Posted on 02/17/2004 5:15:25 PM PST by MindBender26
READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP:
Hemlines, rather than hairlines, are usually the fashion world’s focus, but Katie Couric’s current ’do may be worthy of special scrutiny. The new bangs she’s been sporting on the “Today” show lately aren’t just part of a trend — sources said they’re about to double as camouflage.
America’s Pixie is on the verge of going under the knife for a major brow-lift courtesy of Dr. Craig Foster, the plastic surgeon best known for reconstructing the face of the Central Park jogger, according to sources familiar with the situation.
While such a procedure might seem a bit drastic in the age of drive-through Botoxing, Couric and her TV personality peers have a new reason to be afraid about losing their looks — high-definition television. The super-sharp imagery of HDTV is infamously pitiless about its subjects’ looks. “In the last few months, I’ve had three major TV people come in expressing specific high-definition television concerns,” said plastic surgeon Dr. Cap Lesesne.
“HDTV is a nightmare,” said one beauty editor. “I would be surprised if she wasn’t considering surgery.” The “Today” show isn’t currently broadcast in HDTV, but NBC was an early adopter and it will likely happen sooner rather than later.
A spokeswoman for Foster said, “We do not know anything about it,” and a “Today” spokeswoman declined comment.
Last fall, New York magazine named Foster one of “beauty’s best” doctors in the city, and noted that he had started using the Endotine brow-lift treatment that sources said Couric will likely undergo. Endotine patients have small incisions made in the forehead where tiny hooks are inserted that pull the skin of the brow taut. Six to eight weeks after insertion, the skin resettles at the higher elevation, while the hooks — which are biodegradable —gradually melt away six months later. Initially, the change in appearance can be jarring, and during those six weeks the patient’s skin gradually crawls up her face — something “Today” show obsessives might chart if Couric’s new bangs (a common camouflage technique) weren’t in place.
“In her business, and I know her very well,” said Lesesne, “there’s a life span, and there are hundreds of people behind her who want her job. And this is her image she’s protecting.” —
It's 1977. A 13 year old boy says his bedtime prayers................
Boy: "God, please let me grow up to marry Farrah Fawcett someday."
God: "No!"
Boy: "But why? Haven't I been a good boy?"
God: "Trust me on this one. You'll thank me when you're 40."
Boy: "God, please let me grow up to marry Farrah Fawcett someday."
God: "No!"
Boy: "But why? Haven't I been a good boy?"
God: "Trust me on this one. You'll thank me when you're 40."
I wouldn't be at all surprised if that 13 year old boy became an Athiest......
Those images are already "full size"...whew.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
. Ewwwwwwwwww .....LMAO
EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!
PS: That picture of Farrah was hideous. Too bad folks can't just grow old gracefully, like in the good old days.
Yes. But when he turned 40 in 2004 and saw Farrah after her plastic surgery........HE WAS BORN AGAIN!!.......HALLELUJAH!!!......PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
Hepatitis B, on the other hand...
(Come on! You were thinking it!)
Hell, for CNBC prime time those are blockbuster numbers. I agree, though, that Dennis doing his "Weekend Update" schtick without any laughter, except from a few union guys on the set (who often don't get the jokes), is very uncomfortable and disconcerting for the viewer.
Roger Ailes had to think he is the luckiest man in the world.
Also agreed. Everyone at MSNBC and on news junkie mailing lists are jumping up and down with glee because they're getting rid of Sorenson. But most of them, surprisingly, don't seem to have a clue what they're in for when Rick Kaplan comes barging through the door. It'll probably get pretty ugly, especially given that MSNBC's newsroom culture has always been relatively conservative-tolerant.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.