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Women in Film scold panty-less Britney

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Attention, Britney, Lindsay, Paris and anyone else caught panty-less by the paparazzi.

Accepting the Dorothy Arzner Award from her pal Diane Keaton at the Women in Film Crystal Awards, writer/producer/director Nancy Meyers ("Baby Boom," "The Holiday," "The Parent Trap") had a few choice words about this excruciatingly revealing new trend.
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“What's up with those women in Hollywood who try giving women a bad name? The ones who think it's okay to drink and drive, and they don't wear underwear? I understand burning your bra, but it is NOT okay not to wear underpants!”

Needless to say, she got massive applause.

"The Devil Wears Prada" star Emily Blunt politely wore MaxMara to accept the MaxMara Award. Chandra Wilson and the women of "Grey's Anatomy," including Kate Walsh, accepted their Lucy Award.

At the tail end of a long evening honoring Blythe Danner and Kathleen Kennedy and featuring presenters Steven Spielberg and Diahann Carroll,  Renee Zellweger accepted her Crystal award from Mr. Movies himself, Harvey Weinstein.

Earlier in the evening, Big H had been the last to arrive at his table next to the stage in the Beverly Hilton ballroom.

The table was full. Only one seat was vacant, the unwanted seat, the seat with its back to the stage.

Harveywein_polk_14332762_600Slowly, the movie mogul circled the table, eyeing all the other occupied seats until... an underling finally realized someone was supposed to jump up and offer Big H their seat. Which someone very quickly did.

Thank God.

Anyway, after Harvey talked about how Renee is the angel to his devil and read some of her sweet emails to the audience (isn't that against the law?), the award-winning actress held  up her trophy, thanked everyone profusely and smiled her trademark squinty smile.

""I didn't expect this to be such an emotional experience," said the perpetually Carolina Herrerra clad actress. "Now my fake eyelashes are going to fall off!"

Photo Credits: Chris Polk/FilmMagic

Comments

FENIX

I like it a lot! Very useful. Many thanks. All the best!

Jennifer Geary

I loved that Aidan Dowling cartoon about Paris - two girls in a shi-shi clothes store. One of them has a diamond-studded bracelet around her ankle. Her friend is knocked out by it and says "Omigod! A Paris Hilton offenders' bracelet!" You can see it free at www.aidandowling.com Seriously though, is this all getting out of hand?

Gracie

Yes there are many causes that are more worthy of our time than whether they have on panties but I don’t think any of us are thinking about them now since we are reading about their panties...or lack there of. The event was not a social justice rally....Diane Keaton is very capable of speaking her mind and frequently does but they weren’t there to do that.

I see nothing wrong with the older generation speaking out against issues they think drag down the industry. They won’t bother my three daughters because I taught them to get out of a car without showing their C U Next Tuesday to the world.

As far as Paris' sentence....I could care less.

Henry Miller

People should wear underwear for the same reason they should wear sox with shoes. Maybe sstore silgns should now read: No shirt, no shoes, no panties, no service.

Jane

"But is it okay to violate the equal protection clause in the Constitution, in order to make a rich girl serve 23 in solitary confinement while the poor women who commit DUI probation violations go home with an ankle bracelet on the first day" Patricia

Exactly!!

This is such a farce. For some odd reason bad boys have been around for ages, bad rich boys and for some odd reason they don't serve time in jail. Heck if you're a guy you can kill someone and not spend time in jail and Paris is used as an example.

I wonder what George Bush was doing when he was 25 years old. Why don't we follow old men around who date 25 year olds, we can use tele photo lens to capture their old privates in action. You think old rich men aren't doing "immoral" things, but you know if someone caught Rupert Murdoch doing something skanky they wouldn't dare air that, number one he owns everything, number two he would serve someone another hole if you know what I mean.

Yeah Paris Hilton is a real menace to society she is the reason we are in Iraq, she is the reason there are no jobs, she's the reason that smut reality TV has taken over...she produces all of the shows and she owns Halliburton...oh no that's not Paris that is some old guy, but lots more fun to make fun of a young pretty person than a old man that can hit back.

All of these people with power who talk about Lindsey and Britney and Paris are such cowards . There are people doing real things (killing people, stealing people's retirement...) that actually have an impact on everyday people, but no one says anything about them...this is just bullying and a scary double standard.

If you're a woman (not married yet or well and don't you dare be pretty) you better be on your best behavior at all times or the corporate media will put you in your place, but if you're a guy you can cheat on your wife while she has cancer (Antonio Villaraigoisa) ...you know people saw and heard about that, but nothing...in LA the mayor is cheating on his wife nothing. Antonio is every where I can't go anywhere without seeing his happy cheesy grin.

This is nothing but sexism.

No one has the right to take a crotch shot of you as you're getting out of your car, it's BS that we're calling out the targets of these jerks, but not the jerks.

You know what's going to happen? Eventually they are going to start going after regular people, people like your daughters. If your daughter has over 1000 friends on a MYSPACE page it must mean she is a celebrity and has the right to be photo raped, because some jerk got a crotch shot of her...

