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07
Nov

I Expected More From Kate Winslet

Huge fan of Kate Winslet here. Seen every one of her movies — even sat through The Holiday because she’s so sparkly and wonderful. I love that she takes on risky roles and has been outspoken about the unfair pressure that actresses are under to be ultra thin.

Even Halle Berry is on board, recently praising Kate’s total body liberation:

“Kate Winslet is always naked, sitting on a toilet, running buck-naked. She’s free. I want to be the kind of actress who can really be comfortable with my body like that.”

I mean, when Halle Freaking Berry says you look great naked, that’s the compliment to end all compliments. You never again have to question whether your butt is too big.

And that’s why it’s so disappointing that now she’s all “Photoshopping? What photoshopping?” when it comes to her oddly perfected photo spread in Vanity Fair.

Yeah right, told a retouching expert to the Daily Mail.

Professional airbrush artist Chris Bickmore believes it has been doctored wholesale. Here he outlines the areas that he thinks have been upgraded.

The face: ‘There is no real detail in her face. Any detail or wrinkles have been removed. There are no eye bags, contours and smile lines.

‘The whites of her eyes have been cleaned up and are now a really clean, crisp white. I’d say her lips have possibly been made slightly fuller as well.’

The skin: ‘Her skin has generally been retouched all over so she has no lines or blemishes at all. Her skin is completely perfect.’

The hands and feet: ‘There are no wrinkles or lines or veins on her hands and feet and this just is not natural.’

The figure: ‘Her back and lower body have been pinched in to make her look thinner and to give her some curves.

‘Her bottom has been rounded off so it looks nice and pert. I would be very surprised if her bottom was like that naturally. Her thigh appears to have been made slimmer so it appears more toned.

‘And in the shot of her sitting down on the front cover, it’s possible her legs were made slightly thinner so they also appear more toned.’

Come on, Kate. Don’t fail us now.

07
Nov

Melissa Etheridge Has Good News for Opponents of Obama’s Tax Plan

You can just ignore it if the government doesn’t give you what you want!

But first, a bit of background from two short months ago:

Melissa Etheridge has urged her fans to support Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama — after changing the lyrics to one of her songs at a recent concert in honor of the politician.

The singer — who performed at last week’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) — pledged her political preference at a Los Angeles concert on Friday. Etheridge, wearing an Obama pin on her guitar strap, prompted the audience to erupt in applause when she adapted the lyrics of her hit song What Happens Tomorrow to highlight the Illinois senator.

She sang: “I believe a black man can work hard and succeed. And we could be content to believe that he can be in charge of the free. And be the president.”

And here she is at the DNC:

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Yay, Melissa! You did it! Now everything’s gonna be great.

So how are you celebrating?

You Can Forget My Taxes

by Melissa Etheridge

Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? You are gonna have to help me here because I am not sure what to call her now. Anyways, she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books…

I’m sure she’s being facetious. I hope so, for her sake. But it’s still funny how quickly “Hope and change” turns into “Hope you weren’t expecting any of my change” when things don’t go your way. First the celebrities we depend on for life advice tell us to just suck it up and pay our taxes, and then they say “Never mind” when the voters don’t agree with every single thing they demand. Democracy only counts when you win.

It’s gonna be a fun 4 years.

And hey, just throwing this out there: Maybe celebrities shouldn’t blog? For their own sake? They’ve already got the money and the power and the fame. Maybe they should leave the thinking to us.

P.S. Are we allowed to question her patriotism? Maybe they’ll defrost Biden for comment.




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