Posted 3:41 PM by Blah blah

"Beautiful People" Have Zits Too (Beauty)

High-definition TV exposes Hollywood's ugly truths: Extra-clear TV reveals stars' imperfections, including once-concealed skin conditions (Ottawa Citizen).

"Cameron Diaz has skin problems, according to high-definition television, which is threatening to expose the previously invisible 'flaws' of the world's most physically beautiful people.

As HDTV spreads its digital clarity into homes worldwide, Hollywood is sounding the alarm. The stars are running for cover, warts and all, only to find the most advanced makeup wizardry to date failing to save perfect face.

Plastic surgeons are drooling. The makeup industry is strategizing. As the ugly truth reveals itself to an ever-expanding digital audience, some of the beautiful people have come clean.

Faced with the horror of a sudden acne attack, Ms. Diaz reportedly skipped a premiere showing of Gangs of New York.

'I want girls to realize that nobody looks like the women in the glossy photos without the help of a load of talented people,' she recently confessed to Glamour magazine.

Those talented people, who make up the 'Hollywood glamour machine,' are looking for new answers, television industry columnist Phillip Swann explained in Television Week.

On Ms. Diaz, a regular on People magazine's list of the world's most beautiful, Mr. Swann writes, 'the magazine's editors -- and most of the Western world -- do not have high-definition TV. If they did, they would see that Diaz's face is spotted with small pockmarks, the unfortunate consequence of a longtime acne problem.'

'When seen on film,' Mr. Swann says, 'Diaz's skin imperfections are not noticeable, thanks to Hollywood's talented makeup artists. However, with HDTV, the picture is so precise that the acne damage cannot be hidden. In a high-def broadcast of Charlie's Angels on HBO, Diaz looks like a different person. She's still very pretty. But to be frank, I doubt that she would make People's most beautiful list.' "
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This is exactly why I don't see the value of getting HDTV. I want my fantasy to go on. I think it's ridiculous for people to expect actors (or bloggers, for that matter) to have perfect skin, or to use those fantasy airbrushed magazine ads to judge their girlfriends or friends. Good skin is SO hard to keep and maintain. I'm one of those who has struggled with acne and scarring for most of my life. It's hell to deal with it. Most people I know, including the "beautiful people," have some kind of skin blemishes.

Some people don't realize that acne can stay alive and well after age 30, and people like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have remains of acne scars on their faces, which are hidden by makeup.

Next time you worry about the perfect complexion, please remember that most of us battle this every day too.