Dolly Parton has admitted that her breasts are more famous than she is. Although her music career includes such famous hits as "9 to 5," "Islands in the Stream," and "I Will Always Love You," and her acting career includes a few fun performances such as 9 to 5 and The Best Little Whorehouse in … [Read more...]
Garden Party Wisdom and Cosmetic Surgery
The plunging neckline of frocks and blouses worn by Dancing on Ice hostess Holly Willoughby have caused a stir of controversy among its British audience. In the most recent episode, she wore a Grecian gown with a neckline that plunged below her breasts, causing a storm of controversy, with many … [Read more...]
Why We Feel the Right to Criticize Celebrity Plastic Surgery
Ashley Tisdale's most recent statement is that she is happy with her "new nose."Tisdale is one of the stars of Disney's High School Musical movies, with which you are somewhat familiar if you have a teenage daughter or have wandered through a Target or other department store recently, where branded … [Read more...]
So Long, Mistress of Piedras Blancas
I would just like to take a moment to say goodbye to Jeanne Carmen, B-Movie queen, who passed away this week at the age of 77. Although she was not what one would call a screen legend, she is an odd figure of note, as she was probably the first golf pin-up. And, speaking of figures, Carmen was one … [Read more...]
Beautiful at any size: introduction
I would like to focus on a growing problem in the United States: the negative body image many women maintain of themselves. Many women who are very attractive, who are loved by husbands, boyfriends, fathers, mothers, and children, cannot love themselves because when they look at their body, they … [Read more...]
Jorja Fox: Anticosmetic Beauty?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been a hit television show for CBS since 2000. It has spawned numerous spinoffs, including a New York and a Miami version. And with the show's popularity, its stars have also grown in popularity, including the actress Jorja Fox, who plays the character Sara Sidle … [Read more...]
The Consolations of Beauty
In his 1974 song "Chelsea Hotel #2," Leonard Cohen remembers an intensely personal moment between himself and his lover Janis Joplin. He describes the moment just before their parting: You told me again you preferred handsome men But for me you would make an exception. And clenching your fists for … [Read more...]
Does Surgery Keep Celebrity In Mind?
Celebrity talk has been buzzing among the masses since far before Queen Victoria's prime. People are concerned with everything to do with the lifestyles of the rich and famous, which generally can be broken down to their hairstyles, makeup styles, and general fashion styles. A more recent obsession … [Read more...]
Scarlett Johansson has no problem with cosmetic surgery.
Scarlett Johansson, the youthful actress of 21, starring in such films as Eight Legged Freaks, Lost in Translation and The Island has said that she is determined to fight the signs of aging with cosmetic surgery, when time causes her features to deteriorate. The young actress still believes, … [Read more...]
Gwyneth Paltrow Open to Plastic Surgery
The famous actress of such movies as The Royal Tenenbaums and Proof remains stunning, but faces human problems like the rest of us. She has the joys of a mother, with her 17 month infant and another child on its way, but she also bears the burdens. She claims that any woman who has breastfed their … [Read more...]
