Word: glamourizing
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...Mermaids and Addams Family days. As for Johansson, the suspicion lingers that there was always a voluptuous woman waiting to burst out of her pre-teen roles. The few extra pounds she carries, in an era when curves are denounced as baby fat, give her the anachronistic, grown-up glamour of a Rita Hayworth. She photographs as mature beyond her years, which makes her a favorite of directors like Woody Allen and critics like me. But beneath my old-fashioned fan worship lies the suspicion that Johansson hasn't yet discovered the acting chops to match her shimmering sexuality...
...celebrate the achievements of the previous year. That’s because the Oscars we know are a beast of a different species. The whole point of the Academy Awards is to celebrate and commend the best of the best in filmmaking. We might take the ungodly glitz and glamour associated with the awards ceremony today as an indication that this function has largely been forgotten—or at least hidden beneath a superficial veneer. Though I was rooting for the strike to be resolved in time for the show to go on, I couldn’t help...
...regularly voted best for quality of life in the country. The accolade attracts a steady flow of fashionable Paulistas (São Paulo is only an hour's flight away), young surfers and families coming to while away their weekends at the wide sandy beaches nearby. Style and glamour are in the city's DNA - its most famous son and daughter are tennis player Gustavo Kuerten and supermodel Gisele Bündchen. But one of the most popular hangouts is not some swanky rooftop hotel restaurant; it's a stand-and-be-served bar in the busy fish market, known...
While it may be impossible to drain the entertainment industry of all its glamour, many students value Harvardwood 101 because it demystifies Hollywood...
...they've become Ms. Big. "They've figured out a lot more than you've figured out in your 30s," she says. "They can have ideas and be able to fulfill them. The right handbag or shoes are fun, but for successful women I know, the real glamour in life is achievement...