I'm happy someone who is high profile has said that. Unfortunately, the last time someone said anything about unrealistic images, it was the woman playing the wife on Everybody Loves Raymond and she was talking about cosmetic surgeries and a week later no one cared.
More on the topic, hearing about 'the obesity epidemic' is kind of weird. I just don't see it, nor do I see how it would be called an epidemic. It's a bit like saying there's a Nicotine epidemic, the way it's put, the message isn't even that something is bad for you, but that you're an idiot if you smoke or are overweight. That's what I hear over and over on shows like TT and ACA in addition to the naming chosen by the network news. It is not motivational for people who are overweight and would like to lose weight, and it is not a good message to be sending about what a person ought to be. I'm still waiting for this phantom epidemic though. I can't say I wouldn't be happier to lose a few kilos though.. obviously or I wouldn't have bothered to type.
Anyway, anorexia and Bolemia, to me, are scarier than over eating. I've known people at both ends of the problem and the ones who under-ate were not approachable about it at all yet it is more immediatley worrying.
We aren't likely to hear much more about this though, not from Today Tonight anyway... good Lord that woman is skinny.
I think we as a society are definitely getting bigger, but what is more worrying is the children are also a lot bigger and this has serious consequences for their future health. I think the main problem is that kids are not as active anymore, they get driven to school and parents are too afraid to let their young children out to play on their own, I know I am. Its so sad as kids have a lot less freedom than even I did as a child, I was always out running around or riding my bike.
Yeah that's all true. Also this um... internet thing I've heard of, anyone heard of it? I'm not sure what it is. I hear that it's a big distraction for a lot of kids. Video games too I guess.
Anyhow, good on Kate Winslet. It's not the first time I've seen her telling it like it like it is. I'm sure she'll make an unpopular statement at some point. I enjoyed watching her call Leonardo DeCaprio a girl as well. Hehehe, I shouldn't even be posting in this section after all my whinging but I did enjoy it.
BURBANK, California (AP) -- Nicole Richie was arrested early Monday for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.
California Highway Patrol officers took Richie, 25, into custody without incident after she failed a field sobriety test, CHP Officer Todd Workman said.
Her black Mercedes sport utility vehicle was stopped in the car pool lane of State Highway 134 when officers arrived.
Authorities said they received 911 calls about a car going the wrong way on the freeway and the car matched the description of Richie's.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department report, Richie was set free on $15,000 bail. She was listed in her police report as being 5-foot-1 and 85 pounds.
Richie, star of "The Simple Life" reality series and daughter of pop singer Lionel Richie, was booked in Glendale, tested for drugs and released later Monday morning, Workman said. He said the results of the drug test hadn't been determined.
A CHP officer, Mark Garrett, told the Los Angeles Times that Richie admitted smoking marijuana and taking Vicodin before her arrest. Vicodin is a prescription drug taken for pain.
A message left with Richie's publicist wasn't immediately returned.
Richie stars with on-off friend Paris Hilton in "The Simple Life."
Burbank is 10 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Robbie's onstage smoking sparks outrage Thursday Dec 14 14:00 AEDT
Health groups have dubbed rocker Robbie Williams a "very bad boy" for smoking onstage during one of his sell-out Brisbane concerts.
The British entertainer on Wednesday night smoked a cigarette during banter with the 52,000-strong crowd at Suncorp Stadium, in the first of two Brisbane shows from his Close Encounters world tour.
Williams, 32, told the adoring crowd he was well aware of a smoking ban at the venue, but had failed in his attempts to quit.
Authorities have urged Williams not to repeat sending the "wrong message to kids" and flouting the law by sparking up again at Brisbane's second show.
The Queensland Cancer Fund's prevention and early detection unit manager Susan Greenbank said his smoking performance was disappointing, but hardly surprising.
"Robbie's a very bad boy and there are a number of staff at the Queensland Cancer Fund who are more than willing to give him a stern talking to about this," Ms Greenbank said.
"It's disappointing he chose to break the law.
"(But) that's probably indicative of his attitude to most things ... he's very 'I'm Robbie Williams I can do what I like' - it's just consistent with the rest of his behaviours, so it's probably not that surprising."
A spokesman for Health Minister Stephen Robertson said authorities wouldn't pursue a $150 fine for Williams - the penalty imposed for breaking anti-smoking regulations at sporting venues.
