.
@CircleSquare: What's *unrealistic* is when Hollywood casts svelte, 40 year old women to play mothers to men in their 20s. It's unrealistic when women in their 20s are cast as famous doctors, lawyers, and successful career women when in reality they'd barely be old enough to defend their dissertations. It's unrealistic that there are so few roles for women in their 40s, and that even those women are only allowed a couple of wrinkles around the eyes and lips, as long as they keep their figures. And it absolutely drives me NUTS that an old bag of bones like Sean Connery (no disrespect to him) is considered well matched on screen by a woman 1/2 to 1/3 his age.
I can't blame Kidman for getting work done. Let's not lose perspective here: it's Hollywood that's fucked up, and she may have drunk the kool-aid, but it could be less vanity on her part than a desire to KEEP WORKING.
Do we even expect Nicole Kidman to look her age anymore? She's sort of become her own creature, if you ask me - ageless ice queen. It's a good look, if you're into that. Remember when she had curly hair?
@quellefromage: I used to work in a medspa that sold botox. You should have seen the botox rep! She it injected into every single part of her face imaginable, including the tip of her nose, her cheeks and lips. All places it wasn't legally approved for use. She looked like a porcelain doll.
The first time I learned about Bai Ling, I was flipping through TV channels and came across her singing "Like a Virgin" on that VH1 reality show "But Can They Sing". I have never forgotten it, and I will never forget Bai Ling!
I read this earlier today on ONTD and was in total awe of how wonderfully surreal her answers were. I know we hate the magical faerie pixie girl, but Bai Ling is her come to life. I bet she's ace to chill out with at parties too.
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Oh dear. I think it's one of those paper-bag-over-the-head nights. I hate those nights.
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The flip-side of this is that Madonna's plastic surgery doesn't bother me because it isn't her job to look like she belongs in any other context.
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I can't blame Kidman for getting work done. Let's not lose perspective here: it's Hollywood that's fucked up, and she may have drunk the kool-aid, but it could be less vanity on her part than a desire to KEEP WORKING.
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"I once said to Jason [Statham], "You are my shiny diaper.""
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