Jamie Lee Curtis: 'I'm posing topless at 50 'to show older women they can still be beautiful'

[Mugu]

Jamie Lee Curtis has agreed to pose topless to mark her 50th birthday.


The actress said she would bare all to convince older women that they can still be beautiful if they take care of their bodies.

Her topless pose will appear on May's cover of the magazine of the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. equivalent of Saga.

Four years ago, the Fish Called Wanda star agreed to appear makeup free and wearing a sports bra and briefs on the cover of a woman's magazine - refusing to let the magazine airbrush out any imperfections, she said she was happy to show off her 'fatty little tummy'.




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[Ian David]

1. The halls of retirement communities will run thick with semen, causing many broken hips. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

7. hahahaha! Eeew.

[durrrty libby]

21. "will run thick with semen" Ha.. you'd be lucky to find a teaspoon

[roguevalley]

135. so, I suppose we have to go topless now. jeez. I need a score card

on how to be a girl.

I guess men have to go bottomless. A friend of my mom said how you can tell a married man. They have no ass. If a man has a 'satchel ass' as my angel dad used to say, he was probably married.

:evilgrin: No, please. You don't have to thank me. :P

[wordpix]

162. that's funny, lol

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Good for her. Now I want to see an old man pose naked on AARP. One who is 50

And I doubt 50ish is old.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Yeah, me too

I've got a couple in mind, and they are both older than 50.....:)

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. Cool!

Shall we write AARP and give them some suggestions? :toast:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

30. There's an idea

The fellow I'm thinking of is an actor that farms on the side, and does most of the farming work himself. He looked great in the altogether in a film he did when he was 40, and I'm thinking he'll still look pretty good now. :P

[Sarah Ibarruri]

34. Write them! :-D nt

[janetle]

28. Yum, Pierce Brosnan. That'd do it for me!

[wordpix]

163. would prefer James Taylor myself

[question everything]

146. Look here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7579266

[seabeyond]

147. hey.... the disillusionment. they got OLD.... lol lol. oh no.

this needs to be saved for whenever the "guys" starts mouthing about women getting old. just throw up these pictures. lol lol

[seabeyond]

155. i have used it already. lol.

telling hubby, say stop smoking i will feel better. i dont feel better. exercise i will feel better. sat to do sit ups and hurt me. lol lol. not feeling better.

he said something about me getting old.

i ran into kitchen, grabbed laptop and showed him the pictures of old..... and men get old too

we had a giggle. and all is settle. we all get old. so i thank you. was fun

[question everything]

156. You are welcome! We both had fun, too (nt)

[Liberal Veteran]

12. George Clooney is close enough to 50.

:D

[Sarah Ibarruri]

16. I love love George Clooney! nt

[Liberal Veteran]

13. And Viggo Mortensen is 49....so he can pose as well.

[selador]

14. viggo

was about as nude as you can get (in a r rated movie) in eastern promises, if you haven't seen it.

fwiw, i liked the movie but expected it to be a bit more "epic" as it is a gangster flick and we're all used to that.

it didn't fulfill in that sense, but was still excellent

[Sarah Ibarruri]

17. Oooh yes! nt

[sce56]

19. Ok I'll volunteer to do it! I just have to practice sucking that gut in for an extended time!

Ohh No 52 around the corner!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

26. Woohoo! If there's a contest to see which guy wins the nudie layout, can I be a judge?

:party:

[sce56]

117. How about a sneak peek

I was 49 at the time!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

152. Wow! We'll have to enter you in the contest!! We'll get the concensus of the other girls

:toast:

[kittykitty]

80. Like John and Yoko

[Myrina]

103. Ugh !!! Oh GAWD no!!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

When I think of men 'over 50' I think of my fat drunk old dad in his boxer shorts with skidmarks, bad breath and smelly black ankle socks ...

[seabeyond]

104. the lying to self. for whatever reason men are able to convince themselves only

the woman are getting old and body is changing. uh hu. lol

and i love my hubby's anyway.

[sce56]

122. Yes all of us over the hill 50+ers are fat drunk and stink!

You know I put a little on with the years but I can still run the mile and probably better than most lazy couch potato teens now days!





And if you think we all are lazy let me see you make it to the top. This picture was taken from one of the stacks no elevator here just lots of steps up numerous ladders which scares a lot of people from even trying to do my work!

[seabeyond]

123. wouldnt make it to the top not cause lazy, but cause fraid of hieght.

getting a queasy stomach just looking at the picture lol.

no... not all men are. the point being, we all age, even in the picture of dennis k.... he too is 49 in body, along with the rest.

i too can still out swim most people period, adult teen and inbetween... just cause i was that good. now.... i would have to pick the distance and event that would best suit my older body giving me the advantage. but i could still kick ass. lol

[sce56]

127. I hear you but your not the one stating hearing about a 50 year old made me think of Puking!

It goes with the territory some are better at keeping themselves in good shape than others some just don't care enough. I would do more but time and previous injuries keep me from running as much as I used to! But I do ride a bike at work, until I need to move something to big to carry!

