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OK! magazine’s latest cover features a bikini-clad Jennifer Lawrence and Kourtney Kardashian and the promise to reveal their “easy weight-loss secrets.” It’s nearly April, so all women’s media from now through June is obligated to get us “bikini-ready,” obviously. More
In Zero Dark Thirty, Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain plays a young CIA officer who has spent her whole career focused on intelligence related to Osama bin Laden. Women—they just can’t let things go, am I right? That was 2013 Oscar host … More
Oh, wow — via Amanda Marcotte on Pinterest, this amazing photo project from artist Danny Evans that re-imagines celebrities as ordinary folk without the $$$ or imperative to look fabulous. It’s a good reminder that the concept of “natural beauty” really is a fraud. And with the wrong kind of diet, a lack of access to Pilates classes, less stylish hair and the absence of a $141,037 year beauty budget, who knows? Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow may very well have turned out Evans imagines them — which is, to put it in celebrity media speak, just like us!. More
If you’ve been tracking the start of Keira Knightley‘s ‘Anna Karenina’ PR blast, you’re probably really confused. First, she told Huffington Post that she thinks Hollywood underserves women; then she told Allure everything you never wanted to know about her small breasts. She’s trotting out some pretty standard topics when it comes to empowering women in her industry–photoshop, the lack of female lead roles–but I have to say: Keira, you’re doing it wrong. More
A photo tweeted last month by Rihanna with her arm hooked up to an I.V. drip has exacerbated reports that Hollywood’s latest health fad is “the party girl drip,” a cocktail of B and C vitamins and minerals like zinc and magnesium taken intravenously. But Rihanna is far from the first U.S. celeb to inject vitamins. Here are a few other famous Americans (including a U.S. president) who liked to hit the vitamins C and B-12 a little too hard. More
Susan Sarandon recently told people that, unless you’re willing to play an alcoholic, addict, or bitter old woman, it’s tough to get a gig in Hollywood as an older woman. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible: The 65-year-old actress has gotten her share of sexy roles in recent years, and according to a new interview with People, it’s mostly because she has the right attitude (not because she’s willing to get naked). And to the directors who’ve told her that she can’t be a mom and be sexy—she just laughs. More
Apparently the reason people don’t like Rosie O’Donnell is because she doesn’t have a “bangin’ body”. At least that’s what Fox News is reporting. According to them, simply being funny as a Hollywood actress or comedian is no longer good enough. The latest requirement to be successful on screen is to be both hilarious and hot. More
Minka Kelly, the Leigton Meester doppelganger who stars in this season’s new Charlie’s Angels series, told David Letterman yesterday that she once turned down free plastic surgery—even though it cost her a shot at modeling for Playboy. More
Limousines, swag, designer gowns, 2.5 million in accessories – the lavish parade down the red carpet hardly seems like a green affair. However, beneath the showiness is a growing effort to turn these events as eco-conscious as possible. With many celebrities already behind their own environmental causes, it only makes sense that there is a push to spread that mindset throughout Hollywood. This year, the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Oscars, and Grammys are stepping up their efforts to transform that red carpet into a green one – now made from recycled materials, and reused from year to year. More
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It’s easy to judge women (and men) who opt for plastic surgery or liposuction, just because we think we’d never do it. But we’re still young-ish. How can we be sure we won’t change our minds later on? Of course, there’s no way we want end up looking like the current Courteney Cox or Christa Miller from ABC’s Cougar Town (what the hell were they thinking?), but maybe we’d just need to find a better plastic surgeon. Or maybe no matter how expert the hands are that hold the scalpel, plastic surgery just never turns out well in the long run. So would you take the risk? Either way, take our anonymous poll: More
I think I’ve figured out why – as far as reality TV goes – Bravo’s Thintervention With Jackie Warner is more compelling than NBC’s The Biggest Loser. On Thintervention, contestants are eminently more relatable, because not all of them are morbidly obese (as many are on TBL). Most of Jackie Warner’s eight subjects are just overweight, and each one has relatively moderate weight-loss goals of anywhere between 25 to 60 pounds (relative to TBL contestants, that is).
Because of this, it’s much easier for most of us to understand and empathize with the weight these Southern California residents have gained over the years. You can see that several of them were once thinner, fitter people – athletes, even – but that life’s demands and obstacles (family, work, stress, depression, childhood traumas, etc.) have simply gotten in the way – resulting in an often lifelong, on-again-off-again downward spiral of weight gain and unhealthy living. You can easily envision the same thing happening to you (or at least I can), which is pretty terrifying. (Stupid empathy!) It’s like how certain people think that they could never, ever become homeless; but then they lose their job, their house, their money, and their family. And then it’s pretty easy to see how the whole thing happened. More
Going to the movies is becoming less and less fun. We fork over tons of money for tickets and snacks, and then we’re stuck watching commercials for 20 minutes prior to the main attraction — not even counting previews. Well, Chen Xiaomei of China has finally had enough of all the pre-show entertainment, and is actually suing a cinema for having to endure 20 minutes of ads before the flick. More
We don’t like rape. Rape sucks. Rape is wrong. Rape is bad. Rape is against the law (in most countries, anyway). Still, a fair number of film and TV characters really seem to ask for it a lot. (Or maybe it’s that most film and TV directors are men. Wait a minute…) Obviously, these disturbing scenes exist for a reason, but what? To provoke thought, to promote dialogue, to teach, to titillate? Are these alleged rape “fantasies” supposed to be the character’s, the director’s – or ours? How the hell should we know? Blisstree didn’t get a Ph.D. in cinema studies. Instead, we present our controversial gallery of the top 10 rape fantasy scenes on film and TV. (Tell us if we missed any – you sickos.) And check out our follow-up gallery post: You Asked For It: 10 More Cringe-Worthy Rape Fantasy Scenes on Film. More
Teri Hatcher does not use Botox. And she wants you to know it. According to our sister site, TheGloss, Teri Hatcher posted some very honest photos of her wrinkled forehead on her Facebook page. Teri proved she can express several … More
