Golden Globes Made Me Realize

[Pink Partridge]

While watching the Golden Globes last night, I realized that people don't look like real humans anymore. Men and women alike. Exaggerated botox/fillers/surgery on the young and old.

Many of the people look like they were computer generated. So many paralyzed faces.

It was actually fascinating.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I'm not anti plastic surgery to embellish but there comes a point people just look bizarre, natural beauty is lovely but not everyone has it so aging with a little grace and dignity brings and air of sophistication to men and women. I love that Julia Roberts, Halle Barry & Drew Barrymore embraced nature, all are still lovely.

For a long time I noticed celebrities and very wealthy people look like their own race, men and women. They look ok in straight on photographs, which is like a mirror so I suppose it's why they like it, but if you watch them in Reality TV or a video or photo without controlled lighting they look utterly insane. The too old for it unnatural hair with odd colors and weaves on top of a hairline is pulled waaaayyyy back from face lifts, the cheek implants to smooth out the skin under the eyes, the weird straightened fish lips from filler and Botox, the spider eyelashes, the 20 year old boobs and butts on 50+ bodies and then the crazy layers of makeup. being famous seems to be an awful life, no matter what you accomplish the world still makes you feel crappy enough to do this to yourself.

 

[Pink Partridge]

I'm not anti plastic surgery to embellish but there comes a point people just look bizarre...

This!

That is the perfect word. Bizarre. Almost alien like.

It freaks me out a bit when someone's face doesn't move when they speak.

Botox literally paralyzes the face. I have seen it tastefully done (it does wonders for the "11 Lines"), but when it is overdone it starts to distort the face like it is a mask in a Sci-Fi film. Now add in the fillers and you have created a human that looks like a cartoon character.

 

[georgina]

I also found some of the faces looked odd last night. It is sad what extreme measures people feel they have to do to themselves.

I haven't seen The Substance movie, as I don't watch that genre, but I read it was supposed to be about female beauty standards and ageism?

 

[Pink Partridge]

I haven't seen The Substance movie, as I don't watch that genre, but I read it was supposed to be about female beauty standards and ageism?

Sad that women feel pressured to alter their face and bodies as they age.

 

[mjkacmom]

And yet celebrities, especially women, are often criticized if they let themselves age.

 

[CGB]

The "upkeep" was definitely noticeable last night. I was amazed how thin so many of the women were... scary thin. On the other hand,... Kate Winslet looked awesome last night, wrinkles and all.

 

[ClaraOswald]

Yeah....I think if anyone wants cosmetic surgery...that's their choice.

But I do think some of it looks so bad to me.

Faces are meant to look older with age. Why does that have to be a bad thing? I think overly smooth skin and lots of fillers just looks bizarre.

And it makes me sad when it's someone I used to find attractive. Like Ryan Gosling. (This picture is from last year so maybe he looks better now. Not sure.) https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SEI_201199967-5a0b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646

 

[MillauFr]

And yet celebrities, especially women, are often criticized if they let themselves age.

Especially? I think you mean ONLY women.

 

[goofyernmost]

I usually ignore it but when someone's eyes are two inches further apart because of surgery. I cringe. I would also like to know who the hell told them that having your lips blown up to the size of truck tires is attractive. I realize that as we age very little of what we felt were our good features remain in the same place they started, but having excessive work done is more obvious that we artificially made that change and has the same reaction as letting nature take its course. I understand because I don't like how I look now that I am in my mid-seventies, but there comes a point when it is a waste of money to alter yourself from naturally unattractive to artificially unattractive. Same thing different look. However, Hollywood is a tough town and you have to be a thing of current beauty until you die, probably of some chemical youth giving injection. BTW, many men are doing that now, with the same results. They don't look anywhere near as good as they think.

 

[luvthatduke]

I read a lot of news sources online each night, and all of them have unavoidable pictures
leading to celebrity headlines, etc.
I don't click on them, but it's nearly impossible not to see them as I scroll.
I mention this because nearly every website had tons of pics that you're all talking about.

I have found that when I go out in our community to the post office, grocery stores, $ stores, etc.,
I am shocked to see women that look their age, many w/out makeup.
I am one of them, BTW, but I do wear a small amount of makeup.
I was just talking to DH about this & he told me something I didn't know:
Virtually every woman at his plant, from 24-75, comes to work w/out makeup
because of having to sometimes put on "clean suits."
Anyway, I'm musing while I ramble because this thread made me feel better that I am not
the only one noticing the difference between celebs vs. the rest of us

 

[NotUrsula]

I also found some of the faces looked odd last night. It is sad what extreme measures people feel they have to do to themselves.

I haven't seen The Substance movie, as I don't watch that genre, but I read it was supposed to be about female beauty standards and ageism?

Yeah, The Substance is about that. (Very gory and grotesque in the special effects, too. You might say that the concept of the plot, at least, is reminiscent of The Picture of Dorian Gray.)

