On Beauty And Celebs: They Rarely Go Together

October 15, 2009

What is it about very average looking women being constantly promoted as some stunning beauties? Every time I see a photograph of some actress, model or pop star, in a newspaper or a magazine, who are described as gorgeous, stunning and beautiful, I often have this strange feeling that the text does not really correspondent to the image. What is so special, for example, about Kate Moss, or Angelina Joley, or Jeniffer Aniston, or Scarlet Johnson, or Nicole Kidman, or Madonna, or Liz Hurley, or Jerry Hall, or Nigela Lawson? Or a thousand other women celebrities, who are presented as some beauties but actually look very ordinary? And that is considering that they are all heavily ‘made up’. On most photos they look very vulgar. They try to pose in provocative poses, and wear revealing clothes,...

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Category: Let's Be Cynical
Tags: celebrity, Jerry Hall, Jordan, Kate Moss, Liz Hurley

Jordan: Which Way Will It Go?

November 22, 2008

Martin McCauley writes: Jordan – the country, not the B-list celebrity former Page 3 model – does not appear often in the news, much to its relief. However, it is facing two formidable challenges: how to cope with the fallout from the war in Iraq and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Half the population of Jordan consists of Palestinian refugees. The former King Hussein was a major player in the Arab-Israeli imbroglio. He sided with Western efforts to resolve the conflict and was astute enough not to turn the Arab world against him. In return, Washington poured in billions of dollars of aid. One consequence of that was that Jordanian security services were among the best in the region. King Hussein permitted Islamic radicals to remain in Jordan and plot the overthrow of...

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Category: Around The World
Tags: Al Qaeda, Jordan, King Abdullah, King Hussein