Yeah Alex,from what I've read,Charlize gives the performance of her career in Monster.Frankly,I think she's always been a good actress.That said,--and I certainly understand that Monster is a biographical film and thus the actress in the lead role should resemble the person being portrayed-- it's a shame a beautiful woman has to ugly herself up before she can be taken seriously by her fellow artistes.And I sincerely hope she gets the Academy Award.
It's very brave of Charlize to remove all the vestiges of her obvious good looks so that only her talent is on display,BUT male actors rarely find themselves in comparable situations.
Quoting Willie Garvin:
...it's a shame a beautiful woman has to ugly herself up before she can be taken seriously by her fellow artistes.And I sincerely hope she gets the Academy Award.
A sad trend, if you think about it: Nicole had to wear a false nose to win, Halle had to look scraggly and messy (and fight to be cast in the first place because she was too pretty), Julia Roberts had to dress like a tart and Hilary Swank had to dress as a boy. It's not a new thing though: Grace Kelly, perhaps the most glamorous and radiant film star of all, won her Oscar for being put-upon and down beat.
Charlize's career has long been one of those sad cases, like Rene Russo before her, of a talented, beautiful woman constantly relegated to second-banana roles with mediocre leading men (Mark Wahlberg, Keanu Reeves) because she's not being given the chance to break out of her beauty. I hope her new role gives her the credibility and profile boost she deserves.
Charlize was also quite good in the movie "Trapped", if my memory serves me right. And she didn't have to make herself ugly in that film. Maybe that's why it was never looked at by the Academy when it came time for nominations.
Quoting SiCo:
She's certainly cheered up my morning {[]
Who is she other than Josie Maran and a model?
What more might she need?
I guess she's most noted for being the significant other of freaky-deaky magician/entertainer David Blaine (whose magic, according to Jacko, is REAL!). They're no longer together.
She's started doing some acting now, and she'll be in both Van Helsing (playing a vampire opposite Hugh Jackman - I believe I'll be seeing that one!) and Scorsese's The Aviator (but everyone's in that one) this year.
OK, I'll help Izzy out and remind everyone that the Swimsuit Issue is out. Or as I like to call it...my wake up call to start working out again because bikini season will be upon us soon.
From looking at these SI swimsuit pictures, I have 2 questions:
a) Why do people keep calling this the Swimsuit Issue when the swimsuits are probably the last things that anybody ever notices?
and
b) Where is Petra Nemcova??? I haven't looked at the magazine yet, but from Monique's series of photos, it seems like the enchanting Ms. Nemcova didn't make this year's issue. Tell me this isn't so...
Perhaps I'm being naive, but does the Sports Illustrated justify the swimsuit issue in any other way than "here are some hot babes!". I mean, do they pretend to be discussing real swimsuit trends in a sporting context, much like Britain's Daily Mail constantly does articles on women's underwear so it can print pics of sauceboxes? Please, someone, clarify!
I also liked seeing what are now considered the older swimsuit models featured in it. Christie Brinkley at 50 looks radiant as well as Cheryl Tiegs, Elle McPherson, and Rachel Hunter.
What's funny is that a lot of the photos are of naked models with the suits hanging on a hook, or laying on the sand. There are 10 pages of body painting as well...where they painted the suits on. I can't find any photos of these online for some reason! But this one is a good example of ..where's the suit??
I recently invited one of my friends to visit AJB so that he could read Death Without Notice, and naturally, he was impressed by PMKane's cover art before he even started downloading the novel. That got me thinking, so I also told him to take a look at our Izzy Stuff thread. Unfortunately, when he tried to visit Izzy's gallery at Stuff, the link was dead.
I'm surprised this lady hasn't been covered in Izzy's long history, so I thought I'd open everyone's eyes to the gorgeous Sophie Dahl for my first Izzy post.
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Yeah Alex,from what I've read,Charlize gives the performance of her career in Monster.Frankly,I think she's always been a good actress.That said,--and I certainly understand that Monster is a biographical film and thus the actress in the lead role should resemble the person being portrayed-- it's a shame a beautiful woman has to ugly herself up before she can be taken seriously by her fellow artistes.And I sincerely hope she gets the Academy Award.
It's very brave of Charlize to remove all the vestiges of her obvious good looks so that only her talent is on display,BUT male actors rarely find themselves in comparable situations.
W.G.
A sad trend, if you think about it: Nicole had to wear a false nose to win, Halle had to look scraggly and messy (and fight to be cast in the first place because she was too pretty), Julia Roberts had to dress like a tart and Hilary Swank had to dress as a boy. It's not a new thing though: Grace Kelly, perhaps the most glamorous and radiant film star of all, won her Oscar for being put-upon and down beat.
Charlize's career has long been one of those sad cases, like Rene Russo before her, of a talented, beautiful woman constantly relegated to second-banana roles with mediocre leading men (Mark Wahlberg, Keanu Reeves) because she's not being given the chance to break out of her beauty. I hope her new role gives her the credibility and profile boost she deserves.
@merseytart
Please tell me you mean the photo Moonie
Bummer, try the link.
http://www.josie-maran.com/intimissimi.htm
Who is she other than Josie Maran and a model?
I guess she's most noted for being the significant other of freaky-deaky magician/entertainer David Blaine (whose magic, according to Jacko, is REAL!). They're no longer together.
She's started doing some acting now, and she'll be in both Van Helsing (playing a vampire opposite Hugh Jackman - I believe I'll be seeing that one!) and Scorsese's The Aviator (but everyone's in that one) this year.
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Me too.The gorgeous Josie's proof once again that God is a MAN.;)
W.G.
http://www.fhmus.com/video/interview.asp?cate=2&id=26
(Translation: us guys always find excuses to post pix of half-nekkid wimmen!)
Enjoy-
a) Why do people keep calling this the Swimsuit Issue when the swimsuits are probably the last things that anybody ever notices?
and
b) Where is Petra Nemcova??? I haven't looked at the magazine yet, but from Monique's series of photos, it seems like the enchanting Ms. Nemcova didn't make this year's issue. Tell me this isn't so...
@merseytart
I wonder why so many gorgeous women come from the Czech Republic. Must be the weather...
Hmm, I'm seriously thinking about buying this issue now...
BTW, that alligator is probably male
What's funny is that a lot of the photos are of naked models with the suits hanging on a hook, or laying on the sand. There are 10 pages of body painting as well...where they painted the suits on. I can't find any photos of these online for some reason!
Verrrry,veryyy nice Mo!!
Fortunately for us all, they simply have renamed the URL's, and here is the one we're looking for:
http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/html/girl_215.html
Enjoy!
Ah, yes . . . and plenty of happy too!
Samantha Morton