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love her purple scarf!
what is she doing in Cuzco?
what is she doing in Cuzco?
Cameron Diaz
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Actress Cameron Diaz appears to have committed a major fashion faux pas in Peru. The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated "Shrek" films may have inadvertently offended Peruvians who suffered decades of violence from a Maoist guerrilla insurgency by touring here Friday with a bag emblazoned with one of Mao Zedong's favorite political slogans.
While explored the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in Peru's Andes, Diaz wore over her shoulder an olive green messenger bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People" printed in Chinese on the flap, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao's most famous political slogan.
While the bags are marketed as trendy fashion accessories in some world capitals, the phrase has particular resonance in Peru, where the Maoist Shining Path insurgency brought Peru to edge of chaos in the 1980s and early 1990s with a campaign of massacres, assassinations and bombings.
Nearly 70,000 people were killed during the insurgency.
A prominent Peruvian human rights activist said the star of "There's Something About Mary" should have been a little more aware of local sensitivities when picking her accessories.
"It alludes to a concept that did so much damage to Peru, that brought about so many victims," said Pablo Rojas about the bag's slogan. "I don't think she should have used that bag where the followers of that ideology" did so much damage.
While explored the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in Peru's Andes, Diaz wore over her shoulder an olive green messenger bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People" printed in Chinese on the flap, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao's most famous political slogan.
While the bags are marketed as trendy fashion accessories in some world capitals, the phrase has particular resonance in Peru, where the Maoist Shining Path insurgency brought Peru to edge of chaos in the 1980s and early 1990s with a campaign of massacres, assassinations and bombings.
Nearly 70,000 people were killed during the insurgency.
A prominent Peruvian human rights activist said the star of "There's Something About Mary" should have been a little more aware of local sensitivities when picking her accessories.
"It alludes to a concept that did so much damage to Peru, that brought about so many victims," said Pablo Rojas about the bag's slogan. "I don't think she should have used that bag where the followers of that ideology" did so much damage.
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Cameron Diaz talks about sex and Shrek 3 on a Japanese show
Cameron Diaz talks about sex and Shrek 3 on a Japanese show
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Oh poor Cameron. It's crazy; every little thing a celebrity does--they get criticized for it.
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she always looks amazing
Cameron Diaz Apologizes for Handbag Faux Pas
MONDAY JUNE 25, 2007 08:40 AM EDT
By Caris Davis
Cameron Diaz apologized Sunday for a fashion faux pas of the political sort.
Diaz, 34, had visited Peru's Machu Picchu on Friday carrying a green bag with a red star and the words "Serve the People" in Chinese.
The phrase, a slogan of the late Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, touched a nerve among Peruvians still recovering from the Maoist Shining Path insurgency of the 1980s and early 1990s that left nearly 70,000 dead.
"It alludes to a concept that did so much damage to Peru, that brought about so many victims," Peruvian human rights Pablo Rojas told the Associated Press. "I don't think she should have used that bag where the followers of that ideology did so much damage."
"I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended," Diaz said Sunday in a statement e-mailed to the AP. "The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realize the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it."
"I'm sorry for any people's pain and suffering and it was certainly never my intention to reopen what I now know is a painful wound in this country's history," she added.
Diaz said in her statement she had been in Peru as part of 4 REAL, a Canadian TV show that celebrates young community leaders around the world, the AP reports. She also praised Peruvians' beauty and warmth and said she hoped "for their continued healing."
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MONDAY JUNE 25, 2007 08:40 AM EDT
By Caris Davis
Cameron Diaz apologized Sunday for a fashion faux pas of the political sort.
Diaz, 34, had visited Peru's Machu Picchu on Friday carrying a green bag with a red star and the words "Serve the People" in Chinese.
The phrase, a slogan of the late Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, touched a nerve among Peruvians still recovering from the Maoist Shining Path insurgency of the 1980s and early 1990s that left nearly 70,000 dead.
"It alludes to a concept that did so much damage to Peru, that brought about so many victims," Peruvian human rights Pablo Rojas told the Associated Press. "I don't think she should have used that bag where the followers of that ideology did so much damage."
"I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended," Diaz said Sunday in a statement e-mailed to the AP. "The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realize the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it."
"I'm sorry for any people's pain and suffering and it was certainly never my intention to reopen what I now know is a painful wound in this country's history," she added.
Diaz said in her statement she had been in Peru as part of 4 REAL, a Canadian TV show that celebrates young community leaders around the world, the AP reports. She also praised Peruvians' beauty and warmth and said she hoped "for their continued healing."
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It's nice of her to apologize... (but are we all familiar with the history of the country we are visiting as tourists?) Maybe the local people who assisted her Peru trip should have informed her earlier.
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BAG LADY
Cameron Diaz has a laugh with MTV Canada host Sol Guy while touring the ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru on Friday. Later the actress issued an apology for unknowingly offending Peruvians with the Mao-ist slogan on her satchel.
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Cameron hands down has the best accessoires. 
The guy she is with is cute, but I haven't seen him on MTV Canada. 
The guy she is with is cute, but I haven't seen him on MTV Canada. 
The actress was spotted leaving a nail salon in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
She’s really grown on us, like a fungus which we’ll use as a topping for her pizza face.
Maybe it’s because she’s smiling a lot more lately.
And we definitely like her more as a blonde.
Plus, she’s half-Cuban….and proud of it!
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does anyone know where this dress is from?? She looks too cute!
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she does look very cute!!
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what a great dress!!!!! could anyone pls ID the designer/label? thanks!
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why are they calling her a pizza face? doesn't that mean she has pimples?
I don't see any.
I don't see any.
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WELL COIFFED
Fresh from her Peruvian trip, Cameron Diaz leaves her controversial satchel at home Tuesday and heads to the Neil George Salon in Beverly Hills for a hair appointment.
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