Juliette Binoche criticises youth-obsessed US

**MohandasKGanja** · April 27th, 2008, 01:16 PM

I don't know. He looks kind of Keith Richardsy, here with the lithe, youthful Paradis:

**tragicallyflawed** · April 27th, 2008, 01:46 PM

Let's just agree to disagree.

**MohandasKGanja** · April 27th, 2008, 01:48 PM

Agreed.

**Honey** · April 27th, 2008, 08:44 PM

Moan moan moan..moany moan, you can't be young forever, stop hating on young women.

Move to England, we have old, ugly, fat and skinny people on TV here

**Fluffy** · April 27th, 2008, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by kalirga

She does have a point. Older women have a silent strength that can be so sexy...nothing better than confidence that can only come through trial and error. These women who have Botox do not look happy whatsoever...they do look scared, scared to death that their value as a human being and women will lost to a wrinkle. Fuck that.

And Madonna is STILL as insecure as ever!

**ManxMouse** · April 27th, 2008, 10:16 PM

she's absolutely correct, about Hollywood, at least. And it should be noted that there is no monolith called Europe where every culture is the same--there's HUGE variation. The UK, for instance, isn't tolerant of aging per se, it just happens to be full of very chavvy, unattractive people who don't take care of themselves, so they deal with what they've got.

**sweetness** · April 28th, 2008, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by MohandasKGanja

Hmmmm. Apparently, Johnny Depp has already voted on this issue. He has been in a relationship with French actress Vanessa Paradis for about 10 years. And even though she's eight years younger, she looks young enough to be his daughter.

Oooo.... I'll have to disagree with you on that one. To me she looks about like his granny in that posted pic.

**Honey** · April 28th, 2008, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by ManxMouse

she's absolutely correct, about Hollywood, at least. And it should be noted that there is no monolith called Europe where every culture is the same--there's HUGE variation. The UK, for instance, isn't tolerant of aging per se, it just happens to be full of very chavvy, unattractive people who don't take care of themselves, so they deal with what they've got.

That's a nice sweeping statement

**Sarzy** · April 28th, 2008, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Honey

That's a nice sweeping statement

Isn't it just? There may be chavs here, but we are hardly over run with them.

**Sasha** · April 28th, 2008, 11:09 AM

What's a chav?

**AgentOrange** · April 28th, 2008, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by q2bess

Don't shoot the messenger. It may not be as true of the general populace but it is definitely true of women in the film and television industry.

That being said. Why are 16-year-olds getting breast implants? Why is plastic surgery becoming the most popular elective surgery in the country?

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released statistics on cosmetic plastic surgery, and reports that:

"Nearly 11 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in the United States in 2006, up 7 percent from 2005. Surgical cosmetic procedures increased 2 percent, with more than 1.8 million procedures performed. For the first time, breast augmentation (329,000) is the most popular surgical procedure since the ASPS began collecting statistics in 1992. Minimally invasive cosmetic procedures increased 8 percent, with more than 9 million performed, and hyaluronic acid injectables (778,000) make the top five for first time. Reconstructive plastic surgery decreased 3 percent."

The Society also reports that women represent 90% of all cosmetic surgery patients, and rates among women are up 55% since 2000. Rates among men are up 8% from 2000, but down 7% from 2005.

I know statistics can be skewed but I have no doubt that these are pretty close to accurate. It is a $10 billion dollar industry in this country. American women go under the knife for strictly cosmetic reason almost 7:1 than women in France. The UK is the European country that is the closest to the US statistics.

SIDE NOTE: I think you are thinking about Olivier Martinez, Binoche dated him for a few years.

Well those statistics lead to one obvious conclusion: plastic surgeons are going to have to find away to get more men interested in having surgery! They're missing out on a major part of the market - it could be a gold mine!