And heights are not a problem for me!

[seabeyond]

129. oooosh that gives me the heebie geebies.... just cannot do that

lol, good for you

[eridani]

159. Dennis looks more like about 48, IMO n/t

[roguevalley]

134. you have cute boots, sce56

:evilgrin:

[Bonobo]

4. She certainly had amazing knockers in "Trading Places"!

[dysfunctional press]

87. and her body still looked pretty good in "true lies"...

when she vas stripteasing ahnold.

[maxsolomon]

149. that was perhaps the first movie i saw that offended me.

misogynist to the core. that scene was disgraceful. everyone associated with it should be ashamed, jamie lee included.

she has an amazing body, but the XXY chromosomes just freaks me out.

[seabeyond]

153. i hated that scene and i was still young enough to not even get it

and that scene made me really uncomfortable as a female. it felt creepy, not erotic. about a year ago or more my fil had that movie on with all the grandkids running around and i was so pissed. since seeing the kind of man arnie is and the pig that he is i was ust so much more bothered by it.

[dysfunctional press]

172. the main reason that i like it is because i'm such a big arnold fan...

TOM arnold, that is.

he's one of my heroes, and he always cracks me up.
my biggest disappointment when schwarzenegger became the governator was that it meant that there would be no true lies 2 for tom arnold to star in.

[noamnety]

5. Great news for older women!

You can STILL be objectified as a member of the sex class!

Thank you so much, Jamie Lee.

[selador]

9. oh, cmon

one can be all for expressions of beauty, comfort with the naked human form and an appreciation of "la difference" (or for those attracted to members of the same sex - la sameness :) )

women (and men) can be proud of how they look AS WELL as other attributes. this old sk00l 1st wave feminist theory that women (or men) showing off their bodies "objectifies" them is a bit old. we are past that.

fwiw, she's a MOVIE STAR. and we like to look at beautiful people. i certainly do.

it's pretty cool that she did the non-airbrushed photo thang to inject some reality into the world of airbrush.

i also think it's great that she's promoting beauty in those over 50.

the human form EVOLVED to trigger recognition of its beauty. you can't get more natural than the appreciation of the naked human form.

i've done a bunch of strengthathlete contests and may do some bodybuilding ones in the future. will that "objectify" me? if so, that's my decision.

i think jamie lee curtis is beautiful. thought so ever since the first halloween flick and i totally support her here.

[noamnety]

20. No, "WE" are not past getting pissed that women's worth

comes from sexualized attention from others - or that we are commodified in that way.

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[selador]

72. i've worked with plenty of bodybuilders

fitness competitors, and models/actors

viva la objectification!

she's a MOVIE STAR for pete's sake.

deal with the fact that that is part of their JOB

to be objectified

men and women fwiw

[selador]

73. fine,. then YOU aren't

i am

i'll chill with bodybuilders,

fitness competitors, and models/actors

viva la objectification!

she's a MOVIE STAR for pete's sake.

deal with the fact that that is part of their JOB

to be objectified. to create an image. on celluloid. or digital these days

men and women fwiw

[cliffordu]

27. Well....

My 59 year old, intelligent, sensitive, powerful lovely wife LOVES it when I objectify HER. Then we act on it.

She showed me the Jamie Lee cover, by the way.

[Cerridwen]

47. Your wife is the spokesperson for all the women in the US?

Cool. Have I heard of her? She knows what all women in the US think and feel? Please, do tell.

[cliffordu]

52. Oh, please. That wasn't the implication at all and you know it.

:nopity:

[Cerridwen]

53. That was precisely the implication. My wife says it's okay so it's okay.

Nice try, though.

[cliffordu]

57. I was originally talking about objectification in a context other

than a completely pejorative one. I was saying it's Ok. We have an agreement. It's how we work.

She just goes along cause she's a helpless, shrill harpy. :sarcasm:

Who made YOU the objectification police, by the way?? Do you speak for all women?

Can we procreate without a modicum of objectifying taking place???

You are correct that sweeping generalities are not so good, I was merely sharing my experience.
YMMV, and probably does.

[Cerridwen]

63. No, I don't. Which was my point. Very few individuals speak for

"the whole." What you and your wife have, or me and my SO have, are not the standard by which we are all judged. But there is a standard whether we like it or not; I question the standard.

At no point did I suggest your wife to be what you posted. I did, however, ask if you thought your wife was the spokesperson for ALL; or at least whether you think she represents "the whole". You shared your experience in such a way as to imply that your experience is "standard"; that, is what I questioned.

I see you know that it is not that case that specific experiences apply to the general experience.

YMMV, too.

[TheWraith]

82. You have no more right to set a standard than his wife does.

If you're going to go after him over mentioning his wife's feelings without a page long disclaimer to avoid misinterpretation, then you also need to acknowledge that YOU are not the ultimate moral arbiter of what is and is not right in the world. Your opinion really isn't inherently worth more than hers just because you think you meet a certain minimum of moral outrage.

[woo me with science]

86. Maybe you should post a list

of which sexual attitudes are acceptable for women.