Yeah the people here have a completely warped way of dealing with problems.

So what's the next thing people are going to say if you get shot in a bad neighborhood you should move. If you get car jacked that's what you get for having a flashy car...If someone beats you up you shouldn't have left the house.

No talent hacks like Nancy Meyers just got lucky her movies aren't all that ground breaking, she's just safe. She makes safe easy movies and as her movies she takes safe easy stands. There are plenty of people to make fun of to take a stand against 22 year olds, well that's just completely ridiculous. 22 year olds are going to act crazy, its part of American culture, but what would we expect from a 60 year old women. The only difference between seniors now and thirty years ago is that the seniors now have plastic surgery, but their mindset is the same.

Actually people I know who are in their 80s are much more open minded than these aging babyboomers. They started the freelove sex thing, but now they are more moralistic than the Taliban.

She's 60, a 60 year old women from a priviledged background and now she's going to judge, nice...has she ever even had a real job before? Yes I know that Paris hasn't but Paris isn't going around telling people how they should or should not act, she's rich and she knows it and doesn't try to play the "I'm going to tell you" card. No one who has been in Hollywood their whole life can tell anyone about what they should or should not be doing.

Giving money, fine, being moralistic, oh please...Paris wouldn't be Paris if it weren't for the studios.

Jane

Jon B.

To Mickey, I suppose Jihab wearing women with hairy arms are better than our American women. It's funny how so many foriegners come to our country and then insult our morals and ethics. I have Indian neighbors and they only learned how to use a toilet when they came to the US. Let's talk about French women, who don't even shower daily. Give me a break- if you don't like our women-go back to the most likely 3rd world from where you came.

Ronald Stuckey

Paris seems to thrive on the bad girl image and constant attention so maybe that's what would make the most suitable punishment for her. They should shackle her in chains, lop off her hair and put her in a cell with a hardened criminal then photograph her with all the bruises the next day. Awwww, poor little girl. Did you have a bad day in prison?

Mickey

Everytime I meet an American actress/model/singer I wonder if she has no panty down there. To a large extent, this is how the world sees American girls.

OhPlz

Give me a break patricia. It wasnt her first offense, she violated her probation. As for the equal protection clause, Paris is in the infirmary, not solitary confinement. Far from solitary confinement. Why is she there? Because every incarcerated woman in that joint would love to send her home looking a like a rag doll! Did you not hear of the threats to her life? Paris should have to serve her entire sentence to send a good message to all her fans across the world. You do the crime, you do the time!

Patricia

It's not okay to drink and drive, we've got it.

But is it okay to violate the equal protection clause in the Constitution, in order to make a rich girl serve 23 in solitary confinement while the poor women who commit DUI probation violations go home with an ankle bracelet on the first day?

Talk about giving women a bad name.I think it gives women a bad name to ignore facts and violate equal protection.

I think it gives women a bad name they don't care about basic logic.

For example this logic:

We're going to teach Paris that she's no different from anyone else, and we're going to do it by giving her a sentence that is far harsher than anyone else's.

Doesn't it give women a bad name when women abuse logic like that?

What a farce. I'm afraid when the country is the hands of people whose ability to use basic logic is that poor.

stretcharmstrong

Parent Trap? Baby Boom? Who the hell has heard of these movies? Snatch shots have
to be more entertaining.

aaprime

At the end of the day, beginning of the party, or after a few drinks does it reallly matter if these women are wearing panties? The much more socially responsible question, which incidently is why one of the afore-mentioned celebutants is now in the LA County jail and another is perilously close to incarceration, is why not call a taxi or friend to come get you when you are drunk?

Part of the real reason young women get drunk is to say that the alcohol made me do it. So the panties are coming off anyway. When you are drunk I don't really care how you drive the men crazy, but don't drive a car.

Mary

I live in Pittsburgh Pa. I don't always wear panties. But, I think, if I had a swarm of photographers after me, I would at least apply tasteful lipstick to my "lips.". Sounds to me as though this is an issue for Max Factor to address. Maybe a new line of Bare Minerals.

Imagine the infomercials. I see another comeback for Cher.

Seriously, the real issue here is the brave stand these women have taken against the barbaric custom of wearing thongs.

Finally, if a woman in a Burqa leaves her panties unworn, will Hollywood take a stand?

Lucy

Interesting that all the comments that are against Nancy Meyers' comments are by men. Most women recognize that keeping your dignity is important, especially if you are role model to girls as young as 8.

It's not like we're in Saudi Arabia and asking women to make sure they cover their ankles, it's a simple message: wear underwear. Don't do drugs or drink-drive. We care about our daughters and what they are learning from their teen idols.

Joe Siloman

It's not just the lack of panties. Nancy Meyers is right. These "women" have always pushed their sexuality to the forefront of anything else about them, and this kind of willing objectification is just going to continue to promote the oppression of women. After all, that's all women are good for, right? Maybe if Britney was actually any good as a performer this kind of flashing would not seem so offensive. I would never let my daughter look up to these "women", and will have to explain to her that she can be much more than just a sex object.

