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Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Celebrate the birthday of our 16th President with some of the classic movies about his life. Ahead of us this are are the Steven Spielberg epic, based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field, which will be out in Decem
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Tribute: Whitney Houston
Was there ever anyone more gifted than Whitney Houston? She had the face and voice of an angel. She had beauty, talent, and success including an unprecedented seven number one songs in a row and with Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You" the biggest selling single by a female artist in hi
posted 9:22:32pm Feb. 11, 2012 |
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Trailer: Darling Companion
Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, and Richard Jenkins star in the upcoming "Darling Companion," about a lost dog, coming in April.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYYoaspzzlg[/youtube]
posted 3:52:01pm Feb. 11, 2012 |
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Maps of Enchanted Places
The Awl has a wonderful illustrated story by Victoria Johnson featuring maps of the imaginary worlds of children's literature. The maps of The Phantom Tollbooth, The Princess Bride, Winnie the Pooh, The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit, and more are as inviting as the stories that take place there. And
posted 8:00:36am Feb. 11, 2012 |
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Black Reel Awards Pay Tribute to "The Help"
It is an honor and a privilege to be invited to participate in one of my very favorite annual movie awards presentations, the Black Reel Awards, which pay tribute to the greatest achievements of the African-American community to the year in film. For 2011, we are proud to recognize the extraordina
posted 3:47:45pm Feb. 10, 2012 |
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What kind of lunatic would try to improve on Jessica Alba? Apparently the folks at Campari felt that the beautifully curvy star was just a little too curvy and they retouched her photo to make her look slimmer.
posted December 9, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I am not sure those are even the same two photos! The background (yes, I looked there too), her hair and even the belt buckle are different. Even the pose is slightly different, thought ha may be because they altered the photo. Which is the original photo? I think the ad agency people are nuts anyway. Real beauty trumps human mechanics every time.
posted December 9, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I hate to tell you this but they’ve been airbrushing/PhotoShopping since days 1. Sure they didn’t have computers 100 years ago, but they still did touch ups and even the most beautiful, thin, sexy woman to grace the cover of anything today gets top of the line treatment.
Mark my words, someday the subject of the photo won’t even have to show up. They ad guys will just create from en existing head shop any pose in any setting they want.
posted December 9, 2008 at 11:32 pm
they do already hootie1fan lol
If you think any different then you’re sadly behind the tech
posted December 10, 2008 at 10:15 am
Yes, jestrfyl, the pose is not exactly the same, but it is fair to assume that the edited picture was from the same photo shoot and that she didn’t suddenly lose five pounds around her hips. And yes, hootie and JB, technology has been around for a long time and has now just about made the use of real humans obsolete. Remember the movie “Simone?”
I just think it is important that girls understand that these are imaginary creatures and they should not expect or want to look like that.
posted July 11, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Thanks for sharing those pictures, Nell. I intend to point out the photoshopping to my two daughters. It’s one thing to tell your kids that models don’t really look like that – it’s far more effective to show them actual examples of what’s been changed.
posted July 12, 2009 at 9:09 am
Thanks, Jennifer! That’s just what I hoped for when I wrote this post. I hope you also show your daughters this short film from Dove: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U All best to you and your family.