[roguevalley]

136. God, we old broads burned our bras for this? Oy, I have a headache.

:)

[EOTE]

106. I'd brush up on your logic a bit. And stop trying to put words in others mouths.

No one is suggesting that they're speaking for all women but yourself.

[El Pinko]

67. She's not "really" topless.

It's not like AARP is actually going to show her tits.

She's baring her shoulders in a pool - big whoop.

This is of so little significance - she's not old, nor is this photo remotely titillating.


Lots of women (especially actresses) are seen as sexy at 50 - check in again at 70!

A bigger problem for actors (especially women) of this age is getting good roles.


I hear a lot of complaints about "objectifying" and "commodifying" women. I really don't understand why objectifying a person's sex appeal is a bad thing.

In recent years, men have become just as objectified as women, with billboards of ripped bare-chested male models with their zippers open, etc.

Treating a person who is in your presence as a mere sexual object and not acknowledging their humanity may be degrading, but objectifying an image seems perfectly harmless, and in fact we are

genetically programmed to do so - to pick up sexual cues from a curve here, a sinew there, a wisp of body hair, a whiff of fragrance. Each of us has a unique set of things that "do it" for us,

but complaining about it is about as futile as complaining about nature itself.

How depressing it must be to go through life with the attitude of grumbling about objectification etc. instead of just enjoying a sexy attractive person's picture on a poster.

Objectifying human sexuality has been around a lot longer than any of us, and is not going away as long as there is a human sex drive.

[seabeyond]

68. i love the art work you dug up

i have been enjoying your posts....

[El Pinko]

88. Thanks, seabeyond, I've enjoyed yours too.

I'll probably piss you off now and then, too. I go for a long period of tranquility and then say the wrong thing and BANG! I'm an instant pariah.

Luckily for me, I'm getting less and less strident about a lot of things lately, so that does seem to be helping...

[seabeyond]

90. lucky

for all IF i get pissed off one moment, done with it the next....

none of it a big deal

[seabeyond]

124. hey dude

i am w tx too.

[roguevalley]

138. hey, el pinko, love the kitties. :)

[Art_from_Ark]

160. Yeah, really-- big whoop

I've seen evening dresses that reveal more than that.

[otherlander]

125. What if people *like* displaying their beauty?

It's not saying that one has to be physically attractive to be a valuable person, it's just... the human form.

[tavalon]

140. That was my thought exactly!

LOL. I'm going to be 45 this year and I'm reveling in finally being ignored, sort of. My friends recognize my intellect and my spirituality, both of which I don't mind being noticed for but finally, as I get a little sag in my chin and more than a little gray hair, my finer assets are finally being noticed and men are starting to look me in the face. It's refreshing.

I'm still beautiful, just not objectified and what a nice change! I really hope Jamie Lee uses the money she makes from that spread to get a bit of therapy so as to move into the wonderful aging process with a bit more equanimity. It's too bad to waste such a wonderful time in life chasing youth.

[seabeyond]

144. It's too bad to waste such a wonderful time in life chasing youth.

so right. exactly. enough, enough. i like your post.

[dsc]

6. I am not even her target audience and she is fabulous

I would love to look anywhere near that good at 50.

[stevedeshazer]

10. Nice rip from Free Republic!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990304/posts

The COVER of AARP? My mom will certainly be surprised!

[Diane R]

11. delete

[NashVegas]

15. I Wish She Could Pose Nude for Glamour and Teen Instead

I think JLC kicks major ass, just feel she's preaching to the choir, here. At 50, there's not much preventative stuff a woman can do to defy gravity at 50.

It's the 20 year olds who need to accept they are going to age, so ya better start taking care of it now.

[rurallib]

18. Is this sort of like the SI swimsuit issue?

Will horny teen age boys be sneaking it into their bedrooms?

[KG]

22. um,

i'll be in my bunk....

[rzemanfl]

23. I quit reading their magazine and being a member when they

had Kinda Sleazy Rice on the cover a few years back. I wrote a nasty note on their dues statement and enclosed the cover of their crappy magazine.

[Kittycat]

24. Didn't she have a boob job?

For all that it costs to have one done, I would expect that they still look good at 50... If that is the case.

[tavalon]

141. I did that silliness in my insecure twenties, and yes, they fucking defy gravity

It's amusing. I have the perky breasts of a teenager on a forty something's body. I wonder how very odd they will look when I'm ninety? Ah, to have had all the therapy I had in my thirties just one decade earlier. My money would have been much better spent on therapy than boobs, IMO.

[Elwood P Dowd]

25. Freeper: "Men attracted to her are closet homos".

From one of the posters on Free Republic. Just when you think these people couldn't get any more bat-shit crazy, something like this appears.

[JI7]

40. she looks like Rush Limbaugh's ex girlfriend from CNN

who they were drooling over at the time.

just because Curtis is liberal .......

[krispos42]

77. Then throw me in the closet!

I spent a lot of time watching her in "A Fish Called Wanda".

