Quintessential Me

Some GQ advertisers are nuts

He is one ugly woman!

GQ does a rather interesting article on Cameron Diaz. Throughout the entire article she comes off as a complaining, needy celebrity albeit a very beautiful one even though the pictures clearly show her airbrushed. Compare them to the cover of Seventeen.

Although I'm sure she would disagree with my take on her, I don't find it surprising that privacy is the ultimate commodity to a woman who makes her living by stripping away as much of her clothes as her ethics can stand.

Also providing a fair picture that clearly isn't airbrushed is "adfreak". See their comments below:

Remember when aging screen stars like Norma Desmond could hide behind favorable lighting and a soft lens? Well, according to entertainment magazine OnHD.TV, some of Hollywood’s finest aren’t quite ready for their close-ups. (If you want to read the New York Post's pick-up of the story, click here.) Among the celebrity flaws noticeable on high definition TV are Cameron Diaz’s acne, Brad Pitt’s crater face and Joan Rivers' facial seams. On the other hand, 23-year-old Anna Kournikova has nothing to hide and Catherine Zeta-Jones is “absolutely gorgeous.”

If you believe the hype, HDTV’s inevitable apex could mean the decline of Max Factor. With such high res pictures, actors may soon be relying as much on the digital effects editors as they do on their makeup artists. Just remind me not to watch my home movies on HDTV.—Posted by Deanna Zammit Photo credit: Giulio/Sipa/Newscom

Hmm HDTV sounds like maybe we'll start to see more realistic people. Do we even want that from TV and movies? I have trouble accepting that Catherine Zeta-Jones is an incredible beauty. I've never really felt the pull towards her. The Sprint ads seem to show an aging woman who isn't even close to the beauty she possessed a few short years ago. I have already noted that Cameron Diaz is less than flawless naturally, so it is no shock at all that HDTV brings it into focus... so to speak. It's amusing that the standard of beauty set by Hollywood isn't even met by Hollywood.

posted by mokru @ 7:08 PM