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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue
The 2008 Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue Cover. To see the covers from the past, just scroll down. If you would like to see the behind the scenes video of the making of the 2008 cover, you can click here. You can also click there to find these photos if you can't figure out who someone is. The left side of each photo is what was shown on the cover, with the remaining portion what you saw when it pulled open.
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Interesting how each looks so different, and yet so "same".
ReplyDeleteKeira Knightly looks disgusting.
There is NO REASON for Jessica Biel to be on the cover. After the flap might be acceptable, but NOT the cover.
ReplyDeleteJesus.
I canceled my VF subscription after Parisite and Lilo were on the cover back to back. As far as I'm concerned, it's a nicely designed PR tool rather than a legit publication.
WOW
ReplyDelete3 Latinas, you've come a long way VF but then again I don't see any SISTAHS on the cover, hmmmm
I'm with trix on this.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I wouldn't mind Tom Ford whispering into/nibbling on my ear.
I don't recognize half the people in the "under the fold" in 1999, the rest are identifiable.
Is it me or do they seem to place the majority of the minorities in the "pullout"? With the exception of maybe 3 or 4 in the front. Am I reading too much into that? Vanity Fair is full of pretentious shit, anyway.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Ellen Page and America Ferrara in the pullout? And WTF is Jessica Biel doing there anyway? Ugh!
Oh I sooo agree with all of you: when I saw the cover for this year, it seemed the odd duckling was Jessica Biel. She doesnt belong there, she isnt special or talented like those other girls, and she had her close brush with a hay day YEARS ago. She DOESNT belong there--she's been struggling on the b-/c list for too many years and she has NO TALENT!
ReplyDeleteQuestion... out of curiousity.
ReplyDeleteWould you guys rather have Jessica Biel or Katherine Heigl on the cover of this issue?
@rebecca: Sweet Jesus that question is hard! I'd say neither and nominate Marion Cotillard.
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't she in this spread in the first place?
Gammagirl, I thought the same thing. Even though I haven't watched La Vie en Rose yet, I think she should have definitely been in the spread. Who makes these decisions anyway?
ReplyDeleteellen page - sit up straight! you are one of the most talented there.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ myself.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought that was Piven blowing on Knightly's ear. I was thinking I would kill myself if I woke up naked to the Perv.
I completely agree with the comments on Knightly and Biel. I detest Knightly almost as much as Paltrow.
I tell you that ppl of color aren't welcome with this crowd..
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with the comments that VF didn't diversify the spread enough.
ReplyDeleteIt's not as if there is a lack of gorgeous women of color in Hollywood.
Thandie Newton
Kerry Washington
Naomi Harris...
All three are more talented than Biel.
"3 Latinas, you've come a long way VF but then again I don't see any SISTAHS on the cover, hmmmm"
ReplyDeleteyou don't see ANY? look again. at 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, and this year's cover, 2008.
But it just isn't cohesive. Compare that to the others and this one stands way out. And what's up with the "corner of the room" intersecting America Ferrara? Anyone?? It's bad art, bad composition and also appears to be racist. I've never read this so wouldn't know for sure but if looks could tell.....
ReplyDelete2008 is such a classy cover with one huge mistake standing right in the middle in a bathing suit. It's like someone took the Mona Lisa and spray painted it.
ReplyDeleteWestward,
ReplyDeleteI don't see any sistahs in the 2008 issue. Zoe Saldana is Dominican, America is Mexican and Braga is Brasilian. It would have been nice to see Joy Bryant, Keri Washington, anybody else but Biel (da muff eating beard)on the cover.
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ReplyDeleteExactly!!! There's just no balance. The minorites are either grouped together or strategically placed in the pullout. Well, there was that "controversy" a few years ago that a columnist at VF wrote some racist remarks targeted at Mexicans. Something about housekeepers... anyway, an apology was demanded.
By the way, to any of you who are intersted... here's the link where it explains about the racist remarks targeted at Hispanics.
ReplyDeletehttp://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-dame-edna.htm
Wow I was just about to comment on that: looks like anyone of color didnt make the COVER--they made the PULLOUT. The few that I see with more visibility, are lighter in skin color even if they are "ethnic".
ReplyDeleteIsn't Ellen Page a little young to have such a bad case of Osteoporosis?
ReplyDeleteHow the F is Biel a "fresh" face. Give me a break. She shouldn't have even made the flap. And America Ferrera, the girl with the Golden Globe is on the flap? What the heck.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree...Cotillard should have been on the cover. She's more fresh and talented than Beard... I'm mean Biel will ever be.
i see actors -some talented some not..not colour. IMO.
ReplyDeletehow the fuck did David Arquette, Brit Murphy and Selma Blair get in there?
If it were my mag only peope who have maintained a great consistent carrer spanning more than 5 years would be in it.
Thank you for the sanity check Rebecca and Kory!
ReplyDeleteJust chiming in with you all. I agree that Biel seems an odd choice for this cover, but she does have about three projects for this year, and I'm thinking that the subjects for the cover are chosen with regard to how prevalent they are with regard to impact over the last year, or what is anticipated for the coming year. I do think that Marion Cotillard would have been a better fit, but she only recently made her 'splash', and I bet the selections were made before her performance was formally recognized. Personally, I like the cover and feel that these were not generic choices, with the exception of Biel, but I still there's a motive behind this. As for minority exclusion, well there seems to be a nice mix here and most selected seem to merit the cover by virtue of their talent, not their skin colour. I'm most surprised by Elizabeth Banks inclusion for some reason, but I really enjoy her work and she has a ton of projects on the go at the moment so I'm thinking she will be the one to watch.
ReplyDeletehey Ent, i submit a request for some ladies in your full frontal friday division :-)
ReplyDeletethe only thing i remember beard/biel has done is RUIN the movie "the illusionist" - what a feat.
ReplyDeleteprops to her publicist and agent.
Ellen Page looks sooo bored in that video.
ReplyDeleteJessia Biel is so out of place on that cover. There's NOTHING "fresh" about her. She was on that crappy 7th Heaven for YEARS. She's been in movies for awhile.
ReplyDeleteHer agents and PR people keep making us want to believe she's the "next big thing" because her times have come and gone so much.
If she wasn't "dating" Timberlake, she would never ever have got a spot there.
She really does have amazing PR people to keep a C-list actress so publicized like she's A-list.
Biel's been 'the next big thing' for several years now. She better start doing something of quality soon or we'll kick her out.
ReplyDeleteYes, if this is the cover for the Hollywood issue, one would think they'd have the nominees for all the major awards which would include Marion (Rebecca, buy the DVD - you won't regret it) and Ruby Dee.
Hey, maybe they should have gotten all the p.g. actresses for this cover!
Dschingis, what is this, your first day on the internet? ;) www.mrskin.com
ReplyDeleteIMO, the worst crime of Vanity Fair is Renee Zellweger as Kim Novak. BARF!!!