<sigh>

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

114. What I learned from that movie...

Life is not fair.

Kevin Kline got to feel up Jamie Lee Curtis, got paid for it, and then got an Academy Award.

Man, did I pick the wrong occupation!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

29. I've always admired this woman

She's never been shy about who she is and what she sees herself standing for.

"If you don't like what I'm doing or saying, tough shit." (<--- a made up quote to put an exclamation point on this post)

[Booster]

48. I worked with her mother on a tv show and it's easy to see where

Jamie gets her spunk from. Her mother was a wonderful, fun, down to earth woman and I enjoyed every minute spent with her. I love Jamie Lee and will always look up to her no matter what she chooses to do. You go, Girl.

[Stinky The Clown]

121. How was my made up "quote"?

For me, it seems very evocative of the woman.

[Booster]

132. Your made up quote was right on target and Jamie Lee would

say "Hell, yeah".

[Hekate]

31. Nip, tuck, lots of money for cosmetic procedures, lots of time in the gym...Sure, anyone can!

What bull.

Oh yeah, that and winning the genetic lottery. :eyes:

Hekate

[Sarah Ibarruri]

35. Wasn't it some years ago she posed with her sagging breasts to show what a "real"

woman without surgery looked like.

[Skittles]

37. mmmm you are way off base

she swore off plastic surgery some time ago and has been very candid about how genetics have not been kind to her

[Hekate]

89. 'Scuse me? "Genetics have not been kind to her?" That actually made me LOL

She's a very good looking woman. Aside from avoiding cigarettes and tanning salons, which are both ruinous to the skin, there's not much a woman can do to look that good at her age that doesn't involve a really good bone structure (genes) among other things.

Women on my father's side of the family tend to look quite a bit younger than their actual ages. Women on my mother's side of the family don't ever get mistaken for being a decade younger. That's not virtue, that's genetic luck.

For women with a Hollywood career a little medical help is almost a job requirement at some point, as are hours at the gym getting toned and keeping their weight at a minimum for their height.

Hekate

[dflprincess]

32. I imagine for AARP's membership,

50 is just a kid.

My mom is in her 80s and can't figure out why they start sending out membership offers to people when they get close to 50. (Of course, she developed this attitude after I got my first letter from them and I asked her if she wanted to add it to the other milestones in my baby book.)

[seabeyond]

33. that is funny. you are funny. ah ha....n/t

[miyazaki]

36. considering she might have been born with a

penis might assuage a few thoughts about her.

[seabeyond]

38. wtf

[MilesColtrane]

41. Get it right.

She was conceived with a penis, not born.

[Wednesdays]

44. Unsubstantiated rumor

http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jamie.asp

"It is a telling commentary on the skewed importance we give any matter relating to sexuality that this rumor exists at all. Numerous children come into the world less than perfectly formed, yet no stigma is attached to those who require surgery to repair a malfunctioning heart, a disorder of the digestive system, or almost any other condition unrelated to gender. Yet when the question of sexuality is raised, it's all whispers behind hands and meaningful looks.

As only someone who has seen True Lies can say, if that's not all woman, then maybe we need to rethink what is. And while we're at it, let's see if we can't rethink what's a fit topic for gossip and what isn't."

Touché.

[JenniferJuniper]

116. I've got a cousin who is an XY female

And there should be no stigma attached to it. While she's got the male chromosome, she simply never developed into a boy as her body doesn't process testosterone. Her doctors didn't even know about it until she was in her teens, and she is one of the most feminine people I know.

If the urban myth about Ms. Curtis is true, I'd guess one reason she hasn't acknowledged it is because she doesn't want to deal with any legal questions about her marriage. (Hell, if I were lucky enough to be married to Christopher Guest, I wouldn't rock that boat either! He goes past eleven.)

There are a fair number of people born with sex chromosome abnormalities. Raises all kinds of questions. How should we define "man" or "woman" - or "same sex marriage" for that matter?

[Vickers]

49. Did you know that "assuage" is an anagram of "sausage" ?

Hope this helps.

:eyes:

Seems like you have *ahem* sausage on the mind. :rofl:

[goodgd_yall]

59. Red flag

This is just the kind of think free republic people were saying.

[kineneb]

39. 50 is not old! Not at least in my family.

We tend to age well. Mom and Step-father still ski "downhill". I turn 50 in Aug... look maybe 40... still have pink stripes dyed in my hair...

The AAA insurance person said I could take the "Mature Driver" class after my birthday for a discount. Mature Driver? Mature Driver? Iiiieeeeeeehhhh! :crazy:

Now 65+, I could understand, but 50?

JLC doesn't look old to me. Adult, but not "old".

[skooooo]

42. got her daddy's eyes

[goodgd_yall]

54. She certainly does. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

142. That was the first thing I noticed. I never saw it when she was younger. Perhaps

it's the lack of make-up in the photo?

[Cerridwen]

45. "if they take care of their bodies." *sigh*

"If they take care of their bodies." I love Jamie Lee; she's done some wonderful things. But, (you know that was coming right?) how the fuck are women (or men) supposed to "take care of their bodies" without health care, without finances, without the time and money needed to "take care of their bodies."