I think Robbie Williams as a singer, can be brilliant but not that long ago I started to feel he takes things just that bit too far. He mooned an audience at one of his shows. Indecent exposure! I have a firm distaste for people who feel the need to expose their bums to others. I truly hate it and since then don't watch Robbie Williams at all when he is on TV. Smoking and the public act thereof only reaffirms my opinion of him.
Regarding the above posts on obesity and slimness. I find so many girls and young women these days are super slim. My daughter wears hipsters and trendy clothes that show of her waist and hips and she looks fabulous at almost 30 yrs of age. I notice many girls/women when out shopping, who are teeny tiny things. Not terribly well endowed on top as opposed to Victoria Beckham but very feminine waists and hips. What used to be called 'petite' around 162-165cm tall and 45-55kg.There seems to be an entire generation or two of them.
.. haha I come across some pictures of orlando bloom on a gossip website and couldn't help but think how well this hottie would fit into the aussie beach crowd... good on him for staying NORMAL!
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'Hee hee ... actually, it's funnier if we just let her find out on her own'
Well she'll have har ankles up around her ears before to long
I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Hollywood is a small pool and most of its inhabitants possess the imagination of stunted goldfish. They appear to enjoy going round and round in circles, and they are attracted to shiny things. Nowhere is this more apparent than during the awards season, which is lovingly and slavishly chronicled by the goss mags.
The Golden Globe Awards were held last Monday, and already we've forgotten who won what (if, indeed, we ever cared). The mags certainly haven't, devoted as they are to bringing us the behind-the-scenes gossip from the after parties.
And so we learn in Famous that the actress Cameron Diaz got sloshed at an after party and made embarrassing attempts to win back her erstwhile boyfriend, Justin Timberlake.
While some gals deal with break-ups by donning trousers with an elasticised waistband and hiring Anne of Green Gables on DVD, this was not Diaz's way. Instead she drank her body weight in champagne and, NW alleges, screamed shrew-like at one of the many women her ex was chatting up, before revenge flirting with the actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
The next day she flew to Hawaii for a special "safari" with professional surfer and Pamela Anderson cast-off Kelly Slater. Slater's powers of consolation are probably better than Anne of Green Gables's.
Brangelina left the kids at home to attend the Golden Globes, and according to Woman's Day and New Idea, celebrated the occasion by having a row on the red carpet. Their presence meant Brad Pitt's former wife, Jennifer Aniston, had to stay at home, although her best friends David Arquette and Courtney Cox were in attendance.
Presumably there is some sort of central roster which divvies up award ceremonies' attendance rights between warring celebrity couples. Pitt got the Golden Globes, so perhaps Aniston will get the Oscars, with lesser festivals such as Cannes and Sundance decided on a case-by-case basis.
Alas, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman obviously omitted that clause from their divorce settlement. Having successfully avoided each other in public for many years, the wheels almost fell off the carefully image-managed wagon at a Golden Globes after party that they both attended with their respective new spouses.
When Kidman and Keith Urban rocked up at one end of the VIP marquee, and Cruise and Katie Holmes were mingling at the other, it very nearly resulted in a tear in the space-time continuum. Luckily, according to OK!, Cruise ushered his new wife out of the party and a crisis was avoided.
The article goes on to bag more magazines for their stories. Surely any balanced adult would agree that if you can't be civil to an ex especially when married to someone else, then you need to grow up. Good grief!
Sharon Stone film in fight for 'worst' Tuesday Jan 23 06:22 AEDT
Who says you have to be good to win an award in Hollywood?
Sharon Stone may have hit stardom years ago with her original version of Basic Instinct, but last year's sequel belly-flopped big time.
It is now is up for top honours at the 27th annual Golden Raspberry awards celebrating the worst in filmmaking.
Basic Instinct 2 received seven nominations, tying the unfunny comedy Little Man, made by the Wayans brothers, for the most nominations at the Razzies, which will be held on February 24, a day before the Oscar awards are given.
Basic nominations came for worst picture, actress, supporting actor, director, sequel, screenplay and screen couple while Little Man earned nominations for worst picture, remake/rip-off, director, screenplay, screen couple and two different nominations for worst actor.