John

In response to Jane's rant, certain 22-year old women know that they are being stalked by paparazzi and they know about YouTube and gossip rags, yet they exercise their power by choosing to give these "men" exactly what they want. For every vagina-flashing pop star, there are countless other women in Hollywood who would have exercised their power differently.

Bobbie

to the guy who talked about his girlfriend's yeast infections, let me just say that her doctor is an idiot. if yeast infections come from panties, it is because the crotch is of a material that does not breathe. all she needs to do is make sure the crotch is cotton. i am beginning to think this poster was not being honest.

as for these celebrities going without panties, maybe i am old, but they are doing it for shock value, and they show little personal value. i don't care how short their skirts are, but for crying out loud, wear underwear. apparently, the women's movement has been lost on these women. they are acting like children, and they are an embarrassment to the entertainment industry and to women everywhere. it's about time they all grew up, and it's also about time their mothers told them to knock it off instead of enabling this type of behavior. i know these celebrities are adults, but i think a few words from mom and dad, or one or the other, would set them straight. are these moms thrilled that their daughters show absolutely no respect for themselves or their bodies?

Chris

Britney, Paris, Lindsay, and others are flashing their genitalia at the Paparazzi to compensate for a lack of talent. Seriously talented performers simply don't need to stoop that low to maintain their celebrity status, they let their work do the talking.

Steve

When my girlfriend repeatedly came down with yeast infections, her doctor prescribed that she go panty-free from that day forward. Her infections immediately ceased, but she also stopped wearing short skirts, for modesty's sake. I cried foul, and she went back to wearing her black leather mini. Anyone who happens to see too much as she gets out of a car or sits at a restaurant booth should avert their eyes.

Jane

This is such a joke. Women who don't wear panties give women a bad name? That's odd that's sort like saying that you deserve to get raped because you wear a short skirt.

You know people talk about the young women of Hollywood, but the young women who are according to these bunch of hypocrite traders aren't partying by themselves. They are partying with MEN.

Who are taking pictures of women with super powerful cameras and posting them on the internet. MEN. I wonder what kind of rep Diane would have had if back in the 1960s the internet existed and people were able to use telephoto lens to track her every move.

If you get a powerful enough camera anyone can look skanky. I've worn a dress with no underpants, pantines you know and who would think that someone would be putting a camera right up there. Who is truly the skank?

TMZ and the rest of these gossip sites are who the women of Hollywood should be rallying against, not a bunch of 22 year olds that are obviously being taken advantage of by the system, but that would actually show some courage.

It's alot easier to play the tough chick by talking about 22 year old women with no power than it is to talk about the men who own these henious sites, but I guess if they make them angry then they might take a picture of Diane Keaton and Nancy Myers without their make up or after a "touch up" to keep their quickly aging faces from falling.

Yeah they are pretty ground breaking, they should be quiet and make some more movies about really rich middle age women having nervous breakdown because they fell for the wrong guy or the other theme really rich slumming daughter of rich connected father doesn't know whether to be a corporate lawyer or to follow her dream to be an artist...yeah they are some deep, strong, powerful women....


Jane

NJP

Welll its not Darfur, but its a stand on something, I suppose

Michael West

I must confess I am pleased (though frankly somewhat past surpised) that the Women of Film have *finally* taken a stand, after such a long and shockingly pregnant pause, on this burning issue of panty-less celebrities.

I feel strongly that the manifest, conscious decision of an entire generation of pulchritudinous, *hot* young and shamelessly nubile lady celebrities to conspicuously parade, perambulate, and/or peregrinate in public without benefit of undergarments is psychically witherng, repulsive, ill-considered and frankly offensive to my deeply-ingrained and cherished notions of female chastity, modesty and, yes, wifely subservience.

This is why I have taken it upon myself to institude the Pulchritudinous Celebrity Panty Promise Pledge Drive ("Panty Pledge").

The Panty Pledge asks all card-carrying female celebrities of child-bearing age to sign up and promise that they will wear panties [or similarly-designed undergarments of animal-friendly composition] at every public or private event, congregation, aggregation, gaggle, spectacle and/or riotous, phastasmagoric carousal, fete, shindig, hullabaloo, soiree, binge, bender and/or bash.

Of course, both the pledge itself and subsequent enforcement thereof would be perforce voluntary.
The practical impediments to invigilating compliance with the Pledge are frankly too formidable and oppressive to contemplate.

Please ladies, have mercy on the poor, unoffending male of the species. Delicate and vulnerable men simply shouldn't be forced to endure the thought (much less factual exposure) to this sort of spectacle, particularly from sexy young pop singers, super models and persons of such a homely, not-alluring and unpretty ilk.

Why, oh why must it be the men of this great land who are always the ones who are forced to march the lonesome moral high road when it comes to issues of modesty, discreetness, virtue and sexual continence?

Sexy Ladies Take a Stand! Sign the Panty Pledge Today!!!

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