Jamie, sweetheart, please come work my week (or anyone else's on this board), do dishes, laundry, mow the lawn, pay the bills, take care of the children, get the children to various events and practices, fix meals, grocery shop and THEN let me know when I've got time to "take care of {my} body". Add in any other daily errands and duties to which we're all subjected just to get from day to day, lather, rinse, repeat, then get back to me.

Great idea. Needs a reality check for the "rest of us".

[Berry Cool]

61. Yeah. And I'm sure "take care of their bodies" = "avoid gaining an ounce, and if you need work done,

by all means, get it done."

It's so easy, I don't know why ALL women don't do it, so they can be judged in accordance with their outward appearance for every single day of their lives. :puke:

[seabeyond]

62. isnt that the truth. i thought when i got old....

finally, it would be enough. but even that isnt happening. the same group is following me into old and 50 is suppose to look 30, 60 suppose to look 35... geez us just leave us alone.

[Cerridwen]

65. I can not say it better. So I won't try.

Thank you!

[alittlelark]

74. She has had Plastic Surgeons 'taking care of her body, for years.

Compare her 20something bod in 'Halloween' to the one she had in 'A Fish Called Wanda' and other movies.

She works out, and eats right, but there are quite a few professional nips, tucks and expansions that have helped as well.

[seabeyond]

78. no way.... she advocates embracing who you are... no. tell me it aint so.... n/t

[noamnety]

84. Yes, she's had plastic surgery.

she's admitted to that. plastic surgery, lipo, botox.

But she's here to show us how great we can look if we "take care of ourselves."

[seabeyond]

85. lmao... wait now, plastic surgery, and she is saying this is how you are suppose to

look at 50 simply taking care of self.

this is now a funny.

before i didnt care that much. well i still dont care that much. but geeeeezzzzzz... plastic surgery to look younger and then say and you too can look this good...


with? surgery?

[pitohui]

92. using technology is part of how you take care of yourself

a slender white woman of 50 cannot have both a full life and a perfectly smooth complexion, so, yes, botox or another way to remove the lines that are a natural part of being an active woman who goes outdoors in california and lives life ... that's part of it

she didn't say "simply" take care of self, she said to take care of self, nothing in there suggests that it is simple or cheap or easy -- if it were simple or cheap or easy, every woman of 50 would look as good

everything in life has a price and looking good at 50 has a high price in both time and money, nothing simple about it

the average person doesn't even look good at 20, so we have to be realistic about how much we can do unless we're willing to work at it

i tire of stars pretending that it's easy to look good, when they have an enormous investment in time and money required to look good -- and they can really only do it all because they are being paid to do it

we'd all look as good as curtis if, as part of our job duties, we spent hours a day on our bodies and skin

not to say i don't admire her work and her spirit, i absolutely DO admire her

but to pretend that all you have to do is work out every day and that you'll look like that at 50, esp. with white skin, come on, you have to use technology and not just sunscreen

she's trying to keep it "real" but where she's coming from, she can't even see real from there

[seabeyond]

93. i dont pay a lot of attention. i remember her going thru speel about loving self

and showing looks aging without touch up. and hearing pieces her saying love who she is.... au natural. nips, tucks and botox are not the cover girl for au natural. that is all. i dont care what she does to make herself feel good. it is all good to me. her choices and certainly not criticizing it. it is the implying you too can look young.... at cost.

[pitohui]

95. "au natural" may not mean what you think it means

all it means is that she took her clothes and make-up off -- which she did for ONE particular and very well publicized shoot some years back which showed she had very mild cellulite on her thighs (as all slender women in their 40s do) -- it also means that she insisted on the photo NOT being air-brushed

"au natural" in other words means nude, it does not mean that a person never used any technology at any point at any time in the past

i don't think she's IMPLYING you too can look good (or at least better) for a price in time and money, i think she's damn well saying outright that you can

[seabeyond]

99. if she is promoting you too can look like this, uses touchup, surgery and not disclose

then there is a problem. otherwise, who cares.

[alittlelark]

101. Check it out for yourself.

Google pics of her from 'Halloween', and compare them to pics from other movies.

There is a definite 'chest expansion'.. other things..

[seabeyond]

102. boobs too? now my world is shattered

lol. ah well. lol. i would be a bit shy to stand and say, look what you can do with the right plastic surgeon. she could just enjoy without promoting it as something else. i dont need to compare no boobies, lol thanks.

[noamnety]

75. Thank you.

That was part of what made me roll my eyes, but I didn't manage to get that part into words.

There was that sense that all's not lost, if you do it "right" like she has, you don't have to despair, you can be this age and not look repulsive. IF you do it right. The rest of the women, well, they should have taken better care of themselves. And so here is another standard to hold up, so women examining her up close and in detail can feel less than adequate if they don't measure up.

