She can guarantee to move a million copies on the newsstand. Though Aniston is still huge, I'd say Angelina managed to one-up her again by getting pregnant. Now, she's got a more interesting plot line, and readers are going to keep watching that for a long, long time. |
She made this connection with her reality show back in 2002; people just sat back and took her in, so the real strength of her celebrity is her personality, |
She will have to find a way to reinvent herself, and the public is ready for that. People are fascinated still, and there is a way for her to capitalize on that. |
The risk here is that another photographer gets a picture of her pushing her stroller down the street in L.A. and that undercuts the value of the official photo. |
Why does Vanity Fair put Paris Hilton topless on its cover? ... Is that different from Newsweek or Time, which puts Jesus on the cover like he's Jennifer Aniston ? |
Yes, people laughed at her when she came out with some real clunkers. But they were laughing with her as well because she seemed so natural about it. And she's always been smart enough to laugh at herself. |
You can be cynical about it and say it ups the ante of celebrity uniqueness. But it does enhance the stature of a celebrity because it shows the person is open-minded and cosmopolitan enough to take in children with great needs from around the world. |
You show some cleavage on an actress. You make her look sexy. You make her look hot. She needs to be hot -- because in Hollywood, you have to be sexy to be a successful actress. You just have to be. |