Thursday, June 18

He's so pretty

You remember how a couple weeks ago I went off about how Kate Hudson was in a bikini on the Fool's Gold poster, even though it lent nothing at all to the actual film or only one short scene? And how I blamed the Hollywood establishment for exploiting Hudson for her body? Well! Finally, Hollywood (or at least an entertainment magazine that is focused on most things Hollywood) has exploited a man for its own gain. Check out the Entertainment Weekly goodness that will be dropping in mailboxes this week!
I don't know about the rest of you, but I totally notice when there is a big photo spread in a magazine, about ... say ... Oscar nominees or musicians or comedians or something, and all the photos have the women seductively topless or naked or in lingerie, and the men are fully clothed, or in a shirt, or even just close-ups of their faces. Of course, there are exceptions, but more times than not, that is the way of the celebrity-focused photo essay. EW is a huge contributor to that (I think they know it too; the mag is too self-aware to miss it), as is Vanity Fair. So it's refreshing, to say the least, when there's a topless dude as awesome as Ryan Reynolds on the cover of a magazine.

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