[treestar]

109. Have to agree - the reason she can look good at 50 is

1. genes
2. it's part of her job description
3. wealth

Still, it's great that she can do it now; when movie stars turned 50 in earlier times, they had no such opportunity. I actually feel bad for Liz Taylor; once so beautiful, she had to age and hear more about it than most women do, because we weren't that gorgeous in the first place.

[riverdeep]

148. Kind of funny that male stars never worry about this stuff.

Jack Nicholson now looks like some crazed homeless person, but keeps getting roles and actually gets his 'virility' talked up. Not to mention Eastwood, Pacino, Hoffman and many more. Starlets have a short shelf life.

[mondo joe]

167. But Jack was always about character rather than looks. George Clooney, on the other

hand, has already acknowledged having had cosmetic surgery in recent years.

[otherlander]

126. Good point.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. Speak for yourself, Jamie Lee.

I look like a sack of doorknobs.

[Vickers]

50. I've always pictured you as a total babe.

:thumbsup:

[seabeyond]

58. lol..... ahhhhh n/t

[vixengrl]

51. I have always found her very attractive--

even as she has aged, she has grown even more into herself, and is as lovely as ever. I think her self-awareness, and knowledge of her worth, is a part of that. I admire her pride in showing her age.

[goodgd_yall]

55. Same here

I saw her once when I was in a shop on Melrose Ave. in LA. I was just looking around and then a camera crew pulled up and Jamie Lee appeared. That was cool.

[XOKCowboy]

56. Thank you. Exactly my sentiments

I've been jealous of Christopher Guest for years and years for those very reasons. Jeez she's been married to him forever, has regrets about neglecting her kids when they were growing up. She's the all-American woman. Considering how most Hollywood kids turn out, she's in magnificent shape physically, mentally and spiritually.

[undeterred]

60. She wouldn't be dinner for 3 cannibals.

If that sounds terrible, you didn't see the other post that would make sense of it. :hi:

[baldguy]

64. My sister turns 50 this week.

She doesn't look like Jamie Lee Curtis, though.

[1]

66. so...

we get to check out your implants to show what?

[BlooInBloo]

69. I think it's weird that women get bugged about not being as hot when they're 50 as they were at 20..

... But I suppose if they can convince everyone that they're just as hot, more power to 'em.

[seabeyond]

70. i think it is weird that i am expected to be bugged or others are bugged for me

that i am not the same at 50 (not there yet, lol clarification) as i was at 20.

i would love to be able to be 50. seems to be a whole lot of others that have issue with women aging.

[BlooInBloo]

71. I don't know exactly what that means, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't apply to what I said.

[kineneb]

107. I'm better in many ways, at 49

then I was in my 20s, thanks to the right psych meds and lots of therapy. I am now more me (but still a work in progress), not a jumble of mental issues in a skinny bod. And I mean in many ways...:evilgrin:

[roguevalley]

139. 50 was wonderful. I recommend it. Much nicer than the younger

years. IMO

[Withywindle]

76. She's awesome!

For what it's worth, my mom's second career is as an international dancer (her main focus is Middle-Eastern/belly dancing). She *started* the training in her 40s. And she was obsessive - practice 5 or 6 hours a day for 10 years. She makes a living at it now, both teaching and performing (nightclubs, weddings, conventions, you name it) and finances her travel with it. She's in Bali at the moment taking workshops in traditional Indonesian shadow-puppetry in exchange for teaching dance workshops.

She's 59, and, objectively speaking, she's prettier and in better physical shape than me (I'm 38). Not that her looks really matter - as sexy as her dancing is, what matters is her artistry and the joy she takes in it, and that joy is contagious and spreads to her audience and her students.

When I was a child, she was a public school teacher, and she was decent at it and that's a more "respectable" profession for sure, but the truth is, she largely hated it and she was bitter, and I felt the effects of that too.

I'm all in favor of women doing what THEY want, not what other people tell them they *should* want.

[defendandprotect]

79. What was Jamie Lee Curtis' last movie . . . ??? In other words . . .

she and we may love her --- but has agining kept her from finding acting roles?

[defendandprotect]

81. PLUS, for anyone thinking about reaching 50, let me recommend it . . .

for me there were great physical and intellectual benefits ---

Embrace it --- !!!

[pitohui]

94. there are no intellectual benefits to reaching 50

it seems to be the little dirty secret that no one tells you the truth about what happens to the aging brain and by aging i don't mean 85, either

some of it is that many many people never had a good memory to begin with, so they don't notice anything but if you once had a photographic memory then it's just horrifying to see what happens to your brain or to friend's brains even in their forties as a natural result of the aging process, or of chemo, or of other medicines, or of peri-menopause and menopause -- jokes about CRS (can't remember shit) are increasingly sad as time goes on

i'm not sure what the purpose in lying to people is, if you love life, you would like to have more of it ahead of you, if you love physical activity, you would love to have that physical strength and response time, if you love using your head, you love having that fast recall and reaction time that you did in your youth -- it is better to be younger than to be older, it's just that we aren't given the choice and we have to learn to accept what can't be changed -- but it doesn't mean i need to be insulted and treated as a moron and humored by someone feeding me a stack of lies

pretending that it's better to be older than it is to be younger is pretty much saying, you know what? i don't respect your intelligence, i think you're an old fool who can't handle the truth any more, so i'll humor you with this "you're not getting older, you're getting better" crap since you're stupid enough to believe it

i have to either age or die, but please do me the courtesy of not feeding me a pack of lies along the way

[seabeyond]

98. but there are a zillion things i love at this age over my youth. are you kidding

i love this age, 46. i love the life. i love who i am. i even love the way i look, even with age. getting old sucks, ya and things change, but i dont think it has to be what you create either.