I think the big gap between the appearance of middle-aged Hollywood celebrities and "the rest of us" tends to come down to money more than anything else. It's not cheap to get extensive plastic surgery, and unless you're getting it to repair damage from some kind of accident, health insurance generally doesn't cover any of it. We learn to be more resigned and live with it because we generally don't have much choice about it, but that's probably a good thing, because while a tiny bit of plastic surgery is generally an improvement, a lot of plastic surgery on one person is usually an irreversible disaster, aesthetically speaking.

 

[pezgirlroy]

I read a lot of news sources online each night, and all of them have unavoidable pictures
leading to celebrity headlines, etc.
I don't click on them, but it's nearly impossible not to see them as I scroll.
I mention this because nearly every website had tons of pics that you're all talking about.

I have found that when I go out in our community to the post office, grocery stores, $ stores, etc.,
I am shocked to see women that look their age, many w/out makeup.
I am one of them, BTW, but I do wear a small amount of makeup.
I was just talking to DH about this & he told me something I didn't know:
Virtually every woman at his plant, from 24-75, comes to work w/out makeup
because of having to sometimes put on "clean suits."
Anyway, I'm musing while I ramble because this thread made me feel better that I am not
the only one noticing the difference between celebs vs. the rest of us

I am 47. I do not wear makeup. Only sometimes when going out and that is just eye shadow, mascara and lips. I am just too lazy to do it. I also have giant wrinkles in my forehead and I have decided well those show that I have lived.

 

[Cadiewampus]

Sad that women feel pressured to alter their face and bodies as they age.

I was just saying something like this to my wife Sunday as I was drug along into Ulta. Told her it was a shame that women have fallen into the trap set by the cosmetics industry that they really need all that crap.

 

[_19disnA]

Mostly made me realize why I don't really care for award shows. Too many inside jokes and if you aren't up on those things, most of the time it is hard to tell what they are talking about or the audience laughing at something I am not familiar with. Those winning an award try to be funny when they really aren't or seem to drone on thanking people until the music cuts them off. There are so many different pay/streaming channels now, also seems like most people have probably never seen many of the movies being nominated.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I usually just tune into these things to see the fashion and jewelry while quietly rooting on a few of my favorites. It was also nice to see more mature women getting meatier roles, vs. relegating them to old maid roles while fresh young little things pretend to play 30-50 somethings (which happens all too often in Hollywood). That being said, I did notice a lot of women with alarmingly emaciated bodies and odd looking faces. The size part made me wonder if it was just me. When I'm carrying some extra, my brain goes somewhat dysmorphic and I start thinking that they only look so thin because I'm looking this much larger. I initially attributed the faces to "the Ozempic face" and cosmetic enhancements like fillers and plastic surgery. Then I started looking at my own face and faces of friends and how different we all look from 30-40 years ago. Anytime we lose weight, we look more gaunt and unreal than we did when we were younger. Then I started thinking about all of the little things that DD18 uses to create certain looks with her own face, right down to plumping glosses.

The reality is that the pressures are there for women every day. I can't open up Facebook without some kind of ad for Il Makiage...from the perfect foundations to make my skin look plastic doll flawless and magic creams that rapidly work to eliminate dark spots while renewing a healthy glow, to this putty stuff that supposedly erases every big crease and mini wrinkle. When I'm not getting those, it's all of the non-FDA approved meds if you don't want to pay the high price of Wegovy or Ozempic. I will admit that some of the Il Makiage stuff is tempting just to try, but do I really want to go back to being a slave to a skincare routine? As for the meds, I'm on week 4 of getting back into a workout routine. I figured it would be easier to start ahead of Christmas and stick to it vs. waiting until New Year's and likely fall off. In the end, Hollywood is Hollywood and it will always be filled with artificial this and that. So, when the SAGs and Oscars roll around, I'll still be watching for the amazing jewelry and fashion.

 

[Chirple]

In addition to Ozempic face, buccal fat removal is also popular.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hea...ention/cosmetic-procedures/buccal-fat-removal

 

[gmi3804]

Mostly made me realize why I don't really care for award shows. Too many inside jokes and if you aren't up on those things, most of the time it is hard to tell what they are talking about or the audience laughing at something I am not familiar with. Those winning an award try to be funny when they really aren't or seem to drone on thanking people until the music cuts them off. There are so many different pay/streaming channels now, also seems like most people have probably never seen many of the movies being nominated.

I don't think it's realistic for hosts at an industry awards show to refrain from industry jokes. You want them to tell fishing jokes? We also shouldn't expect winners to be profound; they're people just like you and me, and not necessarily masters of the bon mot. The day after, 99.9% of them are back to auditions.

I think it's refreshing to see someone like Pamela Anderson (of all people!) embracing her natural age. This should be something everyone does, of course.

 

[Pink Partridge]

Especially? I think you mean ONLY women.

I don't know. It used to be that way, but I saw a LOT of guys with botoxed faces.

 

[Pink Partridge]

I was just saying something like this to my wife Sunday as I was drug along into Ulta. Told her it was a shame that women have fallen into the trap set by the cosmetics industry that they really need all that crap.

And I think that everyday "regular" women look so much older with make up on. Heck, I think a lot of makeup ages the Hollywood elite. Maybe from afar, it looks glamourous. But up close, it's almost Halloween-like.