76LikesTo each his/her own, but I don't think having a good body of work excuses Meryl Streep's god-awful wardrobe. She really could care a little more, imo.
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She was dressed in a "dinner party" outfit, not a red carpet outfit. She obviously went for comfort over glamor and I thought she did it well. She looked happy, healthy, and maybe a tad tipsy. Her acceptance speech was pretty funny.Originally Posted by Fanny Mare
Angelina Jolie looked skeletal and somewhat miserable. I don't think she was having any fun there.
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Well, understand where the information came from--those magazines get things wrong a lot of the time. If it is true, the fasting may be an extreme reaction, but I could see where I might have a hard time eating three squares a day after spending a lot of time with people who aren't eating at all or who are eating very little daily. I could see feeling guilty that I don't even think about where my next meal is coming from--I just know it's coming and my worst problem is deciding what to eat, not trying to figure out how I'll be able to eat. I don't know that I'd fast as a result of that, but it would likely kill my appetite some.
I also think that sometimes thin actresses start looking even more thin as they get older. Not that Angelina is old, but she's not twenty-two anymore either.
Oh, I agree that she could, but I just think she doesn't care about clothes much and maybe never did, and she knows that whether she appears on a best or worst dressed list isn't really going to affect her career. For other actors, especially those just starting out or those more dependent for their fame on the way they look, that may not be as true. Meryl isn't ugly by a lot shot, but I don't think she's ever needed to maintain a particular look to advance her career. In fact, the opposite actually appears to be true--she's generally lauded for sort of disappearing into a wide variety of roles--and it's always been true. She's always been sort of an odd combination of lead actress and character actress, because she never really played the typical ingenue or romantic lead kind of role, even as a young actress. When she was a romantic lead, it was often a much different sort of role than the run of the mill romantic lead (e.g. Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa). That, along with her talent, may be part of the reason she's had such a long, successful career.
When Meryl was just starting out, most viewers weren't as savvy about designers and fashion as they are now either, simply because they weren't covered as much. Nowadays, actors know when they hit the red carpet that they're going to be asked about the designer, why they chose the look etc. They're just as likely to be asked about that as their film/television show/play.
Well, I think what she does is good.I think what Brad has done in New Orleans is admirable. I just think she takes it too far, which, given her past, seems to be her nature.I remember when she was married to Billy Bob, and the vials of blood or whatever, she seems extreme in all she does. Bottom line, I just dont care for her as an actress.
Don't know if I buy the whole "fasting in solidarity" with the impoverished people theory. She doesn't seem reluctant to wear hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of designer gowns, shoes and jewels, the likes of which those same people will never see, touch, or imagine. She also lives in multi-million-dollar mansions and shops in the most expensive stores.
[When Meryl was just starting out, most viewers weren't as savvy about designers and fashion as they are now either, simply because they weren't covered as much. Nowadays, actors know when they hit the red carpet that they're going to be asked about the designer, why they chose the look etc. They're just as likely to be asked about that as their film/television show/play.
Sadly, I think its all about what they are wearing and very little to do with the movie.I love movies, always have.I love fashion, but I dont tune in to hear I am wearing Vera Wang and Harry Winston jewelry and blah blah shoes. Not anymore, I want to see who gets recognised for their body of work. I try and not tune into the insipid interviewers on the red carpet that fawn all over the spoiled , and all they ask is "what are you wearing.?"
Did anyone see Tilda Swinton - that was horrific personified.
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Believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see. :nono
Yeah, there does seem to be some kind of a disconnect there. But like I said, for all I know, the magazine may not have had their facts straight.
I remember when George Clooney first got attention for going to Africa and talking about the famine there. Some reporter basically asked him if it wasn't the fact that he was famous and was there that was getting the story covered. I liked his reaction to that. He acknowledged that he knew darn well that the cameras were there because he was famous, and he agreed that it was ridiculous that that's why they were there, but if that's what it took to get them there, he was fine with whatever people thought of that or him. He just wanted the story covered and the fastest way he personally could do that was to use the media's interest in him as a famous actor.
I like what he says about being in bad movies too. He's said that if you are in a bad movie, at some point during the production, you probably realize it, and when it comes out, you might as well acknowledge that it isn't a great movie, because if you do, the critics and the movie goers are generally less mean-spirited about it, because you've been honest--and if you can poke fun at your own performance it cuts down on other people doing the same.
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