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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND THEIR BUTTS
In an apparent bid to remedy the shortage of shrill outrage in this country, everybody has suddenly decided to get mad at actresses for smoking. At a press conference in Cannes, NICOLE KIDMAN bummed a cigarette from co-star Stellan Skarsgaard and lit up, prompting criticism from antismoking groups. Meanwhile, Fox 5 News in New York City "caught" Britney Spears smoking at a Manhattan club; a group called Smoke Free Movies ran a full-page ad in the New York Times screeching at Julia Roberts to stop smoking onscreen; and earlier this month there was a kerfuffle when snapshots of a topless Catherine Zeta-Jones sneaking a ciggie while pregnant surfaced on the Internet. Now, smoking may be unhealthy (yes, we know, especially for the unborn), but do we really want to live in a world where a beautiful actress can't smoke topless?
— Lev Grossman |
