BACK TO THE NOW: Lea Thompson Living Through Her BTTF Age

IN A RECENT INTERVIEW with HuffPost Live, actress Lea Thompson addressed the fact that she is now the same age as her role in Back to the Future 2. " By the way, she happens to be turning 53 tomorrow!

     Here's the link: "Lea Thompson: I've Finally Aged Into My 'Back to the Future' Character".

     It's pretty cool to see how her face has aged in comparison to what the makeup artists envisioned for the movie. Click on the image to get a closer look at the numerous wrinkles on her face.

     Too bad that we have to wait another 25 years to see how Grandma Lorraine compares to Grandma Lea.

AGING ON FILM: Julia Roberts in Mirror Mirror

HAVE YOU ever wondered what Julia Roberts will look like 35 years from now? Well, look no further. Thanks to the recent theater release of Mirror Mirror, you can see her as an old crone on a twenty-two-foot-tall movie screen near you. Our dear Julia is currently starring as the Evil Queen opposite Lily Collins' Snow White character and in a scene where she transforms into an old lady, she appears to be around 80 years old through the skillful application of some great prosthetics and makeup.

No Stage Without Age

I STUMBLED ONTO this tasty article on Tumblr. It's in Italian and it explains, step-by-step, how to apply age makeup on a woman for the stage. I don't understand it but you don't need to to appreciate it. Enjoy.

GGO Birthday - GWEN STEFANI

Happy 42nd birthday to Gwen Stefani! She may be the latest spokesmodel for L'Oréal Paris but Miss Gwen is fast approaching the age illustrated here by the talented Grumplebits from Worth1000.com. Who knows? Maybe she'll be the spokesmodel for L'Oréal Gériatrique when the time comes.

High Fashion's High Toll on Amber Valetta's Beauty

Allow me to ask the following question: What if supermodel Amber Valetta had been born, way beyond yesterday, in the year 1899 and modeled throughout those years up to and including the year 2019?
     Would you be curious to see what she'd look like as she aged? Well, W Magazine and talented photographer Steven Klein did the imagining for us and came up with a brilliant "One for the Ages" photo shoot for the September 2011 issue.
     Amber is hot, without a doubt, and I'm convinced that, if she takes good care of herself, she'll age really well into her 60s and and possibly 80s. However, 120 years old? Judging by the photos, I'm not sure I'd want to hook up with her at that stage. Kinda creepy, if you ask me. Gotta admit though, my tastes have always leaned towards the more mature woman and the older I get, the older a woman I am interested in. So, based on that, when I'm 80 or 90, a 120-year-old woman may seem quite fetching to me.

You can read an interview about the shoot on the Forbes Web site:
FORBES: Amber Valletta On Aging Beautifully, Why Digital Photography Has 'Taken Away Our Humanness'

GGO NEWS: KATE WINSLET REJECTS PLASTIC SURGERY

I've always loved Kate Winslet. She's my kind of woman and her recent statements have re-enforced that for me. She's a huge advocate for women aging without the help of plastic surgery.

She, Rachel Weisz (another of my favorites) and Emma Thompson have banded together to form the British Anti-Plastic Surgery League to fight for pride, wrinkles and the right to age gracefully.

She was quoted as saying that such practices "go against my morals."

You can read more about it at The Guardian.

Warehouse 13 - TV Age Progression

Syfy Channel aired an episode of Warehouse 13 titled Age Before Beauty this week, in which several runway models end up missing or dead after having their youth stolen from them.
As with any good AP-themed show, a beautiful, female, main character gets involved. In this case, beautiful U.S. Secret Service agent Myka goes undercover as an up and coming model. She eventually is subjected to the same aging effects that the dead or missing models had been.
     I pasted together some of the key moments from the episode; moments that I particularly enjoyed. The make-up wasn't half bad IMHO.
     Myka is portrayed by the beautiful Joanne Kelly. I think I'm in love with her. Anyway, I strongly urge you to watch this episode if you are interested in age progression.