[defendandprotect]

119. Try to stay medicine free if you can --- see my message above . . .

Politics certainly raises the blood pressure --- !!!

Eat lots of fresh/raw fruits vegetables --- celery, carrots, cucumbers --- avocado -- etal.

they keep your cholesterol low and decrease your blood pressure.

A vegetarian/vegan diet is also helpful for the body and brain ---

STAY AWAY FROM SALT as much as possible ---
and SUGAR ---

I hope you continue to age well and happily ---!!!

[treestar]

111. Wisdom

Better perspective. Just because you don't remember details as fast doesn't mean you are less intelligent. Look up the details on the internet if needed. But as to which details to look up - you have a much broader perspective and are much less likely to waste time chasing the wrong ones or even being distracted by the wrong ones.

Also, much of it is not age. Even young people can't keep track of everything. There's so much detail out there with the information explosion. Now it's more of a matter of knowing where to find them rather than just having them memorized.

[seabeyond]

115. my family, friends, ... we al embrace and love my fuzzy brain that no longer

even tries to remember all things. a couple years ago i was beating myself up for not remembering and one day it hit me... i am remembering for two young sons and a husband, school stuff, where everything is, work stuff for hubby all the stuff they need in their lives that they cant remember, ... i do it for them. and really really well.

i told self, ... hey, quit beating up that brain, it is doing a fine job for me.

so... i see where i have focused, i am not concerned and dont even try to put some stuff in head, other stuff too important. priority

[defendandprotect]

118. Sorry if that is your experience . . . !!!

I do agree that there are young people who never seem to exercise their brains and they don't
improve as they age --

Certainly, our diets --- especially animal eating/dairy --- will harm the brain just as it harms
the body.

I also agree that "medicines" will overall harm the body and brain ---
I'm trying to get off of a high blood pressure medicine I've been taking for a little more than a year --- it makes me feel like a zombie! Ironically, I have a dentist who is making the same complaint and says that he's going to find a holistic doctor who doesn't think everything is solved with a pill and who understands natural methods!

I am recognizing that a small quantity --- a half of an organic carrot and one and half stalks of celery plus some fruit --- every day -- and salads with meals --- reduces my blood pressure --
but I've got to prove it to the doctor.

As many before me have said, I wouldn't be young again if I had to be as dumb as I was then!

Again, I'm sorry that your experiences aren't what you would wish them to be ---

[riverdeep]

150. You get better at getting the big picture as you get older.

There are trade-offs. Being young also can mean being at the whim of impulses you barely understand. So, I don't think it's that cut and dried. Besides, a couple hundred years ago, in Europe anyway, 35 was the life-span.

[eridani]

161. Pulleeze Louise! I can still sing Tom Lehrer's entire repertory from memory

It's the short term stuff that tends to be not quite up to previous standards.

[TheWraith]

83. I think it may have been more horrible taste in movies.

No offense intended to her, but the last ten years of her career has mostly been bombs and stinkers. For that matter, looking over her youth, I don't exactly see classics.

[treestar]

110. I don't even believe that's true at this point in time

Baby boomers are into their 50s, so there is plenty of motive for Hollywood to tell stories about older people.

[lumberjack_jeff]

91. I get confused.

Is the problem that we objectify women, or that we're too selective in whom we objectify?

Jamie Lee Curtis looks great and is almost as good an actress as Kathy Bates.

[pitohui]

96. do "we" objectify women or do YOU objectify women?

no offense but i'm getting real annoyed about being told what "we" do when i'm not part of the problem and never participated in the nefarious activity at hand

[lumberjack_jeff]

100. It's not my OP, but I am a participant in DU. Thus "we". n/t

[Ellen Forradalom]

97. Well, we are certainly not washed up as sexual beings at 50 and beyond...

..As far as beauty goes, well, that's in the eye of the beholder.

[bbgrunt]

105. oh great. Now we can extend the barbie syndrome into

retirement and beyond.

[kineneb]

108. no way. back away from my chocolate or else it gets ugly. n/t

[seabeyond]

113. ah ha ha... funny funny n/t

[negativenihil]

112. LOL

"She's a MAN, baby!"

[defendandprotect]

120. Jamie Lee Curtis is beautiful and intelligent --- and love her hair . . .

which looks natural -- ???

But, what I'm trying to point out is that we all need to fight a society which can plainly

see the beauty and the brains, but wants to ignore that in women over 36 --- !!!


