Thursday, February 18, 2010

The new young faces of Hollywood?



There has been some controvery lately about one of the latest covers of Vanity Fair. It is their annual "Young Hollywood" issue, and it shows the up and coming young ladies that Vanity Fair believes to be the new stars in Hollywood. Usually Vanity Fair is good about including women of all races and sizes. However, this year, all of the girls on the cover look very similar; skinny and white. The actresses in the photo above are Amanda Seyfriend, Anna Kendrick, Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Rebecca Hall, Emma Stone, Mia Wasikowska, and Evan Rachel Wood. I do believe that almost all of these young ladies deserve a spot on the cover of Vanity Fair, but they all seem so "cookie cutter" actress. These women are fabulous actresses, and worked on some of the biggest movies last year, but there are some young actresses that are left out that led people to question Vanity Fair's motives. For example: Gabourey Sidibe. She is the star of the movie "Precious" that came out last year. "Precious" was one of the biggest movies of the year, and definitely one of the most talked about. She was even nominated for an upcoming Oscar. That leads me to the question, why wasn't she involved with the Vanity Fair shoot? She of all people definitely should have been on the "Young Hollywood" spread, because she was one of the most influential young actresses of the past few years. Another actress that comes to mind that was left out was Freida Pinto from "Slumdog Millionaire". "Slumdog Millionaire" was the first bollywood film to truly go mainstream, and it was one of the most important films from the past few years. I believe she definitely should have been considered for the Vanity Fair cover.


As I said before, I truly believe and agree with Vanity Fair that the actresses on the cover of their current "Young Hollywood" issue are very talented, they just should have considered other actresses besides just thin, white, and cloned.

1 comment:

  1. interesting to see that Vanity Fair didn't include any other women from different backgrounds. But i'm sure they didn't do it on purpose..everyone is so busy all the time trying to be politically correct :)

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