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Just A Quick Note About Last Night’s Oscars…

9:53AM Jess McGuire | I know our US counterparts lovingly live-blogged yesterday/last night’s Oscars ceremony for you all, thus ensuring I felt impotent all day long, but there were a couple of things I wanted to say about the show. &middot I. Love. Hugh. Jackman. And how nice to hear an Australian accent! (glares at Melissa George) &middot Now I’ve been informed by most people I know that the musical numbers made the ceremony appear like the entertainment deck of a cruise ship and therefore should be mocked without mercy… but I loved it. Truly. When Hugh announced the arrival of the Craigslist Dancers in the opening number, I lost my shizz. And the whole “The Reader! I haven’t seen The Reader” sci-fi robot dance had me on the floor. Maybe I need to get into the musical theatre scene? &middot Although things got a bit surreal when Hugh Jackman and Beyonce began singing songs from Grease. More »

What Do Kate Winslet And Sharks Have In Common?

12:32PM Jess McGuire | The answer? They stubbornly and foolishly refuse to listen to me. EXHIBIT A. The Titanic actress, who also appears in Revolutionary Road alongside her former co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, has famously struggled with her weight throughout her career. She was nicknamed ‘blubber’ at school and says that only now is she starting to accept and appreciate her figure. The actress recently declared: ‘I’ve decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don’t know anyone who does that. And for my daughter, I want to be able to say to her, “I love this.”‘ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! EXHIBIT B. More »

An Open Letter To Kate Winslet

5:33PM Jess McGuire | Dear Kate Winslet, I adore you. I think you are truly fabulous, and on many occasions I have proclaimed my desire to somehow become you. Which is weird, I’ll admit, but it comes from a non-frightening place of love, I promise. But I do have one teeny, tiny problem with you. You see, I am forever seeing articles where you are held up as an example of a physically ordinary woman. A lady with many flaws and blemishes who nevertheless bravely parades in front of cameras for a living as a shining example to your “sistas” that inner beauty is far more important than being a slim, blonde starlet. The thing is… YOU ARE THIN. We keep hearing about how you were once 14 stone when you were in your early teens and you were nicknamed Blubber by horrible school mates, and I feel sorry that you ever suffered from such horrible taunts, BUT THAT WAS NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO. You are a size eight now. This is not voluptuous. There’s this Australian singer you probably wouldn’t have heard of (unless you’ve attended any of Jenna Elfman’s Scientology shindigs in Los Angeles) called Kate Ceberano. Now there’s a hot Kate who can rightfully claim to be stepping up for curvaceous women everywhere. But you are very slim! Very! Slim! I appreciate that you’re trying to encourage young women to develop positive body image, but by constantly harping on about your figure and weight and eating habits in interviews, the press gets more fodder for “I’m going to start loving my backside” articles which leave women who are a size 12 and up thinking “Why on earth wouldn’t this size 8 gal like her arse? Is hers bigger than average? What does that make mine? Pass me a bucket, this dinner must go!” You are beautiful and talented and refreshingly down to earth and incredibly likeable. But you’ve been slim for twenty years. You gotta let go of that whole Blubber thing, you know? All the best for your Best Supporting Actress hopes at the Academy Awards, Defamer Australia MORE: Kate Winslet – I’m going to start loving my backside More »