We continue to glorify males at every age ---
Let's do the same for females ---


PS: I'm disappointed that I have no awareness of Jamie Lee Curtis as a political person;
I know she is well-burdened with conscience so that is a loss --- and she is very talented/
artistic -- intelligent. Then, again, I have no idea who she may support --- just guessing
that she would be progressive but don't really know ---
Actually, duh . . . what she is doing here is in a sense political in the sense of standing
against conformity, tradition, American stupidity --- Puritanism . . .

Has she taken an anti-war position?

[omega minimo]

128. There's more to the interview and the story than TITS. Too bad its beyond you.

[Smith_3]

130. I am male, below thirty, and totally into women in their fifties. nt

[Missy Vixen]

137. I have to ask

BTW, Smith_3, welcome to DU.

I'm 47. If anyone flirts with me these days, it's guys that are late 20's - early 30's. What is it? I'm curious. (It's VERY flattering, but I sometimes wonder what it is with guys in my own age group...)

Seriously, I'm looking forward to your comments. In the meantime, Jamie Lee Curtis is even more beautiful now than when she was young, in my opinion.

Julie

[Smith_3]

164. I think its a number of things.

For one, I think once a young guy gets some experience with women his age, often he realizes that they tend to be very passive lovers. That is ok and natural of course, but many guys want to be the passive part sometimes IMO.

Second, young girls that are considered attractive often behave very spoiled and throw tantrums about things that a guy considers very minor (like when you fail to find the bracelet she wants after searching shops for two hours). This can be extremely annoying. Women always appear to be much more self dependent, when they are a little older.

Third, and this is my personal opinion: As women get older and maybe have some children, their body just looks more developed. I cannot tell you precisly what it is, but somewhat wide hips, and slight wrinkles around the thighs just totally turn me on. I also don't like thongs and that complete hair removal stuff at all, and young women seem to be rather influenced by Cosmopolitan in this regard.

And last, I really think that most men are a closeted oedipus, and as they reach a certain age and become more self-confident, they stop feeling ashamed of it.

[seabeyond]

165. you

are an interesting person, and i totally enjoyed your post. thank you for sharing. in the past i use to hear men that had varyng appreciation of female. today.... well, men are acting a bit differently

[Smith_3]

168. Something additional to consider:

I read somewhere (I think it was in Allan & Barbara Pease "Why Men Don't Listen & Women Can't Read Maps") that a man's sexual drive declines with age, while a woman's sexual drive grows with age.

They claimed that with regards to interest in sexual activity, women around fifty matched men in their twenties (relatively high level of interest) and men around fifty matched women in their twenties (relatively low level of interest).

So biologically, the socially "normal" setting of a relationship with approximately equally aged partners isn't the ideal case :)

[seabeyond]

169. males peak at 19, females 43

i didnt share, cause i didnt want to hurt any egos, but.... you are right. i read it in a college psych book years ago. 19 seems awfully young though

[OnionPatch]

131. Good, I can use some encouragment.

My 50th will be coming up very soon. And people have always told tell me I look like Jamie Lee Curtis. Well, unfortunately, everywhere but the bustline. :cry:

[Perry Logan]

133. I am an old dog.

[stubtoe]

143. I think I want to read the "Live to 100" article in that issue!

And to Jamie: Good for you, girl. I like people with self-confidence.

[seabeyond]

145. strippin naked = self confident. hm. didnt know. hey

i want to get the mag too, and check it out. seeing i am getting up there. never bought an old mag before. will be something new, like my parent mags, teen mags... a whole knew group

[stubtoe]

170. Once you get past the "old mag" factor, there's actually some good stuff in there.

I surreptitiously grabbed a copy from the gym last week. I learned customer self-defense tactics that actually look pretty useful.

Gack. Maybe I should just get it over with and join up. :)

[seabeyond]

171. lol lol lol

i am 46 so at the low end of the wrung. but i tend to like to know what is coming and be wellinformed before i need somethig. so it is a cool reminder i might want to check it out.

thanks

[JackRiddler]

151. JackRiddler: Oh shit, Jamie Lee Curtis is FIFTY and selling drugs for old people on the tube.

How did THAT happen?

I mean, she was so... young. Just yesterday, in the 1980s. When the world was still sort of the same place, with a lot fewer people on the Internet.

Trading Places. Halloween, fer Chrissakes.

Someone's making a mistake here. Help!!!

[mondo joe]

154. I hope people find me attractive at 50, though I have a few years to go. NT

[Manifestor_of_Light]

157. Then there's Dame Judi Dench.

She plays "M" in all the James Bond movies.

I read an article not too long ago where the author was SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU that Dame Judi was still SEXUAL!! And she's a lot older than Jamie Lee.

No, we don't shrivel up and blow away when we turn 50.....

[seabeyond]

158. one of the reasons i love

meet the fockers.....

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

166. I must be of the few that never felt Jamie Lee Curtis to be physically attractive and it

always puzzled me and still does as to why people, especially men think she is not only attracive, but sexy and beautiful.

I think she is plain except for her smile. She does have a beautiful smile.