Happy 50th birthday Tom Cruise – will his birthday help change perceptions of age?
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Article by Fabafterfifty. Whether or not his 50th birthday is a happy day for Tom Cruise in light of his wife filing for divorce less than a week of his landmark birthday, only he will know. Landmark birthdays marking the end of one decade and the start of a new are often occasions when we reflect on achievements and challenges of the past, and look towards our life and hopes for the next 10 years. For Tom, no doubt his thinking on both fronts will be going into overdrive! Putting his marital difficulties aside, does Tom Cruise turning 50 help change the perceptions of age. He still plays the romantic lead, still plays the action hero and the still draws in the box office crowds Nobody seems to suggest that he should be swapping the silver screen for his pipe and slippers just yet! 50 is far from old Will...
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Are women over 50 feeling pressured to have botox when seeking employment?
Article by Fabafterfifty According to Kim Cattrall in a recent interview in the LA Times, where she was discussing her role in her latest film Meet Monica Velour, she felt apprehensive about playing a part which required her to put on 20 lbs and go through much of the film wearing no make-up. “I didn’t know whether I could do it, because to be that stripped of makeup, clothes, shoes, in Hollywood, you have to be beautiful; you have to be desirable. And that’s why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, “Why do women do this?”Where do you go in your 50s in your career?” Not just actresses feeling pressured to look younger But it’s not just actresses who are feeling pressured to have botox and plastic surgery in order to further their careers....
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