Vanity Fair March 2010 : A New Hollywood by Annie Leibovitz

[cottonmouth13]

*What I meant was kinds, not kind.

 

[dr4732]

Who is the redhead on the cover?

Emma stone.

 

[Label Basher]

Also another thing people (and not just here) seems to forget is the photoshoots inside the magazine. The are usually 99% amazing.

I'm sure and I'm hoping that Gabourey Sidibe is inside because she deserves to be where the likes of Meryl, Clooney, Avatar cast aka the people who are getting nominated and winning the awards right now will be.

When I was little I always thought it was better to be inside than under the flap. You got a page to yourself. No sharing. But that's just me.

and just to be clear I'm not excusing the lack of diversity on the cover just reminding people of that this is what's happened in past issues.

 

[serendipity8777]

Sigh, I miss these kind of Hollywood issues:

April 2001, April 2004, March 2005

This is what I meant when I said bring back the more seasoned actresses.
These issues and a few others are what I'm referring to.

 

[LUXXX]

everyone is so white lol i hope their prediction is wrong and that the next hollywood generation will have more diversity than their cover.

True, Frida Pinto would've been great after the year she had with Slumdog and now a Woody Allen movie.

 

[KoV]

I'm so surprised at how little attention Zoe Saldana is getting for someone in the highest grossing film on earth.

It's possible that she's inside the magazine. I think she was already on the cover of one of their Hollywood Issues.

 

[LUXXX]

Zoe was on last year's Hollywood cover.

 

[adorefaith]

I didn't realise amanda seyfried and kristen stewart had both been on a young hollywood cover before....that's kind of ridiculous ! Surely they could have used this chance to highlight two new talented young actresses instead of two they've used before.. i agree Freida Pinto would have been a nice choice..

 

[IAmLordZen]

Carey Mulligan?!! Ugh The cover looks Ok though.

 

[jeremydante]

boring as hell. this is not the new hollywood; this is so lackluster. annie could've pulled something better out of her hat.

 

[MulletProof]

i agree Freida Pinto would have been a nice choice..

me three. She's in an upcoming Woody Allen movie.. that should mean something. Same for France's Mélanie Laurent and Zoe Saldana...
To some extent, I agree with KINGofVERSAILLES, and I think tokenism just to avoid critics would be just as useless as having a cover with it-girls instead of people that actually work on their craft, however, the industry seems slightly more open than before in the fact that we can now see actors of different cultural backgrounds landing roles that aren't exactly the parody they used to get just to please a stereotype-craving audience, I know it's just Vanity Fair but why not embrace that, too?, why then making such a presumptuous line such as 'This is the new Hollywood' and choosing those that fit a conventional, easy-to-relate background only?, they're kind of underestimating their readers imo.

 

[eighty]

Carey Mulligan?!! Ugh The cover looks Ok though.

what?! I LOVE here!! um... on the red carpet. Haven't seen any of her movies :/

 

[VogueGirl8910]

The cover is ok.

 

[eternitygoddess]

I think that there are many extremely talented actresses on the cover and why should one of them be left off to make way for someone else for the sake of "diversity". I don't honestly think Gabourey Sidibe is going to have a long-lasting career. She's only been in 1 movie. Every other actress on this issue's cover has been working for years in the movie-making industry. I know there are other women besides Gabourey Sidibe, but she's the one that sprang to mind. I don't like the idea of diversity for the sake of diversity. Whoever merits the cover merits the cover. It doesn't have to turn into a "omg, they're all white!" thing. A completely non-racist society would accept individuals as individuals. Skin color doesn't matter. So if they're all white, that's fine. If they're all black, that's fine. If they're all middle-eastern, that's fine. etc. Vanity Fair has had non-Caucasian women on their Hollywood Issue covers before.

Agreed. Gabourey Sidibe only has one movie under her belt, while the girls on this cover already have a longer, more impressive list of film works. Plus, I don't think Sidibe will be around for very long, since there are very few roles in Hollywood for her to play (for obvious reasons).

Zoe Saldana may be starring in Avatar, but I don't think her acting has ever received much critical acclaim.

As for Frieda Pinto, she doesn't have that long of a body of work.

Carey Mulligan?!! Ugh

She's an excellent actress, and extremely poised and mature for her age.

 

[eternitygoddess]

BTW, where's Dakota Fanning?

 

[fashionandstyle1]

I'm so confused...I saw Bright Star a while ago and I never would have recognized Abbie Cornish as the lead role from the movie. Is it just me or does she looks completely different from the movie?? I also have heard her name as Ryan Phillipe's girlfriend but never thought twice about who she was haha

 

[Label Basher]

Here's another video of the shoot.

Someone from VF talks about why they choose these actresses.

 

[honeycombchild]

Sigh. Not a patch on the other year's Hollywood issues is it?

I miss all that over the top glamour personally.

 

[cottonmouth13]

I just realized that Anna Kendrick (Spellcheck?) looks sultry on the cover. Maybe her pose.

 

[Label Basher]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]Vanity Fair Actors/Director Hollywood Portfolio[/SIZE][/FONT]

The Visionary
James Cameron with His Fusion 3-D camera (lmao)
One Film Together: Avatar (2009).

The Battle-Scarred
Kathryn Bigelow with Jeremy Renner
One film together: The Hurt Locker (2009).

The Romantics
Pedro Almodóvar with Penélope Cruz
Four films together: Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), and Broken Embraces (2009).

The Real Deal
Lee Daniels with Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibebr
One film together: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009).

The Sprites
Peter Jackson with Saoirse Ronan
One film together: The Lovely Bones (2009).

The Trouble Girls
Lone Scherfig with Carey Mulligan
One film together: An Education (2009).

The Hellions
Quentin Tarantino with Christoph Waltz
One film together: Inglourious Basterds (2009).

The Beautiful People
Tom Ford with Colin Firth and Julianne Moore
One film together: A Single Man (2009).

The Juke-Jointers
Scott Cooper with Jeff Bridges
One film together: Crazy Heart (2009).

The Pot Stirrers
Nora Ephron with Meryl Streep
Three films together: Silkwood (1983) and Heartburn (1986) with Ephron as writer, and Julie & Julia (2009) with Ephron as writer-director.

The Best Buds
Todd Phillips (second from right) with Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and Bradley Cooper
One film together: The Hangover (2009).

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