John Wilson, who heads the group that spoofs the Oscars by celebrating the year's worst films, called Stone's movie "a lascivious murder mystery that turned out to be a laugh riot," and he dubbed Little Man "a comedy nearly as devoid of laughs as Schindler's List."
Shawn and Marlon Wayans star in Little Man, directed by their brother Keenen Ivory Wayans in what Wilson called a blatant knock-off of a 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Also up for the worst movie competition was M Night Shyamalan's fantasy Lady in the Water, The Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage and BloodRayne, a bloodless vampire movie directed by Uwe Boll, who is hailed on the internet as one of the world's worst directors.
Five films are competing in a new category called Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment: Deck The Halls, Garfield: a Tail of Two Kitties, RV, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and The Shaggy Dog.
Vying for worst actor are Tim Allen, for three films, Santa Clause 3, The Shaggy Dog and Zoom, Cage for Wicker Man, Larry, the Cable Guy (Dan Whitney) for Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Rob Schneider for The Benchwarmers and Marlon and Shawn Wayans for Little Man.
Competing with Stone in the worst actress category are sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff for Material Girls, Lindsay Lohan for Just My Luck, Kristanna Loken for BloodRayne and Jessica Simpson for Employee of the Month.
I have decided Victoria Beckham is not as dim as she seems. Two reports in the news today confirm this for me.
Posh rejects Cruise Scientology overtures Tuesday Jan 30 09:00 AEDT Posh Spice Victoria Beckham has told pals she won't become a Scientologist when she moves to the US — because the cult-like religion is a waste of money. The singer says despite her close friendship with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes she won't be signing up. She told a friend: " There's no way I'd spend any money on that nonsense."
It was rumoured that Posh and hubby David Beckham would become the newest recruits to the celebrity-friendly religion founded by sci-fi author L Ron Hubbard when they move to the States later this year. Hollywood superstar Cruise and wife Holmes are the Church of Scientology's most famous supporters. And the Beckhams are close pals with the pair. But now friends of Posh are saying there's no way she will become involved. A source told a US newspaper: "It's completely laughable that there's even talk of her becoming a Scientologist. "Just because people are friends with someone doesn't mean they do everything they do. "Scientology is like Kabbalah in that it's become all about money. "Kabbalah bracelets are now $28. It's a joke." Posh Spice and football ace husband Beckham, 31, are expected to move to California this spring after he scored a five-year, $250 million contract to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The pal added: "Scientology is an expensive religion; Victoria is too cheap to convert."
It comes after mum-of-three Victoria, 32, laughed off reports she had landed a role as an extra-terrestrial bride in a Scientology film made by Tom Cruise. She told a British newspaper: "It's quite hilarious for two reasons.
"Firstly, you'll never see me on screen again because I can't bloody act to save my life.
"Secondly, although I get offered quite a few parts, I'd never do it as I wouldn't want to wear anything the wardrobe department would put me in."
The pair are also rumoured to be appearing in an Osbournes-style reality TV show in the States Splash News/Snapper Media
ROFL, love the bit where she says she "Can't bloody act to save my life" heheheh
Posh's pink fit January 30, 2007 - 10:22AM
Victoria Beckham is reportedly refusing to follow Elizabeth Hurley's Indian dress code for her upcoming wedding.
The former Spice Girl, who prides herself on her sense of style, was horrified when she received Liz's invitation instructing female guests to wear traditional pink saris, and has vowed to ignore the request.
A source was quoted in Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "The thought of arriving in India and picking an outfit doesn't appeal to Victoria. She's a planner. What if there's nothing she likes?
"Her style icon status is her stock in trade and pink just isn't her colour."
Model Liz and her fiance Indian business tycoon Arun Nayer, who are expected to marry in March, sent guests copies of their dress code earlier this month.
The nuptials will begin with an English ceremony in the Cotswolds, followed by a traditional Indian ceremony in Mumbai.
Stylish Liz wants her guests to look "glamorous and fabulous" in traditional Indian dress.
Men have been asked to wear Indian tunics and turbans. A shop will be specially set-up for guests to buy their clothes when they arrive at their hotel in Mumbai.
I'm glad that Victoria seems to stay true to her roots. I doubt that even she would be stupid enough to convert to such a ridiculous cult. Paris Hilton, maybe. But I doubt anybody would have the pride to consider her a friend.
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