Celebs Cheer Jennifer Love Hewitt's Views on WeightJennifer Love Hewitt's now-famous "bikini blog post" and her critical comments about a celebrity culture obsessed with weight continue to reverberate. PEOPLE magazine's latest cover story, on newsstands Friday, gets the story behind Hewitt's experience, after she was widely ridiculed over photographs taken of her in a bikini from a recent Hawaiian vacation.And at the Dolce & Gabbana fragrance launch party in New York this week, several female celebrities told PEOPLE they felt solidarity with Hewitt. Here's what they had to say:
• Model Petra Nemcova: "There are different angles that everybody, even if you're in great shape, can look bad in a photograph. And printing these images is definitely influencing people's minds – the stars themselves, but also the people who are reading and looking at the images, the teenagers. It's definitely good that she spoke out."
• Rosario Dawson: "They'll make a whole story about it if someone gains 5 lbs. ... It think there is a huge obsession with size-zero jeans, and it's just really scary. I don't really know where that comes from. We're not really in the Twiggy era anymore. It makes me really nervous, because I don't know how in the world we're supposed to be that thin unless we're totally starving and drugging up."
• Anne Hathaway: "[As an actress], most of the year, your body is your own. But to be ridiculed for it is upsetting. But to also have to defend it or explain it or rejoice in it or put it down, or to be expected to have a public opinion about it ... I don't understand when that happened. I don't think women should only be defined by their bodies and their weight. It's a cycle we've been in for some time, and I don't really like it." Meanwhile, Hewitt herself shook off the controversy this week – with a trip to Disneyland with fiancé Ross McCall and three of their friends. "She went on a bunch of rides," says a friend of the 28-year-old actress. "She had a great time."
POLL: Was Jennifer Love Hewitt's Bikini-Bashing Fair?
It was the bikini shot seen 'round the world: Last week, Jennifer Love Hewitt was blasted for wearing a bikini – and not looking like a size zero. The blog commentary led Hewitt to speak out, saying "I'm not upset for me, but for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image."
It should be the time of her life for Jennifer Love Hewitt, instead the newly engaged actress is taking to the Internet to speak out about unflattering photos of herself snapped by the paparazzi during her Hawaiian getaway with fiancé, Scottish actor Ross McCall. "Like all women out there should, I love my body," Hewitt, 28, wrote on her blog after photos of her in a bikini hit the Web. "I know what I look like, and so do my friends and family." Hewitt, who has modeled for Hanes, explains, "I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I'm not upset for me, but for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image." She adds, "A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn't make you beautiful. … To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini – put it on and stay strong."
Jennifer became one of the most popular young stars in of I Know What You Did Last Summer alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Ryan Phillippe. Here she is at the premiere
After the success of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Jennifer starred in its sequel. At the time she was dating talk show host Carson Daly.
As one of the most popular young stars at the time, it is hardly surprising that Jennifer was #1 on Maxim's Sexiest Women in the World list in 1999.
Not just a pretty face: singer-songwriter Jennifer released her own albums as well as contributing to the soundtracks of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Can't Hardly Wait, and Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders.
Kidman, who earns $22 million per movie, assumes the No. 1 spot once held by Roberts
Nicole Kidman can claim a new crown. The Hours Oscar winner is the new chart-topper on the fifth annual list of highest-paid women actors in the film industry, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Kidman, who commanded a salary of nearly $22 million for her upcoming movie The Invasion (set for August 2007 release), rose from the No. 2 spot she previously held.
Julia Roberts, whose salary has reached $26 million a movie, was No. 1 for the first four years of the trade paper's ranking. But she didn't pop up on this year's list at all – having taken a break from the screen to star in the Broadway drama Three Days of Rain and to care for her twins with husband Danny Moder, Hazel and Phinnaeus.
Assuming the No. 2 spot by commanding $19 million per movie is this year's Walk the Line Best Actress Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon.
The Top 10, as ranked by the Reporter, are:
1. Nicole Kidman, $20 million-$22 million
2. Reese Witherspoon, $19 million
3. Renee Zellweger, $19 million
4. Drew Barrymore, $19 million
5. Cameron Diaz, $19 million
6. Halle Berry, $18 million
7. Charlize Theron, $13 million
8. Angelina Jolie, $13 million
9. Kirsten Dunst, $10 million-$13 million
10. Jennifer Aniston, $10 million
The Spice Girls have denied reports they lip-synched their way through theopening night of their world tour in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday (02Dec07), insisting it was all live. The reformed five-piece wowed the sold-out crowd of 16,000 with hit after hit, but were accused by some critics of actually miming to a backing track.
However, a spokesperson for the group has dismissed the criticisms, saying, "All of the girls sang live. There is a click track for the band to keep them in time, which is standard, but all of the girls' vocals were live."
The next stop on the "Wannabe" hitmakers' global tour is in San Jose, California on Tuesday (04Dec07). (PAW/WNWCDO/MT)
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